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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`__________________
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`__________________________________________________________________
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`SONY CORPORATION
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`YISSUM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF THE
`HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM
`Patent Owner
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`
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`Case No. IPR2013-00219 (SCM)1
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`
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`Patent No. 7,477,284
`Issue Date: Jan. 13, 2009
`Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING AND VIEWING
`STEREOSCOPIC PANORAMIC IMAGES
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`__________________________________________________________________
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`
`
`REQUEST FOR REHEARING
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`PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.71(d)
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`
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`__________________________________________________________________
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`
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`1 Case IPR2013-00327 has been merged with this case.
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`IPR2013-00219 - Inter Partes Review of U.S. Pat. No. 7,477,284
`Request for Rehearing
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`Table of Contents
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`I. 
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`II. 
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`Introduction .................................................................................................................... 1 
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`Request for Hearing ...................................................................................................... 2 
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`A.  Grounds Challenging Claims 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 27, 28, 29, 36 and 38 Based on
`Ishiguro Are Not Redundant. ................................................................................... 3 
`1. 
`The Grounds Based on Ishiguro Are Not Redundant Because Patent
`Owner Has Challenged the Prior Art Status of Kawakita. ..................... 4 
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`2. 
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`The Grounds Based on Ishiguro Are Not Redundant Because the
`Board Is Already Considering the Patentability of Substantively
`Similar Claims in View of Ishiguro in Related IPR2013-00218. ............ 5 
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`B.  The Board Should Institute Review of Challenged Claims 20 and 37 Based on
`Kawakita Because of the Decision to Review a Similar Claim Based on
`Kawakita in Related IPR2013-00218. ....................................................................... 7 
`C.  The Board Should Institute Review of Challenged Claims 20 and 37 on
`Grounds Based on Ishiguro. ..................................................................................... 9 
`D.  The Board Should Institute Review of Challenged Claim 38 Based on Asahi
`Because of the Decision to Review Claims 1 and 27 Based on Asahi. ............. 10 
`III.  Conclusion .................................................................................................................... 11 
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`IV.  Appendix: Listing of Corresponding Grounds Based on Ishiguro ..................... 12 
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`I.
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`Introduction
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`Petitioner Sony Corporation (“Sony”) requests rehearing of the Decision
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`regarding Institution of Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 7,477,284 (the “’284
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`Patent”), IPR2013-000219 Paper No. 16 (P.T.A.B. Sep. 23, 2013) (the “First
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`Decision”) and the Decision regarding Institution of Inter Partes Review of the ’284
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`Patent, IPR2013-00327, Paper No. 14 (P.T.A.B. Sep. 24, 2013) (the “Second
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`Decision”).
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`In the First Decision and Second Decision (collectively, the “Decisions”), the
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`Board instituted inter partes review of all claims of the ’284 Patent challenged by Sony.
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`With respect to all challenged claims except claims 20 and 37, the Board instituted
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`inter partes review on grounds of unpatentability based on Kawakita, Sony-1003 and
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`Sony-1004. However, the Board declined to institute inter partes review of the same
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`claims on grounds based on Ishiguro, Sony-1005, because the Board found that such
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`grounds were redundant. Also, as noted, the Board declined to institute inter partes
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`review with respect to claims 20 and 37 on grounds based on Kawakita because the
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`Board found that Sony failed “to demonstrate that Kawakita teaches or suggests the
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`mosaicing of at least three series of image strips together.” See First Decision at 26
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`(emphasis in original). Although the Board instituted inter partes review of
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`independent apparatus claims 1 and 27 on grounds of anticipation by Asahi (see First
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`Decision at 29-33), the Board declined to institute inter partes review with respect to
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`corresponding independent method claim 38 based on Asahi because the Board
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`found the ground to be redundant. See Second Decision at 12.
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`II. Request for Hearing
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`Sony respectfully requests that the Board reconsider the decision not to
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`institute inter partes review on the following grounds set forth in Sony’s petitions:
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`-
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`Claims 1, 3, 27, 29, and 38 would have been obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103
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`over Ishiguro. See Sec. II.A.
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`-
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`Claims 1, 2, 3, 10, 27, 28, 29, 36 and 38 would have been obvious under
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`35 U.S.C. § 103 over Ishiguro in view of Chen, Sony-1006. See Sec. II.A.
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`-
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`Claims 3 and 29 would have been obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Ishiguro
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`in view of Chen and Kodak, Sony-1007. See Sec. II.A.
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`-
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`Claims 4 and 7 would have been obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Ishiguro
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`in view of Chen and Allen, Sony-1039. See Sec. II.A.
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`-
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`Claims 20 and 37 would have been obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over
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`Kawakita. See Sec. II.B.
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`-
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`Claims 20 and 37 would have been obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over
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`Kawakita in view of Chen. See Sec. II.B.
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`-
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`Claims 20 and 37 would have been obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over
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`Ishiguro. See Sec. II.C.
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`-
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`Claims 20 and 37 would have been obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over
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`Ishiguro in view of Chen. See Sec. II.C.
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`Claims 38 is anticipated by Asahi under 35 U.S.C. § 102. See Sec. II.D.
`-
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`A. Grounds Challenging Claims 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 27, 28, 29, 36 and 38 Based
`on Ishiguro Are Not Redundant.
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`In order to “secure the just, speedy, and inexpensive resolution of every [inter
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`partes review] proceeding,” the Board may decline to consider grounds of
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`unpatentability if the grounds “are presented in a redundant manner.” See CBM2012-
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`00003, Paper No. 7 at 2 (P.T.A.B. Oct. 25, 2012) (quoting 37 C.F.R. § 42.1(b)).
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`However, the Board has indicated that a reference is not redundant where the
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`petitioner has shown it to be “better in some respect” than a reference on which the
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`Board has based the grant of the petition. Id. at 3.
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`Here, the Board has granted Sony’s petitions with respect to claims 1, 2, 3, 4, 7,
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`10, 27, 28, 29, 36 and 38 of the ’284 Patent on grounds based on Kawakita (alone or
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`in combination with other references), but not on corresponding grounds based on
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`Ishiguro,2 because of perceived redundancy. See First Decision at 35, Second Petition
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`at 12. The corresponding grounds based on Ishiguro are not redundant for at least
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`one key reason discussed below. Moreover, consideration of the grounds based on
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`Ishiguro will not significantly expand the scope of inter partes review because the Board
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`2
`A list of the grounds presented in Sony’s petitions that correspond to the
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`Kawakita-based grounds that the Board has decided to review is included in the
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`Appendix hereto.
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`has decided to consider the patentability of claims directed to substantively similar
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`subject matter in view of Ishiguro in related IPR2013-00218.
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`1.
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`The Grounds Based on Ishiguro Are Not Redundant Because Patent
`Owner Has Challenged the Prior Art Status of Kawakita.
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`Ishiguro is “better in some respect” than Kawakita, and, therefore, not
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`redundant of Kawakita because Patent Owner (“Yissum”) challenges the prior art
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`status of Kawakita, but not Ishiguro. See Patent Owner Preliminary Response at 18-
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`19 (June 27, 2013) (“Preliminary Response”); First Decision at 19-20. In particular,
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`Yissum has argued that Kawakita is not a printed publication under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a)
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`because an alleged “restriction” printed on the publication “prevents a finding that
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`[Kawakita] is a ‘printed publication.’” See Preliminary Response at 18. Yissum also
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`challenged the sufficiency of the evidence that Kawakita is a printed publication,
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`arguing that Sony “provides no evidence that Kawakita was . . . actually distributed”
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`before the alleged priority date of the ’284 Patent. Id. at 19.
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`If the Board ultimately agrees with Yissum that Kawakita is not a printed
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`publication, then the Board necessarily will rule by default, rather than on the merits,
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`that certain challenged claims of the ’284 Patent are patentable.3 The situation here
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`The Board instituted inter partes review of claims 2, 4, 7, 10, 28 and 36 only on
`3
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`grounds based on Kawakita. Accordingly, if the Board finds that Kawakita is not
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`stands in contrast to the one before the Board in IPR2013-000120, where the Board
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`ruled that the prospect that the patent owner might try to swear behind a 102(e)
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`reference was speculative, and therefore not a basis for finding lack of redundancy.
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`See IPR2013-000120, No. 20 at 4 (P.T.A.B. July 22, 2013). Here, there is no such
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`speculation: Yissum challenges the prior art status of Kawakita. Accordingly, Ishiguro
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`is “better in some respect” than Kawakita, and, therefore, is not redundant of
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`Kawakita because Ishiguro’s prior art status is not disputed.4 See CBM2012-00004,
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`Paper No. 7 at 2.
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`2.
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`The Grounds Based on Ishiguro Are Not Redundant Because the Board
`Is Already Considering the Patentability of Substantively Similar Claims
`in View of Ishiguro in Related IPR2013-00218.
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`The Board should include the proposed grounds based on Ishiguro because it
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`has instituted review of similar claims over Ishiguro in IPR2013-00218 concerning
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`related U.S. Patent No. 6,665,003 (the “’003 Patent,” Sony-1002). See IPR2013-00218,
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`Paper No. 16 at 27-28 (P.T.A.B. Sep. 23, 2013). The ’284 Patent claims priority to the
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`prior art, the Board will necessarily find these claims patentable because the Board has
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`instituted review on no other grounds.
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`Moreover, Ishiguro is also “better in some respect” than Kawakita, and not
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`redundant, because Ishiguro expressly discloses a processor whereas a processor is
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`inherent in the disclosure of Kawakita. See CBM2012-00004, Paper No. 7 at 2;
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`Petition at 19-20, 37.
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`’003 Patent and the specification of the ’284 Patent incorporates the ’003 Patent by
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`reference (calling it “Peleg I”), as the Board has noted. See ’003 Patent, 1:10-11, 21-
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`26; First Decision at 3 n. 2. The ’284 Patent states that the image recording and
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`processing arrangements are “similar to those described in the Peleg I” application.
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`See id. at 3:33-34. Independent claims 1 and 36 of the ’003 Patent at issue in IPR2013-
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`00218 encompass the same strip generation and mosaicing methodology as that
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`recited with respect to the imaging apparatus and method of challenged independent
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`claims 1, 27 and 38 of the ’284 patent.
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` By not considering the patentability of the challenged claims of the ’284 Patent
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`in view of Ishiguro, yet considering the patentability of substantively similar claims of
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`the ’003 Patent in view of Ishiguro, the Board invites contradictory outcomes. That
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`is, claims of the ’003 Patent could be found unpatentable over Ishiguro while
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`substantively similar claims of the ’284 Patent could be found patentable by default
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`upon a ruling that Kawakita is not prior art. The proposed grounds based on Ishiguro
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`cannot be fairly characterized as redundant, where, as here, declining to consider them
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`could produce such an anomalous result.
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`Moreover, the burden of considering the proposed grounds based on Ishiguro
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`will be relatively minimal because of the fact that the same panel of Administrative
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`Patent Judges is already considering Ishiguro with respect to the challenged claims of
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`the ’003 Patent. See IPR2013-000218, Paper No. 16 at 27 (P.T.A.B. Sep. 23, 2013).
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`Indeed, Yissum’s principal arguments with respect to Ishiguro in its Preliminary
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`Response in this inter partes review were nearly identical to its arguments in IPR2013-
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`00218 with respect to the claims of the ’003 Patent. Compare IPR2013-00218, Patent
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`Owner Preliminary Response, No. 12 at 19-21, 27-32 and IPR2013-00219, Patent
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`Owner Preliminary Response, No. 13 at 20-22, 35-42. Oral argument, if requested,
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`will be held on the same day, and presumably during the same session for both the
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`’284 Patent and the ’003 Patent. See IPR2013-000218, Scheduling Order, No. 17
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`(P.T.A.B. Sep. 23, 2013); IPR2013-000219, Scheduling Order, No. 17 (P.T.A.B. Sep.
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`23, 2013). During oral argument, the Board will already be hearing arguments from
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`both sides with respect to Ishiguro and in the Final Written Decision the Board will
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`directly address Ishiguro. Accordingly, adding grounds based on Ishiguro in the
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`instant proceeding will not impose a significant burden on the Board.
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`Accordingly, for the forgoing reasons, the Board should reconsider its Decision
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`and institute review of claims 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 27, 28, 29, 36 and 38 of the ’284 Patent
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`on the proposed grounds based on Ishiguro.
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`B. The Board Should Institute Review of Challenged Claims 20 and 37
`Based on Kawakita Because of the Decision to Review a Similar Claim
`Based on Kawakita in Related IPR2013-00218.
`
`The Board should also institute review of challenged claims 20 and 37 over
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`Kawakita and over Kawakita in view of Chen because the Board is reviewing a
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`substantively similar claim in view of Kawakita in IPR2013-00218. Claims 20 and 37
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`of the ’284 Patent each recite, inter alia, that “the processor is adapted to generate at
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`least three series of image strips” and “further adapted to mosaic the respective series
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`of image strips together.” ’284 Patent, claims 20, 37. Similarly, claim 22 of the ’003
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`Patent incorporates the limitations of claim 1—which recites mosaicing together two
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`respective series of image strips—and adds mosaicing together a third series of image
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`strips. ’003 Patent, claim 22. With respect to claims 20 and 37 of the ’284 Patent, the
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`Board denied institution on grounds based on Kawakita, stating that “Petitioner fails
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`[] to demonstrate that Kawakita teaches or suggests the mosaicing of at least three
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`image strips together.” First Decision at 26 (emphasis in original). However, at the
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`same time, the Board correctly found that Sony established a reasonable likelihood of
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`prevailing on the ground that claim 22 was rendered obvious by Kawakita. See
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`IPR2013-00218, Paper No. 16 at 23. There, the Board noted that, as Sony had
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`explained, “combining two different embodiments in Kawakita would have been
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`obvious for the purpose of creating a single camera to capture two types of images[.]”
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`Id.
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`For the sake of consistency and to avoid conflicting rulings, the Board should
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`institute review of claims 20 and 37 in the ’284 Patent over Kawakita because the
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`same panel of Administrative Patent Judges will consider the patentability of similar
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`claim 22 of the ’003 Patent in view of Kawakita.
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`Moreover, because the Board is reviewing the patentability of claims 1 and 27
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`over not only Kawakita, but also over Kawakita in view of Chen, the Board should
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`also institute review of claims 20 and 37 over Kawakita in view of Chen. Claims 20
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`and 37 are dependent on claims 1 and 27, respectively. Therefore, for the sake of
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`consistency, the Board should also include the alternative ground of Kawakita in view
`
`of Chen for claims 20 and 37 because they incorporate the limitations of claims 1 and
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`27 that the Board has decided to review over Kawakita in view of Chen.
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`C. The Board Should Institute Review of Challenged Claims 20 and 37 on
`Grounds Based on Ishiguro.
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`The Board should also institute review of challenged claims 20 and 37 over
`
`Ishiguro and over Ishiguro in view of Chen. First, as discussed with respect to
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`Ishiguro above in Section II.B, the Board should find that Sony has established a
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`reasonable likelihood of prevailing on the ground that Ishiguro renders claims 20 and
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`37 obvious, just as the Board found that Sony has established a reasonable likelihood
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`of prevailing on the ground that Ishiguro renders claim 22 of the ’003 Patent obvious.
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`IPR2013-00218, Paper No. 16 at 25 (“Petitioner establishes a reasonable likelihood of
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`prevailing on the ground of unpatentability of . . . claim 22 as rendered obvious over,
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`Ishiguro.”); supra Sec. II.B.
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`Second, the Board should find that the grounds based on Ishiguro are not
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`redundant of those based on Kawakita for the reasons discussed above in Section
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`II.A. Namely, Ishiguro is not redundant because Yissum is challenging the prior art
`
`status of Kawakita, supra II.A.1, and because the Board is already evaluating Ishiguro
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`in a related proceeding against a similar claim, supra II.A.2.
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`D. The Board Should Institute Review of Challenged Claim 38 Based on
`Asahi Because of the Decision to Review Claims 1 and 27 Based on
`Asahi.
`
`The Board should also institute review of challenged claim 38 as anticipated by
`
`Asahi because the Board is already reviewing substantively similar claims 1 and 27 in
`
`view of Asahi. Claim 38 is a method claim that recites essentially the same claim
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`limitations for purposes of patentability as claim 1 and 27. See ’284 Patent, claims 1,
`
`27, 38. The Board set forth detailed reasons as to why Sony had shown a reasonable
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`likelihood of prevailing on grounds of unpatentability of claims 1 and 27 as
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`anticipated by Asahi. See First Decision at 29-33. Those same reasons apply equally
`
`to claim 38. Yissum’s Preliminary Response to Sony’s arguments that Asahi
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`anticipates claim 38 was virtually identical to Yissum’s Preliminary Response to Sony’s
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`arguments that Asahi anticipates claims 1 and 27. Compare IPR2013-00327, Patent
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`Owner Preliminary Response, No. 13 at 44-49 and IPR2013-00219, Patent Owner
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`Preliminary Response, No. 13 at 42-47. For the sake of consistency, in order to avoid
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`conflicting rulings among similar claims, and because the additional burden of
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`considering anticipation of claim 38 by Asahi will be minimal if not nonexistent, the
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`Board should institute review of claim 38 as anticipated by Asahi.
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`III. Conclusion
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`In view of the foregoing, Petitioner respectfully requests the Board’s
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`reconsideration of the grounds discussed herein for institution of inter partes review of
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`claims 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 20, 27, 28, 29, 36, 37 and 38 of the ’284 Patent.
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`Dated: October 7, 2013
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`_/s/ Walter Hanley__
`Walter Hanley, Lead Counsel, Reg. No 28,720
`whanley@kenyon.com
`Michelle Carniaux, Backup Counsel, Reg. No. 36,098
`mcarniaux@kenyon.com
`KENYON & KENYON LLP
`One Broadway, New York, NY 10004-1007
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`IV. Appendix: Listing of Corresponding Grounds Based on Ishiguro
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`Claims
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`Grounds Granted in the
`Decisions Based on Kawakita
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`Corresponding Grounds Based on
`Ishiguro for Which Rehearing is
`Requested
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`Kawakita, §102;
`Kawakita, §103; and
`Kawakita and Chen, §103
`Kawakita and Chen, §103
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`Kawakita, Chen, and Kodak, §103
`Kawakita, Chen, and Allen, §103
`Kawakita, Chen, and Allen, §103
`Kawakita, §102;
`Kawakita, §103; and
`Kawakita and Chen, §103
`Kawakita, §102;
`Kawakita, §103; and
`Kawakita and Chen, §103
`Kawakita and Chen, §103
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`Kawakita, Chen, and Kodak, §103
`Kawakita, §102;
`Kawakita, §103; and
`Kawakita and Chen, §103
`Kawakita, §102
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`1
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`2
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`3
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`4
`7
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`10
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`27
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`28
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`29
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`36
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`38
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`See IPR2013-000219 Paper No. 3 at 12-13 (P.T.A.B. Mar. 29, 2013) and IPR2013-
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`00327, Paper No. 2 at 14-15 (P.T.A.B. July 3, 2013).
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`Ishiguro, §103; and
`Ishiguro and Chen, §103
`Ishiguro and Chen, §103
`Ishiguro, §103;
`Ishiguro and Chen, §103; and
`Ishiguro, Chen, and Kodak, §103
`Ishiguro, Chen, and Allen, §103
`Ishiguro, Chen, and Allen, §103
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`
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`Ishiguro and Chen, §103
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`Ishiguro, §103; and
`Ishiguro and Chen, §103
`Ishiguro and Chen, §103
`Ishiguro, §103;
`Ishiguro and Chen, §103; and
`Ishiguro, Chen, and Kodak, §103
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`Ishiguro and Chen, §103
`Ishiguro, §103; and
`Ishiguro and Chen, §103
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