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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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`ZYXEL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION,
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`Petitioner,
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`UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS,
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`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2021-00734
`Patent No. 8,265,096
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`DECLARATION OF HENNING SCHMIDT
`IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE
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`Ex. 2003 - IPR2021-00734
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`I, Henning Schmidt, declare as follows:
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`1. My name is Henning Schmidt, and my professional address is
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`1750 Tyson’s Blvd., Suite 1500, Tysons Corner, Virginia. I am over the age
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`of 18, and I make this declaration based on my personal knowledge.
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`I am an attorney licensed and admitted to practice in the State of
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`Texas, where I have been admitted since 2007. I am a member in good standing
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`with the Texas Bar. I practice in the field of intellectual property, including
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`patent litigation, and have done so for approximately 15 years.
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`I am admitted to practice before the Federal District Courts of the
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`Northern, Western, and Eastern Districts of Texas, as well of the Fifth and
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`Federal Courts of Appeal. I have also been admitted to practice and have
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`appeared pro hac vice before various additional United States District Courts,
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`including in Delaware, Georgia, California, Nebraska, Virginia, Ohio, and
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`Washington.
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`I have also appeared before the United States International Trade
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`Commission, and have practiced and continue to practice regarding trademark
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`matters before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and the
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`Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
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`I am a member of the Texas Bar Association and the Texas
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`Intellectual Property Law Association.
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`I have extensive experience in litigating patent infringement
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`matters. I have been litigating patent infringement cases since my admission
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`to the bar in 2007, including as lead counsel, and have appeared before the
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`Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit numerous times regarding appeals in
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`patent infringement cases.
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`I have never been suspended, disbarred, sanctioned, or cited for
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`contempt by any court or administrative body.
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`I have never had a court or administrative body deny my
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`application for admission to practice.
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`I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice
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`Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials, as set forth in Part 42 of
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`the C.F.R.
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`I agree to be subject to the United States Patent and Trademark
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`Office Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq.
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`and disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`11.
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`I have previously appeared and argued before the Board in the
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`matter of Aruba Networks, Inc. v. Mobile Telecommunications Technologies,
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`LLC, PTAB-IPR2016-00768, and Intel Corporation v. FG SRC LLC, PTAB-
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`IPR2020-01449. I have not applied to appear pro hac vice before the Office
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`in any other proceeding in the last three (3) years.
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`I have read and am familiar with the patent at issue in this
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`proceeding and its file history, as well as the prior art and other arguments that
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`have been asserted by petitioner.
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`I declare, under penalty of perjury pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746,
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`that all statements made herein of my knowledge are true and that all
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`statements made on information and belief are believed to be true.
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`Dated: June 2, 2021
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Henning Schmidt
`Henning Schmidt
`DiMuroGinsberg PC - DGKEYIP GROUP
`1750 Tyson’s Blvd., Suite 1500
`Tysons Corner, VA 22102
`Telephone: (703) 289-5118
`Email: hschmidt@dimuro.com
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