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IPR2019-00123
`U.S. Patent No. 6,306,141
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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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`COOK INCORPORATED, COOK GROUP INCORPORATED, AND COOK
`MEDICAL LLC,
`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`MEDTRONIC, INC.,
`Patent Owner
`____________
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`IPR2019-00123
`U.S. Patent No. 6,306,141
`____________
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`DECLARATION OF HYUN-JOONG KIM IN SUPPORT OF PATENT
`OWNER’S PRELIMINARY RESPONSE
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`Medtronic Exhibit 2010
`Cook v. Medtronic
`IPR2019-00123
`Page 00001
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`IPR2019-00123
`U.S. Patent No. 6,306,141
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`I, Hyun-Joong Kim, make the following Declaration pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746:
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`1.
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`2.
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`I am an associate at the law firm of Ropes & Gray LLP.
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`I provide this Declaration in connection with the above-identified Inter
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`Partes Review proceeding requested at the United States Patent and Trademark
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`Office by Cook Incorporated, Cook Group Incorporated, and Cook Medical LLC
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`(“Petitioners”). Unless otherwise stated, the facts stated in this Declaration are based
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`on my personal knowledge.
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`3.
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`Exhibit 2001 is a true and correct copy of Medtronic, Inc.’s opposition
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`to Defendant AGA Med. Corp.’s motion for summary judgment of obviousness,
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`filed in Medtronic, Inc. v. AGA Med. Corp., No. 07-00567 MMC, Dkt. No. 339 (N.D.
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`Cal. Mar. 13, 2009). Ex. 2001 was downloaded on March 11, 2019 from the Public
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`Access to Court Electronic Records (“PACER”). An exhibit label and page numbers
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`on all pages have been added to the bottom of this document, but no other alterations
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`have been made.
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`4.
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`Exhibit 2002 is a true and correct copy of Biscarini et al., “Enhanced
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`Nitinol Properties for Biomedical Applications,” Recent Patents on Biomed. Eng’g,
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`No. 1, 180-196 (2008), also filed as Ex. 2002 in Edwards Lifesciences Corp. v.
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`Medtronic, Inc., IPR2014-00362. Ex. 2002 was downloaded from the United States
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`Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (“PTAB”) publicly
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`accessible website on March 11, 2019. An exhibit label and page numbers on all
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`2
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`IPR2019-00123 Page 00002
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`IPR2019-00123
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`pages have been added to the bottom of this document, and the first page containing
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`previous exhibit label from the IPR2014-00362 proceeding has been shrunk, but no
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`other alterations have been made.
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`5.
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`Exhibit 2003 is a true and correct copy of the declaration of Dr.
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`Christopher K. Zarins in support of Medtronic, Inc.’s memorandum in opposition to
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`AGA Med. Corp.’s motion for summary judgment of obviousness, filed in
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`Medtronic, Inc. v. AGA Med. Corp., No. 07-00567 MMC, Dkt. No. 372 (N.D. Cal.
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`Mar. 16, 2009). Ex. 2003 was downloaded on March 11, 2019 from PACER. An
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`exhibit label and page numbers on all pages have been added to the bottom of this
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`document, but no other alterations have been made.
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`6.
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`Exhibit 2004 is a true and correct copy of an Order denying Defendant
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`AGA Med. Corp.’s motion for summary judgment of obviousness, Medtronic, Inc.
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`v. AGA Med. Corp., No. 07-00567 MMC, 2009 WL 1163976 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 28,
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`2009), also filed as Ex. 2004 in Edwards Lifesciences Corp. v. Medtronic, Inc.,
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`IPR2014-00362. Ex. 2004 was downloaded from the PTAB’s publicly accessible
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`website on March 11, 2019. An exhibit label and page numbers on all pages have
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`been added to the bottom of this document, and the first page containing previous
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`exhibit label from the IPR2014-00362 proceeding has been shrunk, but no other
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`alterations have been made.
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`3
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`IPR2019-00123 Page 00003
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`IPR2019-00123
`U.S. Patent No. 6,306,141
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`7.
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`Exhibit 2005 is a true and correct copy of the jury verdict form from
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`Medtronic, Inc. v. AGA Med. Corp., No. 07-00567 MMC, Dkt. No. 993 (N.D. Cal.
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`Aug. 6, 2009), also filed as Ex. 2005 in Edwards Lifesciences Corp. v. Medtronic,
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`Inc., IPR2014-00362. Ex. 2005 was downloaded on March 11, 2019 from the
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`PTAB’s publicly accessible website. An exhibit label and page numbers on all pages
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`have been added to the bottom of this document, and the first page containing
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`previous exhibit label from the IPR2014-00362 proceeding has been shrunk, but no
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`other alterations have been made.
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`8.
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`Exhibit 2006 is a true and correct copy of an Order denying Defendant
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`W.L. Gore & Associates’ motion for summary judgment of obviousness, Medtronic,
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`Inc. v. W.L. Gore & Associates, No. 06-04455 JSW, 2008 WL 5191846 (N.D. Cal.
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`Dec. 9, 2008), also filed as Ex. 2006 in Edwards Lifesciences Corp. v. Medtronic,
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`Inc., IPR2014-00362. Ex. 2006 was downloaded on March 11, 2019 from the
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`PTAB’s publicly accessible website. An exhibit label and page numbers on all pages
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`have been added to the bottom of this document, and the first page containing
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`previous exhibit label from the IPR2014-00362 proceeding has been shrunk, but no
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`other alterations have been made.
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`9.
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`Exhibit 2007 is a true and correct copy of a press release informing the
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`settlement between Medtronic and W.L. Gore & Associates, dated September 16,
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`2009, also filed as Ex. 2007 in Edwards Lifesciences Corp. v. Medtronic, Inc.,
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`4
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`IPR2019-00123 Page 00004
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`IPR2019-00123
`U.S. Patent No. 6,306,141
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`IPR2014-00362. Ex. 2007 was downloaded on March 11, 2019 from the PTAB’s
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`publicly accessible website. An exhibit label and page numbers on all pages have
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`been added to the bottom of this document, and the first page containing previous
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`exhibit label from the IPR2014-00362 proceeding has been shrunk, but no other
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`alterations have been made.
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`10. Exhibit 2008 is a true and correct copy of the petition requesting inter
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`partes review of U.S. Patent No. 6,306,141 filed in Lombard Medical Techs. PLC v.
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`Medtronic, Inc., IPR2013-00269, Paper 1. Ex. 2008 was downloaded on March 11,
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`2019 from the PTAB’s publicly accessible website. An exhibit label and page
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`numbers on all pages have been added to the bottom of this document, but no other
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`alterations have been made.
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`11. Exhibit 2009 is a true and correct copy of the petition requesting inter
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`partes review of U.S. Patent No. 6,306,141 filed in Edwards Lifesciences Corp. v.
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`Medtronic, Inc., IPR2014-00362, Paper 1. Ex. 2009 was downloaded on March 11,
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`2019 from the PTAB’s publicly accessible website. An exhibit label and page
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`numbers on all pages have been added to the bottom of this document, but no other
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`alterations have been made.
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`12.
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`I have been warned that willful false statements and the like are
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`punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both. I make this declaration of my own
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`personal knowledge, and all statements are true. If called to testify as to the matters
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`IPR2019-00123
`U.S. Patent No. 6,306,141
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`stated herein, I could and would testify competently.
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`I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
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`Executed this 13th day of March, 2019, at New York, New York
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`
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`__________________________
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`Hyun-Joong Kim
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`IPR2019-00123 Page 00006
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