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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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`NEW WORLD MEDICAL, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`MICROSURGICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2020-01573
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`U.S. Patent No. 9,107,729
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`DECLARATION OF YEHOSEF THOMAS IN SUPPORT OF
`PATENT OWNER’S OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO STRIKE
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`Patent Owner Ex. 2031-0001
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`I, Yehosef Thomas, make the following declaration pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746:
`I am a project assistant at the law firm of Wiley Rein LLP.
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`I provide this Declaration in connection with the above-identified Inter
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`Partes Review proceeding. Unless otherwise stated, the facts stated in this
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`Declaration are based on my personal knowledge.
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`3.
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`Exhibit 2026 is a true and correct copy of an email thread between
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`Counsel for Patent Owner and Counsel for Petitioner, dated from June 29, 2021, to
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`July 8, 2021. 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 than
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`these noted markings, have been made to this document.
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`Exhibit 2027 is a true and correct copy of a letter from Lawrence M.
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`Sung to Dr. Manuel Quintana, dated July 19, 2021. This document has been marked
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`with an exhibit label and page numbers on each page at the bottom right corner, and
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`Dr. Manuel Quintana’s address has been redacted. However, no alterations, other
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`than these noted markings and redactions, have been made to this document.
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`5.
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`Exhibit 2028 is a true and correct copy of a July 19, 2021 email from
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`Lawrence M. Sung to Dr. Manuel Quintana. This document has been marked with
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`an exhibit label and page numbers on each page at the bottom right corner. However,
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`no alterations, other than these noted markings, have been made to this document.
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`Patent Owner Ex. 2031-0002
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`6.
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`Exhibit 2030 is a true and correct copy of Patent Owner’s Responses to
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`Petitioner’s Objections to Evidence. This document has been marked with an exhibit
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`label and page numbers on each page at the bottom right corner. However, no
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`alterations, other than these noted markings and redactions, have been made to this
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`document.
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`7.
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`I make this declaration of my own personal knowledge. If called to
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`testify as to the truth of the matters stated herein, I could and would testify
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`competently.
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`I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
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`Executed this 3rd day of September, 2021, in Maryland.
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`/s/ Yehosef T. Thomas
`Yehosef T. Thomas
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`Patent Owner Ex. 2031-0003
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