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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Inventor(s): Gregory C. Burnett
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`Confirmation No.: 5622
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`Application No.: 13/959,708
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`Examiner: PIZARRO CRESPO, MARCOS D.
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`Filed: 08-05-2013
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`Group Art Unit: 2814
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`Title: FORMING VIRTUAL MICROPHONE
`ARRAYSUSING DUAL
`OMNIDIRECTIONAL MICROPHONE
`ARRAY (DOMA)
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`Commissioner for Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`DearSir:
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`I, Michael Luna, hereby declare:
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`AFFIDAVIT
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`1.
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`I am over eighteen (18) years of age, and have personal knowledgeofthe facts stated
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`herein.
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`3.
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`The above-identified patent application wasoriginally owned by ALIPHCOM.
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`An assignment from the inventor to ALIPHCOMwasrecorded on April 7, 2015 with
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`the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and accordedreel/frame
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`number: 035352/0324.
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`4.
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`I was the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of ALIPHCOM from December 2007 until
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`it was shut down and an assignmentfor the benefit of creditors wasinitiated in June
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`2017. During my tenure I was responsible for management of ALIPHCOM’s
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`intellectual property portfolio.
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`Kokka and Backus, LLC wasthe law firm tasked with handling our patent portfolio
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`including the above-identified patent application.
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`Between 2015 and 2017 ALIPHCOMsuffered funding/financial issues.
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`I instructed Kokka and Backus, LLC and CPA Global to employ procedures to ensure
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`that patent applications (including the above-identified application) were, on a timely
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`basis, diligently prosecuted and that fees were paid. Such procedures continued until
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`funds were no longer available to ALIPHCOMto pay Kokka and Backus, LLC and
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`CPA Globalfor their fees.
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`As a result, on February 22, 2017, the above-identified patent application went
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`abandoned.
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`At no point did I intend to allow the above-referenced patent application to go
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`abandoned.
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`10.
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`On information and belief, these statements are believed to be true; and these
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`statements are made with knowledge that willful false statements and the like so
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`madeare punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under Section 1001 of Title 18
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`of the United States Code and that such willful false statements may jeopardize the
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`validity of the application or any patent issuing thereon.
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`Dated:
`Michael Luna
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`yoo DocuSigned by:
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Application No.: 13/959,708
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`Attorney Docket No. 2064-0001
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