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`In re Patent of:
`6,836,766 Attorney Docket No.: 49335-0002IP1
`U.S. Patent No.:
`December 28, 2004 Case No. IPR2021-01055
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`Issue Date:
`Appl. Serial No.: 09/773,101
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`Filing Date:
`January 31, 2001
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`Title:
`RULE BASED CONFIGURATION ENGINE FOR A DATABASE
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`Mail Stop Patent Board
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`DECLARATION OF DR. JEFFREY SHNEIDMAN IN SUPPORT OF
`CONFIGIT A/S MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
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`CONFIGIT 1052
`Configit A/S v. Versata Dev. Grp.
`IPR2021-01055
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`Proceeding No.: IPR2021-01055
`Attorney Docket: 49335-0002IP1
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`I, Jeffrey Shneidman, hereby attest to the following:
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`I am a litigation attorney with the law firm of Fish & Richardson P.C. I
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`represent Configit A/S (“Configit”).
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`I am a member in good standing of the State Bar of Massachusetts and have
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`been since 2011. My Massachusetts State Bar number is 681612. I have practiced
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`before multiple federal courts, and am admitted to practice in the United States
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`District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the United States District Court
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`for the Eastern District of Michigan, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit,
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`and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
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`I have not been suspended or disbarred from practice before any court or
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`administrative body.
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`I have never had an application for admission to practice before any court or
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`administrative body denied.
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`No sanction or contempt citation has been imposed against me by any court
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`or administrative body.
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`I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and
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`the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of the Code of Federal
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`Regulations 32.
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`I will be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37
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`C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`I am an experienced litigation attorney who has represented clients in patent
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`litigation cases involving computer science including patents such as the subject
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`matter at issue in this inter partes review. For example, I have represented clients
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`in such computer science patent litigation proceedings in: ByteDance Inc. v. Triller,
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`Inc., 20-cv-07572 (N.D. Cal.); American Well Corp. v. Teladoc, Inc., 15-cv-12274,
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`Carl Zeiss AG v. Nikon Inc., 17-cv-07083 (C.D. Cal.); and Carl Zeiss AG v. Nikon
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`Inc., 337-TA-1059 (I.T.C.). I regularly litigate such cases as part of my practice at
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`Fish & Richardson, P.C.
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`Prior to my career as a lawyer, I trained as an electrical engineer and computer
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`scientist, and have scientific and technical knowledge related to the patent in this
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`inter partes review. I received my B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer
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`Science from the University of California at Berkeley in 1999, and my Ph.D. in
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`Computer Science from Harvard University in 2008.
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`I am intimately familiar with the issues and subject matter presented in this
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`above-captioned inter partes review proceeding. For example, I have extensively
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`reviewed the above identified patent, its prosecution history, the Petition for IPR
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`(including the invalidity grounds therein, and the cited references) and all exhibits
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`filed in this case.
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`11. Configit has identified me in Petitioner’s Power of Attorney as one of the
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`attorneys that Configit would like to represent Configit in this inter partes review.
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`See Paper 1.
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`12. Within the past three years, I have applied for and been granted leave to appear
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`pro hac vice in IPR2017-00114, filed August 30, 2017 (Paper 20) granted November
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`13, 2017 (Paper 26); IPR2020-01567, filed October 1, 2020 (Paper 8), granted
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`January 19, 2021 (Paper 11); IPR2020-01568, filed October 1, 2020 (Paper 6),
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`granted January 19, 2021 (Paper 9); IPR2020-01570, filed October 1, 2020 (Paper
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`7), granted January 19, 2021 (Paper 10) and IPR2020-01571, filed October 1, 2020
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`(Paper 6), granted January 19, 2021 (Paper 9).
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`I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are
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`true, all statements made herein on information and belief are believed to be true,
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`and further that these statements were made with the knowledge that willful false
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`statements and the like are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under 35
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`Date: October 13, 2021
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`Proceeding No.: IPR2021-01055
`Attorney Docket: 49335-0002IP1
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Jeffrey A. Shneidman/
`Jeffrey A. Shneidman
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`3200 RBC Plaza, 60 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`T: 617-542-5070
`F: 877-769-7945
`Email: shneidman@fr.com
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