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`Entered: April 10, 2019
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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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`NEPTUNE GENERICS, LLC,
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`Petitioner,
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`CORCEPT THERAPEUTICS, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2018-01494
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`US. Patent No. 8,921,348
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`CORRECTED DECLARATION OF MICHELLE L. ERNST
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`IN SUPPORT OF
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`PATENT OWNER’S MOTION FOR
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`PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`IPR2018-01494 (USP 8,921,348)
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`Corrected Declaration In Support Of
`PHV Admission
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`1, Michelle L. Ernst, resident of New York, New York, declare as follows:
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`I am an attorney at the firm of Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for
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`Patent Owner Corcept Therapeutics,
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`Inc. (“Patent Owner”).
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`I have personal
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`knowledge of the facts set forth in this declaration and, if called as a witness, could
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`and would testify competently under oath.
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`I am a member in good standing of the New York Bar (Bar No.
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`5053483) and the State Bar of New Jersey (Bar. No. 039342011).
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`I have never been suSpended or disbarred from practice before any
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`court or administrative body. No application of mine for admission to practice
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`before any court or administrative body has ever been denied. No court or
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`administrative body has imposed sanctions or contempt citations 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 the C.F.R.
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`I acknowledge and agree that I will be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional
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`Conduct set 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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`5.
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`I received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Connecticut
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`in 2005, and a law degree from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva
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`University in 2011.
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`IPR2018-01494 (USP 8,921,348)
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`Corrected Declaration In Support Of
`PHV Admission
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`6.
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`I am a member of Latham and Watkins’ intellectual property group,
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`with a focus on patent litigation, where I have practiced for over one year. Prior to
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`I joining Latham and Watkins, I practiced intellectual property and patent litigation
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`at other large law firms for approximately six years.
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`7.
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`I have been actively involved in analyzing and assisting with the
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`Petition for Inter Partes Review concerning US. Patent No. 8,921,348 (“’348
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`patent”) submitted in this proceeding.
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`8.
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`I have not appeared pro hac vice in any proceedings before the
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`USPTO.
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`9.
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`I hereby declare that all
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`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.
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`I further declare that these statements were made with the
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`knowledge that willful false statements and the like so made are punishable by fine
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`or imprisonment, or both, under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States
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`Code.
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`I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
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`Executed on April 8, 2019 in New York, New York.
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`MichelleéL. Ernst
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), I certify that on this 10th day of April,
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`2019, a true and correct copy of the foregoing Corrected Declaration Of
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`Michelle L. Ernst In Support Of Patent Owner’s Motion For Pro Hac Vice
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`Admission Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c) was served by electronic mail on
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`Petitioner’s lead and backup counsel at the following email addresses:
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`Kenneth M. Goldman (Reg. No. 34,174)
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`Leonard A. Gail (pro hac vice)
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`MASSEY & GAIL LLP
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`50 E. Washington Street, Suite 400
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`Chicago, IL 60602
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` kgoldman@masseygail.com
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`lgail@masseygail.com
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`Christopher L. May (Reg. No. 53,286)
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`MASSEY & GAIL LLP
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`Washington, DC 20005
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`cmay@masseygail.com
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`By: / Robert Steinberg /
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`Robert Steinberg (Reg. No. 33,144)
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` bob.steinberg@lw.com
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`Latham & Watkins LLP
` 555 Eleventh Street, NW, Ste. 1000
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`Washington, DC 20004-1304
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`Telephone: 202.637.2200
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`Fax: 202.637.2201
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` Counsel for Patent Owner
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`Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.
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`Ex. 2008-0004
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