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1 Roger G. Perkins, Esq., CSB #86617
Rperkins(qmpplaw.com
2 Angela Kim, Esq., CSB #216374
Akim(qmpplaw.com 3 MORRS POLICH & PURDY LLP
501 West Broadway, Suite 500
4 San Diego, California 92101
Telephone: (619) 557-0404
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6 Robert S. Mallin, Ilinois Bar No. 6205051
Rmallin(qbrinsho fer.
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7 Brins Hofer Gilson & Lione
NBC Tower, Suite 3600
8 455 North Cityfront Plaza Drive
Chicago, IL 60611-5599
9 Telephone: (312) 321-4221
Facsimile: (312) 321-4299
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Attorneys for Defendants Ryobi Technologies, Inc. and Techtronic Industries North America, Inc.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
lENS ERIK SORENSEN, As Trustee of SORENSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST,
Plaintiff,
v.
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DECLARATION OF ROBERT S. MALLIN IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO STAY PENDING OUTCOME OF REEXAMINATION PROCEEDINGS
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RYOBI TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware corporation; TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES NORTH AMRICA, INC., a Delaware corporation; and DOES 1-100
Defendants.
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Courtroom: 15
Date: May 16, 2008
Hon. Bar Ted Moskowitz
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NO ORAL ARGUMENT UNLESS REQUESTED BY THE COURT
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1 I, Robert S. Mallin, declare:
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I am a member of
the bar of
the State of
Ilinois, and I am a parner at the law firm of
3 Brins Hofer Gilson & Lione, which represents Defendants RYOBI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ("RTI")
4 AND TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES NORTH AMERICA, INC. ("TTINA") in this action. I filed a pro
5 hac vice application for this case. I make this declaration pursuant to CivLR 7. 1
(f)(2)(a) in support of
6 the RTI's and TTINA's Motion to Stay Pending Outcome of
Reexamiation Proceedings. Unless
my own fist-hand knowledge, and if
7 otherwise noted, the statements made herein are of
called upon to
8 testify thereof! could and would do so competently.
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Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 is a true and correct copy of
the PTO-stamped transmittal
10 for the Request for Reexamiation, dated July 30,2007.
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Attached hereto as Exhibit 2 is a true and correct copy of
the Order Granting Ex Pare
12 Reexamination, mailed October 11, 2007.
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Attached hereto as Exhibit 3 is a true and correct copy of
the Order Granting Ex Pare
14 Reexamination, mailed February 21,2008.
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Attached hereto as Exhibit 4 is a true and correct copy of
the Order Granting in Par and
16 Denying in Part Defendants' Motion to Stay, dated September 10, 2007 in the case of Sorensen v. Black
17 & Decker Corp., et al., U. S. District Court, Southern District of
California, Case No. 06cvl572 BTM
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Attached hereto as Exhibit 5 is a true and correct copy of a Letter from Robert S. Mallin
20 to Melody A. Kramer, dated March 12, 2008.
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Attached hereto as Exhibit 6 is a true and correct copy of a Letter from Melody A.
22 Kramer to Robert S. Mallin, dated March 12, 2008.
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Attached hereto as Exhibit 7 is a true and correct copy of
the Ex Pare Reexamination
24 Filing Data - June 30, 2006, ofthe U. S. Patent and Trademark Offce.
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Attached hereto as Exhibit 8 is a true and correct copy of an excerpt from the Manual of
26 Patent Examiing Procedure, ยง 2250(111), page 2200-74 dated August 2006, available at
2 7 http://www.uspto.gov/web/offces/pac/mpep/documents/2200_2250.htm#sect225 O.
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1 I declare under penalty ofperjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 24th day
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March, 2008 in Chicago, Ilinois.
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BRINKS HOFER GILSON & LIONE
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By: /s/ Robert S. Mallin Robert S. Mallin Attorney for Defendants Email: rsm(qusebrins.com
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