`Lipner Declaration
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`GENENTECH, INC. AND CITY OF HOPE,
`Patent Owners.
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`Case IPR2016-01373
`U.S. Patent 6,331,415
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`DECLARATION OF JOSEPH M. LIPNER IN SUPPORT OF
`MOTION FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE
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`Merck v. Genentech
`IPR2016-01373
`Genentech Exhibit 2003
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`Case No. IPR2016-01373
`Lipner Declaration
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`I, Joseph M. Lipner, declare as follows:
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`I am an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of California.
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`I am a member in good standing of the Bar of the State of California, the Bar
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`of Massachusetts and the Bar of New York. I am also admitted to practice
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`before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Courts of Appeals
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`for the Federal, Fourth and Ninth Circuits, and the United States District
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`Courts for the Central District of California, Northern District of California,
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`Southern District of California, and the United States District Court for the
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`District of Colorado.
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`I am a member in good standing in all jurisdictions where I have been
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`admitted to practice.
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`I have never been suspended or disbarred from practice before any court or
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`administrative body.
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`I have never had an application denied for admission to practice before any
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`court or administrative body.
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`I have never had any sanctions or contempt citations imposed by any court
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`or administrative body.
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`I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and
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`the Board's Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of 37 C.F.R.
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`I agree to be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set forth
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`in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 etseq., and disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 11.19(a).
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`9.
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`In the last three (3) years, I have appeared Pro Hac Vice before the Patent
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`Trial and Appeal Board once, in the following case: AmitAgarwal v.
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`Immersion Corporation, Case IPR2016-00807.
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`I am a partner at the law firm of Irell & Manella LLP. I have been litigating
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`cases relating to patents for nearly twenty (20) years, including cases
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`involving co-pending proceedings in the United States Patent and Trademark
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`Office.
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`11. For example, I have been involved in numerous cases relating to U.S. Patent
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`No. 6,331,415 ("the '415 patent"), which is directed to certain fundamental
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`techniques for the expression of recombinant antibodies. In those cases, I
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`have represented City of Flope and have worked with Genentech, Inc., which
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`are the co-owners of the '415 patent.
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`I have carefully reviewed and have developed extensive familiarity with the
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`matters involved in and implicated by these proceedings, including the '415
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`patent and its file history, the prior art presented in the petition, and the legal
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`and factual issues raised by the Petitioner in this proceeding.
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`13. Based on my knowledge of and familiarity with the matters identified above,
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`and in view of my significant experience in litigating patent cases involving
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`recombinant antibodies, I believe I am well qualified to participate as
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`counsel in this proceeding.
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`14.
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`I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are
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`true and that all statements made on information and belief are believed to
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`be true; and further that these statements are made with the knowledge that
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`willful false statements and the like are punishable by fine, imprisonment, or
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`both, under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code and that such
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`willful false statements may jeopardize the validity of U.S. Patent No.
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`6,331,415.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`iKLLL & MANLLLA LLP
`1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 900
`Los Angeles, CA 90067
`j lipner@irell. com
`Tel.: 310-277-1010
`Fax: 310-203-7199
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`Dated: August 22, 2016
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