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`Entered: November 21, 2018
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PA TENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`NEPTUNE GENERICS, LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`CORCEPT THERAPEUTICS, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2018-01494
`U.S. Patent No. 8,921,348
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`DECLARATION OF MICHELLE L. ERNST IN SUPPORT OF
`PATENT OWNER'S MOTION FOR
`PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.lO(c)
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`Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.
`Exhibit 2008
`Neptune Generics, LLC v. Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.
`Case IPR2018-01494
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`Ex. 2008-0001
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`IPR2018-01494 (USP 8,921,348)
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`Declaration In Support Of
`PHV Admission
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`I, Michelle L. Ernst, resident of New York, New York, declare as follows:
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`1.
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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, 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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`2.
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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 ofNew Jersey (Bar. No. 039342011).
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`3.
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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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`4.
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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 3 7 C.F .R. § § 11.101 et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under
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`37 C.F.R. § 1 l.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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`Ex. 2008-0002
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`IPR2018-01494 (USP 8,921,348)
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`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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`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 U.S. 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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`Executed on November 20, 2018 in New York, New York.
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`~ *
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`Michelle L. Ernst
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`Ex. 2008-0003
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