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`Declaration of Michael L. Lindinger
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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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`APPLE INC.
`Petitioner,
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`MAXELL, LTD.,
`Patent Owner
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`Case: IPR2020-00202
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,212,586
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`DECLARATION OF MICHAEL L. LINDINGER
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`Mail Stop Patent Board
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`I, Michael L. Lindinger, do hereby declare as follows:
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`I am member in good standing of the Illinois and District of Columbia
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`State Bars, and I am admitted to practice in the Courts of Appeals for the Seventh
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`and Federal Circuits and the Northern District of Illinois, District of the District of
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`Columbia, Southern District of Texas, Eastern District of Wisconsin.
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`I am counsel at the firm of Mayer Brown LLP. I have been a litigator
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`of patent cases for more than 13 years. I have litigated numerous high-tech,
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`consumer goods-related patent cases and have regularly entered appearances as
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`counsel of record in patent cases during this time.
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`I have never been suspended or disbarred from practice before any
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`court or administrative body.
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`I have not had an application to practice before any court or
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`administrative body denied.
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`I have had no sanctions or contempt citations imposed against 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 37 C.F.R. § 42.
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`I agree to be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set
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`forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq., and to disciplinary jurisdiction under 37
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`C.F.R. §11.19(a).
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`I have not applied to appear pro hac vice in any other proceedings
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`before the Office in the last three (3) years. I am concurrently applying to appear
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`pro hac vice in IPR2020-00200 and IPR2020-00204.
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`I have significant familiarity with the subject matter at issue in this
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`proceeding based on his work as an attorney having made an appearance in the
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`pending district court case Maxell, Ltd. v. Apple Inc., Case No. 5:19-cv-00036-
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`RWS (E.D. Tex.), which involves a variety of smartphone/tablet functionalities,
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`including the functionality that is at issue in this proceeding.
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`I have been actively involved in all aspects of this pending district
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`court case, including the validity of U.S. Patent No. 10,212,586, and accordingly,
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`have gained substantive knowledge of the patent-at-issue in this proceeding, its
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`prosecution, and the cited prior art. I also have substantive knowledge of the
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`patent-at-issue in this proceeding by virtue of his preparation for this proceeding.
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`I hereby declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United
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`States of America that the foregoing is true and correct, and that all statements
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`made of my own knowledge are true and that all statements made on information
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`and belief are believed to be true. I understand that willful false statements are
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`punishable by fine or imprisonment or both. See 18 U.S.C. § 1001.
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`By:___________________________
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`Case IPR2020-00202
`Declaration of Michael L. Lindinger
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`Dated:
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`March 4, 2021
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