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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`VERVAIN, LLC,
`Patent Owner
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`____________________________
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`Case No.: IPR2021-01547
`U.S. Patent No. 8,891,298
`Original Issue Date: November 18, 2014
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`Title: LIFETIME MIXED LEVEL NON-VOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEM
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`PETITIONER’S MOTION FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE OF
`JARED BOBROW PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`LISTING OF EXHIBITS
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`Exhibit
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`Description
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`1001
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`1002
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,891,298 to Rao (“298 patent”)
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`File History of U.S. Patent No. 8,891,298
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`1003-1008
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`Intentionally omitted
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`1009
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`1010
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`1012
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`1013
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`1014
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`1015
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`1016
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`1017
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`1018
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`1019
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`1020
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`Declaration of Dr. David Liu (“Liu Decl.”) - IPR2021-01547
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`U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2011/0099460
`(“Dusija”)
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`U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2008/0140918
`(“Sutardja”)
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`U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2009/0327591
`(“Moshayedi”)
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,254,059 (“Li”)
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`Betty Prince, Semiconductor Memories – A Handbook of
`Design, Manufacture, and Application (2d ed. 1991) (“Prince”)
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,120,960 (“Varkony”)
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,000,063 (“Friedman”)
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`U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2005/0251617
`(“Sinclair”)
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`Jan Axelson, USB Mass Storage: Designing and Programming
`Devices and Embedded Hosts (2006) (“Axelson”)
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`Rino Micheloni et al., Inside NAND Flash Memories (1st ed.
`2010) (“Micheloni”)
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`U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2011/0115192 (“Y.
`Lee”)
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`Exhibit
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`Description
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`1021
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`1022
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`1023
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`1024
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`1025
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`1026
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`1027
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`1028
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`1029
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`1030
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`1031
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`1032
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`1033
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`1034
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,453,712 (“Kim”)
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`U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2011/0096601
`(“Gavens”)
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,078,794 (“C. Lee”)
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,733,729 (“Boeve”)
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`Microsoft Computer Dictionary, Fifth Edition, 2002, definition
`of read-after-write
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`Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition,
`2006, definition of periodic
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`New Oxford American Dictionary, 3rd Edition, 2010, definition
`of module
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`U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2010/0172180
`(“Paley”)
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,853,749 (“Kolokowsky”)
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`U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2010/0017650
`(“Chin”)
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`European Patent Specification No. EP 2.291.746 B1 (“Radke”)
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`U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2015/0214476
`(“Matsui”)
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`U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2006/0053246
`(“S. Lee”)
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`Complaint for Patent Infringement, Dkt. No. 1, Vervain, LLC v.
`Micron Technology, Inc., Micron Semiconductor Products,
`Inc., and Micron Technology Texas, LLC, Case No. 6:21-cv-
`00487-ADA (May 10, 2021 W.D. Tex.)
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`Exhibit
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`Description
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`1035
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`1036
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`1037
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`1038
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`1039
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`1040
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`1041
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`1042
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`1043
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`1044
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`1045
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`1046
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`1047
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`Agreed Scheduling Order, Dkt. No. 24, dated September 16,
`2021, in Vervain, LLC v. Micron Technology, Inc., Micron
`Semiconductor Products, Inc., and Micron Technology Texas,
`LLC, Case No. 6:21-cv-00487-ADA
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`Vervain’s Preliminary Infringement Contentions, dated August
`6, 2021, in Vervain, LLC v. Micron Technology, Inc., Micron
`Semiconductor Products, Inc., and Micron Technology Texas,
`LLC, Case No. 6:21-cv-00487-ADA
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`Judge Albright, Order Governing Proceedings - Patent Cases
`(OGP 3.4), dated June 24, 2021
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`Scott McKeown, “WDTX ‘Implausible Schedule’ & Cursory
`Markman Order Highlighted,” Ropes & Gray, Patents Post-
`Grant, Inside Views & News Pertaining to the Nation’s Busiest
`Patent Court, June 2, 2021
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`Dani Kass, Judge Albright Now Oversees 20% of New U.S.
`Patent Cases, Law360, March 10, 2021
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`Brian Dipert and Markus Levy, Designing with Flash Memory
`(1994) (“Dipert & Levy”)
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,366,826 (“Gorobets”)
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,901,498 (“Conley”)
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,356,152 (“You”)
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`U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2012/0311244
`(“Huang”)
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`U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2008/0082736
`(“Chow”)
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,656,256 (“Weathers”)
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`Ashok Sharma, Advanced Semiconductor Memories,
`Architectures, Designs, and Applications (2003) (“Sharma”)
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`Exhibit
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`Description
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`1048-1055
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`Intentionally omitted
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`1056
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`Declaration of Jared Bobrow in Support of Petitioner’s Motion
`for Admission Pro Hac Vice - IPR2021-01547
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10, Petitioner Micron Technology, Inc.
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`(“Petitioner”) respectfully requests that the Board admit Jared Bobrow pro hac vice
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`in this proceeding.
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`I.
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`STATEMENT OF FACTS
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c), the Board
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`may recognize counsel pro hac vice during a proceeding
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`upon a showing of good cause, subject to the condition
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`that lead counsel be a registered practitioner and to any
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`other conditions as the Board may impose. For example,
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`where the lead counsel is a registered practitioner, a
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`motion to appear pro hac vice by counsel who is not a
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`registered practitioner may be granted upon showing that
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`counsel is an experienced litigating attorney and has an
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`established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in
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`the proceeding.
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`The facts, supported by the accompanying Declaration of Jared Bobrow in
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`Support of Petitioner’s Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice (Ex. 1056, “Bobrow
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`Declaration”), establish good cause to admit Mr. Bobrow pro hac vice in this
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`proceeding.
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`Lead counsel Jeremy Jason Lang is a registered practitioner.
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`Jared Bobrow is an experienced litigation attorney. Mr. Bobrow has been a
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`litigating attorney for more than 32 years. Bobrow Declaration ¶ 1. Mr. Bobrow
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`has been litigating patent cases for over 30 of those years. Id. Mr. Bobrow is a
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`member in good standing of the California State Bar, with no suspensions or
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`disbarments from practice, nor any application for admission to practice denied, nor
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`any sanctions or contempt citations, and is admitted to practice in the United States
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`Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the
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`Ninth Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit; California State
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`Supreme Court; the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas;
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`and the United States District Courts for the Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern
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`Districts of California. Id. ¶¶ 1-4.
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`Mr. Bobrow has familiarity with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding
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`and in the related district court case Vervain, LLC v. Micron Technology, Inc., et al.,
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`Case No. 6:21-cv-00487 (W.D. Tex., filed May 10, 2021), in which U.S. Patent Nos.
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`8,891,298, 9,196,385, 9,997,240, and 10,950,300 are asserted by the Patent Owner.
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`Id. ¶ 9.
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`Mr. Bobrow has read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice
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`Guide and the Board’s Rules for Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of the C.F.R,
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`and he agrees to be subject to the USPTO Code of Professional Responsibility set
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`forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 10.20 et seq., and to disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 11.19(a). Id. ¶¶ 5-6.
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`II. ANALYSIS
`The facts contained in the Statement of Facts above, and contained in the
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`Bobrow Declaration, establish that there is good cause to admit Mr. Bobrow pro hac
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`vice in this proceeding under 37 C.F.R. § 42.10. Lead counsel is a registered
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`practitioner, Mr. Bobrow is an experienced patent litigation attorney, and Mr.
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`Bobrow has familiarity with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding.
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`III. CONCLUSION
`For the foregoing reasons, Petitioner respectfully requests that the Board
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`admit Jared Bobrow pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`Dated: January 12, 2022
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`ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP
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`By:
`Jeremy Jason Lang
`Lead Counsel for Petitioner
`Reg. No. 73,064
`1000 Marsh Road
`Menlo Park, CA 94025-1015
`T: (650) 614-7400
`F: (650) 614-7401
`Email: PTABDocketJJL2@orrick.com
`Attorney for Petitioner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`The undersigned certifies, in accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), that service
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`was made on the Patent Owner as detailed below.
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`Date of Service
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`January 12, 2022
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`Manner of Service
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`Electronic Mail
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`Documents Served
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`Petitioner’s Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Jared
`Bobrow Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10; Ex. 1056,
`Declaration of Jared Bobrow In Support of Petitioner’s
`Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice
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`Persons Served
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`Patent Owner’s Counsel of Record
`Alan Whitehurst
`Reg. No. 43,263
`awhitehurst@mckoolsmith.com
`MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
`1999 K St. NW
`Suite 600
`Washington, DC 20006
`Telephone: (202) 370-8300
`Facsimile: (202) 370-8344
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`James E. Quigley
`Reg. No. 78,596
`jquigley@mckoolsmith.com
`MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
`303 Colorado Street, Suite 2100
`Austin, Texas 78701
`Telephone: (512) 692-8700
`Facsimile: (512) 692-8744
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`Christopher P. McNett
`Reg. No. 64,489
`cmcnett@mckoolsmith.com
`MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
`1999 K St. NW
`Suite 600
`Washington, DC 20006
`Telephone: (202) 370-8300
`Facsimile: (202) 370-8344
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`Copy: Vervain-Mic-MS@McKoolSmith.com
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