From: Beth Laughton <laughton@smithbaluch.com>
`Sent: Friday, January 5, 2024 3:51 PM
`To: Trials <Trials@USPTO.GOV>
`Cc: Andrew Baluch <baluch@smithbaluch.com>; #ValtrusIPR [Int] <ValtrusIPR@irell.com>; Lindsay, Jonathan
`<jlindsay@irell.com>; Matthew Smith <smith@smithbaluch.com>
`Subject: RE: IPR2022-01545 - Request to File Corrected Declaration
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`Honorable Board:
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`Pursuant to the Board’s permission given at today’s conference call, Petitioner respectfully directs the Board’s attention to
`Navistar v. Fatigue Fracture Technology, IPR2018-00853, Paper 58, pp. 52-55 (PTAB Aug. 29, 2019).
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`Regards,
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`E. Laughton
`Counsel for Petitioner
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`Elizabeth A. Laughton
`laughton@smithbaluch.com
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`SMITH BALUCH LLP
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`From: Matthew Smith <smith@smithbaluch.com>
`Sent: Tuesday, January 2, 2024 12:47 PM
`To: Trials <Trials@USPTO.GOV>
`Cc: Andrew Baluch <baluch@smithbaluch.com>; #ValtrusIPR [Int] <ValtrusIPR@irell.com>; Beth Laughton
`<laughton@smithbaluch.com>; Lindsay, Jonathan <jlindsay@irell.com>
`Subject: RE: IPR2022-01545 - Request to File Corrected Declaration
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`Honorable Board,
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`Petitioner is also available 1/5, 1/9, and 1/10, noting that all counsel are on the West
`Coast. Petitioner objects to the argumentative nature of Patent Owner’s email, but will reserve
`commentuntil a conferencecall or until direction by the Board to submit opposing remarks.
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`Respectfully,
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`M. Smith
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`SMITH(cid:3)BALUCH(cid:3)LLP(cid:3)
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`From:(cid:3)Lindsay,(cid:3)Jonathan(cid:3)<jlindsay@irell.com>(cid:3)(cid:3)
`Sent:(cid:3)Tuesday,(cid:3)January(cid:3)2,(cid:3)2024(cid:3)7:41(cid:3)AM(cid:3)
`To:(cid:3)Trials(cid:3)<Trials@USPTO.GOV>(cid:3)
`Cc:(cid:3)Matthew(cid:3)Smith(cid:3)<smith@smithbaluch.com>;(cid:3)Andrew(cid:3)Baluch(cid:3)<baluch@smithbaluch.com>;(cid:3)#ValtrusIPR(cid:3)[Int](cid:3)
`<ValtrusIPR@irell.com>(cid:3)
`Subject:(cid:3)IPR2022(cid:882)01545(cid:3)(cid:882)(cid:3)Request(cid:3)to(cid:3)File(cid:3)Corrected(cid:3)Declaration(cid:3)
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`Dear Board,
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`Patent Owner seeks leave to file a corrected declaration for Panayiotis Tsaparas (EX2051) filed with the Patent
`Owner Response in IPR2022-01545. The proposed correction is in response to an objection raised in the
`Petitioner’s Reply relating to the perjury statement. The declaration as-filed includes the following perjury
`statement:(cid:3)
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`“I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and
`belief.”(cid:3)
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`The Petitioner’s Reply objected to the above statement for allegedly not complying with 28 U.S.C. § 1746. The
`proposed correction would revise the above perjury statement to account for the fact that Dr. Tsaparas executed
`his declaration outside the United States by specifying that the perjury statement is made “under the laws of the
`United States of America,” per 28 U.S.C. § 1746. Also, while Patent Owner does not believe the inclusion of
`the statement “to the best of my knowledge and belief” is improper, the corrected declaration would remove that
`phrase as well to resolve the objection raised in the Petitioner’s Reply. (cid:3)
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`Allowing correction is believed to be appropriate in this case since Patent Owner has timely sought to address
`the issue, Dr. Tsaparas’ declaration already contains a perjury statement, Petitioner deposed Dr. Tsaparas, and
`Petitioner’s Reply substantively responded to Dr. Tsaparas’ declaration. Thus, this case is similar to other
`situations where there has been no prejudice and the Board has allowed correction. See Fine Agrochemicals Ltd.
`v. Stoller Enterprises, Inc., IPR2020-00683, Paper 9 (PTAB June 17, 2020) (citing Microsoft Corporation v.
`Enfish, LLC, IPR2013-00559, Paper 13 (PTAB Jan. 23, 2014); see also Google LLC et al. v. Cywee Group Ltd.,
`IPR2018-01257, Paper 69 (PTAB Sept. 6, 2019); Fidelity Information Services, LLC v. Mirror Imaging,
`LLC, CBM2017-00064, Paper 54 (PTAB Jan. 2, 2019).
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`Petitioner indicated it would oppose. Patent Owner is available any time on 1/3, 1/5, 1/9, and 1/10.(cid:3)
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