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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`GRÜNENTHAL GMBH,
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`ANTECIP BIOVENTURES II LLC,
`Patent Owner
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`Case PGR2017-00022
`U.S. Patent No. 9,408,862
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`DECLARATION OF MICHAEL KATZ IN SUPPORT OF PATENT OWNER’S
`MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
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`Mail Stop “PATENT BOARD”
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`ANTECIP EXHIBIT 2018
`Grunenthal GMBH v. Antecip Bioventures II LLC
`PGR2017-00022
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`PGR2017-00022
`U.S. Patent No. 9,408,862
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`I, Michael Katz, declare as follows:
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`I am a member of the law firm Maschoff Brennan Laycock Gilmore Israelsen &
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`Wright, PLLC, which has offices in Salt Lake City and Park City, Utah, and Irvine, California. I
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`have been practicing law, with a focus on patent litigation and other intellectual property matters,
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`since at least 1994. Before joining Maschoff Brennan in 2017, I was a managing partner at Katz
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`Yoon LLP, and preceding that I was a partner in the Irvine, California office of Morrison &
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`Foerster LLP.
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`I am, and continuously have been, a member in good standing of the California
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`State Bar since February 27, 1996. I am admitted to practice in the United States District Court
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`for the Southern District of New York, the United States District Court for the Central and
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`Northern Districts of California, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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`Over the years, I have been lead counsel or, co-lead counsel on numerous patent
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`litigation matters in the above-referenced courts.
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`I have never been suspended, disbarred, sanctioned, nor cited for contempt by any
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`court or administrative body.
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`No court nor administrative body has ever denied my application for admission to
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`practice.
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`I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and the
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`Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials, as set forth in Part 42 of the C.F.R.
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`I agree to be subject to the USPTO Code of Professional Responsibility set forth
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`in 37 C.F.R. §§ 10.20 et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. §11.19(a).
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`I agree to be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct as set forth in
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`37 C.F.R. § 11.101, et. seq.
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`PGR2017-00022
`U.S. Patent No. 9,408,862
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`I have not appeared pro hac vice in any USPTO proceedings in the last three
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`years.
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`I am familiar with the subject matter of this proceeding. Specifically, I am one of
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`the attorneys representing Antecip Bioventures II LLC (patent owner in this proceeding) in a
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`PGR proceeding with petitioner Grünenthal GMBH, Case PGR2017-00008.
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`11. My fellow law firm shareholder, Brent A. Johnson, who is registered to practice
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`before the USPTO, will remain as lead counsel in this PGR proceeding, and, if my application is
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`granted, I will become backup counsel.
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`I declare further that statements made in this declaration are of my own
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`knowledge and are true, that all statements made on information and belief are believed to be
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`true, and further that these statements were made with the knowledge that willful false
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`statements and the like so made are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under Section
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`1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code.
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`Dated August 23, 2017
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Michael Katz/
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`Michael Katz
`MASCHOFF BRENNAN, PLLC
`20 Pacifica, Suite 1130
`Irvine, California 92618
`Telephone: (949) 202-1900
`Facsimile: (949) 453-1104
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