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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
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`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`SERVIER PHARMACEUTICALS LLC
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR2022-01423
`Patent: 10,610,125
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`DECLARATION OF HASSEN A. SAYEED, M.D. IN
`SUPPORT OF MOTION TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`SERVIER-2005
`IPR2022-01423
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`I, Hassen A. Sayeed, M.D., declare as follows:
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`IPR2022-01423
`Patent 10,610,125
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`1.
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`I am more than twenty-one years of age, I have personal knowledge of
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`the facts set forth in this declaration, and, if called as a witness, could and would
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`testify competently under oath.
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`I am a member in good standing of the State Bar of New York (Bar No.
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`4325213).
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`I have never been suspended or disbarred from practice before any court
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`or administrative body.
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`None of my applications for admission to practice before any court or
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`administrative body have ever been denied.
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`I have never been sanctioned nor have I had a contempt citation
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`imposed on me by 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 Trial set forth in part 42 of 37 C.F.R.
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`7.
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`I acknowledge and agree that I will be subject to the USPTO Rules of
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`Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. § 11.101 et. seq. and disciplinary
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`jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`8.
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`I am a Partner in the Intellectual Property & Technology practice of
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`O’Melveny & Myers LLP. I am an experienced patent litigation attorney with a
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`focus on the fields of pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. I have been practicing for
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`over 17 years, representing pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients in federal
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`IPR2022-01423
`Patent 10,610,125
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`district court patent infringement suits across the country.
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`9.
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`I have a technical background pertinent to the issues in this proceeding,
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`including an M.D. from Brown University Medical School. Further biographic
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`information is provided in Exhibit 2006.
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`10.
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`I have studied and analyzed the field of technology relevant to the ’125
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`Patent, as well as the claims, specification and prosecution history of the ’125 Patent.
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`I have become very familiar with both the particular subject matter and substantive
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`issues concerning the ’125 Patent. I am also familiar with the alleged prior art
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`references asserted by Petitioner in this inter partes review proceeding.
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`I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct, and
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`that all statements made of my own knowledge are true and that all statements made
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`on information and belief are believed to be true.
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`Executed on September 6, 2022 in New York, NY.
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`By: /Hassen A. Sayeed/
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`Hassen A. Sayeed, M.D.
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`O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
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