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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`TECHNICAL CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC.,
`NICOR INC.
`AMAX LIGHTING,
`Petitioners,
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`LIGHTING SCIENCE GROUP CORP.
`Patent Owner
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`Case No.: IPR2017-01285
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,672,518
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`DECLARATION OF STACIE R. HARTMAN IN SUPPORT OF
`MOTION FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE
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`I, Stacie R. Hartman, declare as follows:
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`I am a partner with the law firm of Schiff Hardin LLP.
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`I am a member in good standing of the Bars of Illinois and New York,
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`and am admitted to practice before the United States Courts of Appeals for the
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`Federal and Seventh Circuits, and the United States District Courts for the
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`Northern District of Illinois (Trial Bar), Southern District of Indiana, Eastern
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`Wisconsin.
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`3. My Illinois Bar membership number is 6237265. My New York Bar
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`membership number is 4229829.
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`I have been practicing law and litigating patent cases for over 20
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`years.
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`I have never been suspended, disbarred, sanctioned or cited for
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`contempt by any court or administrative body.
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`I have never had a court or administrative body deny my application
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`for admission to practice.
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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, as set forth in 37 C.F.R. Part
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`42.
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`I agree to be subject to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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`Code of Professional Responsibility set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.100 et. seq. (78
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`Fed. Reg. 20202-20211) and disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`In the past three years, I have not appeared pro hac vice in any
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`proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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`I am familiar with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding. I am
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`serving as lead counsel in Lighting Science Group Corporation v. Technical
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`Consumer Products, Inc., 6:16-cv-1255 (M.D. Fla.), which is related to and
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`involves the same patent at issue in this proceeding. In addition to the patent, its
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`prosecution history, and most prior art references, I am familiar with the
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`technology at issue in this proceeding from the prior work described above.
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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 knowledge
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`that willful false statements and the like are punishable by fine, imprisonment, or
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`both, under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code.
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`May 15, 2017
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`/Stacie R. Hartman/
`Stacie R. Hartman
`Schiff Hardin LLP
`233 South Wacker Drive
`Chicago, Illinois 60606
`Phone: (312) 258-5500
`Fax: (312) 258-5600
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