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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`DONGHEE AMERICA, INC. and DONGHEE ALABAMA, LLC,
`Petitioners
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`PLASTIC OMNIUM ADVANCED INNOVATION AND RESEARCH,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-01647
`Patent 6,814,921
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`DECLARATION OF NICHOLAS H. LAM
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`I, Nicholas H. Lam, am competent to present this declaration, and
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`have personal knowledge of the facts set forth herein.
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`2. This declaration is given in support of Petitioners Donghee America,
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`Inc. and Donghee Alabama, LLC’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of
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`Nicholas H. Lam.
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`I am an associate at the law firm of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. I
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`am an experienced litigating attorney and have been litigating patent cases for
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`approximately ten (10) years.
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`I have an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in
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`this proceeding. I am counsel for Donghee America, Inc. and Donghee Alabama,
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`LLC (together, “Donghee”) in a co-pending district court case involving Patents
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`6,814,921 (“’921 Patent”); 6,866,812 (“’812 Patent”); 7,166,253 (“’253 Patent”);
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`9,079,490 (“’490 Patent”); 9,339,326 (“’326 Patent”); and 9,399,327 (“’327
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`Patent”). That case is captioned Plastic Omnium Advanced Innovation and
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`Research v. Donghee America, Inc. and Donghee Alabama, LLC, C.A. No. 16-
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`187-LPS-CJB (D. Del.). I have been actively involved in the technical aspects of
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`the district court case, including the validity of the ’921, ’812, ’253, ’490, ’326,
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`and ’327 Patents. I have an in-depth familiarity with each of the patents, their file
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`histories, and the references asserted as prior art by Donghee in this IPR
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`proceeding.
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`6.
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`I am a member in good standing of the State Bar of New York.
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`I have never been suspended or disbarred from practice before any
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`court or administrative body.
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`7. No court or administrative body has ever denied my application for
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`admission to practice before it.
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`8. No court or administrative body has ever imposed sanctions or
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`contempt citations on me.
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`9.
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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 Section 37
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`of the C.F.R.
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`10. I understand that I will be subject to the United States Patent and
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`Trademark Office Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101
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`et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`11. I am concurrently applying to appear pro hac vice in IPR2017-
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`01605 (’253 Patent), IPR2017-01633 (’812 Patent), IPR2017-01647 (’921 Patent),
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`IPR2017-01654 (’490 Patent), IPR2017-01890 (’327 Patent), and IPR2017-01945
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`(’326 Patent), each of which pertains to a patent asserted in the co-pending district
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`court case. Other than the foregoing, I have not applied to appear pro hac vice in
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`any other proceeding before the Office in the last three (3) years.
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`12. I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own
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`knowledge are true and that all statements made on information and belief are
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`believed to be true; and further that these statements were made with the
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`knowledge that willful false statements and the like so made are punishable by fine
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`or imprisonment or both under 18 U.S.C. 1001.
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`Dated: July 5, 2018
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`/Nicholas H. Lam/
` Nicholas H. Lam
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