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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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`LKQ Corporation and Keystone Automotive Industries, Inc.,
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`Petitioners,
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`GM Global Technology Operations LLC,
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`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2020-00534
`U.S. Design Patent No. D797,625 S
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`DECLARATION OF BARRY F. IRWIN, P.C. IN SUPPORT OF
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`PETITIONERS’ REPLY TO PATENT OWNER’S RESPONSE
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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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`Ex. 1045, LKQ v. GM
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`I, Barry F. Irwin, declare as follows:
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`The facts set forth herein are based on my personal knowledge and/or
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`the documents attached hereto (that I have personal knowledge of
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`sufficient to authenticate them), and are true and correct to the best of
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`my personal knowledge, belief, recollection, and understanding.
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`I am over the age of eighteen, and if asked to do so, I could
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`competently testify to the matters set forth herein.
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`I am the founding attorney at Irwin IP LLC, 222 South Riverside
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`Plaza, Suite 2350, Chicago, Illinois 60606, and serve as Lead Counsel
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`for the Petitioners, LKQ Corporation’s and Keystone Automotive
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`Industries, Inc., in this proceeding. I submit this declaration in support
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`of Petitioner’s Reply to Patent Owner’s Response.
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`4.
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`Submitted herewith as Exhibit 1017 is a true and correct copy of U.S.
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`Design Patent No. D766,149.
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`Submitted herewith as Exhibit 1018 is a true and correct copy of U.S.
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`Design Patent No. D704,607.
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`Submitted herewith as Exhibit 1019 is a true and correct copy of U.S.
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`Design Patent No. D763,753.
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`Submitted herewith as Exhibit 1020 is a true and correct copy of U.S.
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`Design Patent No. D686,536.
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`8.
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`Submitted herewith as Exhibit 1021 is a true and correct copy of U.S.
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`Design Patent No D692,798.
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`Submitted herewith as Exhibit 1022 is a true and correct copy of U.S.
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`Design Patent No. 762,151.
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`10.
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`Submitted herewith as Exhibit 1023 is a true and correct copy of U.S.
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`Design Patent No. D713,298.
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`11.
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`Submitted herewith as Exhibit 1024 is a true and correct copy of U.S.
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`Design Patent No. D764,362.
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`Submitted herewith as Exhibit 1025 is a true and correct copy of U.S.
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`Design Patent No. D785,521.
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`13.
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`Submitted herewith as Exhibit 1026 is a true and correct copy of U.S.
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`Design Patent No. D739,306.
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`Submitted herewith as Exhibit 1027 is a true and correct copy of U.S.
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`Design Patent No. D722,282.
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`15.
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`Submitted herewith as Exhibit 1028 is a true and correct copy of U.S.
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`Design Patent No. D784,857.
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`Submitted herewith as Exhibit 1029 is a true and correct copy of U.S.
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`Design Patent No. D613,645.
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`Submitted herewith as Exhibit 1030 is a true and correct copy of U.S.
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`Design Patent No. D611,387.
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`18.
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`Submitted herewith as Exhibit 1031 is a true and correct copy of U.S.
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`Design Patent No. D704,103.
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`19.
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`Submitted herewith as Exhibit 1032 is a true and correct copy of U.S.
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`Design Patent No. D717,696.
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`Submitted herewith as Exhibit 1033 is a true and correct copy of U.S.
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`Design Patent No. 692,798.
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`Submitted herewith as Exhibit 1034 is a true and correct copy of U.S.
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`Design Patent No D680,909.
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`Submitted herewith as Exhibit 1035 is a true and correct copy of U.S.
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`Design Patent No. D615,458.
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`Submitted herewith as Exhibit 1036 is a true and correct copy of U.S.
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`Design Patent No. D699,629.
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`24.
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`Submitted herewith as Exhibit 1037 is a true and correct copy of U.S.
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`Design Patent No. D781,180.
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`25.
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`Submitted herewith as Exhibit 1038 is a true and correct copy of U.S.
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`Design Patent No. D635,488.
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`26.
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`Submitted herewith as Exhibit 1039 is a true and correct copy of U.S.
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`Design Patent No. D773,361.
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`Submitted herewith as Exhibit 1040 is a true and correct copy of U.S.
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`Design Patent No. D699,649.
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`28.
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`Submitted herewith as Exhibit 1041 is a true and accurate collage
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`depicting images of the “crowded field” prior art patents cited as
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`“most similar” in the Declaration of T. Peters, the images comprising
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`which were each obtained from U.S. Design Patent No. D797,625,
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`U.S. Design Patent D773,340, and the aforementioned Exhibits 1017–
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`1022.
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`Submitted herewith as Exhibit 1042 is a true and accurate collage
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`depicting images of the “crowded field” prior art patents cited in the
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`Declaration of T. Peters, the images comprising which were each
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`obtained from U.S. Design Patent No. D797,625, U.S. Design Patent
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`No. D773,340, and the aforementioned Exhibits 1023–1042.
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`30.
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`Submitted herewith as Exhibit 1043 is a true and accurate copy of the
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`Declaration of Jason C. Hill in Support of Petitioners’ Reply to Patent
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`Owner’s Response.
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`Submitted herewith as Exhibit 1044 is a true and accurate copy of the
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`transcript of the Deposition of Thomas V. Peters.
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`32.
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`I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States
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`of America that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are
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`true and that all statements made on information and belief are
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`believed to be true; and further that these statements were made with
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`the knowledge that willful false statements and the like so made are
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`punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under Section 1001 of
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`Title 18 of the United States Code.
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`Dated: January 26, 2021
`Chicago, Illinois
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Barry F. Irwin/
`Barry F. Irwin, P.C.
`Reg. No. 36,557
`birwin@irwinip.com
`Irwin IP LLC
`222 S. Riverside Plaza, Ste. 2350
`Chicago, IL 60606
`Phone: 312.667.6080
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