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`Jeffrey L. Wilson
`Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P.A.
`3100 Tower Boulevard
`Suite 1200
`Durham, NC 27707
`Tel: (919) 493-8000
`Fax: (919) 419-0383
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`Benjamin Deming
`DNL ZITO
`355 South Grand, Suite 2450
`Los Angeles, CA 90071
`Tel: (213) 400-3344
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`Joseph J. Zito
`DNL ZITO
`1250 Connecticut Ave., NW
`Suite 200
`Washington, DC 20036
`Tel: (202) 466-3500
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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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`SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
`Petitioner
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`The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2014-00112
`Patent No. 6,955,677
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`Mailed: October 31, 2013
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`MANDATORY NOTICES PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. §42.8(a)(2)
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`IPR 2014-00112
`Patent No. 6,955,677
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`Patent Owner, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, hereby files its
`Mandatory Notices pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §42.8(a)(2). The Notices are being timely filed
`within 21 days of the service of the Petition, which was served on October 31, 2013.
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`I.
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`REAL PARTY IN INTEREST - 37 C.F.R. §42.8(b)(1)
`The real party in interest for Patent Owner is:
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`The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
`308 Bynum Hall, Campus Box 4105
`Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-4105
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`AngleFix Tech, LLC
`1723 Beverly Drive
`Charlotte, North Carolina 28207
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`II.
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`RELATED MATTERS - 37 C.F.R. §42.8(b)(2)
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,955,677 (the “677 patent”) is the subject of the following related
`matters:
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`AngleFix Tech, LLC, v. Stryker, Inc., Western District of Tenn, Civil Action No. 2:13-
`2279-JPM-tmp; filed May 5, 2013; closed August 19, 2013
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`AngleFix Tech, LLC, v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., WD Tenn, Civil Action No. 2:13-cv-
`02281-JPM-tmp; filed May 6, 2013
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`AngleFix Tech, LLC, v. Wright Medical Technology, Inc., WD Tenn, Civil Action No.:
`13-2407-JMP-tmp; Filed June 11, 2013
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`AngleFix Tech, LLC v. NuVasive, Inc., Southern District of California, Civil Action
`NO.: 13 CV 0983 BEN RBB, filed April 24, 2013
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`III.
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`LEAD AND BACK-UP COUNSEL - 37 C.F.R. §42.8(b)(3)
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`Lead and back-up counsel are as follows:
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`Lead Counsel
`Jeffrey L. Wilson, Reg. No. 36,058
`Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P.A.
`3100 Tower Boulevard
`Suite 1200
`Durham, NC 27707
`Tel: (919-493-8000) Fax: (919) 419-0383
`Email: jwilson@jwth.com
`General Mailbox: mail@jwth.com
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`Back-up Counsel
`Benjamin Deming
`DNL ZITO
`355 South Grand, Suite 2450
`Los Angeles, CA 90071
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`Tel: (213) 400-3344
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`Email: bdeming@dnlzito.com
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`Joseph J. Zito
`DNL ZITO
`1250 Connecticut Ave., NW
`Suite 200
`Washington, DC 20036
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`Tel: (202) 466-3500
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`Email: jzito@dnlzito.com
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`SERVICE INFORMATION - 37 C.F.R. §42.8(b)(4)
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`IV.
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`Please address all correspondence to counsel as shown above. Patent Owner
`consents to electronic service by email at the email addresses shown above.
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`POWER OF ATTORNEY
`A power of attorney from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to Jenkins,
`Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P.A. was electronically filed in U.S. Patent No. 6,955,677 on
`November 20, 2013. A copy of the Power of Attorney is attached hereto.
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