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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 COREVALVE LLC,
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`PETITIONER,
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`COLIBRI HEART VALVE LLC,
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`PATENT OWNER.
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`Case No. IPR2020-01454
`U.S. Patent No. 9,125,739
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`DECLARATION OF SARAH E. SPIRES IN SUPPORT OF PATENT
`OWNER’S RESPONSE UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.120
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`Colibri Heart Valve LLC, Exhibit 2035, Page 1 of 3
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`Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, I, Sarah E. Spires, hereby declare as follows:
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`I am over the age of eighteen and otherwise competent to make this
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`declaration. I have personal knowledge of the facts contained in this declaration,
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`and they are true and correct.
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`I am a Partner with the law firm of Skiermont Derby LLP, which
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`represents the Patent Owner, Colibri Heart Valve, LLC (“Colibri”) in this
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`proceeding. I am a registered patent attorney and am lead counsel in this
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`proceeding.
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`Ex. 2020 is a true and correct copy of the deposition transcript of Dr.
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`William Drasler, whose deposition was taken in this matter on May 19, 2021. This
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`document has been marked with an exhibit label and page numbers on each page at
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`the bottom right corner. However, no alterations, other than these noted markings,
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`have been made to this document.
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`Ex. 2025 is a true and correct copy of docket entry 97-1 in Case No.
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`8:20-cv-00847-DOC-JDE, filed on February 11, 2021 in the United States District
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`Court Central District of California Southern Division – Santa Ana, and entitled
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`“Technical Special Master Report and Recommendation on Claim Construction.”
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`This document has been marked with an exhibit label and page numbers on each
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`page at the bottom right corner. However, no alterations, other than these noted
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`markings, have been made to this document.
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`Colibri Heart Valve LLC, Exhibit 2035, Page 2 of 3
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`Ex. 2026 is a true and correct copy of docket entry 119 in Case No.
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`8:20-cv-00847-DOC-JDE, filed on May 19, 2021 in the United States District
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`Court Central District of California Southern Division – Santa Ana, and entitled
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`“Order Adopting Technical Special Master Report and Recommendation on Claim
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`Construction.” This document has been marked with an exhibit label and page
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`numbers on each page at the bottom right corner. However, no alterations, other
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`than these noted markings, have been made to this document.
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`Under penalty of perjury, I declare the above statements as true and accurate
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`to the best of my recollection. I further state that these statements are made with
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`the knowledge that willful false statements and the like are punishable by fine or
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`imprisonment, or both under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the U.S. Code.
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`Executed on this 2nd day of June, 2021.
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` /Sarah E. Spires/
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`Sarah E. Spires (Reg. No. 61,501)
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`Colibri Heart Valve LLC, Exhibit 2035, Page 3 of 3
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