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`U.S. Patent No. 5,732,375
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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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`TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION,
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`Petitioner,
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`SIGNAL IP, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR 2016-01382
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`Patent No. 5,732,375
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`DECLARATION OF MARK A. CHAPMAN
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`Toyota Motor Corp., Petitioner
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`Case No. IPR2016-01382
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`U.S. Patent No. 5,732,375
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`I, Mark A. Chapman, declare as follows:
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`1.
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`I am a partner at the firm Kenyon & Kenyon LLP, where my practice
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`focuses on patent—related matters, and in particular, patent litigation in a variety of
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`technical fields.
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`I am a member in good standing of the State Bar of New York and am
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`also admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern
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`Districts of New York, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the U.S.
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`Supreme Court.
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`’ I have over 15 years’ experience in the field of patent law as an associate
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`and a partner at Kenyon & Kenyon LLP. My practice focuses on patent litigation in
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`district courts around the country, appeals at the Federal Circuit, and assisting with
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`related Patent Office proceedings, such as reexaminations and inter partes review
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`proceedings. For example, in the past several years, I have been involved in, inter
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`alia, the following district court patent litigations, Federal Circuit patent appeals, and
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`Patent Office proceedings:
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`a.
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`Inter Partes Review Case No. 2016-00292.
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`b. Inter Partes Review Case No. 2015-01838.
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`c. American Vehicular Sciences, LLC v. Toyota Motor Corporation, No.
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`2: 16-cv—l 1531 (E.D. Mich.).
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`d. Signal IP, Inc. v. Toyota MotorN. Am., Inc., No. 15-cv—5l62 (C.D. Cal.).
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`e. Reexamination Control No. 95/002,256, and related Appeal No. 2015-
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`U.S. Patent No. 5,732,375
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`006,133 (P.T.A.B.).
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`f. Reexamination Control No. 95/001,504.
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`g. Reexamination Control No. 95/001,630.
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`h. Medina] Ltd. v. Cordis Corp, No. 13—CV—1408 (S.D.N.Y.), and related
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`Appeal No. 2015-1027 (Fed. Cir.).
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`i. Yissum Research Dev. Co. v. Sony Corp, Appeal Nos. 15-1342, 15-1343
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`(Fed. Cir.) (from P.T.A.B. decisions in IPR2013—00219, IPR2013—00218,
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`IPR2013—00327, and IPR2013-00328).
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`j. Monkeymedia Inc. v. Buena Vista Home Entertainment Inc., No. 10-CA-
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`533 (W.D. Tex.).
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`4.
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`I have not been suspended or disbarred from practice before any court or
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`administrative body.
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`I have not been denied admission to practice before any court or
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`administrative body.
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`I have never been sanctioned or cited for contempt by any court or
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`administrative body.
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`I have previously applied to appear pro hac vice for the following
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`proceedings before the Office in the last three (3) years: IPR No. 2015-01838, IPR
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`No. 2016-00291, IPR No. 2016-00292, IPR No. 2016-00293.
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`U.S. Patent No. 5,732,375
`I am familiar with the subject matter of this proceeding. I have reviewed
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`Case No. IPR2016—0 1 382
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`the subject U.S. Patent No. 5,732,375, as well as the petition for inter partes review
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`and the supporting expert declaration filed by Petitioner in this proceeding. I have
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`discussed the subject matter of this proceeding with representatives of Petitioner and
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`lead counsel, John Flock.
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`9.
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`Given my familiarity with the subject matter of this proceeding and my
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`experience, I have experience and expertise important to representing Petitioner
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`Toyota Motor Corporation in this matter.
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`10.
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`I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide
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`and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of 37 C.F.R.
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`I have read and will comply with and be subject to the United States
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`Patent and Trademark Office Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§
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`11.101 et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § l1.l9(a).
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`I declare that all statements made herein of my knowledge are true and that all
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`statements made on information and belief are believed to be true, and further that
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`these statements are made with knowledge that willful false statements and the like
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`are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under § 1001 of Title 18 of the
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`United States Code.
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`Executed: August i, 2016
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