`Patent 8,142,413
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`DECLARATION OF RYAN E. DORNBERGER IN SUPPORT OF
`MOTIONS FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
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`I, Ryan E. Dornberger, declare that:
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`I am an associate at the law firm of Robins Kaplan LLP and provide this
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`declaration in support of Petitioners’ Motion for my pro hac vice admission.
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`I have personal knowledge of the matters set forth below, and if called as a
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`witness, I could and would testify competently to these matters.
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`I have litigated patent infringement disputes for over six years, including
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`through fact and expert discovery, Markman hearings, and oral arguments in
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`patent infringement matters before Federal district courts, the United States
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`Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the PTAB. I have significant
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`handling patent disputes for medical devices, including for arthroscopic knee
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`implants, automatic resuscitation devices, heart valves, and most relevant to
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`this case, catheters and stents.
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`3) I am a member in good standing of the State Bar of Minnesota as well as the
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`State Bar of Texas.
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`4) I have never been suspended or disbarred from practice before any court or
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`IPR2021-001342
`Medtronic v. Teleflex
`Medtronic Exhibit 1125 - Page 1
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`IPR2020-01342
`Patent 8,142,413
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`5) No court or administrative body has ever denied my application for
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`admission to practice before it.
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`6) No court or administrative body has ever imposed sanctions or contempt
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`citations on me.
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`7) I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and
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`the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of Title 37.
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`8) I understand that I will be subject to the Office’s Rules of Professional
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`Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction
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`under 37 C.P.R. § 11.19(a).
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`9) I am familiar with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding. My law firm,
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`Robins Kaplan LLC, represents Petitioners in related Inter Partes Reviews,
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`involving U.S. Patent Nos. 8,048,032, RE45,380, RE45,760, RE45,776,
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`RE47,379, 8,142,413, and RE46,116 and involves the same parties. I have
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`assisted the registered practitioners from my firm who represent Petitioner in
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`these matters, working at their direction. Through this work, I have gained
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`familiarity with the subjects at issue, which includes the validity of the
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`patents at issue in this case as well as the related IPR proceedings.
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`10) I have not applied for pro hac vice admission before the Patent Trial and
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`Appeal Board in the last three years. I have previously been granted
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`Declaration of
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`IPR2021-001342
`Medtronic v. Teleflex
`Medtronic Exhibit 1125 - Page 2
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`IPR2020-01342
`Patent 8,142,413
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`admission pro hac vice in IPR2016-01701, IPR2016-01917, and IPR2017-
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`00122.
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`11) I am concurrently filing motions for pro hac vice in the following related
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`a. Medtronic, Inc. et al v. Teleflex Life Sciences Limited,
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`IPR2020-01341;
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`b. Medtronic, Inc. et al v. Teleflex Life Sciences Limited,
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`IPR2020-01343;
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`c. Medtronic, Inc. et al v. Teleflex Life Sciences Limited,
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`IPR2020-01344;
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`Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1001, I declare under penalty of perjury that the
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`foregoing is true and correct.
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`Dated: April 8, 2021
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`IPR2021-001342
`Medtronic v. Teleflex
`Medtronic Exhibit 1125 - Page 3
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