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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`MODERNA THERAPEUTICS, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
`PROTIVA BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR2018-00739
`Patent No. 9,364,435
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`DECLARATION OF MORGAN CHU IN SUPPORT OF
`MODERNA THERAPEUTICS, INC.’S
`UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
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`Mail Stop: PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`10679944
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`I, Morgan Chu, declare as follows:
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`I am an attorney licensed to practice law in the state of California.
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`I am a member in good standing of the Bar of the State of California.
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`I am also admitted to practice before the United States Supreme
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`Court, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Federal, Second,
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`Fifth, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits, and the United States District
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`Courts for the Central District of California, Northern District of
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`California, Southern District of California, Eastern District of
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`California, United States District Court for District of Colorado,
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`United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin,
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`and United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
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`I am a member in good standing in all jurisdictions where I have been
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`admitted to practice.
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`I have never 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 denied for admission to practice
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`before any court or administrative body.
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`I have never had any sanctions or contempt citations imposed by any
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`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
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`of the C.F.R.
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`I agree to be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set
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`forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under
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`37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`9.
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`I have appeared Pro Hac Vice before the Patent Trial and Appeal
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`Board in connection with IPR Nos. IPR2013-00004, IPR2013-00007,
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`IPR2014-00727, IPR2014-01510, IPR2014-01511, IPR2014-01513,
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`IPR2015-01719, IPR2015-01764, IPR2015-01767, IPR2015-01768,
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`IPR2017-00607, IPR2017-00608, IPR2017-00617, IPR2017-00619,
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`IPR2017-00620, IPR2017-00621 and IPR2017-00623. I am
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`concurrently applying for pro hac vice admission in IPR2018-00680.
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`I am a Partner at the law firm of Irell & Manella LLP. I have been
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`litigating cases relating to patents for over forty (40) years.
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`I have an established familiarity with the subject matter of this
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`proceeding and have engaged closely in issues related to the ’435
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`patent.
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`I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are
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`true and that all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true;
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`and further that these statements are made with the knowledge that willful false
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`statements and the like so made are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both,
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`under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code and that such willful false
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`statements may jeopardize the validity of U.S. Patent No. 9,364,435.
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`Date: May 15, 2019
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`/Morgan Chu/
` Morgan Chu
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`IRELL & MANELLA LLP
`1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 900
`Los Angeles, CA 90067-4276
`Telephone: (310) 277-1010
`Fax: (310) 203-7199
`Email: mchu@irell.com
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