`U.S. Patent No. 9,125,739
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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, EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES
`CORPORATION, AND
`EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES LLC,
`Petitioner,
`v.
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`COLIBRI HEART VALVE, LLC,
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2020-014541
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`U.S. Patent No. 9,125,739
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`DECLARATION OF JONATHAN BRADFORD
`IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONER’S REPLY TO PATENT OWNER’S
`RESPONSE
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`1 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation and Edwards Lifesciences LLC filed a petition
`in IPR2021-00775, and have been joined as petitioners in this proceeding.
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`Medtronic Exhibit 1044
`Medtronic Corevalve v. Colibri Heart Valve
`IPR2020-01454
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`IPR2020-01454
`U.S. Patent No. 9,125,739
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`I, Jonathan Bradford, make the following Declaration pursuant to 28
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`U.S.C. § 1746: I am a Senior IP Paralegal at the law firm of Ropes & Gray LLP.
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`I provide this Declaration in connection with the above-identified
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`Inter Partes Review proceeding that is before the United States Patent and
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`Trademark Office (“USPTO”). Unless otherwise stated, the facts stated in this
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`Declaration are based on my personal knowledge.
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`Ex. 1042 is a true and correct copy of “USPTO implementation of an
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`interim Director review process following Arthrex,” available
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`at https://www.uspto.gov/patents/patent-trial-and-appeal-board/procedures/uspto-
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`implementation-interim-director-review, which was obtained at my direction. 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. 1043 is a true and correct copy of U.S. Patent Application
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`Publication No. US 2021/0145572 to Dasi et al., which was obtained from the
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`USPTO’s Public Patent Application Information Retrieval (“Public PAIR”)
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`system. This document has been marked with an exhibit label and page numbers
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`on each page at the bottom right corner. However, no alterations, other than these
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`noted markings, have been made to this document.
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`Certain pages have been resized to 8.5 x 11 inches. No content was
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`I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own
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`knowledge are 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 the
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`knowledge that willful false statements and the like so made are punishable by fine
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`or imprisonment, or both, under 18 U.S.C. § 1001. If called to testify as to the
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`truth of the matters stated herein, I could and would testify competently.
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`I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and
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`correct.
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`Executed this 25th day of August, 2021, in Boston, Massachusetts.
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`/Jonathan Bradford/
`Jonathan Bradford
`ROPES & GRAY LLP
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