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`HONORABLE MICHAEL M. ANELLO, DISTRICT JUDGE
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`MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK, USA ) CASE NO. 08 CV 1512-MMA
`ET AL.,
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`DEFENDANT.
`_____________________________)
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`PLAINTIFF,
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`NUVASIVE, INC.,
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`REPORTER'S TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS
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`APPEARANCES:
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`FOR THE PLAINTIFF:
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`FOR THE DEFENDANT:
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`LUKE L. DAUCHOT, ESQ.
`NIMALKA WICKRAMASEKERA, ESQ.
`SHARRE LOTFOLLAHI, ESQ.
`ALEXANDER F. MACKINNON, ESQ.
`MICHAEL DOBSZEWICZ, ESQ.
`KIRKLAND & ELLIS, LLP
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`JEFF SCHWARTZ, ESQ.
`DEWEY & LEBOEUF
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`FRANK SCHERKENBACH, ESQ.
`TODD G. MILLER, ESQ.
`JONATHAN J. LAMBERSON, ESQ.
`NEIL WARREN, ESQ.
`KEELEY I. VEGA, ESQ.
`FISH & RICHARDSON, P.C.
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`WITH IT.
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`SO I THINK EVEN THOUGH THE PERSON IS SITTING RIGHT
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`HERE, I THINK HE'S ENTITLED TO READ THE DEPO. AND OF
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`COURSE, IF SOMETHING COMES OUT IN THE DEPO THAT YOU DON'T
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`STRAIGHTEN IT OUT.
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`MR. SCHERKENBACH: FAIR ENOUGH. THANK YOU, YOUR
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`THE COURT: ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN RESOLVE BEFORE WE
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`CALL OUR JURORS IN? I HATE TO SET A PRECEDENT BY CALLING
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`THEM IN EARLY.
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`SO WHY DON'T WE GO OFF THE RECORD FOR A MOMENT.
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`THE RECORD CAN REFLECT THAT ALL OF OUR JURORS ARE
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`BACK. THIS IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE. YOU'RE REALLY PUNCTUAL
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`JURY LOUNGE THAT YOU'RE REALLY GOOD JURORS, AND THEN THEY
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`IS THAT OKAY FOR ME TO DO THAT? I WON'T DO THAT.
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`THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING SO TIMELY.
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`WE ARE, I GUESS, GOING TO CONTINUE ON WITH SOME MORE
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`QUESTIONS FOR DR. MICHELSON.
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`MR. DAUCHOT: WE ARE, YOUR HONOR. OKAY TO
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`PROCEED?
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`THE COURT: YES. GO AHEAD.
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`DIRECT EXAMINATION
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`DR. MICHELSON, GOOD MORNING.
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`GOOD MORNING.
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`YOU ARE STILL UNDER OATH.
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`YES, SIR.
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`TWO QUICK POINTS BEFORE WE PICK UP YOU WHERE WE LEFT
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`YESTERDAY. ONE, YOU MENTIONED THAT A COMPANY CALLED
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`SURGICAL DYNAMICS LICENSED YOUR '247 TECHNOLOGY?
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`YES.
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`AND DO YOU REMEMBER THAT YOU RECEIVED ROYALTIES FROM
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`SDI ON ITS RAY CAGE FOR THAT '247?
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`THAT'S CORRECT.
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`AND YOU TESTIFIED THAT SOFAMOR DANEK AS WELL LICENSED
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`THEIR '247 PATENT. THIS IS THE ONE, RIGHT?
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`DO YOU RECALL IF THEY WERE PAYING YOU ROYALTIES ON
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`INNER FIX AND NOVICE WITH RESPECT TO THAT PATENT?
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`YES.
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`ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO SHIFT GEARS AND QUICKLY GO
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`THROUGH THE CONCEPTION DATE OF THE TRANSLATERAL PATENT -- OR
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`THE TRANSLATERAL IMPLANT.
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`YOU WITH ME?
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`I AM.
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`APPROXIMATELY WHEN DID YOU INVENT THE TRANSLATERAL
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`IT WAS THE SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1993 TIME FRAME.
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`ALL RIGHT. AND I WANT TO WORK THROUGH WITH THE JURY
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`FAIRLY QUICKLY HOW IT IS THAT YOU RECALL THAT.
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`CAN YOU TURN TO PX0284. IT'S IN THAT BINDER,
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`DR. MICHELSON.
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`MR. DAUCHOT: CAN WE PUT THAT UP ON THE SCREEN,
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`PLEASE.
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`BY MR. DAUCHOT:
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`CAN YOU SEE IT? ARE YOU WITH ME, DR. MICHELSON?
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`I AM.
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`OKAY. WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT HERE?
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`WELL, DESIDER IMRE WAS THE MACHINIST WHO ACTUALLY MADE
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`THE SET. AND HE SENT US AN INVOICE THAT WE RECEIVED AT MY
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`INSTRUMENTS HAD ACTUALLY BEEN MADE.
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`PREVIOUSLY. AND AFTER WORKING WITH IT, I WAS NOT SATISFIED,
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`SO I HAD HIM MAKE A SECOND SET. SO THAT'S THE INVOICE.
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`LET'S FOCUS ON THE SECOND LINE. YOU HAVE TWO IMPLANTS
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`24 BY 42 MILLIMETERS -- DO YOU SEE THAT -- WITH CAPS?
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`YES.
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`IS THAT A TRANSCRIPT OF YOUR TRANSLATERAL IMPLANT?
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`THAT IS ONE OF THE EMBODIMENTS, YES.
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`THE MACHINIST INVENT THE IMPLANT AND SELL IT TO YOU?
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`MACHINIST. AND ON HIS OVERTIME OR SPARE TIME, WHEN HE
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`WOULD MAKE THINGS FOR ME. I WOULD GIVE HIM A DRAWING, HE
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`WOULD MAKE IT, I'D REVIEW IT, HE'D CORRECT IT, HE'S REMAKE
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`IT.
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`MR. DAUCHOT: DAVE, CAN YOU BACK UP. I NEED TO
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`SEE THE DATE ON THERE.
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`BY MR. DAUCHOT:
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`HERE'S A DATE, 12/26/93. DO YOU SEE THAT?
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`YES.
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`THAT'S THE DATE THAT YOU RECEIVED THE INVOICE?
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`CORRECT.
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`SO BY THEN HE HAD MADE THESE?
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`HE HAD MADE TWO SETS BY THEN.
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`TWO SETS BY THEN.
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`NOW, LET'S WORK BACKWARDS. HOW DOES THAT GET YOU
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`TO, ROUGHLY -- I THINK YOU SAID SEPTEMBER OF '93?
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`OCTOBER.
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`THOSE DAYS WAS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PERCENT. THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
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`PRODUCT THAT DANEK HAD EVER HAD AT 5 PERCENT ROYALTY. THEY
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`USE BEST EFFORTS AVAILABLE.
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`DO YOU SEE THOSE?
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`I DO.
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`ARE THESE THE TWO LICENSES -- THE TWO AGREEMENTS THAT
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`GAVE SOFAMOR DANEK PERMISSION TO USE YOUR LATERAL
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`CORRECT.
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`DR. MICHELSON, BACK TO THE SPINE TECH AT ISSUE. DID
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`YOU DISCLOSE YOUR TRANSLATERAL IMPLANT TO SPINE TECH?
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`I DID.
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`DR. KUSLICH?
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`I DID.
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`ABOUT WHEN?
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`I KNOW WHEN IT WAS. IT WAS FEBRUARY OF 1994.
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`AND YOU WERE GIVEN AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY SPINE TECH
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`WAS NOT INTERESTED?
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
`HONORABLE MICHAEL M. ANELLO, DISTRICT JUDGE
`MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK, USA, .
`ET AL., .CASE NO. 08-CV-1512-MMA
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`PLAINTIFF,
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`V.
`. SEPTEMBER 14, 2011
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`NUVASIVE, INC.,
`. WEDNESDAY, 1:30 P.M.
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`DEFENDANT.
`. TRIAL - DAY NINE
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`REPORTER'S TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS
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`APPEARANCES:
`FOR THE PLAINTIFF:
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`FOR THE DEFENDANTS:
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`LUKE L. DAUCHOT, ESQ.
`NIMALKA WICKRAMASEKERA, ESQ.
`SHARRE LOTFOLLAHI, ESQ.
`ALEXANDER F. MACKINNON, ESQ.
`MICHAEL DOBSZEWICZ, ESQ.
`KIRKLAND & ELLIS, LLP
`JEFF SCHWARTZ, ESQ.
`DEWEY & LEBOEUF
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`FRANK SCHERKENBACH, ESQ.
`JOHN M. FARRELL, ESQ.
`TODD G. MILLER, ESQ.
`JONATHAN J. LAMBERSON, ESQ.
`NEIL WARREN, ESQ.
`KEELEY I. VEGA, ESQ.
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`COURT REPORTER:
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`JULIET Y. EICHENLAUB, CSR
`USDC CLERK'S OFFICE
`880 FRONT STREET, ROOM 4290
`SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92101
`JULIET_EICHENLAUB@CASD.USCOURTS.GOV
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`ANY OTHER WITNESSES FOR WARSAW?
`MR. DAUCHOT: YES, YOUR HONOR.
`MS. WICKRAMASEKERA: YOUR HONOR, WE CALL DR. SACHS.
`THE COURT: GOOD AFTERNOON, DR. SACHS. COME ON UP
`AND REJOIN THE STAND.
`ARE YOU GOING TO GO SEE THE PRESIDENT, TOO?
`THE WITNESS: I'M NOT IN THAT CATEGORY, SORRY.
`THE COURT: WE HAVE ALSO PREVIOUSLY SWORN YOU IN, SO
`WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT AGAIN. THAT WILL REMAIN
`THROUGHOUT THE BALANCE OF THE TRIAL.
`THE WITNESS: OKAY.
`THE COURT: GO AHEAD.
`DIRECT EXAMINATION
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`BY MS. WICKRAMASEKERA:
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`GOOD AFTERNOON, DR. SACHS.
`A.
`GOOD AFTERNOON.
`Q.
`WE'RE SEEING YOU NOW FOR THE SECOND TIME?
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`THAT'S RIGHT.
`Q.
`WE HEARD FROM YOU PREVIOUSLY ON THE SUBJECT OF
`INFRINGEMENT OF THE '973 PATENT AND INFRINGEMENT OF THE '933
`PATENT. CAN YOU TELL US WHY YOU'RE HERE TODAY?
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`I'M HERE TO OFFER MY OPINION ON THE VALIDITY OF THE
`'973 PATENT.
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`WHAT'S YOUR OPINION ON THE VALIDITY OF THE '973
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`VERY TOP THAT SHOWS THE DATE AND WHO THE LETTER IS TO AND FROM.
`THANKS.
`BY MS. WICKRAMASEKERA:
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`DR. SACHS, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT DX5830 IS?
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`THIS IS A COPY OF A LETTER OF CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN
`DR. PAUL MCAFEE AND THE PEOPLE FROM SPINE TECH AND WHAT THE
`SUBJECT IS THAT DR. MCAFEE WAS ASKING SPINE TECH TO DEVELOP AND
`CREATE AND MAKE SOME SPECIALIZED INSTRUMENTS AND SPECIALIZED
`TOOLS THAT HE COULD USE FOR PERFORMING A LATERAL PROCEDURE ON
`HUMANS. SO THE DATE OF MARCH 1994 WAS WHEN THIS OCCURRED.
`Q.
`LET'S TURN TO DX5190, AND CAN WE BLOW UP THE TEXT AS
`WELL AS THE DATE?
`OKAY. DR. SACHS, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT WE'RE LOOKING
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`AT HERE?
`THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OR THIS IS A COPY OF A REQUEST
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`FROM, AGAIN, FROM DR. PAUL MCAFEE. WE CAN SEE HIS SIGNATURE
`DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE DOWN HERE.
`MS. WICKRAMASEKERA: IF I CAN INTERRUPT YOU FOR A
`SECOND -- DAVE, CAN YOU PLEASE BLOW UP THE SECOND PARAGRAPH,
`FIRST SENTENCE; "THEREFORE, I AM REQUESTING A THREADED FUSION
`CAGE OF 8 MILLIMETERS IN DIAMETER BY 26 MILLIMETERS LONG."
`BY MS. WICKRAMASEKERA:
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`GO AHEAD, DR. SACHS; EXPLAIN WHAT THIS MEANS.
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`THIS WAS A REQUEST THAT DR. MCAFEE HAD FILLED OUT AND
`SENT TO SPINE TECH THAT WAS ALSO TO BE USED FOR REGULATORY
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`PURPOSES TO SUBMIT TO, TO SHOW THE FDA HE WAS REQUESTING A
`SPECIALIZED DEVICE, A CUSTOMED DEVICE TO BE MADE THAT HE CAN
`INSERT INTO THE SPINE. AND THE CONCEPT HERE IS THAT AT THE
`TIME THAT THIS IS BEING REQUESTED IN 1995, THE SPINE TECH
`CAGES, THE BAK CAGES WERE STILL UNDER FDA TRIAL INVESTIGATIONS.
`THEY HAD NOT BEEN CLEARED FOR OUT RIGHT SO THEY COULD BE SOLD
`ON THE MARKET. THEY WERE UNDER A CLINICAL INVESTIGATION STUDY.
`THAT MEANS THAT ACCORDING TO FEDERAL RULES, ANY TIME THAT ANY
`SURGEON WOULD BE USING A CAGE OUTSIDE OF THE STUDY, THE SURGEON
`WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A PRESCRIPTION AND AN INDIVIDUAL REQUEST
`THAT WOULD GO TO THE MANUFACTURER OR CORPORATE SPONSOR, AND
`THAT WOULD ALSO BE GOING THEN TO THE FDA, AND THE FDA WOULD
`CORRESPOND BACK AND GET PERMISSION TO USE THAT CUSTOMIZED
`DEVICE OUTSIDE OF THE CLINICAL TRIAL. AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE
`OF THE INITIAL REQUEST THAT WAS MADE.
`Q.
`SO DR. SACHS, LET ME SEE IF I CAN JUST SUM UP WHAT
`YOU JUST SAID. IF DR. MCAFEE HAD USED A CUSTOM LONG CAGE
`BEFORE DR. MICHELSON, THERE WOULD BE SOME WRITTEN RECORD OF
`THIS?
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`Q.
`PATENT?
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`Q.
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`THAT'S CORRECT.
`NOW DR. SACHS, IS DX5190 PRIOR ART TO THE '973
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`NO, IT IS NOT.
`LET'S TURN TO PX226 NEXT.
`ACTUALLY, I AM SORRY. I DIDN'T ASK YOU WHY.
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`THE REASON THAT IS BECAUSE WE SEE THE DATE THERE.
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`THE DATE IS MARCH 1995 AND THAT DATE OCCURS AFTER THE, NOT ONLY
`THE FILING DATE OF THE PATENT OF '973 WITH THE EARLIEST FILING
`DATE WE KNOW AS FEBRUARY 27TH, 1995; AND WE KNOW THAT ALSO
`THERE'S A CRITICAL DATE. THE CRITICAL DATE THEN IS ONE YEAR
`PRIOR TO THAT FILING DATE WHICH IS FEBRUARY 27TH, 1994. SO
`THIS OCCURRED AFTER THE FILING DATE OF 1994, FEBRUARY 27TH.
`Q.
`DR. SACHS, IS DX5190 PUBLICLY KNOWN?
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`NO. IT WAS NOT PUBLICLY KNOWN EITHER.
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`LET'S TURN TO PX226. DR. SACHS, THIS IS DR. MCAFEE'S
`1998 ARTICLE. ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH PX226?
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`YES, I AM.
`Q.
`MY FIRST QUESTION IS, IS THIS PRIOR ART TO THE '973
`PATENT?
`NO, IT IS NOT PRIOR ART.
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`WHY NOT?
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`AGAIN, IT WAS NOT IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE AND PUBLICLY
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`KNOWN UNTIL 1998 WHEN IT WAS PUBLISHED.
`MS. WICKRAMASEKERA: LET'S TURN TO FIGURE ONE ON PAGE
`THREE. AND IF WE COULD ZOOM IN, DAVE, ON THE BOTTOM TWO
`PICTURES, ACTUALLY JUST THE BOTTOM RIGHT.
`BY MS. WICKRAMASEKERA:
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`DR. SACHS, IS THIS A STANDARD BAK SAGE?
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`NO. IT IS NOT A STANDARD CAGE.
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`WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS A CAGE SIMILAR TO WHAT I
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`DESCRIBED BEFORE. THIS IS A CUSTOM DESIGN CAGE. WE CAN SEE
`IT'S NOT TAPERED ON JUST ONE END. IT'S MORE SYMMETRICAL AND
`TAPERED ON BOTH SIDES. SO ITS' A CUSTOM DEVICE. IT'S NOT THE
`STANDARD CAGE.
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`SO DR. SACHS, CAN I CROSS THE BAK CAGES OFF THE
`LIST?
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`Q.
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`YES, PLEASE.
`ALL RIGHT.
`DR. SACHS, WE'RE GOING TO SHIFT GEARS A LITTLE BIT.
`YOU HEARD DOCTOR MICHELSON TESTIFY -- ACTUALLY, I FORGOT TO
`CROSS OFF THE '247 PATENT TOO IT LOOKS LIKE. WE TALKED ABOUT
`THAT EARLIER. CAN I CROSS THAT OFF THE LIST?
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`WE DID COVER THAT.
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`ALL RIGHT.
`DR. SACHS, YOU HEARD DR. MICHELSON TESTIFY REGARDING
`THE BENEFITS OF THE TRANSLATERAL DEVICE. WHAT IS THE EARLIEST
`DOCUMENT IN WHICH YOU'VE SEEN THESE BENEFITS EXPRESSED IN THE
`RECORD?
`THE EARLIEST DOCUMENT THAT I REMEMBER WAS A MEMO
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`PREPARED BY MR. LARRY BOYD WHEN HE WAS WORKING AT SOFAMOR
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`HONORABLE MICHAEL M. ANELLO, DISTRICT JUDGE
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`_____________________________
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`MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK, USA ) CASE NO. 08 CV 1512-MMA
`ET AL.,
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`) SEPTEMBER 15, 2011
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`DEFENDANT.
`_____________________________)
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`PLAINTIFF,
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`VS.
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`NUVASIVE, INC.,
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`REPORTER'S TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS
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`APPEARANCES:
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`FOR THE PLAINTIFF:
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`FOR THE DEFENDANT:
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`LUKE L. DAUCHOT, ESQ.
`NIMALKA WICKRAMASEKERA, ESQ.
`SHARRE LOTFOLLAHI, ESQ.
`ALEXANDER F. MACKINNON, ESQ.
`MICHAEL DOBSZEWICZ, ESQ.
`KIRKLAND & ELLIS, LLP
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`JEFF SCHWARTZ, ESQ.
`DEWEY & LEBOEUF
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`FRANK SCHERKENBACH, ESQ.
`TODD G. MILLER, ESQ.
`JONATHAN J. LAMBERSON, ESQ.
`NEIL WARREN, ESQ.
`KEELEY I. VEGA, ESQ.
`FISH & RICHARDSON, P.C.
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`ELIZABETH CESENA, CSR 12266, (619) 237-0100
`USDC, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CA
`PO BOX 131037, SAN DIEGO, CA 92170
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`SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, SEPTEMBER 15, 2011, THURSDAY, 9:00 AM
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`THE COURT: THE RECORD CAN REFLECT ALL PARTIES AND
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`COUNSEL ARE PRESENT AND THE JURY IS BACK. MR. SCHERKENBACH
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`HAS SOME MORE QUESTIONS, I THINK?
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`MR. SCHERKENBACH: I DO, YOUR HONOR.
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`DIRECT EXAMINATION (CONTINUED)
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`BY MR. SCHERKENBACH:
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`GOOD MORNING, DR. SACHS.
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`GOOD MORNING, MR. SCHERKENBACH.
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`I WANT TO PICK UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF YESTERDAY AND TRY
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`TO BE AS EFFICIENT AS WE CAN HERE. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
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`WHETHER THE IMPLANTS CLAIMED IN THE '933 PATENT REQUIRE ANY
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`PARTICULAR INSERTION HOLES.
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`DO YOU RECALL THAT DISCUSSION, GENERALLY?
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`YES, I DO.
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`OKAY. I WANT TO START THIS MORNING BY LOOKING AT A FEW
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`OF THE FIGURES OF THE '973 PATENT. FIRST OF ALL, FIGURE 20
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`WHICH IS DDX 2038. YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS FIGURE FROM
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`THE '973 PATENT, ARE YOU?
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`YES, I AM.
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`THIS IS AN ALTERNATIVE EMBODIMENT OF THE TRANSLATERAL
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`SPINAL FUSION IMPLANT, RIGHT?
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`YES, SIR.
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`THIS EMBODIMENT LIKE DR. BRANTIGAN'S DEVICE, IS
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`BY MS. WICRAMASEKERA:
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`DAVE, CAN YOU PULL UP SAR 30 AGAIN.
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`NOW, DR. SACHS, THIS IS THE SLIDE THAT
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`MR. SCHERKENBACH SHOWED YOU YESTERDAY, RIGHT? DO YOU SEE IN
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`THE CORNER IT SAYS, DDX 2058?
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`YES, MA'AM.
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`DAVE, CAN YOU HIGHLIGHT UNDER THE '973 PATENT. IT SAYS
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`FIGURE 2. NO, TURN BACK, PLEASE. IT'S UNDER THE '973. I
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`GUESS YOU CAN'T HIGHLIGHT IT.
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`DO YOU SEE THAT UNDER THE '973 PATENT IT SAYS
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`"FIGURE 2"?
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`YES.
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`SO YESTERDAY MR. SCHERKENBACH REPRESENTED TO YOU THAT
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`THE IMAGE IN THIS SLIDE IS FIGURE 2 OF THE '973 PATENT?
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`YES, HE DID.
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`CAN WE TURN TO SAR 31.
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`SO, DR. SACHS, WHEN YOU MADE YOUR NEW SLIDE, DID
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`YOU CHANGE MR. SCHERKENBACH'S REPRESENTATION THAT IT WAS
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`FIGURE 2 OF THE '973 PATENT?
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`NO, I DID NOT.
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`LET'S TALK ABOUT WHERE YOU GOT THE ACTUAL DIMENSIONS
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`FROM. BECAUSE YOU TESTIFIED THAT THESE WERE COMMERCIAL
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`CAGES, AND SO YOU GOT THE DIMENSIONS FROM THERE.
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`LET'S LOOK AT THE SUPPORT FOR THIS. YOU SEE UNDER
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`IMPLANT B, IT SAYS, "26 BY 8"?
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`DR. SACHS, WHERE DID YOU GET THIS DIMENSION FROM?
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`THAT WAS DIMENSION THAT WAS PROVIDED -- IT WAS A
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`DIMENSION THAT WAS ORDERED BY DR. MCAFEE -- EXCUSE ME -- IN
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`HIS -- IN HIS SPECIAL CUSTOM REQUEST ORDER THAT WAS FOR
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`HUMAN IMPLANTATION, THE STUDY THAT HE SAID HE WAS DOING.
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`CAN WE TURN TO DX 5190. CAN YOU PLEASE HIGHLIGHT IN
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`THE SECOND PARAGRAPH, DAVE.
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`DO YOU SEE THE FIRST SENTENCE SAYS, "THEREFORE, I
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`AM REQUESTING A THREADED FUSION CAGE OF 8 MILLIMETERS IN
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`DIAMETER BY 26 MILLIMETERS LONG?" AND IS THIS THE SUPPORT
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`YOU ARE REFERRING TO, DR. SACHS?
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`THAT IS THE SUPPORT THAT I WAS REFERRING TO.
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`NOW, DAVE CAN WE TURN BACK TO SAR 31.
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`NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT IMPLANT C. DR. SACHS, WHERE
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`IN THE SPINE DOES THE 247 PATENT INDICATE THAT YOU SHOULD
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`IMPLANT C? WHAT REGION OF THE SPINE IS IT DESIGNED FOR?
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`IT WAS DESIGNED AS AN INTERIOR OR POSTERIOR IMPLANT FOR
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`THE LUMBAR SPINE.
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`NOW, DR. SACHS, I THINK WE HAVE HEARD A LOT OF
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`TESTIMONY IN THIS CASE REGARDING THE BAK CAGE?
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`YES, MA'AM.
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`THE BAK CAGE IS A COMMERCIAL EMBODIMENT OF THE 247
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`PATENT?
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`YES, IT IS.
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`USDC, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CA
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`DR. SACHS, I SEE YOU HAVE DIMENSIONS 26 BY 17?
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`YES.
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`WHERE DID YOU GET THESE DIMENSIONS FROM?
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`THOSE ARE DIMENSIONS THAT WERE MANUFACTURED BY SPINE
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`TECH FOR THE BAK CAGE. AND THE BAK CAGE, AGAIN, WAS
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`LICENSED TECHNOLOGY FROM THE '247 PATENT.
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`SO I WAS BEING CONSISTENT, AND I WAS NOT BEING
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`MISLEADING. I BELIEVE I WAS TRYING TO SHOW MORE CLEARLY
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`WHAT THE ACTUAL DEVICES WOULD LOOK LIKE AS OPPOSED TO THE
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`MISREPRESENTATION THAT WAS PROVIDED AND PRESENTED TO ME
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`BEFORE.
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`DAVE, CAN WE TURN TO DX 5017. AND CAN YOU PLEASE
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`HIGHLIGHT THE HEAD-ON IMAGE WHERE IT SAYS "SPINE TECH 17
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`MILLIMETERS." THERE YOU GO.
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`DR. SACHS, IS THIS WHERE YOU GOT THE DIAMETER
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`FROM?
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`YES, I DID.
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`MS. WICRAMASEKERA: NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, YOUR
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`HONOR.
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`THE COURT: IN LIGHT OF THOSE, ANYTHING ELSE?
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`ALL RIGHT. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE ALL DONE. YOU CAN
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`STEP DOWN.
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`ANY OTHER WITNESSES FOR WARSAW?
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`MS. WICRAMASEKERA: NO, YOUR HONOR.
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`THE COURT: AND THEN WE HAVE HEARD ALL THE
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`USDC, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CA
`PO BOX 131037, SAN DIEGO, CA 92170
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