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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. 6,738,155 to Vogt et al.
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`IPR Trial No. TBD
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`PETITION FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW OF
`CLAIMS 1-20 OF
`U.S. PATENT NO. 6,738,155
`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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`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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`VI.OVERVIEW OF THE ‘155 PATENT............................... 8
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`A. Brief Description......................................... 8
`B. Summary of the Prosecution History of the ‘155 Patent 9
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`VII. THE CHALLENGED CLAIMS ARE NOT PATENTABLE.............. 18
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` A. Independent Claim 1 is Not Patentable................ 19
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` 1. Claim 1 is Anticipated By Andersson et al. Under
` 35 U.S.C. §102(b) .................................. 19
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` 2. Claim 1 is Obvious over Lucivero et al.
` in View of Andersson et al., Benson et al.
` And Sanders et al. Under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) ....... 26
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` 3. Claim 1 is Obvious over Lucivero et al. in
` View of Sands et al. and Buckley Under
`35 U.S.C. §103(a) .................................. 32
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`B. Independent Claim 10 is Not Patentable............... 34
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` 1. Claim 10 is Anticipated by Zilles in View
` Under 35 U.S.C. §102(b) ............................. 34
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` 2. Claim 10 is Obvious Over Lucivero et al. in View
` Andersson et al. Under 35 U.S.C. §103(a)............ 36
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` 3. Claim 10 is Obvious Over Benson (‘818) in View
` Of Buckley Under 35 U.S.C. §103(a)................. 40
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` C. Independent Claim 16 is Not Patentable............... 42
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` Claim 16 is Obvious Over Lucivero et al. in View
` of Andersson et al., Sands et al., and Zilles
`Under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) ............................. 42
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`D. The Dependent Claims Recite Additional Features
`That Are Not Patentable ............................ 47
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`1. Dependent Claim 2.................................... 47
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`2. Dependent Claim 3..................................48
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`3. Dependent Claim 4..................................49
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`4. Dependent Claim 5....................................49
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`5. Dependent Claim 6....................................50
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`6. Dependent Claim 7....................................51
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`7. Dependent Claim 8....................................52
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`8. Dependent Claim 9....................................52
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`9. Dependent Claim 11...................................53
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` 10.Dependent Claim 12...................................54
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` 11.Dependent Claim 13...................................54
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` 12.Dependent Claim 14...................................55
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` 13.Dependent Claim 15...................................56
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` 14.Dependent Claim 17...................................57
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` 15.Dependent Claim 18...................................58
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` 16.Dependent Claim 19...................................58
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` 17.Dependent Claim 20...................................59
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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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`1201
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`‘155 patent
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`EXHIBITS
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`1202
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`Office action dated January 29, 2003
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`Amendment dated February 4, 2004
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`Andersson et al., PDF Printing and Publishing,
`Micro Publishing Press 1997
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`The Lucivero et al. patent (U.S. Patent No. 7,242,487)
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`1206
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`The Benson et al. patent European Patent Application No.
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`EP0878303
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`The Sands et al. patent (U.S. Patent No. 5,634,091)
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`1208
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`1209
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`1210
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`Buckley, “A Framework for Digital Data Workflow in a
`Graphic Arts System”, TAGA Proceedings, Technical
`Association of the Graphic Arts, 1997
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`Zilles, “Using PDF for Digital Data Exchange”, TAGA
`Proceedings, Technical Association of the Graphic
`Arts, 1997
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`The Holub patent (U.S. Patent No. 6,043,909)
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`The Dorfman et al. patent (European Patent Application
`No. EP0920667)
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`The Benson patent (U.S. Patent No. 6,046,818)
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`Aldus Corporation, “OPI Open Prepress Interface
`Specification 1.3”, 1993
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`Adams II et al., “Computer-to-Plate” Automating the
`Printing Industry”, GAFT, 1996
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