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` BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`CARDIOCOM, LLC, :
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` Petitioner, : No. IPR2013-00431
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` v. : IPR2013-00449
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`ROBERT BOSCH HEALTHCARE : IPR2013-00451
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`SYSTEMS, INC., : IPR2013-00468
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` Videotaped Deposition of ROBERT T. STONE, Ph.D.
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`Job No. 54286
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`Bosch Ex. 2007
`Cardiocom v. Bosch IPR2013-00431
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`Cardiocom v. Bosch IPR2013-00468
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`a Certified California Realtime Reporter, Certified
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`ON BEHALF OF THE PETITIONER:
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` WILLIAM D. SCHULTZ, ESQUIRE
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`ON BEHALF OF THE PATENT OWNER:
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` ROBERT T. STONE, Ph.D.,
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` having been duly sworn, testified as follows:
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` having been duly sworn, testified as follows:
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` THE VIDEOGRAPHER: Here begins Video No. 1
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`in the videotaped deposition of Dr. Robert Stone in
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`the matter of Cardiocom, LLC versus Robert Bosch
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`Healthcare Systems, Incorporated, in the United
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`States Patent and Trademark Office before the Patent
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`Trial and Appeal Board.
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` Case Nos. are IPR 2013-00431, Patent
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` Case No. IPR 2013-00449, Patent No.
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` Case No. IPR 2013-00451, Patent No.
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` And case No. IPR 2013-00468, Patent No.
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` This video deposition is taking place at
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` MR. de BLANK: Yes, my name is Bas de Blank
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`with Orrick Herrington Sutcliffe representing Bosch.
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` MR. SCHULTZ: Good morning, my name is
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` THE VIDEOGRAPHER: Thank you.
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` The court reporter today is Yvonne
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` MR. de BLANK: And just a couple
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` A. If my memory is correct on those numbers,
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` A. That's correct.
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` Q. Okay.
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` A. The last time would have been 2010, 2011.
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