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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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`WALMART INC.; Z-SHADE CO., LTD.;
`COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION;
`LOWE’S HOME CENTERS, LLC; and
`SHELTERLOGIC CORP.
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`CARAVAN CANOPY INTERNATIONAL, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2020-01026
`Patent No. 5,944,040
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`DECLARATION OF KATHLEEN R. GEYER
`IN SUPPORT OF PRO HAC VICE MOTION
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`Petitioner Walmart Inc.
`Exhibit 1051 - Page 1 of 5
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`Declaration of Kathleen R. Geyer
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`I, Kathleen R. Geyer, declare as follows:
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`1.
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`I am an associate in the law firm of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
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`LLP, with offices located at 1420 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3700, Seattle, WA 98101,
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`which has been retained by Petitioner Walmart Inc. (“Walmart”), in this inter
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`partes review proceeding. Lead counsel for Petitioner is David A. Reed, who is a
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`partner in the law firm of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP. Mr. Reed is
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`registered to practice before the United State Patent and Trademark Office and
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`holds Registration No. 61,226. With respect to this proceeding, I have and will
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`continue to work closely with Mr. Reed.
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`I am an experienced litigating attorney and have an established
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`familiarity with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding. In particular, I have
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`approximately 2 years of experience as a patent litigator and have represented
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`clients in numerous patent litigation cases in various United States District Courts
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`and the United States International Trade Commission, including for example:
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` Dr. Mark A. Barry v. DePuy Synthes Products Inc., et al., No. 17-cv-
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`03003 (E.D. Pa.)
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` Dr. Mark A. Barry v. Stryker Corp., No. 20-cv-01787-RGA (D. Del.)
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` Dr. Mark A. Barry v. Alphatec Holdings, Inc., et al., No. 21-cv-
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`00805-RGA (D. Del.)
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`Petitioner Walmart Inc.
`Exhibit 1051 - Page 2 of 5
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` Dr. Mark A. Barry v. Orthopediatrics Corp., No. 1:20-cv-01786-RGA
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`(D. Del.)
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` Dr. Mark A. Barry v. SeaSpine Holdings Corp., et al., No. 21-cv-
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`00806-RGA (D. Del.)
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` Low Temp Industries, Inc. v. Duke Manufacturing Co., No. 4:20-cv-
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`00686-MTS (E.D. Mo.)
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` Nevro Corp. v. Nalu Medical, Inc., No. 20-cv-00291-CFC (D. Del.)
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` Droplets, Inc. v. Nordstrom, Inc., No. 5:12-cv-4049-RMW (N.D. Cal.)
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` Echologics, LLC et al. v. Orbis Intelligent Systems, Inc., et al., No.
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`19-cv-02036-RGA (D. Del.)
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` Caravan Canopy Int’l, Inc. v. Walmart Inc., et al., No. 2:19-cv-06978-
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`ADS-PSG (C.D. Cal.)
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` Prolitec Inc. v. ScentAir Technologies, LLC, No. 20-cv-00984-RGA
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`(D. Del.)
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` Certain Vacuum Insulated Flasks and Components Thereof, Inv. No.
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`337-TA-1216 (USITC)
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`Petitioner Walmart Inc.
`Exhibit 1051 - Page 3 of 5
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`3.
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`I have an established familiarity with U.S. Patent 5,944,040 (“the ’040
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`patent”), the patent at issue in this proceeding, and with the legal subject matter,
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`technical subject matter, and prior art discussed in Walmart’s request for inter
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`partes review of the '040 patent, being counsel for Petitioner Walmart in the patent
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`infringement civil action, Caravan Canopy Int’l, Inc. v. Walmart Inc., et al., No.
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`2:19-cv-06978-ADS-PSG (C.D. Cal. Aug. 9, 2019), where the same patent that is
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`the subject of this inter partes review proceeding, the ’040 patent, is asserted
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`against Walmart. Under the supervision of lead counsel, I also have been
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`substantively involved in the preparation of Petitioner Walmart’s papers in this
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`proceeding.
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`4.
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`5.
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`I am a member in good standing of the Bar of State of Washington.
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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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`None of my applications for admission to practice before any court or
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`administrative body has ever been denied.
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`I have never had a court or administrative body deny my application
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`for admission to practice.
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`I have never been sanctioned or cited for contempt by any court or
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`administrative body.
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`I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice
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`Petitioner Walmart Inc.
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`Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in Part 42 of Title 37 of
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`the Code of Federal Regulations.
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`10.
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`I agree to be subject to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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`Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and
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`disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`11.
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`I have appeared in no other proceedings before the Office, including
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`the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, in the last three (3) years.
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`I declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are true and
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`that all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true, and
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`further that these statements were made with the knowledge that willful, false
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`statements and the like so made are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both,
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`under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code.
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`Executed on September 7, 2021 at Seattle, Washington.
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` /Kathleen R. Geyer/
`Kathleen R. Geyer
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`Petitioner Walmart Inc.
`Exhibit 1051 - Page 5 of 5
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