`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS INC.,
`Petitioner
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`v.
`REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2021-00880
`Patent 9,669,069 B2
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`DECLARATION OF WILLIAM A. RAKOCZY
`IN SUPPORT OF MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS INC.’S UNOPPOSED
`MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
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`Mylan Exhibit 1084
`Mylan v. Regeneron, IPR2021-00880
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`I, William A. Rakoczy, declare as follows:
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`Case IPR2021-00880
`Patent 9,669,069 B2
`Declaration of William A. Rakoczy
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`I am an experienced litigating attorney with more than fifteen (15) years
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`of experience.
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`2.
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`I have been actively litigating patent cases for more than fifteen (15)
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`years.
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`I am a member in good standing of the Illinois State Bar and admitted
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`to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States, United States Court of Appeals
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`for the Federal Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit,
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`United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, United States
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`Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the Third
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`Circuit; and the United States District Courts for the Northern District of Illinois,
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`Western District of Wisconsin, District of Columbia, Western District of Michigan
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`and District of Colorado.
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`4.
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`I have never been suspended or disbarred from practice before any court
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`or administrative body.
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`5.
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`I have never had an application for admission to practice before any
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`court or administrative body denied.
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`6.
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`I have had no sanctions or contempt citations imposed against me by
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`any court or administrative body.
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`Mylan Exhibit 1084
`Mylan v. Regeneron, IPR2021-00880
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`I am familiar with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding. More
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`7.
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`specifically, I am familiar with the patent at issue in this proceeding—U.S. Patent
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`No. 9,669,069 B2 (“the ’069 patent”). I am advising Mylan on patent matters
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`relating to the subject matter claimed in the ’069 patent and have been involved in
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`the strategy and drafting of Mylan’s Petition for Inter Partes Review of the ’069
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`patent, including all prior art raised therein.
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`8.
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`I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide
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`and the Board’s Rules for Practice for Trials set forth in C.F.R. Part 42 – Trial
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`Practice Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
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`9.
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`I agree to be subject to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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`Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq., and to
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`disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19.
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`10.
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`In the last three (3) years I have applied1 to appear pro hac vice in one
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`(1) other IPR proceeding: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Novartis Vaccines
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`and Diagnostics, Inc., IPR2019-01086, Paper 7 (June 6, 2019).
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`1 I note that I am concurrently seeking pro hac vice admission in Mylan
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`Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., IPR2021-00881
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`(June 18, 2021).
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`Mylan Exhibit 1084
`Mylan v. Regeneron, IPR2021-00880
`Page 3
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`Case IPR2021-00880
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`Declaration of William A. Rakoczy
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`I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge
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`11.
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`are true; and further that these statements are made with the knowledge that willful
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`false statements and the like so made are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or
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`both, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1001.
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`Dated: June 18, 2021
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`RAKOCZY MOLINO MAZZOCHI SIWIK LLP
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`/William A. Rakoczy/
`William A. Rakoczy
`6 West Hubbard Street
`Suite 500
`Chicago, IL 60654
`Telephone:
`(312) 222-6301
`Facsimile:
`(312) 222-6321
`wrakoczy@rmmslegal.com
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