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`By: Andrew J. Lagatta, Reg. No. 62,529
`Merchant & Gould P.C.
`3200 IDS Center
`80 South 8th Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
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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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`H&S MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
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`Petitioner,
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`OXBO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-00950
`Patent 8,166,739
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`DECLARATION OF SHANE A. BRUNNER IN SUPPORT OF
`PATENT OWNER’S MOTION FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE
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`In support of the Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice, I, Shane A. Brunner, do
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`declare and state as follows:
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` I am a member in good standing of the Bars of the State of Wisconsin and
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`the State of Illinois and of various federal courts, including the United States District
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`Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, the United States District Court for the
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`Eastern District of Wisconsin, the United States District Court for the Northern District of
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`Illinois, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, and the
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`United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the United States Court of
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`Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
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`I have no suspensions or disbarments from practice before any court or
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`administrative body.
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`I have never had any court or administrative body deny my application to
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`practice before said court or administrative body.
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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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`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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`I will be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set forth
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`in 3 7 C.F .R. § § 11.101 et. seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under 3 7 C.F .R.
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`§ ll.19(a).
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`7.
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`In the last three years, I have applied to appear Pro Hac Vice in the
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`following other proceeding before the Office: IPR2015-01076.
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` I have been a litigating attorney since 1999.
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`9.
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`I have been litigating patent cases since 1999.
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`10.
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`I am counsel for Oxbo International Corp., in the case captioned Oxbo
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`International Corp, Plaintiff, v. H&S Manufacturing Company, Inc., Defendant, and
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`H&S Manufacturing Company, Inc., Counterclaim-Plaintiff, v. Oxbo International
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`Corp. and Kuhn North America, Inc., Counterclaim-Defendants, pending in the
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`United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, Civil Action No.
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`15-292-JDP.
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` I have worked extensively analyzing and defending against the
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`invalidity positions, including those based on some of the same references raised in
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`the Petition advanced by Defendant/Petitioner, H&S Manufacturing Company, Inc.
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`I am thus familiar with the grounds relied upon in the Petitioner's Petition as well as
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`the patent at issue.
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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 were 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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`/Shane A. Brunner/_________________
`Shane A. Brunner
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`January 10, 2017
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