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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC.,
`Petitioner
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`SMARTFLASH LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case CBM2014-001081
`Patent 8,061,598
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`PATENT OWNER’S MOTION TO EXCLUDE EVIDENCE
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`1 Case CBM2014-00109 has been consolidated with the instant proceeding.
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`I.
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`Statement of Precise Relief Requested ............................................................ 1
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`II.
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`Patent Owner Smartflash Timely Objected to Petitioner’s Exhibits ............... 1
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`III. Argument ......................................................................................................... 1
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`Exhibit 1002 is Inadmissible Other Evidence of the Content of a
`Writing, Irrelevant, and Cumulative. .................................................... 2
`Exhibits 1003, 1004, 1005, 1019, 1022, 1028, and 1029 are Uncited
`and thus are Irrelevant. .......................................................................... 3
`Exhibits 1006, 1007, 1008, 1012, and 1020 are Not Alleged to be
`Invalidating Prior Art and thus are Irrelevant. ...................................... 4
`Exhibits 1016, 1017, and 1018, are not the Basis for any Invalidity
`Grounds for Which CBM2014-00108/109 was Initiated and thus are
`Irrelevant. .............................................................................................. 5
`Exhibit 1021 Lacks Foundation, is Unreliable, and Relies on
`Irrelevant Exhibits. ................................................................................ 5
`Certain Portions of Exhibit 1031 – (Deposition Testimony of Patent
`Owner’s Expert Dr. Katz) Should be Excluded as Eliciting Testimony
`Outside the Scope of this Proceeding and as Irrelevant ........................ 9
`Exhibits 1101-1120 and 1122-1129 are Cumulative and Subject to
`Exclusion for the Reasons Cited Above .............................................. 17
`Exhibit 1121 is Cumulative and Subject to Exclusion for the Reasons
`Cited Above for Exhibit 1021. ............................................................ 18
`IV. Conclusion ..................................................................................................... 19
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`Statement of Precise Relief Requested
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.62 and 42.64(c), Patent Owner Smartflash LLC
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`moves to exclude Exhibits 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1012, 1016,
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`1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1028, and 1029. To the extent that Exhibits
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`1101 – 1120 and 1122 – 1129 from CBM2014-00109, which was consolidated
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`with this action, are considered to be in the record in this action, Patent Owner
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`moves to exclude them as duplicative of their corresponding exhibits from
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`CBM2014-00108. Patent Owner also moves to exclude Exhibit 1121 and portions
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`of Exhibit 1031.
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`II. Patent Owner Smartflash Timely Objected to Petitioner’s Exhibits
`Patent Owner Smartflash LLC timely objected to CBM2014-00108 Exhibits
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`1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1012, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020,
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`1021, 1022, 1028, and 1029, as well as CBM2014-00109 Exhibits 1101 – 1120,
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`1122 – 1129 and 1121. Exhibit 2053. Patent Owner lodged objections to Exhibit
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`1031 during the deposition of Dr. Jonathan Katz.
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`III. Argument
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.64(c), the Federal Rules of Evidence apply in
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`Covered Business Method Review proceedings.
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`A. Exhibit 1002 is Inadmissible Other Evidence of the Content of a
`Writing, Irrelevant, and Cumulative.
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`Patent Owner moves to exclude Exhibit 1002, (Plaintiff’s First Amended
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`Complaint) on grounds that it is: inadmissible other evidence of the content of a
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`writing under FRE 1004; inadmissible under FRE 402 because it fails the test for
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`relevance set forth in FRE 401; and, even if relevant, is cumulative evidence under
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`FRE 403.
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`The Petition cites to Exhibit 1002 for the sole purpose of showing Patent
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`Owner’s description of the subject matter of U.S. Patent 8,061,598 (“the ‘598
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`Patent”) as “cover[ing] a portable data carrier for storing data and managing access
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`to the data via payment information and/or use status rules” and “cover[ing] a
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`computer network … that serves data and manages access to data by, for example,
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`validating payment information.” Petition at 15 (citing Ex. 1002 ¶ 17). Petitioner
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`does not need to cite to Exhibit 1002 to show the subject matter of the ‘598 Patent,
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`however, because Exhibit 1001, the actual ‘598 Patent, is in evidence without
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`objection. Under FRE 1004, other evidence of the content of a writing (here the
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`‘598 Patent) is admissible if the original is lost, cannot be obtained, has not been
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`produced, or the writing is not closely related to a controlling issue. None of those
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`conditions apply here, given that the ‘598 Patent is in evidence and is the subject of
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`the trial.
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`Patent Owner’s description of the ‘598 Patent in Exhibit 1002 is not relevant
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`to any of the issues here. Petitioner’s expert, Anthony J. Wechselberger’s
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`Declaration, Exhibit 1021, (“first Wechselberger Declaration”) does not cite to
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`Exhibit 1002. The Board’s September 30, 2014 Decision – Institution of Covered
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`Business Method Patent Review 37 C.F.R. § 42.208 (“PTAB Decision”), Paper 8,
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`does not cite to Exhibit 1002. Exhibit 1002 does not appear to make a fact of
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`consequence in determining this action more or less probable than it would be
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`without Exhibit 1002. As such, Exhibit 1002 does not pass the test for relevant
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`evidence under FRE 401 and is not admissible per FRE 402.
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`Even if Exhibit 1002 was found to be relevant, it should also be excluded
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`under FRE 403 as cumulative of Exhibit 1001.
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`B.
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`Exhibits 1003, 1004, 1005, 1019, 1022, 1028, and 1029 are Uncited
`and thus are Irrelevant.
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`Neither the Petition, nor the Wechselberger Declaration, nor the PTAB
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`Decision cite to Exhibit 1003 (File History for U.S. Patent No. 8,033,458), Exhibit
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`1004 (File History for U.S. Patent No. 8,118,221), Exhibit 1005 (File History for
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,336,772), Exhibit 1019 (JP Patent Application Publication No.
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`H10-269289 (translation), Exhibit 1022 (U.S. Patent No. 5,754,654), Exhibit 1028
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`(File History for U.S. Patent No. 7,334,720), or Exhibit 1029 (File History for U.S.
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`Patent No. 7,942,317)(“the Uncited Exhibits”). The Uncited Exhibits do not
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`appear to make a fact of consequence in determining this action more or less
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`probable than it would be without the Uncited Exhibits. As such, the Uncited
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`Exhibits do not pass the test for relevant evidence under FRE 401 and are not
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`admissible per FRE 402.
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`C. Exhibits 1006, 1007, 1008, 1012, and 1020 are Not Alleged to be
`Invalidating Prior Art and thus are Irrelevant.
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`Although cited, neither the Petition nor the Wechselberger Declaration assert
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`that Exhibit 1006 (U.S. Patent No. 4,999,806), Exhibit 1007 (U.S. Patent No.
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`5,675,734), Exhibit 1008 (U.S. Patent No. 4,878,245), Exhibit 1012 (U.S. Patent
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`No. 5,103,392), or Exhibit 1020 (Eberhard von Faber, Robert Hammelrath, and
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`Franz-Peter Heider, “The Secure Distribution of Digital Contents,” IEEE
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`(1997))(“the Unasserted Exhibits”) are potentially invalidating prior art, either
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`alone or in combination with any other reference. The PTAB Decision did not
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`base any of its analysis on the Unasserted Exhibits. Thus, the Unasserted Exhibits
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`do not appear to make a fact of consequence in determining this action more or less
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`probable than it would be without the Unasserted Exhibits. As such, the
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`Unasserted Exhibits do not pass the test for relevant evidence under FRE 401 and
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`are not admissible per FRE 402.
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`D. Exhibits 1016, 1017, and 1018, are not the Basis for any Invalidity
`Grounds for Which CBM2014-00108/109 was Initiated and thus
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`The PTAB Decision did not adopt any of the proposed invalidity grounds
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`based on Exhibit 1016 (European Patent Application, Publication No.
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`EP0809221A2 (“Poggio”)), Exhibit 1017 (PCT Application Publication No. WO
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`99/43136 (“Rydbeck”)), or Exhibit 1018 (JP Publication No. H11-164058A
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`(translation)(“Sato”)). Compare, PTAB Decision at 3-4 (chart showing grounds
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`for challenging patentability including alleged prior art references Poggio,
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`Rydbeck, and Sato), with PTAB Decision at 26 (granting covered business method
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`review on grounds other than alleged prior art references Poggio, Rydbeck, or
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`Sato). Thus, Exhibits 1016, 1017, and 1018 fail the test for relevant evidence
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`because nothing in Exhibits 1016, 1017, and 1018 make a fact of consequence in
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`determining this action more or less probable than it would be without Exhibits
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`1016, 1017, and 1018. FRE 401(b). Being irrelevant evidence, Exhibits 1016,
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`1017, and 1018 are not admissible. FRE 402.
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`Exhibit 1021 Lacks Foundation, is Unreliable, and Relies on
`Irrelevant Exhibits.
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`Federal Rule of Evidence 702 provides:
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`RULE 702. TESTIMONY BY EXPERT WITNESSES
`A witness who is qualified as an expert by knowledge,
`skill, experience, training, or education may testify in the
`form of an opinion or otherwise if:
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`(a) The expert’s scientific, technical, or other specialized
`knowledge will help the trier of fact to understand the
`evidence or to determine a fact in issue;
`(b) The testimony is based on sufficient facts or data;
`(c) The testimony is the product of reliable principles and
`methods; and
`(d) The expert has reliably applied the principles and
`methods to the facts of the case.
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`FRE 702. Patent Owner moves to exclude to Exhibit 1021, the first Wechselberger
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`Declaration, in its entirety as the first Wechselberger Declaration does not state the
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`relative evidentiary weight (e.g., substantial evidence versus preponderance of the
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`evidence) used in arriving at his conclusions. “A finding is supported by
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`substantial evidence if a reasonable mind might accept the evidence to support the
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`finding.” Q. I. Press Controls, B.V. v. Lee, 752 F.3d 1371, 1378-1379 (Fed. Cir.
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`2014)(citing Consol. Edison Co. v. NLRB, 305 U.S. 197, 229, 59 S. Ct. 206, 83 L.
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`Ed. 126 (1938)). Proof by a “preponderance of the evidence” means “that it is
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`more likely than not.” See, O2 Micro Int'l Ltd. v. Beyond Innovation Tech. Co.,
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`449 Fed. Appx. 923, 928 (Fed. Cir. 2011). The Board cannot assess whether Mr.
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`Wechselberger’s opinion testimony is “the product of reliable principles and
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`methods” or if Mr. Wechselberger “reliably applied the principles and methods to
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`the facts of the case” given that Mr. Wechselberger did not disclose the standard
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`against which he measured the quantum of prior art reference evidence in arriving
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`at his opinions. Specifically, when Mr. Wechselberger concludes “in my opinion,
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`the challenged claims would have been in the possession of or obvious to one of
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`ordinary skill in the art from the disclosures in one or more of certain prior art
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`references” (Exhibit 1021 at ¶ 67) is he saying that he examined the prior art
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`references and a reasonable mind would find sufficient evidence to support that
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`one of ordinary skill in the art had possession of the claims / would find the claims
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`obvious (substantial evidence); OR is he saying that he examined the prior art
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`references and it is more likely than not that one of ordinary skill in the art had
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`possession of the claims / would find the claims obvious (preponderance of the
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`evidence). There is no basis for the Board to know, because the first
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`Wechselberger Declaration is silent on the standard he used. As such the first
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`Wechselberger Declaration should be excluded because it lacks foundation. FRE
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`602.
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`In addition, the first Wechselberger Declaration does not sufficiently state
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`the criteria used to assess whether one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the
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`invention would have been motivated to modify a reference or combine two
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`references. For example, the first Wechselberger Declaration does not state
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`whether he considered evidence tending to show that one of ordinary skill in the art
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`would not have made his proposed combination. Moreover, the first
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`Wechselberger Declaration treats the components of the prior art as if one could
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`mix and match any and all combinations and does not address sufficiently why a
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`person of ordinary skill in the art would be motivated to make specific
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`combinations rendering the ‘598 Patent obvious. As such it should be excluded
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`because it lacks foundation. FRE 602.
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`Additionally, the first Wechselberger Declaration does not prove that Mr.
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`Wechselberger is an expert whose testimony is relevant to the issue of what is
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`taught and/or suggested by the cited references. While Mr. Wechselberger may
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`opine that he was “one of ordinary skill in the art,” he does not state that he is an
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`expert in the types of methods and systems defined by the challenged claims, nor
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`does he provide proof that he is an expert. Mr. Wechselberger does not show that
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`he is “a witness who is qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience,
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`training, or education” such that he “may testify in the form of an opinion.” FRE
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`702. Thus, Mr. Wechselberger has not proven that his opinions are proper expert
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`opinions upon which the PTAB can rely as opposed to inadmissible lay opinions.
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`FRE 701 and 702.
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`Certain specific paragraphs in the first Wechselberger Declaration should be
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`excluded because they rely on exhibits that are irrelevant. Paragraphs 36, 37, 38,
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`39, 41, 42, and 43 contain testimony about the Unasserted Exhibits. Paragraphs
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`40, 46, 47, 62, 63, 64, 65, and 66 contain testimony about Exhibits 1016, 1017, and
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`1018, all exhibits not relied upon by the PTAB to institute this proceeding. As
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`such, Paragraphs 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 46, 47, 62, 63, 64, 65, and 66
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`should be excluded as not being relevant under FRE 401, and therefore being
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`inadmissible under FRE 402.
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`F. Certain Portions of Exhibit 1031 – (Deposition Testimony of
`Patent Owner’s Expert Dr. Katz) Should be Excluded as Eliciting
`Testimony Outside the Scope of this Proceeding and as Irrelevant
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`Patent Owner moves to exclude portions of Exhibit 1031 (Katz Deposition
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`Transcript) on grounds that the questions asked were outside the scope of Dr.
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`Katz’s declaration and thus outside the scope of this proceeding as not in
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`compliance with 37 CFR 42.53(d)(5)(ii) (“For cross-examination testimony, the
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`scope of the examination is limited to the scope of the direct testimony”) and/or
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`irrelevant.
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`Exhibit 1031 36:10-37:11 – This line of questioning asked Dr. Katz whether
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`a person of ordinary skill in the art would have understood that access to stored
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`data could be restricted based on whether or how much payment had been made or
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`based on payment validation. Patent Owner objected based on relevance and
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`scope. Petitioner cites the testimony to allege that “Dr. Katz repeatedly testified he
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`is ‘not sure’ what a POSITA would have understood regarding” various subjects.
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`Petitioner’s Reply To Patent Owner’s Response (“Petitioner’s Reply”), Paper 31,
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`at 2. This testimony is not relevant because it relates to conditional access and
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`none of the claims at issue relate to conditional access to stored data. Moreover,
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`the question was asked in terms of “payment validation” and not “payment
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`validation data.” Because the question went to claims and terms outside the scope
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`of the proceeding as instituted, it was beyond the scope of Dr. Katz’s declaration.
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`The testimony should thus be excluded under FRE 402 and 37 CFR 42.53(d)(5)(ii).
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`Exhibit 1031 44:18 – 46:1 – This testimony relates to whether in the prior art
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`time period a person of ordinary skill in the art would have understood that SIM
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`cards could be used for billing purposes. Patent Owner objected on relevance
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`grounds. Petitioner cites the testimony in a list of things that Dr. Katz purportedly
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`admits he is not sure of, including “whether SIM cards were used for billing in the
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`prior art, or if a POSITA would have understood that SIM cards could be used for
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`billing.” Petitioner’s Reply at 12. This testimony is not relevant. Claim 26 of the
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`‘598 Patent recites “A portable data carrier, comprising: ... a subscriber identity
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`module (SIM) portion storing identification data to identify a user of said portable
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`carrier to a network operator.” The issue in this proceeding is not whether SIM
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`cards were or could be used for billing, but rather, 1) whether one skilled in the art
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`“would have been motivated and found it obvious to employ a memory card for a
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`mobile or cellular device that included a SIM portion that identifies a subscriber to
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`a network operator, such as a mobile phone, as a repository in Stefik’s content
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`distribution and access network” (PTAB Decision at 15 (emphasis added)); and 2)
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`whether one skilled in the art “would have considered it at a minimum obvious for
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`the portable data carrier (e.g. electronic appliance) to communicate with Ginter’s
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`network using a cellular connection and therefore to include a subscriber identity
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`module (SIM) portion (id. at 20). As such, any testimony about what a person
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`skilled in the art would know about SIM cards in the prior art period being used for
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`billing is outside the scope of this proceeding and Dr. Katz’s declaration and
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`therefore is irrelevant. This testimony should be excluded under FRE 401 and 402.
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`Exhibit 1031 70:1 – 73:9 – This testimony relates to whether the Stefik ‘235
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`reference would exclude the use of a credit card and whether the credit card
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`number could be payment data. Petitioner cites it to allege that Dr. Katz was “not
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`sure” what a POSITA would have understood about passages of the cited prior art.
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`Petitioner’s Reply at 2. Patent Owner objected on grounds of relevance and
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`incomplete hypothetical. Even if Stefik ‘235 does not exclude the use of a credit
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`card, that does not mean that it discloses it, which is the relevant issue. Further,
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`with respect to Figure 3 transaction, the hypothetical is incomplete as to how a
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`credit card would be used if it were used in a Figure 3 transaction, even assuming
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`that it could be used. The testimony should thus be excluded under FRE 402.
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`Exhibit 1031 110:7 – 111:4 – This testimony relates to Petitioner’s question
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`about “when does payment data happen vis-à-vis the receipt of content?” and Dr.
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`Katz’s “understanding of what the differences are between the two embodiments
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`described in the ‘221 Patent, Column 23, Lines 1 through 7.” Patent Owner
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`objected to the prior on form and the latter on scope grounds. Petitioner cites the
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`testimony in a litany of items about which Dr. Katz purportedly “was ‘not sure’”.
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`Petitioner’s Reply at 12. But the first question is nonsensical because “payment
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`data” does not “happen.” The second question about the differences between two
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`embodiments in the ‘221 Patent has not been linked to any relevant issue on which
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`Dr. Katz provided his opinion in his Declaration. Thus, cross-examination on
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`those differences was not within the scope of his direct testimony, and this
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`testimony should thus be excluded under 37 CFR 42.53(d)(5)(ii).
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`Exhibit 1031 124:10 – 128:11 – This testimony relates to whether certain
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`things would be an example of, or constitute, “prepurchase processing.” Patent
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`Owner objected on scope grounds. Petitioner cites the testimony to allege that Dr.
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`Katz was “not sure” what a POSITA would have understood about passages of the
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`cited prior art. Petitioner’s Reply at 2. The problem, however, was with the
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`questions, not Dr. Katz’s answers. Counsel for Petitioner never established a
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`definition of what he meant by “prepurchase processing” and never asked for Dr.
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`Katz’s understanding of that term. See Exhibit 1031 190:11-19 where Dr. Katz
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`indicated that he did not know what Petitioner’s counsel meant by “preusage
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`processing” and “prepurchase processing.” As such, Dr. Katz was unable to
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`answer the questions as presented. The testimony should be excluded as not being
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`limited to the scope of the direct testimony. 37 CFR § 42.53(d)(5)(ii).
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`Exhibit 1031 149:4 – 151:9 – This testimony relates to comparisons between
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`the claim language of Claim 29 and Claim 26 of the ‘598 Patent, in particular the
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`reference to “a subscriber identity module (SIM) card device.” Patent Owner
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`objected on grounds of relevance and scope. Petitioner cites the testimony to
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`allege that Dr. Katz “did not take into account that ‘598 Patent claim 26 recites a
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`SIM ‘portion,’ while … Claim 29 instead … recite[s] a ‘subscriber identity module
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`(SIM) card device’ (Petitioner’s Reply at 5-6), and to allege that Patent Owner
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`presented no evidence addressing the difference between a SIM portion and a SIM
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`card (id. at 6). Petitioner criticizes Dr. Katz over an issue – “the difference
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`between a SIM portion and a SIM card” – that simply does not exist. Claim 26 of
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`the ‘598 Patent claims “A portable data carrier, comprising, … a subscriber
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`identity module (SIM) portion to identify a subscriber to a network operator.” The
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`“SIM portion” refers back to the portable data carrier; i.e., it is a portion of the
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`portable data carrier. The SIM portion of the portable data carrier can be a SIM
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`card or some other discrete part of the portable data carrier that acts as a SIM in the
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`portable data carrier. The Petition alleges that “a POSITA would have been
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`motivated to employ a memory card for a mobile or cellular device that included a
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`SIM portion that identifies a subscriber to a network operator… .” Petition at 65,
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`n. 17 (emphasis added). Dr. Katz’ declaration, therefore, was directed to whether
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`the prior art showed motivation to employ whole memory cards to satisfy the claim
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`element, and not differences between a SIM portion and a SIM card. As such, the
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`deposition testimony is outside the scope of Dr. Katz’s declaration and should be
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`excluded under 37 CFR § 42.53(d)(5)(ii). The testimony is also irrelevant and
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`should be excluded under FRE 402.
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`Exhibit 1031 152:7 – 156:12, 158:22 – 159:7 and 159:8 – 161:22 – The
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`testimony at 152:7 – 156:12 follows from a question “is a memory address a
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`portion of a subscriber identity module.” Patent Owner objected on grounds of
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`scope. Petitioner cites this testimony as support for the position that “Dr. Katz
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`expressed no opinion about” whether “a common memory block containing only a
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`single user identifier can be a SIM portion” (Petitioner’s Reply at 1, 2), then to
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`purportedly show Dr. Katz testifying that he is not sure about a “POSITA’s
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`understanding of passages of the ‘598 Patent” (id. at 2), and finally to show Dr.
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`Katz’s purported “confusion about… the meaning of the term ‘SIM portion’” (id at
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`3.). The remaining testimony (158:9-161:22) relates to whether “a block of
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`memory” would meet the ‘598 Patent Claim 26 requirement of “a subscriber
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`identity module (SIM) portion” and whether “a single block of memory storing
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`only a single user identification number” could satisfy limitation of Claim 26 of the
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`‘598 Patent “a subscriber identity module (SIM) portion storing identification data
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`to identify a user of said portable data carrier to a network operator.” Patent
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`Owner objected to the scope. Petitioner cites the testimony to claim that Patent
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`Owner “present[ed] no evidence disputing that a POSITA would have found it
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`obvious to conform the identifier disclosed in the cited prior art to the well-known
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`SIM specification” (Petitioner Reply at 2, 4), to allege that Dr. Katz contradicted
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`himself “about the meaning of the term ‘SIM portion’” (id. at 2-3), to claim that
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`Patent Owner “present[ed] no evidence disputing that a common memory block
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`containing only a single user identifier can be a SIM portion” (id. at 4, 6); and to
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`claim that Patent Owner “present[ed] no evidence… addressing the difference
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`between a SIM portion and a SIM card” (id. at 6). Petitioner interjects confusion
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`trying to parse “a subscriber identity module (SIM) portion” by introducing the
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`concept of “a portion of a subscriber identity module.” Claim 26 of the ‘598
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`Patent claims “[a] portable data carrier, comprising, … a subscriber identity
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`module (SIM) portion…”. The claimed portable data carrier is comprised of,
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`among other things, a SIM portion. What internal structures the SIM portion could
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`be comprised of, be it “a memory address,” “a block of memory,” or “a single
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`block of memory storing only a single user identification number” as asked in the
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`deposition is beyond the scope of the positions taken in the Petition, and further is
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`neither the subject of the claim nor the subject of this proceeding. The Petition
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`alleges that “a POSITA would have been motivated to employ a memory card for a
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`mobile or cellular device that included a SIM portion that identifies a subscriber to
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`a network operator… .” Petition at 65, n. 17 (emphasis added). Dr. Katz’
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`declaration, therefore, was directed to whether the prior art showed motivation to
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`employ whole memory cards to satisfy the claim element, not what other things
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`undisclosed in the Petition might satisfy the claim element. As such, the
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`deposition testimony was outside the scope of Dr. Katz’ declaration and should be
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`excluded under 37 CFR § 42.53(d)(5)(ii).
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`Exhibit 1031 163:21 – 165:8 – This testimony relates to whether a person of
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`ordinary skill in the art would have known how to align the unique number
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`assigned to the repository as referenced in Stefik ‘980 patent column 13 with the
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`specified byte format of a SIM card. Patent Owner objected to the scope.
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`Petitioner cites the testimony to assert that Patent Owner “present[ed] no evidence
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`disputing that a POSITA would have found it obvious to conform the identifier
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`disclosed in the cited prior art to the well-known SIM specification” (Petitioner’s
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`Reply at 2, 4), to assert that “a POSITA would have known how to conform
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`Stefik’s unique identifying number to the well-known SIM specification” (id. at 5),
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`and to assert that Patent Owner “present[ed] no evidence … addressing the
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`difference between a SIM portion and a SIM card” (id. at 6). Claim 26 of the ‘598
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`Patent claims “[a] portable data carrier, comprising, … a subscriber identity
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`module (SIM) portion…”. The claimed portable data carrier is comprised of,
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`among other things, a SIM portion. The SIM portion of the portable data carrier
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`can be a SIM card or some other discrete part of the portable data carrier that acts
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`as a SIM in the portable data carrier. But “whether a person skilled in the art
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`would have known to align the unique number assigned to the repository as
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`referenced in Stefik ‘980 patent Column 13 with the specified byte format of a
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`SIM card” is nothing but another attempt by Petitioner to parse “a subscriber
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`identity module (SIM) portion” into previously undisclosed elements The
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`composition of the SIM portion, including whether the unique number assigned to
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`the repository as referenced in Stefik ‘980 could be aligned to the specified byte
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`format of a SIM card, was not alleged in the Petition and is not the subject of this
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`proceeding. As such, the testimony is outside the scope of Dr. Katz’s declaration
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`and should be excluded under 37 CFR § 42.53(d)(5)(ii).
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`G. Exhibits 1101-1120 and 1122-1129 are Cumulative and Subject to
`Exclusion for the Reasons Cited Above
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`Exhibits 1101-1129 were filed in CBM2014-00109. CBM2014-00108 was
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`consolidated with CBM2014-00109 (PTAB Decision at 24), the PTAB ordered
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`that all further filings in the consolidated proceedings be made only in CBM2014-
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`00108 and the CBM2014-00109 be terminated (PTAB Decision at 25). Exhibits
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`1101-1120 and 1122-1129 in CBM2014-00109 are identical to Exhibits 1001-1020
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`and 1022-1029 submitted in CBM2014-00108. The PTAB Decision referred only
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`to the exhibits filed in CBM2014-00108. PTAB Decision at 3, n. 2. To the extent
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`still in the record, Patent Owner moves to exclude to Exhibits 1101-1120 and
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`1122-1129 under FRE 403 as needless cumulative evidence duplicative of Exhibits
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`1001-1020 and 1022-1029. In the event that the PTAB does not exclude Exhibits
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`1101-1120 and 1122- 1129 in their entirety as needless cumulative evidence,
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`Patent Owner moves to exclude Exhibits 1103, 1104, 1105, 1106, 1107, 1108,
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`1112, 1116, 1117, 1118, 1119, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1128, and 1129 for the reasons
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`set forth above for their corresponding Exhibits 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007,
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`1008, 1012, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1028, and 1029.
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`H. Exhibit 1121 is Cumulative and Subject to Exclusion for the
`Reasons Cited Above for Exhibit 1021.
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`Exhibit 1121, the second Wechselberger Declaration, was filed in
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`CBM2014-00109 and should be excluded for the same substantive reasons set
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`forth above for Exhibit 1021: it does not state the relative evidentiary weight (e.g.,
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`substantial evidence versus preponderance of the evidence) used in arriving at his
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`conclusions; it does not sufficiently state the criteria used to assess whether one of
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`ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention would have been motivated to
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`modify a reference or combine two references; it treats the components of the prior
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`art as if one could mix and match any and all combinations and does not address
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`sufficiently why a person of ordinary skill in the art would be motivated to make
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`specific combinations rendering the ‘598 Patent obvious; and it does not prove that
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`Mr. Wechselberger is an expert whose testimony is relevant to the issue of what is
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`taught and/or suggested by the cited references.
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`In addition, certain specific paragraphs in the second Wechselberger
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`Declaration should be excluded because they rely on exhibits that are irrelevant.
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`Paragraphs 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, and 43 contain testimony about the Unasserted
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`Exhibits, as those are identified in CBM2014-00109. Paragraphs 40, 47, 48, 64,
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`66, and 70 contain testimony about Exhibits 1116, 1117, and 1118, all prior art
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`references not relied upon by the PTAB to institute this proceeding. As such,
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`Paragraphs 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 47, 48, 64, 66, and 70 should be excluded
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`as not being relevant under FRE 401, and therefore being inadmissible under FRE
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`402.
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`IV. Conclusion
`For these reasons, Patent Owner Smartflash, LLC respectfully requests that
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`the Board exclude Exhibit 1002 as inadmissible other evidence of the content of a
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`writing, irrelevant and cumulative; Exhibits 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008,
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`1012, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1028, and 1029 as irrelevant,
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`Exhibits 1021 and 1121 in their entirety as lacking foundation, unreliable, and
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`relying on irrelevant exhibits; Exhibit 1021,¶¶ 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 46,
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`47, 62, 63, 64, 65, and 66 as irrelevant; Exhibit 1121 ¶¶ 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42,
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`43, 47, 48, 64, 66, and 70 as irrelevant; Exhibits 1101 – 1120 and 1122 – 1129
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`(filed in CBM2014-00109, which was consolidated with this action) as cumulative;
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`and portions of Exhibit 1031 as outside the scope and irrelevant.
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` Michael R. Casey /
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`Michael R. Casey
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`Davidson Berquist
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