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` UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
` BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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` __________________________
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` FACEBOOK, INC., LINKEDIN :
` CORP., and TWITTER, INC., :
` :
` Petitioners : Case
` : Nos. IPR2013-00478
` v. : IPR2013-00479
` : IPR2013-00480
` SOFTWARE RIGHTS ARCHIVE, : IPR2013-00481
` LLC, :
` Patent Owner :
` __________________________:
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` Volume 1 of 2
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` VIDEOTAPE DEPOSITION of PAUL S. JACOBS,
` Ph.D., taken before Ryan K. Black, RPR, CLR
` Notary Public, in and for the District of
` Columbia, at the offices of Rothwell, Figg,
` Ernst & Manbeck, P.C., 607 14th Street, N.W.,
` Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, August 5, 2014,
` commencing at 9:30 a.m.
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` A P P E A R A N C E S:
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` ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C.
` By: MARTIN ZOLTICK, ESQ.
` MICHAEL JONES, ESQ.
` SOUMYA PANDA, ESQ.
` 607 14th Street, N.W., Suite 800
` Washington, D.C. 20005
` 202.783.6040
` Representing - Software Rights Archive, LLC
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` DINOVO PRICE ELLWANGER & HARDY LLP
` By: VICTOR G. HARDY, ESQ.
` MITCH YANG, ESQ.
` 7000 North MoPac Expressway, Suite 350
` Austin, Texas 78731
` 512.539.2626
` Representing - Software Rights Archive, LLC
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` KEKER & VAN NEST
` By: DAVID J. SILBERT, ESQ.
` 633 Battery Street
` San Francisco, California 94111
` 415.676.2261
` Representing - LinkedIn Corp. & Twitter, Inc.
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` COOLEY LLP
` By: LOWELL MEAD, ESQ.
` 3175 Hanover Street
` Palo Alto, California 94304
` 650.849.5734
` Representing - Facebook, Inc.
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` ALSO PRESENT:
` Edward A. Fox, Ph.D
` Amy Langville, Ph.D.
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` I N D E X
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` TESTIMONY OF: PAUL S. JACOBS, Ph.D
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` BY MR. SILBERT.................................6
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` Ptnt Owner 2115 an errata sheet for Dr.
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` Jacobs' declaration.........83
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` THE VIDEOGRAPHER: We are now on the
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` record.
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` Please note that the microphones are
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` sensitive and may pick up whispering and private
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` conversations, and please turn off all cell
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` phones or place them away from the microphones,
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` as they can interfere with the deposition audio.
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` Recording will continue until all parties agree
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` to go off the record.
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` My name is Jason Levin, representing
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` Veritext. The date today is August 5th, 2014,
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` and the time is approximately 9:30 a.m.
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` This deposition is being held at
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` the offices of Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck,
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` located at 607 14th Street, Northwest, Suite
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` 800, Washington, D.C. 20005, and is being taken
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` by counsel for the petitioners.
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` The caption of the case is Facebook,
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` Inc., LinkedIn Corp., and Twitter, Inc., versus
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` Software Rights Archives, LLC.
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` The case is filed in the United States
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` Patent and Trademark Office, before the Patent
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` Trial and Appeal Board, IPR 2013-00478 and 479
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` and 480 and 481.
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` The name of the witness is Paul S.
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` Jacobs.
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` At this time, the attorneys present
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` will please identify themselves and the parties
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` they represent.
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` MR. SILBERT: David Silbert, Keker &
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` Van Nest, on behalf of LinkedIn and Twitter.
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` MR. MEAD: Lowell Mead, with Cooley,
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` LLP, on behalf of Facebook.
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` MR. HARDY: Victor Hardy, from DiNovo
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` Price Ellwanger & Hardy, on behalf of SRA.
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` MR. ZOLTICK: Marty Zoltick, from
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` Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, on behalf of
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` the patent owner, SRA.
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` MR. YANG: Mitch Yang, on behalf of
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` SRA, for DiNovo Price Ellwanger & Hardy.
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` MR. JONES: Michael Jones, Rothwell,
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` Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, on behalf of patent
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` owner, SRA.
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` MR. PANDA: Soumya Panda, on behalf of
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` SRA, Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck.
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` THE VIDEOGRAPHER: Anybody else?
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` MR. SILBERT: Also present is
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` Dr. Edward Fox.
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` THE VIDEOGRAPHER: And our court
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` reporter is Ryan --
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` MR. HARDY: Also present is Amy
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` Langville.
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` THE VIDEOGRAPHER: Our court reporter,
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` Ryan Black, representing Veritext, will swear in
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` the witness, and we can proceed.
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` PAUL S. JACOBS, Ph.D.,
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` called to testify, having been first duly sworn
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` or affirmed, was examined and testified as
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` follows:
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` CROSS EXAMINATION
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` BY MR. SILBERT:
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` Q. Good morning, Dr. Jacobs.
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` A. Good morning.
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` Q. Do you understand that you're under
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` oath?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And is there any reason that you can't
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` give truthful and accurate testimony today?
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` A. No.
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` Q. Okay. I want to direct your attention
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` to the Fox papers, and specifically to Fox
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` Thesis, Fox SMART and Fox Collections.
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` Now, your position is that those
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` papers do not teach or suggest analyzing objects
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` in a database that cite one another; is that
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` correct?
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` A. May I refer to my declaration?
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` Q. Please.
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` A. Do you have a particular page in mind?
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` Q. Of your declaration?
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` A. Yes. And which patent are we
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` discussing?
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` Q. I'm not, at this point, discussing a
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` particular patent, but I think this opinion
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` relates to all of the patents. And I don't have
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` a particular cite to your declaration in mind,
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` but this is something that you discussed
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` throughout your declaration.
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` A. Okay. Well, I'm going to review my
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` declaration, and I'm going to refer to it in my
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` answer.
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` Q. That's fine.
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` Do you need me to repeat the question?
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` A. Let -- I probably will, but may I find
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` the reference in my declaration first?
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` Q. Sure.
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` A. Okay. So would you repeat the
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` question, please?
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` Q. Yes.
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` Is it true that your position is that
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` Fox Thesis, Fox SMART and Fox Collections do not
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` teach or suggest analysis of objects in a
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` database that cite one another?
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` A. So -- so in my declaration; for
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` example, for the '352 patent, I have a section
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` starting on Page 62, Paragraph 130. And that
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` section -- the title of the section it says,
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` cited reference, do not teach and would not have
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` the claims.
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` Q. So is your answer to my question, yes?
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` I believe this addresses your
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` Q. Why don't I break it down?
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` A. Mm-hmm.
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` Q. Do you agree that the Fox papers,
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` and here I'm referring to Thesis, SMART and
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` Collections, disclose objects in a database, as
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` those terms are used in the patents?
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` A. No.
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` Q. So you think that none of those papers
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` discloses a database, as the term database is
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` used in the patents at issue, that contains
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` objects?
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` MR. HARDY: Objection; form.
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` THE WITNESS: I do not believe that
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` any of those papers discloses the database, as
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` claimed.
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` BY MR. SILBERT:
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` Q. Okay. And I want to be clear about
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` what I'm asking, because I'm trying to break
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` So at this point, I'm not focusing
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` is, do you agree that the Fox papers disclose
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` objects in a database, period -- or question
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` mark?
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` MR. HARDY: Objection; form.
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` THE WITNESS: I thought the question
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` was --
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` MR. HARDY: Objection; scope.
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` THE WITNESS: I thought the question
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` was -- I thought you said, in a database as
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` claimed.
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` And my answer is that I do not believe
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` those papers disclose objects in a database, as
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` used in any of the patents' claims.
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` BY MR. SILBERT:
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` Q. Okay. I referred to objects and
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` database as the patents used those terms.
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` So why don't we address that for a second?
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` MR. HARDY: Objection.
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` Sorry.
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` BY MR. SILBERT:
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` Q. What do you understand the patents to
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` mean by database?
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` A. Can we discuss a particular patent?
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` Q. Well, do you think that the definition
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` of database is different in the three patents?
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` A. I'd like to refer to the patents,
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` so ...
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` Q. Do you -- absolutely.
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` Do you want to look at the '352?
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` A. Sure.
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` MR. SILBERT: Do you mind?
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` It's towards the back of that. Maybe
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` it's up front.
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` BY MR. SILBERT:
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` Q. Dr. Jacobs, for simplicity, just
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` because -- oh, nevermind. I'm sorry. I have
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` the '352. Okay.
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` MR. SILBERT: Let the record reflect
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` I'm handing the witness a copy of the '352
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` patent.
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` Counsel, would you like copies?
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` MR. HARDY: Yes.
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` Is this being marked as an exhibit
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` MR. SILBERT: It's already an exhibit.
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` I wasn't planning to mark it again.
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` MR. HARDY: Okay. Do we know the
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` exhibit number of it?
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` MR. SILBERT: The '352 patent is
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` Exhibit 1001 in the '478 case.
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` MR. HARDY: Thank you.
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` THE WITNESS: Can we repeat the
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` question, or can the reporter read back the
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` question, please?
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` THE REPORTER: Sure.
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` (Referred-to testimony read back.)
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` THE WITNESS: Okay. So I'm referring
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` now to the '352 patent, and, in particular, to
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` Claim 26 of the '352 patent, which is one of the
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` base claims under review here.
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` And Claim 26 recites non-semantic
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` method for numerically representing objects in
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` a computer database and computerized searching.
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` And it goes on and it mentions database a number
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` And in the context of this claim,
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` database is referred to in many additional steps
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` of the claim, which -- which might narrow the
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` BY MR. SILBERT:
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` Q. Okay. Do you believe that the Fox
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` papers, again, I'm specifically referring here
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` to Thesis, SMART and Collections, disclose a
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` database?
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` And let me be clear, Dr. Jacobs.
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` I'm not asking, do they disclose every claimed
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` element of a database or a database with objects
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` that cite one another, et cetera. I'm trying to
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` break it down and go step-by-step, okay? Do you
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` understand that, my -- the approach I'm using
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` A. Yes. Yes. I understand.
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` Q. Okay. So let me ask the question
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` A. Uh-huh.
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` Q. Do you agree that the Fox papers, and,
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` specifically, Thesis, SMART and Collections,
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` A. And, as I said, my opinion was
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` directed to this claim, as an example, in this
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` patent. And the -- the Fox papers do not
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` disclose a database, as it's used in this claim.
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` Q. Okay. Do you believe that the Fox
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` A. Could you refer me to a specific
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` Q. Well, --
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` A. -- or is that the question, in my
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` Q. -- I'd rather not take the time to do
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` that because, as you've already said, they don't
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` don't we -- why don't we move to a slightly
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` different subject?
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` I'd like you to consider, please, a
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` hypothetical situation. So please assume that
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` Dr. Fox did all the same things that he did, but
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` that the CACM collection was different in the
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` following way: That instead of including only
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` the abstract title, author, et cetera, relating
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` including the bibliographies.
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` Do you understand that assumption?
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` A. Are we talking about a hypothetical
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` case? I understand that you're talking about a
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` hypothetical case, not one that's discussed in
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` the papers and not with a -- with respect to a
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` particular claim or step in the claims.
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` Q. Without agreeing to your complete
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` characterization, I am asking you to consider a
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` hypothetical case.
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` MR. HARDY: Objection; foundation.
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` Objection; form.
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` Q. Okay. So do you -- do you understand
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` the first part of the hypothetical I've given
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` you, which is that the CACM collection contained
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` Do you understand that?
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` A. I understand, and I disagree with that
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` Q. Okay. It's a hypothetical.
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` A. Okay.
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` Q. And please assume, also, that
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` -- do you understand that assumption -- instead
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` MR. HARDY: Objection; form.
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` Objection; foundation. Objection; scope.
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` BY MR. SILBERT:
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` I've given you?
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` A. I understand the hypothetical
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` situation.
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` Q. Do you agree that, in this
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` THE WITNESS: No. I completely
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` disagree that that would teach the analysis of
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` First of all, you said -- let me --
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` let me go on and explain the many reasons why I
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` disagree that that would meet --
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` BY MR. SILBERT:
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` Q. Please.
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` A. -- the requirement under the claims.
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` First of all, you said that Dr. Fox
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` you said that it was his thesis helpers. Second
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` of all, the claim refers, in many, many
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` instances, to a computer database, and you
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` didn't specify that there was any analysis of
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` relationships in a computer database.
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` If -- in your hypothetical situation,
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` you're assuming facts that aren't taught or
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` information, so that assumption is correct in
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` terms of what's discussed in the papers. And,
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` in your hypothetical, you made the assumption
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` So, first of all, this is not taught
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` I've reviewed. And it would not have been
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` obvious, given the disclosures of the Fox
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` obvious for -- for many reasons; for example,
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` Dr. Fox and his thesis helpers printed out some
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` abstracts of the articles and not the
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` They -- they chose to do so, probably
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` of doing so; for example, if they had had a lot
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` more text and a lot more content, Dr. Fox's
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` vectors would have been much longer for the --
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` the terms in those documents, and would have
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` dramatically changed and affected the results
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` and -- and, perhaps, harmed his experiments.
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` If he had had the electronic
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` contents of the -- of the bibliographies of
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` those articles, and -- and indexed them using
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` SMART, it could have added a lot of the terms
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` from the bibliographies themselves. And that,
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` in my opinion, would have, invariably, had a
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` dramatic effect on the results.
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` So those things attest the
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` non-obviousness of the assumptions that -- that
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` you've -- that you've made in terms of -- of
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` just the hypothetical that you've -- that you've
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` given.
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` Now, then, in addition, even if all
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` that -- that content were available in an
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` electronic format, it -- it -- it still wouldn't
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` -- and had been in the CACM collection in that
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` steps; for example, of Claim 26, obvious.
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` Because there would, likely, have been many,
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` many differences between what those thesis
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` any method would do using the electronic copies
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` of those documents.
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` And, therefore, even in your
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` hypothetical, it -- it does not, in my opinion,
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` the particular claim steps that I've reviewed,
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` and so it doesn't have any bearing on my opinion
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` that those steps are non-obvious.
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` MR. MEAD: I'm going to object and
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` BY MR. SILBERT:
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` Q. That -- that was a long answer,
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` but one of the things you focused on in the
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` beginning was the idea of analyzing the
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` relationships. And so I want to remove that,
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` for the second, from the equation. And, again,
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` I'm asking you questions piece by piece. I'm
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` not asking you, would this satisfy the whole
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` claim or all of the claims of the patent or
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` anything like that. I'm asking you, does it --
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` about particular elements, okay?
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` Do you -- did you understand that
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` approach that I'm taking? Because I -- I --
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` just -- I was about to ask another question,
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` but I want to be sure you understand. I'm not
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` asking you, would this -- would XYZ satisfy the
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` entire claim. I'm just asking you something
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` very specific, like, would XYZ disclose a
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` database or something like that.
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` Do you understand that?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Okay. So I want to take the analysis
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` step out of it, because you raised an issue with
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` that.
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` If the CACM collection included the
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` including the bibliographies, and the CACM
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` collection was stored as a collection in a
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` would comprise objects in a database that cite
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` one another?
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` MR. HARDY: Objection; form.
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` Objection; foundation. Objection; scope.
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` THE WITNESS: Could you read the
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` question back to me, please?
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` THE REPORTER: Sure.
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` (Referred-to testimony read back.)
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` THE WITNESS: In your hypothetical
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` example, that might include objects or cite
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` one another, or might not, but would not still
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` disclose a database, as discussed in these
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` claims, for the reasons that I've given.
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` BY MR. SILBERT:
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` Q. Why do you say might or might not?
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` What does it depend on?
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` A. Could you -- could you give me an
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` example from your hypothetical database?
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` Because you made a lot of assumptions, and
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` it's -- it's hard for me to -- can we refer to
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` the CACM collection?
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` Q. I am referring to it.
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` A. Would you like to refer to some
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` particular examples of the collection so that
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` we'll have something specific to discuss?
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` Q. No.
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` My question is, and there really
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` aren't a lot of assumptions. It's -- really,
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` the only assumption is that the collection
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` the abstract, author, et cetera. And I also
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` Given only those assumptions, don't
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` collection would comprise objects in a database
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` that cite one another?
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` A. Not necessarily.
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` Would you explain what you mean by
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` stored as a collection on a computer?
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` Q. Sure.
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` Stored as a group of documents in a
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` A. Okay. So this time you added the term
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` organized, which makes a difference. But the
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` way you've posed the question, it's very hard
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` to determine whether you would meet all the
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` criteria that I've given, in terms of what would
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` Q. Okay. Do you --
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` A. And, as I've said, the computer
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` database and objects are used in many ways in
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` these claims steps. And my opinion is about
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` these claims and about Dr. Fox's papers. And
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` your hypothetical is asking me to step far
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` and these papers, which is difficult for me to
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` do.
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` Q. Okay. I want to break it down piece
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` by piece, element by element, to see where the
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` problem is.
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` A. Which element are we referring to,
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` then?
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` Q. I'm about to ask you that.
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` A. Okay.
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` Q. Do you agree, in the hypothetical I've
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` given you, where the CACM collection contains
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` the full text of each article, including the
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` bibliographies, and is stored in an organized
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` way in a computer, that the CACM collection
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` I'm not asking you about citations
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` now. I'm just asking, would it comprise objects
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` in a database?
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` MR. HARDY: Objection; form.
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` Objection; scope. Objection; foundation.
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` THE WITNESS: Okay. So as I've
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` explained, the CACM collection does not, in
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` fact, contain that information; does not, in
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` fact, comprise objects in a database, with
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` citations; and it does not teach -- meet that
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` limitation. You say you're going element by
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` element, but you didn't identify any element.
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` Q. I did. The words are objects in a
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` database. Do -- do -- the question is, do
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` you --
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` A. Objects in a computer database as used
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` in Claim 26; is that correct?
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` Q. Just those words. Not everything
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` else in the rest of the claim. I don't want you
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` to say it doesn't satisfy every other element of
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` the claim. I'm just asking, does it disclose
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` -- would it comprise objects in a database?
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` That's all.
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` A. It would not comprise objects in a
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` database as an element of Claim 26 of the '352
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` Q. And why not?
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` A. Because objects in a computer database
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` is used in specific ways in the claim, and
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` -- and I can't interpret objects in -- in a
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` it's used in the claim.
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` Q. What is the requirement for something
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` to be an object in a database that's not met in
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` the example that I've given you?
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` A. First of all, as I've explained, the
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` CACM and the question that you asked, you asked
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` does the CACM collection meet the limitation?
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` informations that

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