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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.
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`Petitioner
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`v.
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`SIPCO, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,754,780
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`Inter Partes Review No.: IPR2017-00216
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`EXHIBIT 2001
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`Declaration of Dr. Gregory J. Gonsalves In Support Of Patent Owner’s
`Preliminary Response
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`I, Dr. Gregory J. Gonsalves, do hereby declare as follows:
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`1. I am over the age of eighteen (18) and otherwise competent to make this
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`Declaration. I have personal knowledge of the facts set forth in this
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`Declaration.
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`2. I am and have been a member in good standing of the Virginia Bar, the Bar
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`of the District of Columbia, and the Patent Bar.
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`3. Exhibit 2002
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`is a
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`true and correct copy of a web page at:
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`http://www.uspto.gov/kids/Petite.html, containing a Collectible Card
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`issued by the U.S. Patent Office to Mr. David Petite for his contributions
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`as a Native American inventor.
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`4. Exhibit 2003 is a true and correct copy of a resolution from the Georgia
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`State Senate honoring Mr. David Petite as a Native American inventor.
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`5. Exhibit 2004 is a true and correct copy of a letter from the USPTO director
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`Michelle Lee acknowledging David Petite for helping to train patent
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`examiners.
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`6. Exhibit 2005 is a true and correct copy of opening remarks acknowledging
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`Mr. David Petite as a Native American inventor, made at the Native
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`American Intellectual Property Enterprise Council Reception by the
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`Director of the USPTO at that time, David Kappos.
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`7. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to
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`the best of my knowledge.
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`Date: February 16, 2017
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