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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`ZTE (USA), INC.
`Petitioner,
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`FRACTUS, S.A.,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR No. IPR2018-01461
`U.S. Patent No. 9,054,421
`Issue Date: March 10, 2015
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`DECLARATION OF GANG CHEN
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`ZTE
`Exhibit 1017.0001
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`I, Gang Chen, declare as follows:
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`Chen Declaration (’421 Patent)
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`I am an attorney at Brinks Gilson & Lione. I am licensed to
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`practice law in the state of Illinois.
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`I am over 18 years of age and I make this declaration based upon
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`my own knowledge, personal experience, and belief. If called upon, I can
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`competently testify to the facts stated in this declaration.
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`I assisted with the collection and assembly of the documents
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`included as Exhibits supporting Petitioner’s Petition for Inter Partes Review of
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`U.S. Patent No. 9,054,421, bearing Inter Partes Review number IPR2018-01461,
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`to be filed on August 3, 2018.
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`4.
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`Exhibit 1008, as submitted with Petitioner’s Petition, is a true
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`and accurate copy of the P.R. 4-3 Joint Claim Construction Statement, as filed in
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`the related district court litigation, Fractus, S.A. v. ZTE Corp. et al., No. 2:17-cv-
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`00561 (E.D. Tex.) (Dkt. No. 71) obtained from PACER.
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`5.
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`Exhibit 1009, as submitted with Petitioner’s Petition, is a true
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`and accurate copy of the Memorandum Order and Opinion from the district court
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`litigation, Fractus, S.A. v. Samsung Elecs. Co., Ltd., et al., No. 6:09cv00203
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`(E.D. Tex.) (Dkt. No. 526) obtained from PACER.
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`6.
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`Exhibit 1010, as submitted with Petitioner’s Petition, is a true
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`and accurate copy of excerpts from the file history for U.S. Patent No. 9,054,421,
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`obtained from the USPTO Public PAIR system.
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`Exhibit 1011, as submitted with Petitioner’s Petition, is a true
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`and accurate copy of excerpts from the file history for U.S. Patent No. 9,054,421,
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`obtained from the USPTO Public PAIR system.
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`8.
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`Exhibit 1012, as submitted with Petitioner’s Petition, is a true
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`and accurate copy of an Exhibit from Fractus’ Opening Claim Construction Brief,
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`as filed in the related district court litigation, Fractus, S.A. v. ZTE Corp. et al.,
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`No. 2:17-cv-00561 (E.D. Tex.) (Dkt. No. 77, Ex. N) obtained from PACER.
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`9.
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`Exhibit 1013, as submitted with Petitioner’s Petition, is a true
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`and accurate copy of an excerpt from the PCT Application, PCT/ES/00296,
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`obtained from the website https://register.epo.org.
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`10. Exhibit 1016, as submitted with Petitioner’s Petition, is a true
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`and accurate copy of excerpts from the file history for the inter partes
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`reexamination of U.S. Patent No. 7,394,432 (Control No. 95/001,483), obtained
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`from the USPTO Public PAIR system.
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`Exhibit 1017.0003
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`I hereby declare that all statements made in this declaration are of my own
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`knowledge and are true, that all statements made on information and belief are
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`believed to be true, and that these statements were made with the knowledge that
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`willful false statements and the like so made are punishable by fine or imprisonment,
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`or both, under 18 U.S.C. § 1001.
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`The contents of this declaration are true under penalty of perjury of the laws
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`of the United States.
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`Dated: August 3, 2018
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`/s/ Gang Chen
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