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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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`APOTEX, INC.,
`Petitioner,
`v.
`CELGENE CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2023-00512
`Patent 8,846,628
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`DECLARATION OF NORA Q.E. PASSAMANECK IN SUPPORT OF
`UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE
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`CELGENE 2153
`APOTEX v. CELGENE
`IPR2023-00512
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`I, Nora Q.E. Passamaneck, declare as follows:
`1.
`I obtained a B.A. from New York University in 1998 and a J.D. from
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`IPR2023-00512
`Patent No. 8,846,628
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`the Boston University School of Law in 2003.
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`2.
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`I am currently a partner in the law firm of Wilmer Cutler Pickering
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`Hale and Dorr LLP. I was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in February 2004,
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`the New York Bar in October 2004, and the Colorado Bar in February 2016. I
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`have been practicing law for over 15 years. My practice has focused primarily on
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`patent litigation. Over the course of my career, I have been counsel in numerous
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`patent litigations.
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`3.
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`I am a member in good standing of the Bars of the Commonwealth of
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`Massachusetts, State of New York, and State of Colorado. I am admitted to
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`practice before the U.S. District Courts for the District of Colorado, District Court
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`for the Eastern District of New York, and District Court for the Southern District
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`of New York. I am also admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for
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`the Federal Circuit and the Tenth Circuit.
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`4. My Massachusetts Bar membership number is 657723. My New
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`York Bar membership number is 4262028. My Colorado Bar membership number
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`is 49362.
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`5.
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`I have assisted in a number of IPR proceedings, including Pfizer Inc.
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`et al. v. Genentech Inc., IPR2017-01121; Celltrion Inc. v. Genentech Inc.,
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`IPR2023-00512
`Patent No. 8,846,628
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`IPR2017-01122; Hospira Inc. v. Genentech Inc., IPR2017-00731; and Hospira Inc.
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`et al. v. Genentech Inc., IPR2017-00737.
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`6.
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`I have an established familiarity with the subject matter of U.S. Patent
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`No. 8,846,628 (the ’628 patent), the ’628 patent’s file history, and the prior art at
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`issue in this proceeding. I am familiar with pharmaceutical technologies as a
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`result of participation as counsel in related district court litigations on the ’628
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`patent as well as prior pharmaceutical-related intellectual property cases on behalf
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`of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. I have also represented other pharmaceutical
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`companies in intellectual property matters before federal district courts.
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`7.
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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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`8.
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`I have never had a court or administrative body deny my application
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`for admission to practice.
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`9.
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`I have never had any sanctions or contempt citations imposed on me
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`by any court or administrative body.
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`10.
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`I attest to each of the listed items required by the Order – Notice of
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`Filing Date Accorded to Petition And Time For Filing Patent Owner Preliminary
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`Response in IPR2023-00512.
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`11.
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`I have read and will comply with Office Patent Trial Practice Guide
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`and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials, as set forth in 37 C.F.R. Part 42.
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`I agree to be subject to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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`IPR2023-00512
`Patent No. 8,846,628
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`12.
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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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`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 are punishable by fine, imprisonment, or both, under
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`Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code.
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`Dated: October 18, 2023
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Nora Q.E. Passamaneck/
`Nora Q.E. Passamaneck
`WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
` HALE AND DORR LLP
`1225 Seventeenth Street
`Suite 2600
`Denver, CO, 80202
`Nora.Passamaneck@wilmerhale.com
`Tel.: 720-274-3152
`Fax: 720-274-3133
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