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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`SMR AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS USA, INC. et al.,
`Petitioner,
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`MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR2018-00536
`Patent No. 8,550,642
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`DECLARATION OF SCOTT M. BORDER IN SUPPORT OF PATENT
`OWNER MAGNA’S MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
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`I, Scott M. Border, being duly sworn and upon oath, hereby attest to the
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`following:
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`I am a member in good standing of the Bar of the State of Virginia
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`and the District of Columbia.
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`I have not been suspended or disbarred from practice before any
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`court or administrative body.
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`I have never had an application for admission to practice before
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`any court or administrative body denied.
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`No sanctions or contempt citations have been imposed against me by
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`any court or administrative body.
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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 Rules of Professional Conduct set forth
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`in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. §
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`11.19(a).
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`I have applied to appear pro hac vice and have been granted
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`permission to appear pro hac vice before the Office in the following
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`proceedings in the last three (3) years: IPR2015-00074, IPR2015-00810,
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`IPR2015-00811, IPR2015-00812, IPR2015-00866, IPR2015-00868,
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`IPR2015-00870, IPR2015-00871, IPR2015-01009, IPR2015-01010,
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`IPR2015-01046, and IPR2015-01047, IPR2016-00331, IPR2016-00332,
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`IPR2016-01585, and IPR2016-00337.
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`8.
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`I am an experienced litigation attorney, with 9 years of experience
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`litigating patent cases in federal courts. My experience includes representing a
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`wide range of clients in complex intellectual property litigation.
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`I have worked with lead counsel in most aspects of his
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`participation in this proceeding. As such, I have reviewed and am very
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`familiar with (i) U.S. Patent Nos. 7,934,843; 8,147,077; 8,591,047; 8,128,244;
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`8,267,534; 8,783,882; 8,550,642; 8,899,762; and 9,694,750, the patents at
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`issue in this and related proceedings, (ii) the prior art relied upon in SMR
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`Automotive Systems USA, Inc.’s (“SMR”) Petition, (iii) the legal and
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`factual arguments made by SMR, and (iv) the developments in this
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`proceeding after the filing of SMR’s Petition as well as the developments in
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`related matters before the Board. I have also been involved in a number of
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`other proceedings before the Board and I am familiar with its established
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`practices.
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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 knowledge
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`that willful false statements and the like so made are punishable by fine or
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`imprisonment, or both, under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States
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`Code.
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`Dated: May 1, 2018
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