`United States Patent No. 7,915,631
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`United States Patent No.: 7,915,631
`Inventors: Yoshinori Shimizu, et al.
`Formerly Application No.: 12/548,618
`Issue Date: Mar. 29, 2011
`Filing Date: Aug. 27, 2009
`Former Group Art Unit: 2822
`Former Examiner: Michael Trinh
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`§ Attorney Docket No.: 112868-0001-651
`§ Customer No. 28120
`§ Petitioner: VIZIO, Inc.
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`For: LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY
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`MAIL STOP PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Post Office Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
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`DECLARATION OF MARY OROS IN SUPPORT OF
`PETITION FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW OF
`UNITED STATES PATENT NO. 7,915,631
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`I, Mary Oros, make the following Declaration pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746:
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`1.
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`I am a Senior Litigation Paralegal at the law firm of
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`Ropes & Gray LLP.
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`I provide this Declaration in connection with the above-identified In-
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`ter Partes Review proceeding requested at the United States Patent and Trademark
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`Office by VIZIO, Inc. Unless otherwise stated, the facts stated in this Declaration
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`are based on my personal knowledge.
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`3.
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`Exhibit 1001 hereto is a true and correct copy of United States Patent
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`No. 7,915,631 to Yoshinori Shimizu, et al., which I downloaded on November 21,
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`2016 from the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") Patent Ap-
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`plication Information Retrieval ("PAIR") website and which is a record of the
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`USPTO to which all parties have access. An exhibit label and page numbers on all
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`pages have been added to the bottom of this document but no other alterations have
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`been made.
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`4.
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`Exhibit 1002 hereto is a true and correct copy of the file history for
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`United States Patent No. 7,915,631 to Yoshinori Shimizu, et al., which I down-
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`loaded on November 21, 2016 from the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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`("USPTO") Patent Application Information Retrieval ("PAIR") website and which
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`is a record of the USPTO to which all parties have access. An exhibit label and
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`page numbers on all pages have been added to the bottom of this document but no
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`other alterations have been made.
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`5.
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`Exhibit 1004 hereto is a true and correct copy of United States Patent
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`No. 6,600,175 to Bruce Baretz, which I downloaded on November 21, 2016 from
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`the USPTO PAIR website and which is a record of the USPTO to which all parties
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`have access. An exhibit label and page numbers on all pages have been added to
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`the bottom of this document but no other alterations have been made.
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`6.
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`Exhibit 1005 hereto is a true and correct copy of Japanese Patent Pub-
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`lication No. H07-99345 filed on September 28, 1993 by Kousuke Matoba and pub-
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`lished on April11, 1995, which I downloaded on November 21, 2016 from the Eu-
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`ropean Patent's Office ("EPO") Espacenet search page,
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`http://worldwide.e pacenet.com, which is a record of the EPO to which all parties
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`have access, and which is accompanied by a true and correct copy of a translation
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`of the text of that document and a certification of accuracy regarding that transla-
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`tion provided by Geotext Translations, Inc. An exhibit label and page numbers on
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`all pages have been added to the bottom of this document but no other alterations
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`have been made.
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`7.
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`Exhibit 1006 hereto is a true and correct copy of United States Patent
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`No. 3,699,478 to Douglas A. Pinnow and LeGrand G. Van Uitert, which I down-
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`loaded on November 21, 2016 from the USPTO PAIR website and which is a rec-
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`ord of the USPTO to which all parties have access. An exhibit label and page
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`numbers on all pages have been added to the bottom of this document but no other
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`alterations have been made.
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`8.
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`Exhibit 1008 hereto is a true and correct copy of the file history for
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`United States Patent No. 8,610,147 to Yoshinori Shimizu, et al., which I down-
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`loaded on November 21, 2016 from the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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`("USPTO") Patent Application Information Retrieval ("PAIR") website and which
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`is a record of the USPTO to which all parties have access. An exhibit label and
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`page numbers on all pages have been added to the bottom of this document but no
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`other alterations have been made.
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`9.
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`Exhibit 1010 hereto is a true and correct copy of United States Patent
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`No. 4,966,862 to John A. Edmond, which I downloaded on November 28, 2016
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`from the USPTO PAIR website and which is a record of the USPTO to which all
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`parties have access. An exhibit label and page numbers on all pages have been
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`added to the bottom of this document but no other alterations have been made.
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`10. Exhibit 1011 hereto is a true and correct copy of United States Patent
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`No. 5,369,289 to Makoto Tamaki and Takahiro Kozawa, which I downloaded on
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`November 28, 2016 from the USPTO PAIR website and which is a record of the
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`USPTO to which all parties have access. An exhibit label and page numbers on all
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`pages have been added to the bottom of this document but no other alterations have
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`been made.
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`11. Exhibit 1012 hereto is a true and correct copy of United States Patent
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`No. 5,777,350 to Shuji Nakamura, which I downloaded on November 22, 2016
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`from the USPTO PAIR website and which is a record of the USPTO to which all
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`parties have access. An exhibit label and page numbers on all pages have been
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`added to the bottom of this document but no other alterations have been made.
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`12. Exhibit 1013 hereto is a true and correct copy of Japanese Patent Pub-
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`lication No. H05-152609 filed on November 25, 1991 by Yoshiaki Tadatsu and
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`Shuji Nakamura and published on June 18, 1993, which I downloaded on Novem-
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`ber 30, 2016 from the European Patent's Office ("EPO") Espacenet search page,
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`http://worldwide.e pacenet.com, which is a record of the EPO to which all parties
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`have access, and which is accompanied by a true and correct copy of a translation
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`of the text of that document and a certification of accuracy regarding that transla-
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`tion which was provided by Merrill Corp. and filed in Everlight Elec. Co. et al., v.
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`Nichia Corp., No. 4:12-cv-11758-GAD (E.D. Mich.) (Dkt. No. 574-8) which I
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`downloaded on December 3, 2016 from the Public Access to Court Electronic
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`Records ("PACER") to which all parties have access. An exhibit label and page
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`numbers on all pages have been added to the bottom of this document but no other
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`alterations have been made.
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`13. Exhibit 1014 hereto is a true and correct copy of United States Patent
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`No. 5,861,636 to Achyut Kumar Dutta and Akira Suzuki which I downloaded on
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`November 30, 2016 from the USPTO PAIR website and which is a record of the
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`USPTO to which all parties have access. An exhibit label and page numbers on all
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`pages have been added to the bottom of this document but no other alterations have
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`been made.
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`14. Exhibit 1015 hereto is a true and correct copy of United States Patent
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`No. 6,258,617 to Kochi Nitta, et al., which I downloaded on November 22, 2016
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`from the USPTO PAIR website and which is a record of the USPTO to which all
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`parties have access. An exhibit label and page numbers on all pages have been
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`added to the bottom of this document but no other alterations have been made.
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`15. Exhibit 1017 hereto is a true and correct copy of United States Patent
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`No. 5,198,479 to Toshio Shiobara, et al., which I downloaded on November 22,
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`2016 from the USPTO PAIR website and which is a record of the USPTO to which
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`all parties have access. An exhibit label and page numbers on all pages have been
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`added to the bottom of this document but no other alterations have been made.
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`16. Exhibit 1023 hereto is a true and correct copy of an Opinion and Or-
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`der Regarding Claim Construction signed by District Judge Gershwin A. Drain on
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`August 21, 2013 and filed in Everlight Elec. Co., et al., v. Nichia Corp., Case No.
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`4:12-cv-11758-GAD (E.D. Mich.) (Dkt. No. 129), which I downloaded on De-
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`cember 3, 2016 from the Public Access to Court Electronic Records ("PACER") to
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`which all parties have access. An exhibit label and page numbers on all pages have
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`been added to the bottom of this document but no other alterations have been made.
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`17. Exhibit 1026 hereto is a true and correct copy of United States Patent
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`No. 4,678,338 to Kenichi Kitta, et al., which I downloaded on November 28, 2016
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`from the USPTO PAIR website and which is a record of the USPTO to which all
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`parties have access. An exhibit label and page numbers on all pages have been
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`added to the bottom of this document but no other alterations have been made.
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`18. Exhibit 1027 hereto is a true and correct copy of United States Patent
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`No. 5,118,985 to Robert J. Patton, et al., which I downloaded on November 22,
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`2016 from the USPTO PAIR website and which is a record of the USPTO to which
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`all parties have access. An exhibit label and page numbers on all pages have been
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`added to the bottom of this document but no other alterations have been made.
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`19. Exhibit 1028 is a true and correct copy of an article entitled High Def-
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`inition TV Projection Via Single Crystal Faceplate Technology by H. J. Kindl and
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`Thomas St. John, Trident International, Inc., Accession Number AD-A277850, ap-
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`proved for Public Release and dated April 7, 1994 on its face, with a report date of
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`March 25, 1993, which I downloaded on December 20, 2016 from the Defense
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`Technical Information Center ("DTIC") of the U.S. Department of Defense at
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`website http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA277850. This website is one to
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`which all parties have access. DTIC was formerly known as Armed Services
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`Technical Information Agency ("ASTIA"), which was established in 1951
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`(http://www .dtic.mil/dtic/about/policy _memo .html).
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`20. Exhibit 1029 hereto is a true and correct copy of United States Patent
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`No. 5,907,222 to J. Michael Lengyel and Loy L. Spears which I downloaded on
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`December 20, 2016 from the USPTO PAIR website and which is a record of the
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`USPTO to which all parties have access. An exhibit label and page numbers on all
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`pages have been added to the bottom of this document but no other alterations have
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`been made.
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`21. Exhibit 1037 hereto is a true and correct copy of an April 22, 2015
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`transcript of jury trial in the matter Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. v. Nichia Corp.,
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`Case No. 12-11758 before the District Court of the Eastern District of Michigan
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`which I downloaded on December 30, 2016 from the Public Access to Court Elec-
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`tronic Records ("PACER") and is a record of the aforementioned District Court
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`(Dkt. No. 516) to which all parties have access. An exhibit label and page num-
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`bers on all pages have been added to the bottom of this document but no other al-
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`terations have been made.
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`22.
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`I have been warned that willful false statements and the like are pun-
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`ishable by fine or imprisonment, or both. I make this declaration of my own per-
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`sonal knowledge, and all statements are true. If called to testify as to the matters
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`stated herein, I could and would testify competently.
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`I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
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`Executed this 301
`h day of December, 2016, at East Palo Alto, CA.
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`Mary Oros
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