Declaration of Janelle Beitz
`U.S. Patent No. RE45,415
`Exhibit 1013
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`______________________________
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`______________________________
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`TENNANT COMPANY
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`OXYGENATOR WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
`Patent Owner
`______________________________
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`Patent No. RE45,415
`______________________________
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`DECLARATION OF JANELLE BEITZ
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`Tennant Company
`Exhibit 1013
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`U.S. Patent No. RE45,415
`Exhibit 1013
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`______________________________
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`______________________________
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`TENNANT COMPANY
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`OXYGENATOR WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
`Patent Owner
`______________________________
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`Patent No. RE45,415
`______________________________
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`DECLARATION OF JANELLE BEITZ
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`Tennant Company
`Exhibit 1013
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`Declaration of Janelle Beitz
`U.S. Patent No. RE45,415
`Exhibit 1013
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`Introduction
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`1.
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`I have prepared this Declaration in connection with the Petition for
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`Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. RE45,415, which I understand will be filed
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`concurrently with this Declaration.
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`2.
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`I am a Research Librarian at Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., located at 200
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`South Sixth Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402.
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`3.
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`I am over eighteen years of age, and I am competent to make this
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`Declaration. I make this Declaration based on my own personal knowledge and
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`based on my knowledge of library science practices.
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`4.
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`I earned a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science in 2011
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`from St. Catherine University, a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the
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`University of Minnesota in 2000, and a law degree from the University of
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`Minnesota in 1998. I have worked as a research librarian for over 13 years. I have
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`been employed in the Research and Knowledge Management Department at
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`Fredrikson & Byron since the summer of 2015.
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`Aquariums for Dummies
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`5.
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`Exhibit 1014 to the petition is the book Aquariums for Dummies
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`(“AFD).” The copyright page in AFD (the fourth page of the Exhibit) indicates
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`that the book was published by IDS Books Worldwide, Inc. and distributed in the
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`United States, Canada, United Kingdom and elsewhere. The book contains a 1999
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`Tennant Company
`Exhibit 1013
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`Declaration of Janelle Beitz
`U.S. Patent No. RE45,415
`Exhibit 1013
`copyright notice, has been assigned an ISBN number and has Library of Congress
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`Catalog Card No. 99-64202.
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`6.
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`Exhibit 1015 to the Petition includes information showing that first
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`IDG Books Worldwide, and now Wiley, is a well-known commercial publisher of
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`the popular “For Dummies” book series.
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`7.
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`Exhibit 1016 contains several reviews of AFD from 2002 and earlier.
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`I downloaded the reviews from Amazon.com and saved them in PDF form on
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`December 10, 2020.
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`Wendt Textbook
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`8.
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`Exhibit 1017 submitted with the Petition is the front matter
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`information and chapter 5 of the Wendt textbook. The copyright page in the
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`Wendt textbook bears a 1999 copyright date. The book was published by Springer,
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`a well-known publisher.
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`9.
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`In December 2020, I sent a public availability date request to the
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`British Library. Exhibit 1018, the response from the British Library, indicates that
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`the textbook was receipted on March 29, 1999 and was available to the public as of
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`that date.
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`10.
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`I conducted an ISBN search and saved the results in PDF on February
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`8, 2021, submitted with the Petition as Exhibit 1019. The ISBN Search reflects a
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`published date of February 1999.
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`Tennant Company
`Exhibit 1013
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`Declaration of Janelle Beitz
`U.S. Patent No. RE45,415
`Exhibit 1013
`Exhibits 1020, 1021 and 1022 are three articles published in 2001 and
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`11.
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`2002 that cite to the Wendt textbook:
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`•
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`Zhimin Qiang, et al., Electrochemical Generation of Hydrogen
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`Peroxide from Dissolved Oxygen in Acidic Solutions, 36 WATER RSCH. 85 (2002);
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`•
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`L.J.J. Janssen & L. Koene, The Role of Electrochemistry and
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`Electrochemical Technology in Environmental Protection, 85 CHEM. ENG’G J. 137
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`(2002); and
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`•
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`Massimiliano Bestetti, et al., Zinc Electrowinning with Gas Diffusion
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`Anodes: State of the Art and Future Developments, 40 CANADIAN METALLURGICAL
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`Q. 459 (2001).
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`All three articles were published in periodical journals by identified and
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`reputable publishers.
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`Glembotsky
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`12.
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`Exhibit 1023 to the Petition is the Glembotsky article originally
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`published in Russian, and Exhibit 1024 is a certified translation. On November 17,
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`2020, I contacted the Linda Hall Library regarding the Glembotsky article. I
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`ordered the front matter information for the article from the Linda Hall Library and
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`obtained it on November 18, 2020. The front matter information from Linda Hall
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`Library is Exhibit 1025 and bears a stamp dated June 3, 1974.
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`Tennant Company
`Exhibit 1013
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`Declaration of Janelle Beitz
`U.S. Patent No. RE45,415
`Exhibit 1013
`In December 2020, I sent a public availability date request to the
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`13.
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`British Library for the Glembotsky article. Exhibit 1026, the response from the
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`British Library, indicates that an English translation of article was receipted on
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`April 29, 1975 and was available to the public as of that date.
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`14.
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`The British Library provided a copy of the cover page, reflecting a
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`stamp with the date “April 29, 1975,” Exhibit 1027. The cover page also indicates
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`that the article was published in Russian in Volume No. 5 of Electrochemistry in
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`Industrial Processing & Biology in September – October 1973.
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`15.
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`Exhibits 1028, 1029 and 1030 are three articles published in 1995 and
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`earlier that cite Glembotsky:
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`•
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`Klaus Müller, Electroflotation from the Double Layer to Troubled
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`Waters, in ELECTROCHEMISTRY IN TRANSITION 21 (J. Murphy et al., eds., 1992);
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`•
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`S. Venkatachalam, Electrogenerated Gas Bubbles in Flotation, 8 M.
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`PROCESSING AND EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY R. 47 (1992); and
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`J.P.F. Koren & U. Syversen, State-of-the-art Electroflocculation, 32
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`FILTRATION & SEPARATION 153 (Feb. 1995).
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`The Müller article was published by Springer. The Koren article was published by
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`Elsevier Science. The Venkatachalam article was published in a periodical journal
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`by an identified and reputable publisher.
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`Tennant Company
`Exhibit 1013
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`Declaration of Janelle Beitz
`U.S. Patent No. RE45,415
`Exhibit 1013
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`Burns
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`16.
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`Exhibit 1031 to the Petition is the article by Burns. The cover page of
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`the Burns article has a stamp stating, “Received Feb. 12, 1997 OSTI.” OSTI
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`stands for the United States Department of Energy Office of Scientific and
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`Technical Information. The cover page further reflects that it was submitted for
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`publication in connection with the conference Imaging Technologies: Techniques
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`and Civil Engineering Applications in Davos, Switzerland on May 25-30, 1997.
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`The cover page further indicates that it was authored by a contractor of the U.S.
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`Government under contract and that “distribution of this document is unlimited.”
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`17.
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`I performed an online search of OSTI records and downloaded Exhibit
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`1032 reflecting a publication date of March 1, 1997.
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`18.
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`I searched for the conference in Davos, Switzerland where the Burns
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`article was presented and located the conference materials in the catalog at the
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`Minnesota Department of Transportation Library. I contacted the Minnesota
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`Department of Transportation Library and requested a copy of the cover page,
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`table of contents and Burns article from the Imaging Technologies conference in
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`Davos, Switzerland. The Minnesota Department of Transportation Library
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`provided me Exhibit 1033. The cover page reflects that the conference occurred
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`May 25-30, 1997. The copyright page bears a 1998 copyright date.
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`Tennant Company
`Exhibit 1013
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`Declaration of Janelle Beitz
`U.S. Patent No. RE45,415
`Exhibit 1013
`The article in the Imaging Technologies conference materials obtained
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`19.
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`from the Minnesota Department of Transportation Library appears to be identical
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`to the article obtained from OSTI.
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`20.
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`Exhibit 1045 submitted with this petition is the Declaration of Sheila
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`Hatchell, Library Director for the Minnesota Department of Transportation,
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`verifying that the conference materials containing the Burns article have been in
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`the Department’s catalog and available to the public since March 10, 2000.
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`21.
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`Exhibits 1034 and 1035 are articles published in 2000 and earlier that
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`cite Burns:
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`• S.E. Burns, et al., Digital Image Analysis to Assess Microbubble Behavior in
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`Porous Media, 13 J. COMPUT. CIV. ENG. 43 (1999). The article indicates that
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`it appeared in a periodic journal published in January 1999; and
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`• M. Zhang & S.E. Burns, Surfactant Effects on the Transport of Air Bubbles
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`in Porous Media, in ENVIRONMENTAL GEOTECHNICS, PROCEEDINGS OF
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`SESSIONS OF GEO-DENVER 2000 121 (T.F. Zimmie, ed., 2000).
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`22.
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`Exhibit 1036 is the front matter from ENVIRONMENTAL GEOTECHNICS,
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`PROCEEDINGS OF SESSIONS OF GEO-DENVER 2000 (T.F. Zimmie, ed., 2000)
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`indicating that M. Zhang & S.E. Burns, Surfactant Effects on the Transport of Air
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`Bubbles in Porous Media appeared in the conference materials.
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`Tennant Company
`Exhibit 1013
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`Declaration of Janelle Beitz
`U.S. Patent No. RE45,415
`Exhibit 1013
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`Han
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`23.
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`Exhibit 1037 to the Petition is the article by Han. The article was
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`published in 2002 in a periodical journal by an identified and reputable publisher.
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`24.
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`Exhibit 1038 submitted with this petition is the Declaration of Rachel
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`J. Watters, a librarian at the University of Wisconsin verifying that the Han article
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`was available in the University of Wisconsin-Madison library collection “within a
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`few days or at most 2 to 3 weeks after May 20, 2002.”
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`25.
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`I hereby declare and state, 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, under Section 1001 of Title 19 of the United States Code.
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`March 2, 2021
`Date: ____________________
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`Janelle K. Beitz
`_________________________
`Janelle Beitz
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`Digitally signed by Janelle K.
`Beitz
`Date: 2021.03.02 16:41:55
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`Tennant Company
`Exhibit 1013
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