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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC. and
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`ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
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`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`AUTOMATION MIDDLEWARE SOLUTIONS, INC.,
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-00048
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`Patent 6,516,236 Bl
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`AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE
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`ADMISSION OF CHRISTOPHER LIMBACHER
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`I, Christopher Limbacher, declare under penalty of perjury the following:
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`I am an attorney at Heim, Payne & Chorush, LLP, 1111 Bagby, Suite 2100,
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`Houston, TX 77002, which has been retained by Patent Owner Automation
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`Middleware Solutions, Inc. (“AMS”) in this inter partes review.
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`2.
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`I make this affidavit in support of Patent Owner AMS’s application for my
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`admission pro hac vice.
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`I am a member in good standing of the State Bar of Texas. I am also duly
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`admitted to practice law before the United States District Court for the Southern
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`District of Texas.
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`I have never been suspended or disbarred from practice before any court or
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`administrative body, nor have I ever had an application for admission to practice
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`before any court or administrative body denied. No sanctions or contempt citations
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`have ever been imposed against me by any court or administrative body.
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`5.
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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 the C.F.R.
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`6.
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`I understand that, upon admission pro hac vice, I will be subject to the
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`United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) Rules of Professional
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`Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and to disciplinary jurisdiction
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`under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`7.
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`I am applying to appear pro hac vice before the Office in four related
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`proceedings: Rockwell Automation, Inc. and Rockwell Automation Technologies,
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`Inc., Petitioners v. Automation Middleware Solutions, Inc., Patent Owner
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`(IPR2017-00023, -00049, -00469, -00470). Other than these currently-pending
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`proceedings, I have not applied to appear pro hac vice before the Office in the last
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`three years.
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`8.
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`I am a litigation attorney with an established familiarity with the subject
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`matter. I have carefully studied the patent-in-suit, including its prosecution,
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`reexamination, and inter partes review history. Additionally, I have more than
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`eight years of engineering experience, including two years of experience in the
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`field of motion control systems at issue in this inter partes review.
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`9.
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`If admitted pro hac vice on this matter, I will serve as backup counsel for
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`Douglas Wilson of the law firm of Heim, Payne & Chorush LLP. Mr. Wilson is
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`lead counsel on this case and is registered to practice before the USPTO.
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`10.
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`I hereby agree to notify the Board immediately of any matter affecting my
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`standing at the bar of any other court.
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`11.
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`I hereby respectfully request that the Board grant Patent Owner AMS’s
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`application to permit me to appear and participate pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`12.
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`I understand that willful false statements and the like are punishable by fine
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`or imprisonment, or both, under 18 U.S.C. § 1001. I declare under penalty of
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`perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
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` /Christopher Limbacher/
`Christopher Limbacher
`Attorney for Patent Owner
`Automation Middleware Solutions, Inc.
`Heim Payne & Chorush LLP
`1111 Bagby, Suite 2100,
`Houston, TX 77002
`(713) 221-2013
`Email: climbacher@hpcllp.com
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`Executed on 01/10/2017
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