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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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`MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`VERVAIN, LLC,
`Patent Owner
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`Case: IPR2021-01550
`U.S. Patent No. 10,950,300
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`JOINT REQUEST TO TREAT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AS BUSINESS
`CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C. § 317(B)
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`LISTING OF EXHIBITS
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`Exhibit
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`Description
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`1001-1006
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`Intentionally omitted
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`1007
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`1008
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`1009
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`1010
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`1011
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`1012
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`1016
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`1019
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`1020
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,950,300 (“300 patent”)
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`File History of U.S. Patent No. 10,950,300
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`Declaration of Dr. David Liu (“Liu Decl.”) – IPR2021-01550
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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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`Intentionally omitted
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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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`1035
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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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`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. 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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`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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`1036
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`Vervain’s Preliminary Infringement Contentions, dated August 6,
`2021, in Vervain, LLC v. Micron Technology, Inc., Micron
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`Exhibit
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`Description
`Semiconductor Products, Inc., and Micron Technology Texas,
`LLC, Case No. 6:21-cv-00487-ADA
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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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`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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`1044-1046
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`1047
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`1048
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`1049
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`1050
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`1051
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`1052
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`Ashok Sharma, Advanced Semiconductor Memories,
`Architectures, Designs, and Applications (2003) (“Sharma”)
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`Microsoft Computer Dictionary, Fifth Edition, 2002, definitions
`of static RAM and volatile memory
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`U.S. Patent No. 5,936,971 (“Harari”)
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`PCT Publication No. WO 03/027828 (“Gorobets WO”)
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`Microsoft Computer Dictionary, Fifth Edition, 2002, definition
`address space
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`U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2009/0300269 (“Radke
`Appl.”)
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`Exhibit
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`Description
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,250,333 (“Gorobets II”)
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`Microsoft Computer Dictionary, Fifth Edition, 2002, definition of
`firmware
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`Declaration of Jared Bobrow in Support of Petitioner’s Motion
`for Admission Pro Hac Vice - IPR2021-01550
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`Reply Declaration of Dr. David Liu (“Liu Reply”) – IPR2021-
`01550
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`Curriculum vitae of Dr. David Liu
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`Deposition Transcript of Sunil Khatri (September 2, 2022) –
`IPR2021-01550
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`1061 – 1067
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`1068
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,010,873 (“Kirschner”)
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`1069-1070
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`1071
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`1072
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`Petitioner’s Hearing Demonstratives
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`Confidential Settlement Agreement
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74, and the Board’s email
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`of March 29, 2023, Petitioner Micron Technology, Inc. (“Micron” or “Petitioner”)
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`and Patent Owner Vervain, LLC (“Vervain” or “Patent Owner”) (collectively, the
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`“Settling Parties”), which have reached a settlement,1 jointly request that the Board
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`treat as business confidential information, the true and complete copy of the
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`Settlement Agreement (Confidential Exhibit 1072) between the parties, as
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`referenced in the parties’ Joint Motion to Terminate Proceeding (pursuant to 35
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`U.S.C. § 317 and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74), filed concurrently herewith.
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`35 U.S.C. § 317(b) provides that:
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`At the request of a party to the proceeding, the agreement or
`understanding shall be treated as business confidential information,
`shall be kept separate from the file of the involved patents, and shall be
`made available only to Federal Government agencies on written
`request, or to any person on a showing of good cause.
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`Likewise, 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c) provides that:
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`A party to a settlement may request that the settlement be treated as
`business confidential information and be kept separate from the files of
`an involved patent or application. The request must be filed with the
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`1 Micron’s signatory is in the process of formally executing the agreement, which it
`expects to do this evening. Petitioner will file the executed version with both
`parties’ signatures promptly.
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`settlement. If a timely request is filed, the settlement shall only be
`available:
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`(1) To a Government agency on written request to the Board; or
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`(2) To any other person upon written request to the Board to make
`the settlement agreement available, along with the fee specified in
`§ 42.15(d) and on a showing of good cause.
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`The present request, which is being filed contemporaneously with the
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`Settlement Agreement, is timely and in accordance with the foregoing authority.
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`Therefore, the Settling Parties request that the Settlement Agreement (Confidential
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`Exhibit 1072) (i) be treated as business confidential information, (ii) be maintained
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`separate from the publicly available file of the involved patent, and (iii) shall be
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`made available only to Federal Government agencies on written request, or to
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`persons showing good cause on written request, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b)
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`and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c). Petitioner and Patent Owner consider the settlement
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`agreement to contain highly sensitive business confidential information that would
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`substantially harm their business interests if publicly disclosed.
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`The Settling Parties also respectfully request that the Board inform the
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`Settling Parties if anyone seeks production of the agreement and afford the Settling
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`Parties an opportunity to address whether such request is supported by good cause.
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`Dated: April 3, 2023
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By:
`Jeremy Jason Lang
`Lead Counsel for Petitioner Micron
`Reg. No. 43,263
`1000 Marsh Road
`Menlo Park, CA 94025-1015
`T: (650) 614-7400
`F: (650) 614-7401
`Email:PTABDocketJJL2@orrick.com
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`/s/ Alan Whitehurst
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`Alan Whitehurst
`Reg. No. 43,263
`awhitehurst@mckoolsmith.com
`Christopher P. McNett
`Reg. No. 64,489
`cmcnett@mckoolsmith.com
`Arvind Jairam
`Reg. No. 62,759
`ajairam@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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`Counsel for Patent Owner Vervain
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`CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing JOINT REQUEST TO
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`TREAT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AS BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL
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`INFORMATION PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C. § 317(B) has been served on Patent
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`Owner via email on the following counsel of record for Patent Owner:
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`Alan Whitehurst
`awhitehurst@mckoolsmith.com
`Christopher P. McNett
`cmcnett@mckoolsmith.com
`Arvind Jairam
`ajairam@mckoolsmith.com
`MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
`1999 K St. NW, Suite 600
`Washington, DC 20006
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`James E. Quigley
`jquigley@mckoolsmith.com
`MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
`303 Colorado Street, Suite 2100
`Austin, Texas 78701
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`Copy: Vervain-Mic-MS@McKoolSmith.com
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`Dated: April 3, 2023
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`By:
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`Jeremy Jason Lang
`Reg. No. 43,263
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