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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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`MEDTRONIC, INC., AND MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
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`TELEFLEX INNOVATIONS S.A.R.L.
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2020-00138
`Patent RE47,379E
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`Declaration of Alexander S. Rinn in Support of Patent Owner’s Unopposed
`Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission
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`I, Alexander S. Rinn, hereby declare as follows:
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`I am an attorney with the law firm of Carlson, Caspers,
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`Vandenburgh & Lindquist P.A. (“Carlson Caspers”). This declaration is
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`submitted on behalf of Patent Owner Teleflex in support of its Unopposed
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`Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Litigation Counsel. This declaration is
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`made on my own personal knowledge, except as otherwise indicated.
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`I am a member in good standing of the Bar of the State of
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`Minnesota (Minnesota Bar Number 0395616).
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`I have never been suspended or disbarred from any court
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`or administrative body.
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`No application for admission to practice before any court or
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`administrative body that I have filed or that has been filed on my behalf has
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`ever been denied.
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`No sanctions or contempt citations have been imposed on me by
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`any court or administrative body.
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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 37
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`C.F.R.
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`I agree to be subject to USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set
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`forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et. seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 11.19(a).
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`In the past three years I have not applied for pro hac vice admission
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`before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. I am, however, concurrently filing
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`motions for pro hac vice admission in the following related matters: Medtronic,
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`Inc. et al. v. Teleflex Innovations S.A.R.L., IPR2020-00126, IPR2020-00127,
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`IPR2020-00128, IPR2020-00129, IPR2020-00130, IPR2020-00132, IPR2020-
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`00134, IPR2020-00135, IPR2020-00136, IPR2020-00137, and IPR2020-00138.
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`9.
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`I have been involved in many litigations involving patent
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`infringement in multiple federal District Courts. I have practiced law for more
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`than seven years and I have litigated patent and other types of cases during that
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`entire time period. I have extensive experience with patent issues related to
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`anticipation under 35 U.S.C. § 102 and obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103, which
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`are the legal theories on which this Inter Partes Review was instituted. In the
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`course of my experience litigating patents, I have analyzed many pieces of prior
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`art, prepared prior art statements and responses, worked with validity experts, and
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`drafted and filed briefing related to anticipation and obviousness arguments.
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`I am familiar with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding. My
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`law firm, Carlson Caspers, represents Patent Owner in a patent infringement
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`lawsuit that is pending in the United States District Court for the District of
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`Minnesota (Civil Action. No. 19-cv-1760 (PJS/TNL), filed July 2, 2019), in
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`which I am an attorney of record for Patent Owner. This lawsuit involves the
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`patents at issue in this and related Inter Partes Reviews, U.S. Patent Nos.
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`8,048,032, RE45,380, RE45,760, RE45,776, and RE47,379, and involves the
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`same parties. I have had a substantial, substantive role in briefing and proceedings
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`before the district court. Through my work on this case, I have gained familiarity
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`with the technology, issues, and subjects at issue and the patents at issue in this
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`IPR and the related IPR proceedings.
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`I have also reviewed in detail each of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,048,032,
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`RE45,380, RE45,760, RE45,776, and RE47,379, the Petitions and corresponding
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`exhibits and expert declarations filed by Petitioner Medtronic in this and the related
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`proceedings, the Patent Owner’s Preliminary Responses, and the Board’s Decisions
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`instituting review. Further, I have reviewed in detail the prior art references cited
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`by Medtronic’s Petitions and relied on by the Board in instituting this review.
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`12. My technical background provides me with additional understanding
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`of the subject matter at issue. I completed a master’s degree in physics, and have
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`taught both physics and chemistry. Further, having practiced in the area of patent
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`law generally since the beginning of my career as an attorney in private practice,
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`often in the field of medical device technology, I have additional understanding
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`of the technology, issues, and subject matter at issue in these IPR proceedings.
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`I state under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
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`Dated: October 30, 2020
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