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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`IN-DEPTH GEOPHYSICAL, INC. AND IN-DEPTH
`COMPRESSIVE SEISMIC, INC.
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY,
`Patent Owner.
`Case No. IPR2019-00849
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`Patent No. 9,632,193
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`_____________________________________________________________
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`DECLARATION OF DR. FRED AMINZADEH
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`ConocoPhillips Company COP-2007,
`In-Depth Geophysical, Inc. and In-Depth Compressive Seismic, Inc. ConocoPhillips Company
`Case IPR2019-00849
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`IPR2019-00849
`Patent No. 9,632,193
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`I, Fred Aminzadeh, hereby declare as follows:
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`1.
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`I am over 18 years of age and personally competent to make this
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`declaration, having personal knowledge of all facts set forth herein.
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`2.
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`I am currently a professor with the University of Southern California
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`and President of a corporation. I also serve as the Managing Director for the USC
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`Global Energy Network (GEN).
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`3.
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`I have been a member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists
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`(SEG) for over four decades. I have served as SEG President (2007–2008) and
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`SEG Vice President (2001–2002) and received an Honorary Membership in 2018.
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`4.
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`I have presented multiple papers at SEG conferences and was familiar
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`with the process during my time with the organization. I have presented or was a
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`co-author of papers at the SEG conference in at least the following years: 2004,
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`2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2016.
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`5.
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`Over the years, the SEG typically hosted one annual conference per
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`year, during which papers were presented.
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`6.
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`Authors submit papers to the SEG several months before the SEG
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`conference. The papers are kept confidential by the SEG at that time. The SEG,
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`with the help of its Technical Program Committee and assigned reviewers for each
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`Case IPR2019-00849
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`IPR2019-00849
`Patent No. 9,632,193
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`paper, uses a selection process to identify which papers are accepted for
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`presentation. The acceptance rate is usually between 40% to 70%.
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`7.
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`To the best of my recollection, in the 2010-2013 time frame, papers
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`accepted for presentation at the SEG annual conference were first made available
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`to the conference attendees at the conference itself. This is usually done by
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`including the papers to be presented at the conference in one or more volumes of
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`the “Annual Meeting Extended Abstracts.” The extended abstracts are usually
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`available beginning on the start of the annual conference. The papers are not made
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`available to the public for free, and instead are made available during or after the
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`conference for a fee or as part of the registration fee. The papers were made
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`available under strict rules against replication and distribution.
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`8.
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`To the best of my knowledge, during this same time period, a date
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`provided for the paper that was earlier than the conference date only identified the
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`date on which the paper was accepted for presentation at the SEG conference, and
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`not the date on which the paper was actually available to SEG conference
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`attendees.
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`[Signature page follows]
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`ConocoPhillips Company COP-2007,
`In-Depth Geophysical, Inc. and In-Depth Compressive Seismic, Inc. ConocoPhillips Company
`Case IPR2019-00849
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`IPR2019-00849
`Patent No. 9,632,193
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`I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
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`Further, these statements are made with the knowledge that willful false statements
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`are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under Section 1001 of Title 18 of
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`the 246 United States Code.
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`Dated: __6/25/2019______
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