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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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`ABS GLOBAL, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`CYTONOME/ST, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-02097
`Patent 8,529,161
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`DECLARATION OF FITZ COLLINGS
`IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONER ABS GLOBAL, INC.’S
`MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
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`ABS Global, Inc. v. Cytonome/ST, LLC, IPR No. 2017-02097, Petitioner ABS Global, Inc. - Exhibit 1024, p. 1
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`IPR2017-02097
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`Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Fitz Collings
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`I, Fitz Collings, being duly sworn and upon oath, hereby attest to
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`the following:
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`I am a member in good standing of the Virginia State Bar and the
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`District of Columbia Bar.
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`I have not been suspended or disbarred from practice before any
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`court or administrative body.
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`I have never had an application for admission to practice before
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`any court or administrative body denied.
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`No sanctions or contempt citations have been imposed against me
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`by any court or administrative body.
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`I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice
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`Guide and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (the “Board”) Rules of Practice
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`for Trials set forth in part 42 of 37 C.F.R.
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`6.
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`I will be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set forth
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`in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. §
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`11.19(a).
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`7.
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`I have not applied for permission to appear pro hac vice before the
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`Board in the last three (3) years.
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`ABS Global, Inc. v. Cytonome/ST, LLC, IPR No. 2017-02097, Petitioner ABS Global, Inc. - Exhibit 1024, p. 2
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`IPR2017-02097
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`Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Fitz Collings
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`8.
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`I am an experienced litigation attorney, with more than six years of
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`experience litigating patent cases in federal courts. My experience includes
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`representing a wide range of clients in complex patent litigation. I currently
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`serve as counsel for ABS Global in related litigation before the United States
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`District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin in Inguran, LLC d/b/a
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`STGenetics, XY, LLC and Cytonome/ST, LLC v. ABS Global, Inc., Genus PLC,
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`and Premium Genetics (UK) Ltd., No. 17-cv-446 (W.D. Wis.).
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`9.
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`I have reviewed and am familiar with (i) U.S. Patent No. 8,529,161,
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`the patent at issue in this matter, (ii) the prior art relied upon in ABS Global,
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`Inc.’s (“ABS Global”) Petition, (iii) the legal and factual arguments made by
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`ABS Global, and (iv) the developments in this proceeding after the filing of ABS
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`Global’s Petition as well as the developments in related matters before the
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`Board. I have also been involved in a number of other proceedings before the
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`Board and I am familiar with its established practices.
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`ABS Global, Inc. v. Cytonome/ST, LLC, IPR No. 2017-02097, Petitioner ABS Global, Inc. - Exhibit 1024, p. 3
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`Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Fitz Collings
`IPR2017-02097
`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 are made with knowledge
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`that willful false statements and the like so made are punishable by fine or
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`imprisonment, or both, under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code.
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`Dated: July 18, 2018
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`ABS Global, Inc. v. Cytonome/ST, LLC, IPR No. 2017-02097, Petitioner ABS Global, Inc. - Exhibit 1024, p. 4
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