`Petition for Inter Partes Review of
`U.S. Patent No. 9,485,055
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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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`COMMSCOPE, INC.
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`TQ DELTA, LLC.
`Patent Owner
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`U.S. Patent No. 9,485,055
`Issue Date: November 1, 2016
`Title: PACKET RETRANSMISSION AND MEMORY SHARING
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`Case No. IPR2022-00833
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`DECLARATION OF JIM SHEAD IN SUPPORT OF PETITION FOR
`INTER PARTES REVIEW OF U.S. PATENT NO. 9,485,055
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`IPR2022-00833
`CommScope, Inc. Exhibit 1032
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`Declaration of Jim Shead in Support of
`Petition for Inter Partes Review of
`U.S. Patent No. 9,485,055
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`I, Jim Shead, declare as follows:
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`A.
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`INTRODUCTION
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`I am a Lead Counsel for CommScope, Inc. (“CommScope”). I am
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`over 21 years old and otherwise competent to make this Declaration. I make this
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`Declaration based on facts and matters within my own knowledge and on
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`information provided to me by others, and, if called as a witness, I could and
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`would competently testify to the matters set forth herein.
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`2.
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`On April 4, 2019, CommScope Holding Company, Inc.,
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`CommScope’s parent entity, acquired ARRIS International Limited (UK) (“ARRIS
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`International”), becoming its controlling parent company.
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`THE INSTANT IPR
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`On August 13, 2021, TQ Delta filed suit against CommScope
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`Holding Company Inc., CommScope Inc., ARRIS International Limited, ARRIS
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`Global Ltd., ARRIS US Holdings Inc., ARRIS Solutions Inc., ARRIS Technology
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`Inc., and ARRIS Enterprises LLC in federal district court in the Eastern District of
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`Texas. This case is styled TQ Delta, LLC v. CommScope Holding Company, Inc. et
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`al., No. 2:21-cv-00310 (E.D. Tex.). The Complaint names numerous entities as
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`defendants and alleges that all Defendants are a single combined “CommScope.”
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`IPR2022-00833
`CommScope, Inc. Exhibit 1032
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`Declaration of Jim Shead in Support of
`Petition for Inter Partes Review of
`U.S. Patent No. 9,485,055
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`In the Eastern District of Texas action, TQ Delta has asserted claims
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`11, 17, and 19 of U.S. Patent No. 9,485,055 (“’055 patent”) against CommScope.
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`In direct response to the allegations in the Eastern District of Texas
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`Complaint that CommScope has infringed one or more claims of the ’055 patent,
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`CommScope, in an exercise of its sole discretion and control, decided to file a
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`petition in the instant IPR, IPR2022-00833.
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`6.
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`CommScope has paid all fees and expenses associated with this
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`petition and no individuals other than CommScope’s employees, counsel, and
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`consultants acting under the direction of CommScope participated in
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`CommScope’s decision to file this IPR, or its strategy regarding the filing of this
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`IPR.
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`7. While CommScope is of course aware that a favorable outcome in
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`this proceeding could benefit ARRIS International, CommScope would have
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`petitioned for IPR of the ’055 patent in light of TQ Delta’s allegations that
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`CommScope infringes the ’055 patent regardless of TQ Delta’s allegations that the
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`named ARRIS entities also infringe the ’055 patent.
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`IPR2022-00833
`CommScope, Inc. Exhibit 1032
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`Declaration of Jim Shead in Support of
`Petition for Inter Partes Review of
`U.S. Patent No. 9,485,055
`C. VERIFICATION
`8.
`I, Jim Shead, declare that all statements made herein of my own
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`knowledge are true, and that all statements made on information and belief are
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`believed to be true, and that these statements were made with the knowledge that
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`willful false statements and the like so made are punishable by fine or
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`imprisonment, or both, under 18 U.S.C. § 1001.
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`Executed on _______________ in _________________.
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` Jim Shead
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`IPR2022-00833
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