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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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`LSI CORPORATION and AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES U.S., INC.,
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`REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR2017-01068
`Patent No. 5,859,601
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`DECLARATION OF MARK G. KNEDEISEN
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`UMN EXHIBIT 2037
`LSI Corp. et al. v. Regents of Univ. of Minn.
`IPR2017-01068
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`I, Mark G. Knedeisen, hereby declare as follows:
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`1.
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`I am a partner at the law firm of K&L Gates LLP. I have
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`worked for K&L Gates since November 1998. I am a member of the
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`Pennsylvania, Western District of Pennsylvania, Federal Circuit and U.S.
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`Paten and Trademark Office bars.
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`2.
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`I possess a copy of the book Magnetic Information Storage
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`Technology, by Shan X. Wang and Alexander M. Taratorin, copyright 1999
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`by Academic Press (“Wang & Taratorin”).
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`3.
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`Ex. 2024is a copy of a true and correct excerpt of Wang &
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`Taratorin, including Chapters 11 and 12 thereof.
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`I possess a copy of the book Coding and Signal Processing for
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`Magnetic Recording Systems, edited by Bane Vasic and Erozan M. Kurtas,
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`copyright 2005 by CRC Press (“Vasic & Kurtas”).
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`5.
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`Ex. 2036 is a copy of a true and correct excerpt of Vasic &
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`Kurtas, including Chapter 15 thereof, which is entitled “Read Channels for
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`Hard Drives,” by Vasic et al.
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`6.
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`I possess a copy of the book Magnetic Disk Drive Technology,
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`by Kanu G. Ashar, copyright 1997 by IEEE Press (“Ashar”).
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`7.
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`Ex. 2027is a copy of a true and correct excerpt of Ashar,
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`including Chapters 3 and 8 thereof.
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`8.
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`I possess a copy of the book Theory of Magnetic Recording, by
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`H. Neal Bertram, copyright 1994 by Cambridge University Press
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`(“Bertram”).
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`Ex. 2028 is a copy of a true and correct excerpt of Bertram,
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`including Chapter 8 thereof.
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`10.
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`I possess a copy of the book Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate
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`Dictionary, 10th edition, copyright 1996 by Merriam-Webster’s
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`Incorporated.
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`11. Ex. 2029is a copy of a true and correct excerpt of Merriam-
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`Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 10th edition, including its definition of
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`“transition” on page 1254 thereof.
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`12.
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`I possess a copy of the book The American Heritage
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`Dictionary, 2nd College Edition, copyright 1985 by Houghton Mifflin
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`Company.
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`13. Ex. 2031is a copy of a true and correct excerpt of The
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`American Heritage Dictionary, 2nd College Edition, including its definition
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`of “transition” on page 1287 thereof.
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`I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States
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`of America that the foregoing is true and correct.
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`Executed this 10th day of July, Pittsburgh, PA
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`Mark G. Knedeisen
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