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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`
`CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.,
`Petitioner
`
`v.
`
`ORCKIT CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner.
`
`Case IPR2023-00554
`Patent No. 10,652,111
`
`DECLARATION OF GEORGE
`STAMATOPOULOS IN SUPPORT OF
`PATENT OWNER’S MOTION FOR PRO HAC
`VICE ADMISSION
`
`Orckit Exhibit 2022
`Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Orckit Corp.
`IPR2023-00554, Page 1 of 4
`
`

`

`I, George Stamatopoulos, being duly sworn and upon oath, hereby attest
`
`to the following:
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`1.
`
`I am a member of good standing with the State Bar of New York
`
`(2013).
`
`2.
`
`I am an attorney at Kobre & Kim LLP. I am an experienced patent
`
`litigation attorney with more than ten years of experience. In that time, I have
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`served as counsel in numerous patent infringement suits before the U.S. District
`
`Courts for the Eastern District of Virginia, Eastern District of Texas, Central
`
`District of California and District of Delaware and am admitted to practice in the
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`U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Texas, Eastern District of New
`
`York, and Southern District of New York.
`
`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 for admission to practice before
`
`any court or administrative body denied.
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`5.
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`I have never had any sanctions or contempt citations imposed on
`
`me from 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 title 37
`
`of the Code of Federal Regulations.
`
`7.
`
`I agree to be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct
`
`Orckit Exhibit 2022
`Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Orckit Corp.
`IPR2023-00554, Page 2 of 4
`
`

`

`set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et. seq., and disciplinary jurisdiction under
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`37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`8.
`
`I have not applied to appear pro hac vice in any matter before the
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`Board within the last three years.
`
`9.
`
`Orckit Corporation’s lead counsel in this proceeding, Mr. James
`
`T. Carmichael, is a Partner at Carmichael IP, PLLC, and is a registered
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`practitioner experienced in proceedings before the USPTO.
`
`10.
`
`I have worked with lead counsel and am familiar with the subject
`
`matter at issue in this proceeding. As such, I have reviewed and am very
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`familiar with (i) U.S. Patent No. 10,652,111 (the “’111 patent”), the patent-at-
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`issue in this proceeding, (ii) the prior art relied upon in Petitioner’s Petition,
`
`(iii) the legal and factual arguments that have been addressed by Patent Owner,
`
`and (iv) the developments in this proceeding since the filing of Petitioner’s
`
`Petition. I was counsel for Orckit Corporation. in the related district court case,
`
`Orckit Corporation. v. Cisco Systems, Inc., No. 2:22-cv-00276-JRG-RSP (E.D.
`
`Tex.) (dismissed without prejudice on September 22, 2023), in which Orckit
`
`Corporation. had asserted the ’111 patent against Cisco Systems, Inc.
`
`Orckit Exhibit 2022
`Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Orckit Corp.
`IPR2023-00554, Page 3 of 4
`
`

`

`11.
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`I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own
`
`knowledge are true and that all statements made on information and belief are
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`believed to be true; and further that these statements are made with knowledge
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`that willful false statements and the like so made are punishable by fine or
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`imprisonment, or both. (See 18 U.S.C. §1001.)
`
`Dated: October 4, 2023
`
` /s/ George Stamatopoulos
` George Stamatopoulos
`
`Orckit Exhibit 2022
`Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Orckit Corp.
`IPR2023-00554, Page 4 of 4
`
`

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