IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`PRINTING INDUSTRIES OF AMERICA
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`Petitioner
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`v.
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`CTP INNOVATIONS, LLC
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`Patent Owner
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,611,349 to Vogt et al.
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`IPR Trial No. TBD
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`PETITION FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW OF
`CLAIMS 1-14 OF
`U.S. PATENT NO. 6,611,349
`UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 312 AND 37 C.F.R. §42.104
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`John M. Adams (Lead Counsel)
`Reg. No. 26,697
`Price & Adams, P.C.
`4135 Brownsville Road
`P.O. Box 98127
`Pittsburgh, PA 15227-0127
`Telephone No. (412)882-7170
`Facsimile No. (412)884-6650
`Email: paip.law@verizon.net
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`Lawrence G. Zurawsky (Back-up Counsel)
`Reg. No. 22,776
`Zurawsky & Associates
`429 Forbes Avenue, Suite 600
`Pittsburgh, PA 15219
`Telephone No. (412)281-7766
`Facsimile No. (412)281-7769
`Email: szurawsky@aol.com
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`______________________
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`______________________
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`PRINTING INDUSTRIES OF AMERICA
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`Petitioner
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`v.
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`CTP INNOVATIONS, LLC
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`Patent Owner
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,611,349 to Vogt et al.
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`IPR Trial No. TBD
`
`PETITION FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW OF
`CLAIMS 1-14 OF
`U.S. PATENT NO. 6,611,349
`UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 312 AND 37 C.F.R. §42.104
`
`
`John M. Adams (Lead Counsel)
`Reg. No. 26,697
`Price & Adams, P.C.
`4135 Brownsville Road
`P.O. Box 98127
`Pittsburgh, PA 15227-0127
`Telephone No. (412)882-7170
`Facsimile No. (412)884-6650
`Email: paip.law@verizon.net
`
`Lawrence G. Zurawsky (Back-up Counsel)
`Reg. No. 22,776
`Zurawsky & Associates
`429 Forbes Avenue, Suite 600
`Pittsburgh, PA 15219
`Telephone No. (412)281-7766
`Facsimile No. (412)281-7769
`Email: szurawsky@aol.com
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`I. MANDATORY NOTICES.................................... 1
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` A. Real Party In Interest................................. 1
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` B. Related Matters........................................ 1
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` C. Counsel................................................ 1
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` D. Service Information.................................... 2
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`II. CERTIFICATION OF GROUNDS FOR STANDING................ 2
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`III. OVERVIEW OF CHALLENGE AND RELIEF REQUESTED.......... 2
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` A. Prior Art Patent Documents.............................. 2
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` B. Prior Art Non-Patent Documents.......................... 3
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` C. Grounds of Challenge.................................. 4
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`IV. LEGAL PRINCIPLES......................................... 4
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`V. CLAIM CONSTRUCTION......................................... 5
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` A. The term “end user facility”.......................... 6
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` B. The term “communication network” .................... 6
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` C. The term “central service facility”.................. 7
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` D. The term “printing company facility”................. 7
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` E. The term “communication routing device”............... 7
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` F. The term “plate-ready file”............................ 7
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` G. The term “thin Postscript file”....................... 8
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` H. The term “fat Postscript file”........................ 8
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`VI.OVERVIEW OF THE ‘349 PATENT............................... 8
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`A. Brief Description......................................... 8
`B. Summary of the Prosecution History of the ‘349 Patent 9
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`VII. THE CHALLENGED CLAIMS ARE NOT PATENTABLE.............. 17
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` A. Independent Claim 1 is Not Patentable................ 17
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` 1. Claim 1 is Anticipated By Lucivero et al. Under
` 35 U.S.C. §102(e) .................................. 18
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` 2. Claim 1 is Obvious over Nusbickel et al. in
` View of Lucivero et al. Under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) ... 21
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` 3. Claim 1 is Obvious over Nusbickel et al. in
` View of Sands et al. and Benson et al. Under
`35 .S.C. §103(a) ..................................
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`23
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`B. Independent Claim 2 is Not Patentable............... 27
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`Claim 2 is obvious over Nusbickel et al. in view
`of Lucivero et al. and further in view of Seybold
` Vol. 27 and Adams II et al. Under 35 U.S.C. §103(a)
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` C. Independent Claim 3 is Not Patentable............... 30
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` 1. Claim 3 is Indefinite Under 35 U.S.C. §112.......... 30
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` 2. Claim 3 is Obvious Over Lucivero et al. in View
` of Nusbickel et al. and Sands et al.
`Under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) ............................. 31
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`D. Independent Claim 4 is Not Patentable............... 35
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`Claim 4 is Obvious Over Lucivero et al. in
`View of Sands et al., Aldus, and Andersson et al.
`Under 35 U.S.C. §103(a)
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`E. Independent Claim 10 is Not Patentable...............42
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`Claim 10 is Obvious Over Lucivero et al. in view of Sands,
`et al., Zilles and Andersson et al. Under 35 U.S.C. §103(a)
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`F. The Dependent Claims Recite Additional Features
` That Are Not Patentable ............................45
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`1. Dependent Claim 5 Recites Communicating
`The PDF File to the Remote User, Which is
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` Anticipated and Obvious..........................45
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`2. Dependent Claim 6 Recites Converting the
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` File in Plate-Ready Format Into a Virtual
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` Software Proofing File, Which is Anticipated
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` And Obvious ..................................... 47
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`3. Dependent Claim 7 Recites The Step of
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`Dragging and Dropping Elements Selected
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` From a Database of Said Imaging Files,
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` Which is Anticipated And Obvious ................49
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`4. Dependent Claim 8 Recites The Step of
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`Using a Web Browser Configured for Communications
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`Over the Internet, Which is Anticipated
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` And Obvious ................ ......................50
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`5. Dependent Claim 9 Recites The Step of
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`Using a Private Network Configured for
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`Dedicated Communications Which is Obvious ......52
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`6. Dependent Claim 11 Recites The Storing of
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`Low Resolution Files at a Central Service
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`Facility, Which is Obvious ......................54
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`7. Dependent Claim 12 Recites The Step of
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`Receiving a Postscript File From a Communication
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`Network and Swapping the Low Resolutions Files
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`With High Resolution Files, Which is Obvious ...55
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`8. Dependent Claim 13 Recites Converting
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`The Page Layout from a Postscript File to
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`A PDF, Which is Obvious ......................... 57
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`9. Dependent Claim 14 Recites The Step of
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` Converting A PDF File to a Plate-Ready File,
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`Which is Obvious.................................. 58
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` VIII. CONCLUSION.......................................... 60
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`TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
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` Page(s)
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`FEDERAL CASES
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`Biotech Biologische Naturverpackungen GmbH & Co. KG v.
`Biocorp, Inc. 249 F.3d. 1341, 1349 (Fed. Cir. 2001)……………………………5
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`KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex, Inc.,
`550 U.S. 398 (2007) ............................................................................................. 5
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`In re Schreiber,
`128 F.3d 1473 (Fed. Cir. 1997) .........................................................................................4
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`In re Yamamoto,
`740 F.2d 1569 (Fed. Cir. 2004) .........................................................................................5
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`FEDERAL STATUTES
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`35 U.S.C. § 102 ......................................................................................................2, 3, 4,10,18
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`35 U.S.C. § 103 ..................................................................................... 4,10,21,23,27,32,35,42
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`35 U.S.C. § 112 .....................................................................................………………….30,31
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`35 U.S.C. § 314(a) ...................................................................................................................4
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`REGULATIONS
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`37 CFR 42.22(a)(1) ..................................................................................................................2
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`37 CFR 42.104 .................................................................................................................. 2, 17
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.100(b) .............................................................................................................5
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`77 Fed. Reg. 48764 (Aug. 14, 2012) ...................................................................................5
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`1101
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`‘349 patent
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`EXHIBITS
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`1102
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`Office action dated January 29, 2003
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`1103
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`The Nusbickel et al. patent (U.S. Patent No. 6,119,133)
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`1104
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`Amendment dated April 29, 2003
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`1105
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`Notice of Allowability dated May 19, 2003
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`1106
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`The Lucivero et al. patent (U.S. Patent No. 7,242,487)
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`1107
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`The Sands et al. patent (U.S. Patent No. 5,634,091)
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`1108
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`The Benson et al. patent European Patent Application No.
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`EP0878303
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`1109
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`1110
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`1111
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`1112
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`1113
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`1114
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`1115
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`The Seybold Report on Publishing Systems Vol. 27, No. 4,
`Oct. 27, 1997
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`Adams II et al., “Computer-to-Plate” Automating the
`Printing Industry”, GAFT, 1996
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`Aldus Corporation, “OPI Open Prepress Interface
`Specification 1.3”, 1993
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`Andersson et al., PDF Printing and Publishing,
`Micro Publishing Press 1997
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`The Seybold Report on Publishing Systems, Vo. 26,
`No. 20, July 21, 1997
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`Zilles, “Using PDF for Digital Data Exchange”, TAGA
`Proceedings, Technical Association of the Graphic
`Arts, 1997
`
`The Dorfman et al. patent (European Patent Application
`No. EP0920667)
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