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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC., and ROCKWELL AUTOMATION
`TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
`Petitioners
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`v.
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`AUTOMATION MIDDLEWARE SOLUTIONS, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2017-00048
`Patent 6,516,236
`Issue Date: February 4, 2003
`Title: MOTION CONTROL SYSTEMS
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`AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR
`PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION OF CYNTHIA J. RIGSBY
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`Mail Stop “PATENT BOARD”
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Rockwell Automation
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`RA v. AMS
`IPR2017-00048
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`IPR2017-00048
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`1.
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`I, Cynthia J. Rigsby, am more than twenty-one years of age, am
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`competent to present this affidavit, and have personal knowledge of the facts set
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`forth herein.
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`2.
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`This affidavit is submitted in support of Petitioner, Rockwell
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`Automation, Inc. and Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., for Pro Hac Vice
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`Admission.
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`I am a member in good standing of the Bar of the State of Wisconsin.
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`I have never been suspended or disbarred from practice before any
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`court or administrative body.
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`I have never been denied admission to practice before any court or
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`administrative body.
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`No court or administrative body has every imposed sanctions or
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`contempt citations against me.
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`I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice
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`Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of the C.F.R.
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`8.
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`I understand that I will be subject to the USPTO Code of Professional
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`Responsibility set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction
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`under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`9.
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`I have previously applied to appear pro hac vice in a proceeding
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`before the Office in the last three (3) years. Currently my application for
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`admission to appear pro hac vice in IPR2017-00023 is pending.
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`10.
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`I have an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in this
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`proceeding.
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`11.
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`I am lead counsel of the trial team in Automation Middleware
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`Solutions, Inc. v. Rockwell Automation, Inc., and Rockwell Automation
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`Technologies, Inc., No. 2:15-cv-1269 (E.D. Tex.); Automation Middleware
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`Solutions, Inc. v. Invensys Systems, Inc.. et al., No. 2:15-cv-00898 (E.D. Tex.),
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`which involve the same parties and the same U.S. Patent No. 6,516,236 and subject
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`matter at issue in this proceeding.
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`12.
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`I hereby declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United
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`States of America that the foregoing is true and correct, and that all statements
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`made of my own knowledge are true and that all statements made on information
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`and belief are believed to be true. I understand that willful false statements and the
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`like are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both (18 U.S.C. § 1001).
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,516,236
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`Milwaukee, WI 53202
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`Sworn to and subscribed before me
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`this
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`day ofNoVember 2016.
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