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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`RICETEC, INC.,
`Petitioner
`v.
`BASF SE,
`Patent Owner
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`
`Case PGR2021-00113
`U.S. Patent No. 11,096,345
`_____________
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`DECLARATION OF LISA M. FERRI IN SUPPORT OF
`MOTION TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE ON BEHALF OF
`PATENT OWNER BASF SE
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`PGR2021-00113
`Exh. 2001
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`
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`Case PGR2021-00113
`U.S. Patent No. 11,096,345
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`I, Lisa M. Ferri, do hereby declare:
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`1.
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`I am a partner in the law firm of Mayer Brown LLP and the co-leader
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`of the firm’s global Intellectual Property group. I have over 25 years of experience
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`as a patent litigator and trial lawyer, appearing and acting as lead counsel in
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`numerous patent litigation matters before various United States District Courts and
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`the U.S. International Trade Commission. I have also appeared on behalf of
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`litigants before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit as lead counsel. I
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`have been admitted pro hac vice before the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board
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`and have argued before the Board. (See Patent Owner Exhibit 2002). The
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`majority of these cases have been within the technical field of the pharmaceutical
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`and chemical arts.
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`2.
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`I have taught Patent Litigation as an adjunct professor of law at
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`Fordham University School of Law. Subsequent to graduating from law school, I
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`served as law clerk to Chief Judge Edward D. Re, U.S. Court of International
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`Trade, who sat by designation on a number of courts of appeal including the
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`Federal Circuit.
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`3.
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`I am familiar with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding,
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`specifically U.S. Patent No. 11,096,345 (“the ’345 patent”). I have become
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`specifically familiar with the ’345 patent, the technology at issue, the legal subject
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`matter and the relevant prior art in this field, including the prior art discussed in
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`Petitioner’s request for post-grant review of the ’345 patent.
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`4.
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`I am a member in good standing of the Bar of the State of New York
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`and the Bar of the State of New Jersey. I am admitted to practice before the United
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`States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit,
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`and several other appellate and district courts including the United States District
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`Court for the District of New Jersey, the United States District Court for the
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`Southern District of New York, and the United States Court of International Trade.
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`5.
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`I have never been suspended, disbarred or sanctioned by any court or
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`administrative body.
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`6.
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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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`7.
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`I have never been sanctioned or cited for contempt by any court or
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`administrative body.
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`8.
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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 37 C.F.R.
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`9.
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`I agree to be subject to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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`Code of Professional Responsibility 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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`10.
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`I have applied for and been admitted pro hac vice in several inter
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`partes review proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office,
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`Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. et al. v. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Case
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`IPR2013-00024; Lupin Limited v. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Case
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`IPR2015-00405, Lupin Limited v. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Case
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`IPR2016-00558; Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v.
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`Genentech, Inc. and City of Hope, Case IPR2015-01624, Astellas US LLC v.
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`Imperial College Innovations Limited, Case IPR2020-00764.
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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 so made are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both,
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`under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code.
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`Dated: October 6, 2021
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`_________________________
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` Lisa M. Ferri
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`744083988
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