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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC., ET AL.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`XR COMMUNICATIONS, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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` Case IPR2022-00367
`Patent No. 10,715,235
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`DECLARATION OF CHRISTIAN CONKLE IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR PRO
`HAC VICE ADMISSION OF CHRISTIAN CONKLE ON BEHALF OF PATENT
`OWNER XR COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
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`APPLE v. XR COMMUNICATIONS
`IPR2022-00367
`Exhibit 2012
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`I, Christian Conkle, do hereby declare:
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`Case IPR2022-00367
`Patent No. 10,715,325
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`I am an attorney at the firm of Russ August & Kabat.
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`I am a member in good standing of the State Bar of California. My State Bar
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`Number in California is CA SBN 306374.
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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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`5. No sanction or contempt citation has been imposed against me by any court or
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`administrative body.
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`I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and the
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`Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in Part 42 of Title 37 Code of Federal
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`Regulations.
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`I acknowledge that I will be subject to the U.S. 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 the Office’s
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`disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`8. During the last three years, I have applied to appear pro hac vice in five (5)
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`proceedings before the Office: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al v. Neodron Ltd., IPR2020-
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`00515; Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al v. Neodron Ltd., IPR2020-00406; Samsung
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`Electronics Co., Ltd. et al v. Neodron Ltd., IPR2020-00308; Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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`et al v. Neodron Ltd., IPR2020-00267; and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al v. Neodron
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`Ltd., IPR2020-00234. The Office granted these motions to appear pro hac vice.
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`9.
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`I am an experienced patent litigation attorney. I have practiced patent litigation
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`since 2016, and I have litigated numerous patent litigation matters in the U.S. district courts
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`and U.S. International Trade Commission. For example, my experience includes significant
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`roles in several different jury trials concerning issues of patent infringement, validity, and
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`damages.
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`10.
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`I represent Patent Owner XR Communications LLC. as an attorney in co-
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`pending litigation in which U.S. Patent 10,715,235 is asserted against Petitioner Apple. I have
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`an established familiarity with the subject matter in this proceeding as a result of my role in
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`the claim construction positions and responses to Petitioner’s invalidity defenses, which
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`overlap to a significant extent with the issues presented in this IPR proceeding.
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`11.
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`I declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are true and that
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`all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true; and that these
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`statements were made with the knowledge that willful, false statements and the like so made
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`are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under 18 U.S.C. § 1001.
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`Dated: December 27, 2022
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` Respectfully submitted,
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` /s/ Christian W. Conkle
`Russ August & Kabat
`12424 Wilshire Blvd., 12th Floor
`Los Angeles, CA 90025
`Phone: (310) 826-7474
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