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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`ACTAVIS LLC.
`Petitioner,
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`ABRAXIS BIOSCIENCE, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-01104
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`DECLARATION OF GEORGE C. LOMBARDI IN SUPPORT OF
`MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 1.68, I, George B. Lombardi, attest to the following:
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`I am a memberin goodstandingoftheIllinois Bar, as well as the bars
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`ofthe following Federal and State Courts:
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`a. United States Supreme Court
`b. United States Court ofAppeals for the Federal Circuit
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`c. United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
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`d. United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
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`e. United States Court for the Northern District of Illinois
`f. United States Court for the Southern District ofIllinois
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`g. United States Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
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`h. United States Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
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`i. United States Court for the District of Colorado
`I have not been suspendedor disbarred from practice before any court
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`or administrative body.
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`I have neverhad an application for admission to practice before any .
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`court or administrative body denied.
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`I have never had sanctions or contempt citations imposed by any court
`or administrative body imposed 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 37 C.F.R.
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`I will be subject to the USPTO Codeof Professional Responsibility
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`set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 ef seq., and to disciplinary jurisdiction under 37
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`C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`In the last three years, I was admittedpro hacvice in IPR2015-00864,
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`Paper 51 (Nov.5, 2015) and IPR2015-00865, Paper 51 (Nov. 5, 2015). I have not
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`applied to appear pro hacvicein the last three years in any other matter before the
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`Board.
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`| am an experiencedlitigation attorney and have been involved in
`numerouspatent infringement cases in federal courts across the country. I have 33
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`years oflitigation experience. I have experience in variousaspects ofpatent
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`infringement matters includingjury trials and bench trials, Markman hearings, and
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`summary Judgment hearings. I have argued in multiple patent cases in federal
`courts. I serve as trial counsel for Petitioner inpatent litigation against Patent
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`Ownerconcerning the patent challenged bythe Petition. See Abraxis Bioscience,
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`LLCet al. v. Actavis LLC, No. 2:16-cv-01925-JMV-MF (D.N.J.). As a result of
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`my involvementastrial counsel for Petitioner in the co-pending district court
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`litigation overthe involved patent, I have obtained substantial familiarity with the
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`involved patent, the prior art, and the variousissuesraised in this proceeding. I
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`have reviewedthe Petition, and the cited materials, and am familiar with the
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`subject matter involvedin this proceeding.
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`I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoingis true and correct.
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` Date: November, 2017
`George C. Lombardi
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