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`Argentum Pharmaceuticals LLC v. Cipla Ltd.
`IPR2017-00807
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`AFFIDAVIT OF UMA N. EVERETT
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`CASE IPR2017-00807
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`1, Uma N. Everett, am more than twenty—one years of age, am competent
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`to present this affidavit, and have personal knowledge of the facts set forth herein.
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`2.
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`This affidavit is given in support of the Patent Owner Cipla Limited’s
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`Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission.
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`I am a director at the law firm of Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein and Fox
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`P.L.L.C.
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`I have been an attorney for more than 15 years. I have been litigating
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`patent cases for nearly 12 years.
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`I am an active member in good standing of the Bar of the District of
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`Columbia.
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`I have never been suspended or disbarred from practice before any court
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`or administrative body.
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`No court or administrative body has ever denied my application for
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`admission to practice before it.
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`AFFIDAVIT OF UMA N. EVERETT
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`CASE IPR2017—00807
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`No court or administrative body has ever imposed sanctions or
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`contempt citations on me.
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`9.
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`I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide
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`and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of the CPR.
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`10.
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`I understand that I will be subject to the Office’s Rules of Professional
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`Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under
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`37 CPR. § 11.19(a).
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`11.
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`I have not applied to appear pro hac vice in any proceedings before the
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`Office in the past three years.
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`12.
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`In connection with the present proceeding, I have reviewed in detail
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`US. Patent No. 8,168,620 (“the ’620 patent”), which is the patent challenged in this
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`proceeding. I have also reviewed Exhibits submitted by Petitioner in this proceeding,
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`including Exhibits 1003 and 1004 (Declarations of Robert Schleimer and Maureen
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`Donovan) and the references cited in the Petition for Inter Partes Review (Paper 2).
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`13.
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`I have extensive experience litigating patent cases in the chemical arts
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`and am familiar with technological and scientific principles relevant to the ’620
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`patent. I have represented the Patent Owner and exclusive licensee (Meda
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`AFFIDAVIT OF UMA N. EVERETT
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`CASE IPR2017—00807
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`Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) in district court litigation that has been ongoing since
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`December 2014, and involves, inter alia, the ’620 patent. In that litigation, I deposed
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`both of Argentum’s experts, Dr. Robert Schleimer and Dr. Maureen Donovan.
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`14.
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`I have reviewed in detail the Pleadings submitted in this case, such as
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`the Petition for Inter Partes Review (Paper 2).
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`15.
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`I have engaged in strategic and substantive discussions regarding this
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`proceeding with Dennies Varughese, Phann.D., who is the lead counsel for Patent
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`Owner in this proceeding. Through my years of patent litigation experience, I am
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`very familiar with the legal theories advanced in this case.
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`16.
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`Therefore, I have an established familiarity with the subject matter at
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`issue in this proceeding.
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`AFFIDAVIT OF UMA N. EVERETT
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`CASE IPR2017—00807
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`I understand that IPR counsel for Petitioner has agreed not to oppose
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`Petitioner’s motion for my pro hac vice admission in this proceeding.
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