UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`STRUCTURAL WRAP, LLC,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`SYSTEM STORMSEAL PTY LTD,
`STORMSEAL USA, LLC,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2024-00084
`U.S. Patent 11,168,484
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`DECLARATION OF TRAVIS LEE RICHINS IN SUPPORT
`OF PATENT OWNER’S MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE
`ADMISSION OF TRAVIS LEE RICHINS UNDER 37 C.F.R. §
`42.10(c)
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`Case IPR2023-01210
`Patent No. 8,400,358
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`I, Travis Lee Richins, declare as follows:
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`1.
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`I obtained a B.A. from the University of Utah in 2002, and a J.D. from
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`Southern Methodist University in 2008.
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`I have practiced civil litigation, primarily in United States district
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`courts, for fifteen years. For the past seven years, I have focused primarily on
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`representing clients in patent litigation in United States district courts. Through this
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`work, I have gained extensive experience as a litigation attorney, particularly in
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`patent cases.
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`I am a member in good standing of the Texas and Virginia state bars,
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`and am admitted to practice before all United States District Courts in Texas and
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`Virginia
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`4.
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`I was previously admitted pro hac vice before the Patent Trial and
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`Appeals Board in IPR2018-00199, IPR2018-00282, and IPR2017-02148.
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`5.
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`I have substantial familiarity with the subject matter at issue in this
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`proceeding. Patent Owner has asserted against Petitioner U.S. Patent No.
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`11,168,484 (“the ’484 patent”), the patent at issue in this proceeding. In the course
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`of those proceedings, I have developed a strong familiarity with the ’484 patent and
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`the issues that may arise in this IPR.
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`6.
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`I have never been suspended or disbarred from practice before any court
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`or administrative body.
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`7.
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`I have never had an application for admission to practice before any
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`court or administrative body denied.
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`8.
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`I have never been subject to any sanction or contempt citation imposed
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`by any court or administrative body.
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`9.
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`I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide
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`and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of 37 C.F.R.
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`10.
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`I agree to be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set
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`forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et. seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. §
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`11.19(a).
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`11.
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`I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
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`I further declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are true and
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`that all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true; and further
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`that these statements were made with the knowledge that willful false statements and
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`the like so made are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under section 1001
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`of title 18 of the United States Code, and that such willful false statements may
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`jeopardize the validity of the application or any patent issued thereon.
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`Dated: December 1, 2023
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`/Travis Lee Richins/
`Travis Lee Richins
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