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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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`VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`NEO WIRELESS,
`Patent Owner.
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`Cases IPR2022-01537, IPR2022-01539, IPR2022-01567, IPR2023-00426
`Patents 10,075,941, 10,965,512, 10,447,450, 8,467,366
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`FORD MOTOR COMPANY,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`NEO WIRELESS LLC
`Patent Owner.
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`Cases IPR2023-00763, IPR2023-00764, IPR2023-00765, IPR2023-00766
`Patents 10,447,450, 10,965,512, 10,833,908, 10,075,941
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`AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`NEO WIRELESS LLC
`Patent Owner.
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`Cases IPR2023-00790, IPR2023-00791, IPR2023-00793, IPR2023-00794,
`IPR2023-00797
`Patents 8,467,366, 10,075,941, 10,447,450, 10,833,908, 10,771,302
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`GENERAL MOTORS LLC, NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC., TESLA, INC.,
`AND AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`NEO WIRELESS LLC
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2023-00961
`Patent 10,965,512
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`GENERAL MOTORS LLC AND NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`NEO WIRELESS LLC
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2023-00962
`Patent 10,447,450
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`GENERAL MOTORS LLC, NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC., AND TESLA
`INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`NEO WIRELESS LLC
`Patent Owner.
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`Cases IPR2023-00963, IPR2023-00964
`Patents 10,447,450, 10,075,941
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`DECLARATION OF XU ZHOU
`IN SUPPORT OF PATENT OWNER’S
`UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
`OF XU ZHOU UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`I, Xu Zhou, declare as follows:
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`1.
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`2.
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`I am an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Texas.
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`I am a member in good standing in all jurisdictions where I have been
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`admitted to practice.
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`3.
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`I have never been suspended or disbarred from practice before any
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`court or administrative body.
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`4.
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`I have never had an application denied for admission to practice
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`before any court or administrative body.
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`5.
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`I have never had any sanctions or contempt citations imposed upon
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`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
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`Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of 37 C.F.R.
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`7.
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`I agree to be subject to the U.S.P.T.O. Rules of Professional Conduct
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`set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under 37
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`C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`8.
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`9.
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`I am an associate at the law firm of Caldwell Cassady Curry PC.
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`I have practiced law in Texas since 2020, and the majority of my
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`practice has consisted of patent related matters such as patent litigations.
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`10. My experience in patent litigations includes drafting pleadings and
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`motions, taking and defending depositions, attending hearings and trials, leading
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`meet and confers, etc. Representative matters in which I am or was actively
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`involved include:
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`• VirnetX Inc. et al. v. Apple Inc., No. 6:12-cv-00855 (E.D.T.X.)
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`• Match Group, LLC v. Bumble Trading Inc., No. 6:18-cv-00080
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`(W.D.T.X.)
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`• Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. v. Verizon Communications Inc. et al.,
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`No. 2:20-cv-00030 (E.D.T.X.)
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`• Neo Wireless, LLC v. Dell Technologies Inc. et al., No. 6:21-cv-00024
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`(W.D.T.X.)
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`• In re Neo Wireless, LLC Patent Litigation, No. 2:22-md-03034
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`(E.D.M.I.)
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`• Nanoco Technologies Ltd. v. Samsung Electronics Co. et al., No.
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`2:20-cv-00038 (E.D.T.X.)
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`• BeSang Inc. v. Micron Technology, Inc. et al., No. 2:23-cv-00028
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`(E.D.T.X.)
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`• BeSang Inc. v. Intel Corporation, No. 3:23-cv-00113 (D. Or.)
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`11.
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`I have currently or previously appeared in the following matters:
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`• Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. v. Verizon Communications Inc. et al.,
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`No. 2:20-cv-00030 (E.D.T.X.)
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`• Neo Wireless, LLC v. Dell Technologies Inc. et al., No. 6:21-cv-00024
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`(W.D.T.X.)
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`• BeSang Inc. v. Micron Technology, Inc. et al., No. 2:23-cv-00028
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`(E.D.T.X.)
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`• BeSang Inc. v. Intel Corporation, No. 3:23-cv-00113 (D. Or.)
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`12.
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`I have not applied to appear pro hac vice in any other proceedings
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`before the U.S.P.T.O. in the last three years.
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`13.
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`I have an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in the
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`following pending IPR proceedings involving my client Neo Wireless LLC and
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,075,941. I have reviewed the 10,075,941 Patent, as well as the
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`Petitions and the relevant art in the matters involving that Patent, IPR2022-01537,
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`IPR2023-00766, IPR2023-00791, and IPR2023-00964. I am also representing Neo
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`Wireless LLC in district court proceedings involving that Patent.
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`14.
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`I have an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in the
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`following pending IPR proceedings involving my client Neo Wireless LLC and
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,965,512. I have reviewed the 10,965,512 Patent, as well as the
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`Petitions and the relevant art in the matters involving that Patent, IPR2022-01539,
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`IPR2023-00764, and IPR2023-00961. I am also representing Neo Wireless LLC in
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`district court proceedings involving that Patent.
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`15.
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`I have an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in the
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`following pending IPR proceedings involving my client Neo Wireless LLC and
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,447,450. I have reviewed the 10,447,450 Patent, as well as the
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`Petitions and the relevant art in the matters involving that Patent, IPR2022-01567,
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`IPR2023-00763, IPR2023-00793, IPR2023-00962, and IPR2023-00963. I am also
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`representing Neo Wireless LLC in district court proceedings involving that Patent.
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`16.
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`I have an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in the
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`following pending IPR proceedings involving my client Neo Wireless LLC and
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,467,366. I have reviewed the 8,467,366 Patent, as well as the
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`Petitions and the relevant art in the matters involving that Patent, IPR2023-00426
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`and IPR2023-00790. I am also representing Neo Wireless LLC in district court
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`proceedings involving that Patent.
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`17.
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`I have an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in the
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`following pending IPR proceedings involving my client Neo Wireless LLC and
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,833,908. I have reviewed the 10,833,908 Patent, as well as the
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`Petitions and the relevant art in the matters involving that Patent, IPR2023-00765
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`and IPR2023-00794. I am also representing Neo Wireless LLC in district court
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`proceedings involving that Patent.
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`18.
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`I have an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in the
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`following pending IPR proceeding involving my client Neo Wireless LLC and
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,771,302. I have reviewed the 10,771,302 Patent, as well as the
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`Petition and the relevant art in the matter involving that Patent at issue and Neo
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`Wireless LLC, IPR2023-00797. I am also representing Neo Wireless LLC in
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`district court proceedings involving that Patent.
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`I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are
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`true and that all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true.
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`and further that these statements are made with the knowledge that willful false
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`statements and the like so made are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both,
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`under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code.
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`Xu Zhou
`CALDWELL CASSADY CURRY PC
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`Date: August 24, 2023
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