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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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`BOX, INC., and DROPBOX, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`TOPIA TECHNOLOGY, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR2023-00429
`U.S. Patent No. 10,289,607
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`DECLARATION OF L. ROMAN RACHUBA
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`Topia Exhibit 2016
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`I, L. Roman Rachuba, state and declare as follows:
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`1.
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`I am a member of the bar of the State of Maryland and the District of
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`Columbia, and am admitted to practice in the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
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`(Registration No. 75,180). I am backup counsel representing Patent Owner, Topia
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`Technology, Inc. in this Inter Partes Review. Each of the following statements is
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`made of my own personal knowledge, and if called upon to testify thereto, I could
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`and would competently do so.
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`2.
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`I have prepared this Declaration in connection with the Patent Owner’s
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`Preliminary Response in IPR2023-00429 of U.S. Patent No. 10,289,607.
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`3.
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`The document filed concurrently herewith as Exhibit 2001 is a true and
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`correct copy of the Hearing Transcript and Order Denying Defendant Egnyte’s
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`Motion to Stay in Topia Technology, Inc. v. Egnyte, Inc., C.A. No. 21-1821-CJB .
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`4.
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`The document filed concurrently herewith as Exhibit 2002 is a true and
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`correct copy of a screenshot of Egnyte Inc.’s Webpage, captured May 8, 2023:
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`https://www.egnyte.com/dropbox-replacement.
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`5.
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`The document filed concurrently herewith as Exhibit 2003 is a true and
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`correct copy of Defendant Egnyte’s invalidity contentions in Topia Technology, Inc.
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`v. Egnyte, Inc., C.A. No. 21-1821-CJB.
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`6.
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`The document filed concurrently herewith as Exhibit 2004 is a true and
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`correct copy of Defendants’ joint invalidity contentions in Topia Technology, Inc. v.
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`Box, Inc., SailPoint Technologies Holdings, Inc., and Vistra, Inc., 6:20-cv-01175-
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`ADA and Topia Technology, Inc. v. Dropbox, Inc., SailPoint Technologies
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`Holdings, Inc., and Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., 6:21-cv- 001373-ADA.
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`7.
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`The document filed concurrently herewith as Exhibit 2005 is a true and
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`correct copy of the Scheduling Order in Topia Technology, Inc. v. Egnyte, Inc., C.A.
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`No. 21-1821-CJB.
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`8.
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`The document filed concurrently herewith as Exhibit 2006 is a true and
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`correct copy of the Scheduling Order in Topia Technology, Inc. v. Box, Inc.,
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`SailPoint Technologies Holdings, Inc., and Vistra, Inc., 6:20-cv-01175-ADA.
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`9.
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`The document filed concurrently herewith as Exhibit 2007 is a true and
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`correct copy of the USPTO Memo regarding Interim Procedure for Discretionary
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`Denials in AIA Post-Grant Proceedings with Parallel District Court Litigation
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`(“Fintiv Memo”).
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`10. The document filed concurrently herewith as Exhibit 2008 is a true and
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`correct copy of the Pro Hac Vice Motion for Heidi Keefe filed by Defendant Egnyte
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`in Topia Technology, Inc. v. Egnyte, Inc., C.A. No. 21-1821-CJB, D.I. 61 (and
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`screenshot of Minute Order granting motion.
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`11. The document filed concurrently herewith as Exhibit 2009 is a true and
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`correct copy of the Motion to Stay filed by Defendant in Topia Technology, Inc. v.
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`Box, Inc., 3:23-cv-00063-JSC .
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`12. The document filed concurrently herewith as Exhibit 2010 is a true and
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`correct copy of Unified Patents LLC v. Justservice.net LLC, IPR2020-01258, Exhibit
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`2017 (PTAB 2022).
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`13. The document filed concurrently herewith as Exhibit 2011 is a true and
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`correct copy of Unified Patents LLC. v. Topia Technology, Inc., IPR2022-00782,
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`Paper 8 (PTAB 2022).
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`14. The document filed concurrently herewith as Exhibit 2012 is a true and
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`correct copy of the Proof of Service for Complaint filed against Egnyte in Topia
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`Technology, Inc. v. Egnyte, Inc., C.A. No. 21-1821-CJB.
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`15. The document filed concurrently herewith as Exhibit 2013 is a true and
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`correct copy of the Declaration of Dr. Prashant Shenoy.
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`16. The document filed concurrently herewith as Exhibit 2014 is a true and
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`correct copy of the Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Prashant Shenoy.
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`17. The document filed concurrently herewith as Exhibit 2015 is a true and
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`correct copy of Selected Excerpts from Microsoft Computer Dictionary, Fifth
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`Edition (2002).
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`18.
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`I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States
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`of America that the foregoing is true and correct.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Roman Rachuba /
`L. Roman Rachuba
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`Date: May 9, 2023
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