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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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`AMERICAN NATIONAL MANUFACTURING INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`SLEEP NUMBER CORPORATION
`f/k/a SELECT COMFORT CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR2019-00500
`Patent No. 9,737,154 B2
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`DECLARATION OF ARCHANA NATH IN SUPPORT OF
`MOTION FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE
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`Sleep Number Corp.
`EXHIBIT 2023
`IPR2019-00500
`Page 1
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`Patent No. 9,737,154 B2
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`Case No. IPR2019-00500
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`I, Archana Nath, declare as follows:
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`1.
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`I am a partner in the business litigation group, with a particular
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`focus on intellectual property litigation, at Fox Rothschild LLP. I have been
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`practicing law in the field of intellectual property litigation for over seven
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`years, and have been specifically practicing patent litigation for the last six
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`years.
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`I have been counsel on several patent litigation cases.
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`I am a member in good standing of the State Bar of Minnesota.
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`I am also admitted to practice before the Minnesota Supreme Court, U.S.
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`District Court for the States of Minnesota, Eastern District of Wisconsin, and
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`Northern District of Illinois, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit,
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`and the United States Supreme Court.
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`I have never been suspended or disbarred from practice before
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`any court or administrative body.
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`I have never had an application for admission to practice before
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`any court or administrative body denied.
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`I have never had any sanctions or contempt citations imposed
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`against me by any court or administrative body.
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`Sleep Number Corp.
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`Patent No. 9,737,154 B2
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`7.
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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 Title
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`37 of the C.F.R.
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`8.
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`I agree to be subject to the USPTO Code of Professional
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`Responsibility as set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and disciplinary
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`jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`9.
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`I am a senior member of the team representing Patent Owner in
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`the following IPR proceedings: IPR2019-00497 (U.S. Pat. No. 8,769,747),
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`IPR2019-00500 (U.S. Pat. No. 9,737,154), and IPR2019-00514 (U.S. Pat. No.
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`5,904,172).
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`10.
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`I am also a senior member of the team representing Patent Owner
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`in the following related district court cases: Sleep Number Corporation v.
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`American National Manufacturing Inc., 5:18-cv-00357(AB)(SPx) (C.D. Cal.
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`2018) and Sleep Number Corporation v. Sizewise Rentals, LLC, 5:18-cv-
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`00356(AB)(SPx) (C.D. Cal. 2018).
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`11.
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`I am considerably familiar with the subject matter in this
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`proceeding.
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`Sleep Number Corp.
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`Patent No. 9,737,154 B2
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`I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
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`Dated: September 25, 2019
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`s/ Archana Nath
`Archana Nath
`FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP
`Suite 2000, Campbell Mithun Tower
`222 South Ninth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402-3338
`Telephone: (612) 607-7000
`Facsimile: (612) 607-7100
`E-mail: anath@foxrothschild.com
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