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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`_______________
`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`_______________
`
`APPLE INC.,
`Petitioner,
`
`v.
`
`SMART MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES LLC,
`Patent Owner.
`_______________
`
`Case IPR2022-01222
`Patent 8,982,863 B1
`_______________
`
`DECLARATION OF PHILIP J. GRAVES IN SUPPORT OF PATENT
`OWNER’S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
`
`Smart Mobile Technologies LLC, Exhibit 2001
`Page 1 of 4
`
`

`

`I, Philip J. Graves, being duly sworn and upon oath, hereby attest to the following:
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`1.
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`2.
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`I am a member in good standing of the State Bar of California.
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`I am Partner at the law firm of Graves & Shaw LLP (“Graves & Shaw”).
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`I have more than 25 years of experience as a litigation attorney specializing in patent
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`litigation and representing clients in patent litigation matters in various United States
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`District Courts and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. I am
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`admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Southern,
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`Eastern, Northern, and Central Districts of California. I am also admitted to practice
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`before the United States Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and Federal Circuits and
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`the United States Supreme Court.
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`3.
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`I have never been suspended or disbarred from practice before any court
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`or administrative body, apart from an administrative suspension for nonpayment of
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`inactive bar dues by the Washington Bar Association, which was lifted upon
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`payment of the overdue bar dues.
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`4.
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`I have never had an application for admission to practice before any
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`court or administrative body denied.
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`5.
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`I have never had any sanctions or contempt citations imposed on me
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`from any court or administrative body.
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`6.
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`I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide
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`and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of 37 C.F.R.
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`Smart Mobile Technologies LLC, Exhibit 2001
`Page 2 of 4
`
`

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`7.
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`I agree to be subject to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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`Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et. seq. and
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`disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`8.
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`I have applied to appear pro hac vice in five other proceedings before
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`the Board within the last three years. On February 11, 2021, I applied to appear pro
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`hac vice in Samsung Electronics Co., et. al. v. Neonode Smartphone LLC, IPR2021-
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`00144 and IPR2021-00145, and those two related applications were granted on
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`February 26, 2021 (see IPR2021-00144, paper 17; IPR2021-00145, Paper 17). On
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`September 28, 2021, I applied to appear pro hac vice in Google LLC v. Neonode
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`Smartphone LLC, IPR2021-01041, and that application was granted on October 6,
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`2021 (see IPR2021-01041, Paper 14). On May 10, 2022, I applied to appear pro hac
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`vice in Apple Inc., et al. v. Smart Mobile Technologies LLC, IPR2022-00808, and
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`that application was granted on July 8, 2022 (see IPR2022-00808, Paper 10). On
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`May 10, 2022, I applied to appear pro hac vice in Samsung Electronics, Ltd., et al.
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`v. Smart Mobile Technologies LLC, IPR2022-00766, and that application was
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`granted on July 27, 2022 (see IPR2022-00766, Paper 9).
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`9.
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`Smart Mobile Technologies LLC’s lead counsel in this proceeding, Mr.
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`Rex Hwang, is a Partner at Skiermont Derby LLP, and is a registered practitioner
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`experienced in proceedings before the USPTO.
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`10.
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`I have worked with lead counsel and am familiar with the subject matter
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`2
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`Smart Mobile Technologies LLC, Exhibit 2001
`Page 3 of 4
`
`

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`at issue in this proceeding. As such, I have reviewed and am very familiar with (i)
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,982,863 (the “’863 patent”), the patent-at-issue in this proceeding,
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`(ii) the prior art relied upon in Petitioner’s Petition, (iii) the legal and factual
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`arguments that have been addressed by Patent Owner, and (iv) the developments in
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`this proceeding since the filing of Petitioner’s Petition. I am counsel for Smart
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`Mobile Technologies LLC in the related co-pending district court case Smart Mobile
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`Technologies LLC v. Apple Inc., 6:21-cv-00603-ADA (W.D. Tex.), in which Patent
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`Owner has asserted the ’863 patent against Petitioner.
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`11.
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`I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge
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`are true and that all statements made on information and belief are believed to be
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`true; and further that these statements are made with knowledge that willful false
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`statements and the like so made are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both. (18
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`U.S.C. §1001.)
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`
`
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`
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`Dated: December 2, 2022
`
`
`
`Philip J. Graves
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`
`
`
`
`
`3
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`Smart Mobile Technologies LLC, Exhibit 2001
`Page 4 of 4
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