`U.S. Patent No. 10,652,111
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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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`CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.,
`Petition
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`v.
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`ORCKIT CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2023-00554
`Patent No. 10,652,111
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`DECLARATION OR MICHAEL NG IN
`SUPPORT OF PATENT OWNER’S MOTION
`FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
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`Orckit Exhibit 2023
`Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Orckit Corp.
`IPR2023-00554, Page 1 of 4
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`Case IPR2023-00554
`U.S. Patent No. 10,652,111
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`I, Michael Ng, being duly sworn and upon oath, hereby attest to the
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`following:
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`1.
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`I am a member of good standing with the State Bar of California
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`(2005).
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`2.
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`I am an attorney at Kobre & Kim LLP. I am an experienced
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`patent litigation attorney with more than eighteen years of experience. In that
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`time, I have served as counsel in numerous patent infringement suits before the
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`U.S. District Courts for the Central District of California, Northern District of
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`California, Eastern District of Texas, Eastern District of Virginia, and Northern
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`District of Illinois and admitted to practice in the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S.
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`Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Ninth Circuit, Second Circuit, and the
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`U.S. District Courts for the Central District of California, Eastern District of
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`California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California,
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`Eastern District of Texas, Southern District of New York, Eastern District of
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`Virginia, Southern District of Mississippi and Northern District of Illinois.
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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 for admission to practice before
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`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
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`me from any court or administrative body.
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`Orckit Exhibit 2023
`Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Orckit Corp.
`IPR2023-00554, Page 2 of 4
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`Case IPR2023-00554
`U.S. Patent No. 10,652,111
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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
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`of the Code of Federal Regulations.
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`7.
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`I agree to be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct
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`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.
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`I have not applied to appear pro hac vice in any matter before the
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`Board within the last three years.
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`9.
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`Orckit Corporation’s lead counsel in this proceeding, Mr. James
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`T. Carmichael, is a Partner at Carmichael IP, PLLC, and is a registered
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`practitioner experienced in proceedings before the USPTO.
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`10.
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`I have worked with lead counsel and am familiar with the subject
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`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,
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`(iii) the legal and factual arguments that have been addressed by Patent Owner,
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`and (iv) the developments in this proceeding since the filing of Petitioner’s
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`Petition. I was counsel for Orckit Corporation. in the related district court
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`case, Orckit Corporation. v. Cisco Systems, Inc., No. 2:22-cv-00276-JRG-RSP
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`(E.D. Tex.) (dismissed without prejudice on September 22, 2023), in which
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`Orckit Corporation. had asserted the ’111 patent against Cisco Systems, Inc.
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`Orckit Exhibit 2023
`Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Orckit Corp.
`IPR2023-00554, Page 3 of 4
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`Case IPR2023-00554
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`11.
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`I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own
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`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.)
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`Dated: October 5, 2023
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` /s/ Michael Ng
` Michael Ng
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`Orckit Exhibit 2023
`Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Orckit Corp.
`IPR2023-00554, Page 4 of 4
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