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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`LG ELECTRONICS, INC., ZTE CORPORATION,
`OLYMPUS CORPORATION and OLYMPUS AMERICA INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`PAPST LICENSING GMBH & CO. KG
`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR2017-004431
`Patent 6,470,399 B1
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`DECLARATION OF ANDREW V. DEVKAR IN SUPPORT OF
`PETITIONER’S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR ADMISSION
`PRO HAC VICE OF ANDREW V. DEVKAR
`PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`Mail Stop “PATENT BOARD”
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`1 Case IPR2017-01682 has been joined with this proceeding.
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`Devkar Declaration ISO Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice
`Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 6,470,399 B1
`I, Andrew V. Devkar, declare as follows:
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`I am an experienced litigation attorney with more
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`than thirteen (13) years of experience litigating patent cases.
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`I am a member in good standing of the California State Bar
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`and am admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal
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`Circuit, and the United States District Courts for the Central, Northern, Southern,
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`and Eastern Districts of California.
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`I have never been suspended or disbarred from
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`practice before any court or administrative body.
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`I have never had an application for admission to
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`practice before any court or administrative body denied.
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`I have had no sanctions or contempt citations imposed
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`against me by any court or administrative body.
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`I am familiar with the subject matter at issue in this
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`proceeding,
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`including
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`the patent-at-issue. I am counsel for Olympus
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`Corporation and Olympus America Inc. in the pending district court case In re:
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`Papst Licensing Digital Camera Patent Litigation – MDL No. 1880, Case No.
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`07-mc-00493 (D.D.C.), which has been pending since 2007 and involves the
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`same patent at issue in this proceeding, as well as related patents in the same
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`family (including three other patents that are the subject of additional instituted
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`Devkar Declaration ISO Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice
`Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 6,470,399 B1
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`Inter Partes Review proceedings). Moreover, I have a Computer Science
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`degree from Stanford University and am knowledgeable regarding the
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`technology in the patent-at-issue and this proceeding (including software and
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`hardware for host computers and peripherals, interfaces, drivers, file systems,
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`and related issues).
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`I have been actively involved in all aspects of the pending
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`district court case, including proceedings related to issues of invalidity of all
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`patents-in-suit, including the same patent at issue in this proceeding. Since
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`2008, I have been centrally involved in analyzing and drafting invalidity
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`contentions relating to the patent at issue in this proceeding, including with
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`respect to the prior art references at issue in this proceeding.
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`I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial
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`Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in part 42
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`of 37 C.F.R.
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`I agree to be subject to the USPTO Code of Professional
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`Responsibility set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§10.20 et seq., and to disciplinary
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`jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. §11.19(a).
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`10. While I have not previously applied to appear pro hac vice
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`before the Office, I am concurrently applying for admission pro hac vice in
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`IPR2017-00714 and IPR2017-00415.
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`Devkar Declaration ISO Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice
`Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 6,470,399 B1
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`I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own
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`knowledge are true and that all statements made on information and belief are
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`believed to be true; and further that these statements are made with the
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`knowledge that willful false statements and the like so made are punishable by
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`fine or imprisonment, or both, under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United
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`States Code.
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`Dated: November 16, 2017
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`By: _/ Andrew V. Devkar /_________
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`Andrew V. Devkar
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6, the undersigned certifies that on November 16,
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`2017, a copy of the foregoing DECLARATION OF ANDREW V. DEVKAR IN
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`SUPPORT OF PETITIONER’S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR ADMISSION
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`PRO HAC VICE OF ANDREW V. DEVKAR PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.10 has been served in its entirety by e-mail on the following addresses of
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`record for Patent Owner:
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`Gregory S. Donahue
`Minghui Yang
`DINOVO PRICE ELLWANGER & HARDY LLP
`7000 North MoPac Expressway, Suite 350
`Austin, Texas 78731
`{gdonahue,myang,docketing}@dpelaw.com
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`Anthony L. Meola
`SCHMEISER OLSEN & WATTS LLP
`2500 Westchester Avenue, Suite 210
`Purchase, New York 10577
`ameola@iplawusa.com
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`Jason A. Murphy
`Victor J. Baranowski
`Arlen L. Olsen
`SCHMEISER OLSEN & WATTS LLP
`22 Century Hill Drive, Suite 302
`Latham, New York 12110
`{jmurphy,vbaranowski,aolsen}@iplawusa.com
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`/ Dion M. Bregman /
`Dion M. Bregman
`Attorney for Petitioner
`Registration No. 45,645
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