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Attorney Docket No.:
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` 104677-5005-801
`Customer No. 28120
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` Covered Business Method Patent Review
`United States Patent No. 5,191,573
`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Inventor: Hair
`United States Patent No.: 5,191,573 §
`Formerly Application No.: 586,391 §
`Issue Date: March 2, 1993
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`Filing Date: September 18, 1990
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`Former Group Art Unit: 369
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`Former Examiner: Hoa Nguyen
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`For: Method for Transmitting a Desired Digital Video or Audio Signal
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`MAIL STOP PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Post Office Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
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`Petitioner: Apple Inc.
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`DECLARATION OF DAVID M. SCHWARTZ IN SUPPORT OF
`PETITION FOR COVERED BUSINESS METHOD PATENT REVIEW OF
`UNITED STATES PATENT NO. 5,191,573
`PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C. § 321, 37 C.F.R. § 42.304
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` Covered Business Method Patent Review
`United States Patent No. 5,191,573
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`I, David M. Schwartz, declare as follows:
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`1.
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`I founded CompuSonics Corp. in 1982, originally as CompuSound, Inc.
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`The company name was changed to CompuSonics in 1984. I served as the President
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`of CompuSonics Corp. from 1982 until 1989. I co-founded CompuSonics Video
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`Corp. in 1986. I will refer here to CompuSonics Corp. and CompuSonics Video
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`Corp. as “CompuSonics.”
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`2.
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`I provide this Declaration in connection with the above-identified
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`Covered Business Method Patent Review proceeding that is being requested at the
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`United States Patent and Trademark Office by Apple Inc. under 35 U.S.C. § 321, 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.304. Unless otherwise stated, the facts stated in this Declaration are based
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`on my personal knowledge.
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`3.
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`I am being compensated by Apple Inc. for time spent in connection with
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`factual research/investigation at a rate of $400/hr. This compensation is not in any
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`way contingent on the outcome of this proceeding.
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`4.
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`Exhibit 1010 hereto is a true and correct copy of a letter dated October
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`10, 1985, authored by and sent to the Shareholders of CompuSonics by me, David M.
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`Schwartz. This document bears identification numbers at the bottom right corner of
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`each page. Page numbers and an exhibit label have been added to this document but
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`no other alterations, other than the aforementioned numbers, have been made.
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`5.
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`Exhibit 1026 hereto is a true and correct copy of a letter dated July 16,
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`1984, authored by and sent to the Shareholders of CompuSonics by me, David M.
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`Covered Business Method Patent Review
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`United States Patent No. 5,191,573
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`Schwartz. This document bears identification numbers at the bottom right corner of
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`each page. Page numbers and an exhibit label have been added to this document but
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`no other alterations, other than the aforementioned numbers, have been made.
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`6.
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`I make this declaration of my own personal knowledge. If called to
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`testify as to the truth of the matters stated herein, I could and would testify
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`competently.
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`7.
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`I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
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`Executed this 5th day of May, 2013, at Fair Oaks, CA.
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`David M. Schwartz
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