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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`CARL ZEISS SMT GMBH
`Petitioner
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`NIKON CORPORATION
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2013-00362
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`PATENT OWNER’S
`MOTION FOR OBSERVATION REGARDING
`SECOND CROSS EXAMINATION OF RICHARD C. JUERGENS
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`Mail Stop "PATENT BOARD"
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Patent Owner, Nikon Corporation, hereby moves for observation of certain
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`portions of the second cross examination of the Patent Owner’s expert witnesses
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`Mr. Juergens. Nikon requests that the Board enter the instant motion and consider
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`the observations below.
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`A. Testimony Demonstrating that the Optical Software, CODE V
`Version 10.6, Used by Mr. Juergens to Optimize Terasawa for
`Immersion Was Not Available in 2003
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`In Ex. 2041, on page 27, lines 13-17, Mr. Juergens testified that
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`he could not confirm that the source code for the functions and features that he
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`used in version 10.6 of CODE V was the same as the source code in the 2003
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`version of the software, version 9.2. This testimony is relevant to page 12 of
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`Petitioner’s Reply (Paper No. 22) where Petitioner states that Mr. Juergens used
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`optical design software CODE V which was available to a POSITA in 2003. This
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`testimony is additionally relevant to paragraph 17 on page 11 of Mr. Juergens’
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`supplemental declaration (Ex. 1036), where Mr. Juergens testifies that he was
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`careful to use only those functions and features of the CODE V program that were
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`available in the 2003 version. This testimony is relevant because it shows that
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`neither Mr. Juergens nor Petitioner have any way of confirming the “functions and
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`features” that Mr. Juergens used in the latest 10.6 version of CODE V would have
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`been available to a POSITA in 2003.
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`In Ex. 2041, on page 30, line 16 to page 46, line 16, Mr.
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`Juergens testified as to improvements in version 9.8, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5,
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`and 10.6 versions of the CODE V software. (See Exhibits 2029-2035,
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`respectively). This testimony is relevant to page 12 of Petitioner’s Reply (Paper
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`No. 22) where Petitioner states that Mr. Juergens used optical design software
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`CODE V which was available to a POSITA in 2003. This testimony is
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`additionally relevant to paragraph 17 on page 11 of Mr. Juergens’ supplemental
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`declaration (Ex. 1036), where Mr. Juergens testifies that he was careful to use only
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`those functions and features of the CODE V program that were available in the
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`2003 version. This testimony is relevant because it shows that neither Mr.
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`Juergens nor Petitioner have any way of confirming the “functions and features”
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`that Mr. Juergens used in the latest 10.6 version of CODE V would have been
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`available to a POSITA in 2003
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`Testimony Demonstrating that Mr. Juergens’ Experiments Fail to
`Show That the Prior Art Would Have Enabled a POSITA to
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`In Ex. 2041, on page 17, line 14 to page 18, line 6, Mr.
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`Juergens testified that for a projection optical system, the RMS wavefront error
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`needs to be satisfied across the entire field of view (i.e., field width) and that an
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`image that is formed having an RMS wavefront error of greater than 0.07 waves
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`would not be useful for microlithography. This testimony is relevant to Mr.
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`Juergens’ later testimony on page 109, lines 20-23; page 115, lines 2-4; and page
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`124, lines 10-15 of Ex. 2041 that the peak RMS wavefront errors for Experiments
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`II-IV where 5.5, 120, and 4.5, respectively. This testimony is relevant because it
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`shows that Mr. Juergens’ Experiments I-IV fail to produce an immersed projection
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`optical system that forms an image, as recited in independent claim 1.
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`2.
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`In Ex. 2041, on page 13, line 21 to page 14, line 7, Mr.
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`Juergens testified that for a projection optical system to achieve good image
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`quality, the RMS wavefront error values should less than 0.07 waves, and for
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`lithography, often times the RMS wavefront error value is less than that. This
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`testimony is relevant to the Mr. Juergens’ later testimony on page 109, lines 20-23;
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`page 115, lines 2-4; and page 124, lines 10-15 of Ex. 2041 that the peak RMS
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`wavefront errors for Experiments II-IV where 5.5, 120, and 4.5, respectively. This
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`testimony is relevant because it shows that Mr. Juergens’ Experiments I-IV fail to
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`produce an immersed projection optical system that forms an image, as recited in
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`independent claim 1.
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`3.
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`In Ex. 2041, on page 110, lines 8-15, with reference to page 1
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`of Exhibit 2037 showing the RMS wavefront error corresponding to Mr. Juergens’
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`Experiment II, Mr. Juergens testified that the projection lens design corresponding
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`to Experiment II is not diffraction-limited over the entire field width, and that the
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`design is badly aberrated over the field width, as the peak of the wavefront error is
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`assertion at paragraph 20 on page 20 of his Supplemental Declaration (Zeiss 1036)
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`that the RMS wavefront error for the Experiment II design is 0.021 waves. This
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`testimony is relevant because it shows that Mr. Juergens failed to design an
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`immersed projection optical system having a low enough RMS wavefront error to
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`form an image, as recited in independent claim 1.
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`4.
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`In Ex. 2041, on page 110, line 16 to page 111, line 21, referring
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`to page 2 of Exhibit 2037 showing a distortion plot error corresponding to Mr.
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`Juergens’ Experiment II, Mr. Juergens testified that the distortion plot shows
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`distortion levels that are approximately 1/3 of a percent, and that a projection
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`optical system with such levels of aberration could not be used in photolithography
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`because the distortion levels are larger than what would be useful, and that the
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`resulting image quality would not be very good. This testimony is relevant to the
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`Petitioner’s assertion on page 13 of its Reply (Paper No. 22) that a POSITA could
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`have used CODE V software to redesign the optical prescription for FIG. 5 in
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`Terasawa by adding an immersion fluid between the last lens surface and the wafer
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`and re-optimizing to obtain an imaging performance as good as, or better than, the
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`original dry design of Terasawa. This testimony is relevant because, contrary to
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`Petitioner’s assertion, it shows the resulting image quality of Mr. Juergens’
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`Experiment II is unusable.
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`In Ex. 2041, on page 113, line 21 to page 116, line 16, with
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`reference to Exhibit 2038 showing the RMS wavefront error plot of Mr. Juergens’
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`Experiment III, Mr. Juergens testified that he was surprised that his design
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`corresponding to the CODE V lens layout of Exhibit 1047 produced the plot shown
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`in Fig. 1, because the RMS wavefront error in between the two end field points is
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`so large, in that it grows to a peak of 125 waves RMS. Mr. Juergens further
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`testified that the design corresponding to Experiment III is not diffraction-limited
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`over the entire field, but is instead is badly aberrated since the peak wavefront error
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`is about 125 waves RMS. This testimony is relevant to Mr. Juergens’ assertion at
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`paragraph 29 on page 42 of his Supplemental Declaration (Zeiss 1036) that the
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`RMS wavefront error for the Experiment III design is 0.041 waves. This testimony
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`is relevant because it shows that Mr. Juergens failed to design an immersed
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`projection optical system having a low enough RMS wavefront error to form an
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`image, as recited in independent claim 1.
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`In Ex. 2041, on page 116, line 17 to page 117, line 14, with
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`reference to page 2 of Exhibit 2038 showing a distortion plot corresponding to Mr.
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`Juergens’ Experiment III, Mr. Juergens testified that the plot shows his Experiment
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`III has a distortion level of approximately 2.8%, and that a projection optical
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`system with such level of aberration could not be used in a lithographic system.
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`This testimony is relevant to the Petitioner’s assertion on page 13 of its Reply
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`optical prescription for FIG. 5 in Terasawa by adding an immersion fluid between
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`the last lens surface and the wafer and re-optimizing to obtain an imaging
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`performance as good as, or better than, the original dry design of Terasawa. This
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`testimony is relevant because, contrary to Petitioner’s assertion, it shows the
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`resulting image quality of Mr. Juergens’ Experiment III is unusable.
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`In Ex. 2041, on page 123, line 14 to page 125, line 1, with
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`reference to page 1 of Exhibit 2039 showing the RMS wavefront error
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`corresponding to Mr. Juergens’ Experiment IV, Mr. Juergens testified that he was
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`moderately surprised by the plot of the RMS wavefront error that is shown as very
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`low at the two field points he had selected, but rises to a peak of about 4.5 waves
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`RMS over the rest of the field width. Further, Mr. Juergens testified that he would
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`not consider such a design as diffraction-limited, and that the design is badly
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`aberrated over the field width. This testimony is relevant to Mr. Juergens’
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`assertion at paragraph 47 on page 33 of his Supplemental Declaration (Zeiss 1036)
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`that the RMS wavefront error for the Experiment IV design is 0.021 waves. This
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`testimony is relevant because it shows that Mr. Juergen failed to design an
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`immersed projection optical system having a low enough RMS wavefront error to
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`form an image, as recited in independent claim 1.
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`In Ex. 2041, on page 125, line 2-19, with reference to page 2 of
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`Exhibit 2039 showing a distortion plot of Mr. Juergens’ Experiment IV, Mr.
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`Juergens testified that the distortion plot shows distortion levels of approximately
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`¼ of a percent and that a projection lens system with such levels of aberration
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`could not be used in a lithographic system. This testimony is relevant to the
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`Petitioner’s assertion on page 13 of its Reply (Paper No. 22) that a POSITA could
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`have used CODE V software to redesign the optical prescription for FIG. 5 in
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`Terasawa by adding an immersion fluid between the last lens surface and the wafer
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`and re-optimizing to obtain an imaging performance as good as, or better than, the
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`original dry design of Terasawa. This testimony is relevant because, contrary to
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`Petitioner’s assertion, it shows the resulting image quality of Mr. Juergens’
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`Experiment IV is unusable.
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`In Ex. 2041, on page 128, lines 18-22, Mr. Juergens testified
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`that there is no reason why a POSITA would design a projection optical system
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`optimized only for two field points. This testimony is relevant to the Petitioner’s
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`assertion on page 12-13 of its Reply (Paper No. 22) that Mr. Juergens’ showed that
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`a POSITA could have used CODE V software to redesign the optical prescription
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`for FIG. 5 in Terasawa by adding an immersion fluid between the last lens surface
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`and the wafer to obtain an imaging performance as good as, or better than, the
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`original dry design of Terasawa. This testimony is relevant because, contrary to
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`to design a projection optical system, as Mr. Juergen did in each of his
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`Experiments I-IV.
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`In Ex. 2041, on page 130, lines 18-22, Mr. Juergens testified
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`that the lens designs in his Experiments I-IV are not equivalent in resolution and
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`distortion over the entire field of view to the Terasawa design. This testimony is
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`relevant to the Petitioner’s assertion on page 13 of its Reply (Paper No. 22) that a
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`POSITA could have used CODE V software to redesign the optical prescription for
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`FIG. 5 in Terasawa by adding an immersion fluid between the last lens surface and
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`the wafer and re-optimizing to obtain an imaging performance as good as, or better
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`than, the original dry design of Terasawa. This testimony is relevant because,
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`contrary to Petitioner’s assertion, it shows the resulting image quality of Mr.
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`Juergens’ Experiments I-IV are not as good as, or better than, the original dry
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`design of Terasawa.
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`In Ex. 2041, on page 131, lines 4-19, Mr. Juergens testified that
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`even though example 2 of Terasawa’s intended use was microlithography, he did
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`not believe that a POSITA would use any of his designs for microlithography,
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`because they are not useful for microlithography because of the high RMS
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`wavefront error across the entire field width. This testimony is relevant to the
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`Petitioner’s assertion on page 13 of its Reply (Paper No. 22) that a POSITA could
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`Terasawa by adding an immersion fluid between the last lens surface and the wafer
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`and re-optimizing to obtain an imaging performance as good as, or better than, the
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`original dry design of Terasawa. This testimony is relevant because it contradicts
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`Petitioner’s claim that the imaging performance of Mr. Juergens’ Experiment I-IV
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`is as good as, or better than, the original dry design of Terasawa.
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`C. Testimony Demonstrating that Mr. Juergens’ Experiments Suffer
`From Beam Overlap
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`1.
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`In Ex. 2041, on page 88, line 14 to page 89, line 11, Mr.
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`Juergens testified that a POSITA would design a projection optical system that did
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`not include beam overlap. This testimony is relevant to the Mr. Juergens’
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`testimony at paragraph 48 on page 35 of his supplemental declaration, where he
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`testifies that his four design experiments show that a POSITA would have been
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`able to use software to modify the lens design shown in Fig. 5 of Terasawa to
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`include immersion. This testimony is relevant because it contradicts Mr. Juergens
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`testimony, in that at least Experiment III suffers from beam overlap.
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`2.
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`In Ex. 2041, on page 118, lines 15-19, Mr. Juergens testified
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`that he was told to ignore all other design characteristics, such as beam separation,
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`when pushing the numerical aperture to a desired numerical value. This testimony
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`is relevant to the Mr. Juergens’ testimony at paragraph 48 on page 35 of his
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`that a POSITA would have been able to use software to modify the lens design
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`shown in Fig. 5 of Terasawa to include immersion. This testimony is relevant
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`because it shows that Mr. Juergens was instructed to completely disregard serious
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`design considerations that a POSITA would have had to contend with in designing
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`such projection optical system.
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`3.
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`In Ex. 2041, on page 118, line 20 to page 119, line 1, Mr.
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`Juergens testified that a person of ordinary skill in the art designing a projection
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`optical system would have considered other design characteristics, such as
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`obscuration or beam separation in designing a projection optical system. This
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`testimony is relevant to the Mr. Juergens’ testimony at paragraph 48 on page 35 of
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`his supplemental declaration, where he testifies that his four design experiments
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`show that a POSITA would have been able to use software to modify the lens
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`design shown in Fig. 5 of Terasawa to include immersion. This testimony is
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`relevant because it shows that Mr. Juergens disregarded serious design
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`considerations that a POSITA would have had to contend with in designing such
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`projection optical system. Again, at least Mr. Juergens’ Experiment III suffers
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`from beam overlap.
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`In Ex. 2041, on page 119, line 2 to page 120, line 17, with
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`suffer from beam obscuration in that the second mirror in the projection optical
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`system would block some portion of the incoming beams and produce a partially
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`obscured pupil. This testimony is relevant to his earlier testimony on page 85, line
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`12 to page 87, line 10 of Ex. 2041, where Mr. Juergens testified that beam
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`separation is a consideration that he took into account while performing his
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`experiments, and that if a projection optical system does not separate beams then it
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`can negatively affect image quality by increasing an amount of RMS wavefront
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`error, limiting the amount of light ultimately projected through an optical system,
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`and preventing an entire image from passing through the projection optical system.
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`This testimony is relevant because it shows that Mr. Juergens failed to design a
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`projection optical system that forms an image, as recited in independent claim 1.
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`5.
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`In Ex. 2041, on page 121, lines 4-8, Mr. Juergens testified that
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`he only performed beam separation calculations for the two field points in his
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`experiments, and thus did not perform any calculations for the other field points in
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`the entire field of view. This testimony is relevant to the Mr. Juergens’ testimony
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`at paragraph 48 on page 35 of his supplemental declaration, where he testifies that
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`his four design experiments show that a POSITA would have been able to use
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`software to modify the lens design shown in Fig. 5 of Terasawa to include
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`immersion. This testimony is relevant because it shows Mr. Juergen took short-
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`have taken. As a result, at least Experiment III suffers from beam overlap.
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`D. Testimony Demonstrating that Terasawa’s Projection Optical
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`In Ex. 2041, on page 73, line 16 to page 74, line 9, Mr.
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`Juergens testified that in Example 2 of Terasawa the aberration, including RMS
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`wavefront error, is corrected for the entire image height (i.e., field width) of 10 to
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`16 mm. This testimony is relevant to the Petitioner’s assertion on page 13 of its
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`Reply (Paper No. 22) that a POSITA could have used CODE V software to
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`redesign the optical prescription for FIG. 5 in Terasawa by adding an immersion
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`fluid between the last lens surface and the wafer and re-optimizing to obtain an
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`imaging performance as good as, or better than, the original dry design of
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`Terasawa. This testimony is relevant because it shows that Mr. Juergens
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`Experiments I-V are not as good as or better than, the original dry design of
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`Terasawa, because Mr. Juergens’ Experiments are only corrected for the two field
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`points, not the entire field width.
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`In Ex. 2041, on page 74, line 10 to page 78, line 9, Mr.
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`Juergens testified that he understands the plots on page 1 and 2 of Exhibit 2036
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`which show the RMS wavefront error for Example 2 in Terasawa and the
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`distortion corresponding to Example 2 in Terasawa. Mr. Juergens acknowledges
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`waves RMS, which a person of ordinary skill in the art would understand produces
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`a high quality image. This testimony is relevant to the Petitioner’s assertion on
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`page 13 of its Reply (Paper No. 22) that a POSITA could have used CODE V
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`software to redesign the optical prescription for FIG. 5 in Terasawa by adding an
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`immersion fluid between the last lens surface and the wafer and re-optimizing to
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`obtain an imaging performance as good as, or better than, the original dry design of
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`Terasawa. This testimony is relevant because it shows that Mr. Juergens
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`Experiments I-V are not as good as or better than the original dry design of
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`Terasawa, because Mr. Juergens Experiments are only corrected for the two field
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`points, not the entire field width, and the RMS wavefront error in all of the
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`Experiments far exceeds 0.04 waves RMS.
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`In Ex. 2041, on page 79, line 10 to page 80, line 10, Mr.
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`Juergens testified that Ulrich teaches a lithographic system where the performance
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`is diffraction-limited, as the RMS wavefront error shown in Figs. 8, 10, 16, and 17
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`are all below 0.07 waves RMS over the whole field of view (i.e., field width). This
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`testimony is relevant to the Petitioner’s assertion on page 13 of its Reply (Paper No.
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`22) that a POSITA could have used CODE V software to redesign the optical
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`prescription for FIG. 5 in Terasawa by adding an immersion fluid between the last
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`relevant because it provides further evidence that Mr. Juergens Experiments I-V
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`are not as good as or better than the original dry design of Terasawa, because Mr.
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`Juergens Experiments are only corrected for the two field points, not the entire
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`field width, and the RMS wavefront error in all of the Experiments far exceeds
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`The undersigned certifies that a copy of the foregoing PATENT OWNER’S
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`EXAMINATION OF RICHARD C. JUERGENS along with PATENT OWNER’S
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`EXHIBITS 2029-2040 were served via email (IPR24984-0056IP1@fr.com) on July
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`9, 2014, in its entirety, on the following:
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`Marc M. Wefers
`Chris C. Bowley
`Lawrence K. Kolodney
`Kurt L. Glitzenstein
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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