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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.,
`Petitioner,
`
`v.
`
`TELEFLEX LIFE SCIENCES LIMITED,
`Patent Owner.
`
`
`Case IPR2020-01344
`Patent RE 46,116
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`PETITIONER’S LIST
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`

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`IPR2020-01344
`Patent RE 46,116
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`
`EXHIBIT LIST
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`
`Exhibit
`1122
`1123
`1124
`1125
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`1401
`1402
`1403
`1404
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`1405
`1406
`1407
`1408
`1409
`1410
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`1411
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`1412
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`1413
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`Description
`
`U.S. Patent 7,422,579 (“Wahr ʼ579”)
`[RESERVED]
`Declaration of Ryan E. Dornberger in Support of Motions for Pro
`Hac Vice Admission
`U.S. Patent No. RE 46,116 (“the ’116 patent”)
`File history for U.S. Patent No. 8,292,850
`File history for U.S. Patent No. RE 46,116
`Assignment record of the ’116 patent from the USPTO assignment
`database
`Declaration of Doctor Stephen JD Brecker, M.D.
`Curriculum Vitae of Doctor Stephen JD Brecker, M.D.
`U.S. Patent No. 7,736,355 (“Itou”)
`U.S. Patent No. 7,604,612 (“Ressemann”)
`U.S. Patent No. 5,439,445 (“Kontos”)
`New Method to Increase a Backup Support of a 6 French Guiding
`Coronary Catheter, Catheterization and Cardiovascular
`Interventions 63: 452-456 (2004) (“Takahashi”)
`Excerpt of prosecution history of U.S. Patent No. 8,048,032
`(Application 11/416,629) (Amendment and Response, April 6,
`2009)
`Joint Claim Construction Statement in QXMedical, LLC v. Vascular
`Solutions, Inc., D. Minn., No. 17-cv-01969 (January 10, 2018), D.I.
`36; D.I. 36-1.
`Markman Order in QXMedical, LLC v. Vascular Solutions, Inc., D.
`Minn., No. 17-cv-01969 (October 30, 2018), D.I. 102
`
`1
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`

`

`1415
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`1421
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`1424
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`IPR2020-01344
`Patent RE 46,116
`
`Description
`Exhibit
`1414 Meads, C., et al., Coronary artery stents in the treatment of
`ischaemic heart disease: a rapid and systematic review, Health
`Technology Assessment 2000 4(23) (“Meads”)
`Excerpt from Grossman’s Cardiac Catheterization, Angiography,
`and Intervention (6th edition) (2000) (chapters 1, 4, 11, 23-25).
`US Patent Publication 2003/0233117 (“Adams ’117”)
`1416
`U.S. Patent No. 5,902,290 (“Peacock”)
`1417
`U.S. Patent No. 5,891,056 (“Ramzipoor”)
`1418
`U.S. Patent No. 6,398,773 (“Bagaoisan”)
`1419
`1420 Mehan, Coronary Angioplasty through 4 French Diagnostic
`Catheters, Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 30:22-
`26 (1993) (“Mehan”)
`Excerpt of prosecution history for application 11/232,876 (Office
`Action, 6/20/09)
`Cordis, Instructions for Use, CYPHER™ (April 2003)
`1422
`1423 Medtronic, Summary of Safety and Effectiveness Data, Driver™
`Coronary Stent System (October 1, 2003)
`Boston Scientific, Summary of Safety and Effectiveness Data,
`TAXUS™ Express2™ Drug-Eluting Coronary Stent System (March
`4, 2004)
`U.S. Publication Application No. 2005/0015073 (“Kataishi”)
`U.S. Patent No. 5,489,278 (“Abrahamson”)
`U.S. Patent No. RE45,776 (“Root”)
`Baim, Randomized Trial of a Distal Embolic Protection Device
`During Percutaneous Intervention of Saphenous Vein Aorto-
`Coronary Bypass Grafts, Circulation 105:1285-1290 (2002)
`(“Baim”)
`Limbruno, Mechanical Prevention of Distal Embolization During
`Primary Angioplasty, Circulation 108:171-176 (2003)
`(“Limbruno”)
`
`1425
`1426
`1427
`1428
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`1429
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`2
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`

`

`IPR2020-01344
`Patent RE 46,116
`
`Exhibit
`1430
`1431
`
`1432
`
`Description
`U.S. Patent No. 5,413,560 (“Solar ’560”)
`Schöbel, Percutaneous Coronary Interventions Using a New 5
`French Guiding Catheter: Results of a Prospective Study,
`Catheterization & Cardiovascular Interventions 53:308-312 (2001)
`(“Schöbel”)
`The sliding rail system (monorail): description of a new technique
`for intravascular instrumentation and its application to coronary
`angioplasty, Z. Kardio. 76:Supp. 6, 119-122 (1987) (“Bonzel”)
`U.S. Publication Application No. 2004/0236215 (Mihara)
`1433
`U.S. Patent No. 5,527,292 (“Adams ’292”)
`1434
`U.S. Publication Application No. 2004/0010280 (“Adams ’280”)
`1435
`1436 Williams et al., Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the Current
`Era Compared with 1985-1986, Circulation (2000) 102:2945-2951.
`Dorros, G., et al., Coronary Angioplasty in Patients with Prior
`Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, Cardiology Clinics 7(4): 791-803
`(1989)
`Ozaki et al, New Stent Technologies, Progress in Cardiovascular
`Disease 2:129-140 (1996)
`Urban et al., Coronary stenting through 6 French Guiding
`Catheters, Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis (1993)
`28:263-266
`Excerpt of McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical
`Terms (5th edition) (1994) (defining “flexural modulus”)
`Excerpt from Kern’s The Interventional Cardiac Catheterization
`Handbook (2nd edition) (2004) (chapter 1)).
`Declaration of Dr. Richard A. Hillstead, Ph.D.
`Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Richard A. Hillstead, Ph.D.
`U.S. Patent No. 5,961,510 (“Fugoso”)
`U.S. Patent No. 6,199,262 (“Martin”)
`U.S. Patent No. 6,042,578 (“Dinh”)
`
`1442
`1443
`1444
`1445
`1446
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`1437
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`1438
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`1439
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`1440
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`1441
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`3
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`

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`IPR2020-01344
`Patent RE 46,116
`
`Description
`Exhibit
`1447 WO 97/37713 (“Truckai”)
`1448
`Terumo Heartrail II product literature
`1449 Medtronic Launcher product literature
`1450
`U.S. Patent No. 5,980,486 (“Enger”)
`1451
`U.S. Patent No. 5,911,715 (“Berg”)
`1452
`U.S. Patent No. 5,545,149 (“Brin”)
`1453
`U.S. Patent No. 5,720,300 (“Fagan”)
`1454
`U.S. Patent No. 5,120,323 (“Shockey”)
`1455
`Sakurada, Improved Performance of a New Thrombus Aspiration
`Catheter: Outcomes From In Vitro Experiments and a
`Case Presentation (“Sakurada”)
`Nordenstrom, New Instruments for Catheterization and
`Angiocardiography (“Nordenstrom”)
`U.S. Patent No. 5,445,625 (“Voda”)
`U.S. Patent No. 6,595,952 (“Forsberg”)
`U.S. Patent No. 6,860,876 (“Chen”)
`U.S. Patent No. 6,638,268 (“Niazi”)
`U.S. Patent No. 5,690,613 (“Verbeek”)
`lserson, J.-F.-B. Charrière: The Man Behind the “French” Gauge,
`The Journal of Emergency Medicine. Vol. 5 pp 545-548 (1987)
`U.S. Publication Application No. 2003/0195546 (“Solar ’546”)
`QXMédical, LLC’s Opening Claim Construction
`Memorandum QXMedical, LLC v. Vascular Solutions, Inc., D.
`Minn., No. 17-cv-01969 (March 14, 2018), D.I. 56
`U.S. Patent No. 4,000,739 (“Stevens”)
`EP 0 881 921 B1 (“Lee”)
`U.S. Patent No. 5,451,209 (“Ainsworth”)
`
`1457
`1458
`1459
`1460
`1461
`1462
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`1456
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`1463
`1464
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`1465
`1466
`1467
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`4
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`

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`IPR2020-01344
`Patent RE 46,116
`
`Exhibit
`1468
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`1469
`
`1471
`
`Description
`Defendants’ Memorandum in Opposition to Plaintiff’s Summary
`Judgment Motion and in Support of Defendants’ Summary
`Judgment Motion, QXMedical, LLC v. Vascular Solutions LLC et
`al., 17-cv-01969-PJS-TNL (D. Minn 2019)
`Excerpt of prosecution history for application 14/195,435 (Office
`Action, 10/06/15)
`1470 Metz, Comparison of 6f with 7f and 8f guiding catheters for elective
`coronary angioplasty: Results of a prospective, multicenter,
`randomized trial, American Heart Journal. Vol. 134, Number 1, pp
`132-137 (“Metz”)
`Feldman, Coronary Angioplasty Using New 6 French Guiding
`Catheters, Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis 23:93-99
`(1991) (“Feldman”)
`U.S. Patent No. 5,704,926 (“Sutton”)
`Plaintiffs’ Memorandum in Support of Motion for Preliminary
`Injunction, Vascular Solutions LLC et al. v. Medtronic, Inc., 19:cv-
`01760-PJS-TNL
`Yokoyama, Feasibility and safety of thrombectomy with TVAC
`aspiration catheter system for patients with acute myocardial
`infarction, Heart Vessels (2006) 21:1–7 (“Yokoyama”)
`[RESERVED]
`U.S. Patent No. 5,860,963 (“Azam”)
`10/16/2019 Deposition of Peter Keith in Vascular Solutions, LLC.
`v. Medtronic, Inc., D. Minn., No. 19-cv-01760
`Sylvia Hall-Ellis’s Librarian Declaration
`Complaint in Vascular Solutions, LLC. v. Medtronic, Inc., D.
`Minn., No. 19-cv-01760 (October 11, 2019), D.I. 1-14.
`U.S. Patent No. 5,061,273 (“Yock”)
`U.S. RE45,380 (“the ’380 patent”)
`Declaration of Peter Keith in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for
`Preliminary Injunction, Vascular Solutions LLC et al. v. Medtronic,
`Inc., 19:cv-01760-PJS-TNL (July 12, 2019)
`5
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`1475
`1476
`1477
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`1472
`1473
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`1474
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`1478
`1479
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`1480
`1481
`1482
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`

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`IPR2020-01344
`Patent RE 46,116
`
`Exhibit
`1483
`
`Description
`Joint Fed. R. C. P. 26(f) Report [Excerpt], Vascular Solutions LLC
`et al. v. Medtronic, Inc., 19:cv-01760-PJS-TNL
`Plaintiffs’ Objections and Responses to Interrogatories, Vascular
`Solutions LLC et al. v. Medtronic, Inc., 19:cv-01760-PJS-TNL
`[RESERVED]
`[RESERVED]
`[RESERVED]
`Preliminary Injunction Order, Vascular Solutions LLC et al. v.
`Medtronic, Inc., 19:cv-01760-PJS-TNL (April 9, 2020)
`[RESERVED]
`[RESERVED]
`[RESERVED]
`[RESERVED]
`Screenshot from Docket Navigator regarding Judge Schiltz's
`Motions to Stay Pending Inter Partes Review
`[RESERVED]
`Plaintiffs’ Infringement Disclosures in Vascular Solutions LLC et
`al. v. Medtronic, Inc., 19:cv-01760-PJS-TNL (March 1, 2020)
`U.S. Patent No. 4,886,507 (“Patton”)
`Excerpt of Patrick W. Serruys, Handbook of Coronary Stents (4th
`Edition) (2002)
`U.S. Patent No. 5,167,636 (“Clement”)
`U.S. Patent No. 5,897,497 (“Fernandez”)
`Originally filed Abstract, Specification, Drawings, and Claims from
`the ’032 File History
`Originally filed Abstract, Specification, Drawings, and Claims from
`the ’413 File History
`[RESERVED]
`Originally filed Abstract, Specification, Drawings, and Claims from
`6
`
`1484
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`1485
`1486
`1487
`1488
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`1489
`1490
`1491
`1492
`1493
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`1494
`1495
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`1496
`1497
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`1498
`1499
`1500
`
`1501
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`1502
`1503
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`

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`IPR2020-01344
`Patent RE 46,116
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`Exhibit
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`1504
`1505
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`1506
`1507
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`1508
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`1510
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`1511
`
`Description
`the ’380 File History
`[RESERVED]
`Originally filed Abstract, Specification, Drawings, and Claims from
`the ’379 File History
`Non-Final Rejection from the ’379 File History filed on 2017-07-20
`Applicant Initiated Interview Summary from the ’379 File History
`filed on 2018-01-24
`Ex. 7 of Teleflex Infringement Disclosures and Claim Chart,
`Vascular Solutions LLC et al. v. Medtronic, Inc., 19:cv-01760-PJS-
`TNL (March 1, 2020)
`1509 Mamas A. Mamas, Distal Stent Delivery with the Guideliner
`Catheter: First in Man Experience (2010)
`Amendment to the claims from the ’379 File History filed on 2017-
`06-12
`Applicant Arguments and Remarks Made in an Amendment from
`the ’379 File History filed on 2018-01-19
`U.S. Patent Application Publication US2017/0260219 (“Root”)
`IPR2020-00127 Institution Decision (Paper 20)
`First Amended and Supplemental Complaint, Vascular Solutions
`LLC et al. v. Medtronic, Inc., 19:cv-01760-PJS-TNL (February 14,
`2020)
`Screenshot showing docket of Motion to Stay Order, Vascular
`Solutions LLC et al. v. Medtronic, Inc., 19:cv-01760-PJS-TNL
`(February 7, 2020)
`[RESERVED]
`[RESERVED]
`Amended Pretrial Scheduling Order, Vascular Solutions LLC et al.
`v. Medtronic, Inc., 19:cv-01760-PJS-TNL (February 7, 2020)
`IPR2020-00136 Institution Decision (Paper 20)
`[RESERVED]
`
`1512
`1513
`1514
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`1515
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`1516
`1517
`1518
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`1519
`1520
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`7
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`1807
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`IPR2020-01344
`Patent RE 46,116
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`Description
`Exhibit
`1521-1796 [RESERVED]
`1762
`Transcript from the November 13, 2020 deposition of Howard Root
`1763
`[RESERVED]
`1764
`Transcript form the December 1, 2020 deposition of Peter T. Keith
`1765-1799 [RESERVED]
`1800
`Transcript from November 24, 2020 deposition of Peter Keith
`1801
`Transcript from November 19, 2020 deposition of Dr. John Graham
`1802-1805 [RESERVED]
`1806
`Supplemental Declaration of Stephen Jon David Brecker, MD,
`FRCP, FESC, FACC [PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL]
`Declaration of Michael Jones Submitted in Support of Petitioner’s
`Replies and Petitioner’s Opposition to Patent Owner’s Motion to
`Amend
`1808-1812 [RESERVED]
`1813
`Transcript from November 18, 2020 deposition of Dr. John Graham
`1814-1818 [RESERVED]
`1819
`Rebuttal Expert Report of Peter T. Keith on Validity in QXMedical.
`LLC v. Vascular Solutions LLC, 17-cv-01969 (PJS/TNL)
`[PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL]
`[RESERVED]
`Transcript from the October 30, 2019 deposition of Amy L. Welch
`[PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL]
`VSIMDT00000831 – Teleflex Presentation
`[PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL]
`[RESERVED]
`Video/Audio File Transcription of GuideLiner V3 Catheter: The
`Engineering Story
`1825-1829 Declaration of Peter T. Keith in Support of VSI’s Opposition to
`QXMedical’s Motion for Summary Judgment and VSI’s Cross-
`
`1820
`1821
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`1822
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`1823
`1824
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`IPR2020-01344
`Patent RE 46,116
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`Exhibit
`
`Description
`Motion for Summary Judgment in QXMedical. LLC v. Vascular
`Solutions LLC, 17-cv-01969 (PJS/TNL)
`1826-1829 [RESERVED]
`1830
`Declaration of Paul Zalesky Regarding Copying Submitted in
`Support of Petitioner’s Reply
`[PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL]
`1831-1843 [RESERVED]
`1844
`Preliminary Injunction Motion Hearing Transcript, Vascular
`Solutions LLC et al. v. Medtronic, Inc., 19:cv-01760-PJS-TNL
`[RESERVED]
`Transcript from the June 30, 2021 deposition of Dr. John Graham
`[RESERVED]
`US 2019/0255299 (“Fischell”)
`[RESERVED]
`[RESERVED]
`Transcript from the June 15, 2018 deposition of Howard Root in
`QXMedical, LLC v. Vascular Solutions, LLC, et al, 17-cv-01969
`(PJS-TNL) [PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL]
`1852-1853 [RESERVED]
`1854
`Engineering drawing of GuideLiner marked up by Howard Root
`during his deposition
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`1845
`1846
`1847
`1848
`1849
`1850
`1851
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`Dated: August 6, 2021
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`
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`/Cyrus A. Morton/
`Cyrus A. Morton
`Reg. No. 44,954
`Robins Kaplan LLP
`2800 LaSalle Plaza
`800 LaSalle Avenue
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
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`IPR2020-01344
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`IPR2020-01344
`Patent RE 46,116
`Patent RE 46,1 16
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`Attorney for Patent Owner
`Attorney for Patent Owner
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`IPR2020-01344
`Patent RE 46,116
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e)(4), the undersigned certifies that on August
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`6, 2021, a copy of PETITIONERS’ EXHIBIT LIST was served in its entirety by
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`electronic mail on Patent Owner’s counsel at the following addresses indicated in
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`Patent Owner’s Mandatory Notices:
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`J. Derek Vandenburgh, Reg. No. 32,179
`dvandenburgh@carlsoncaspers.com
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`Dennis C. Bremer, Reg. No. 40,528
`dbremer@carlsoncaspers.com
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`Joseph W. Winkels
`jwinkels@carlsoncaspers.com
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`Peter M. Kohlhepp
`pkohlhepp@carlsoncaspers.com
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`Alexander S. Rinn
`pkohlhepp@carlsoncaspers.com
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`Megan E. Christner, Reg. No. 78,979
`mchristner@carlsoncaspers.com
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`Shelleaha L. Jonas
`sjonas@carlsoncaspers.com
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`Tara C. Norgard
`tnorgard@carlsoncaspers.com
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`Dated: August 6, 2021
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Cyrus A. Morton/
`Cyrus A. Morton
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`IPR2020-01344
`Patent RE 46,116
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`Reg. No. 44,954
`Robins Kaplan LLP
`2800 LaSalle Plaza
`800 LaSalle Avenue
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`Attorney for Patent Owner
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