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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`BROADCOM CORPORATION
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`Petitioner
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`WI-FI ONE, LLC
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`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2013-00636
`U.S. Patent No. 6,424,625
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`PETITIONER’S OPPOSITION TO PATENT OWNER’S MOTION TO
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`Contents
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`I. Statement of Relief Requested and Facts in Dispute .......................................... 1
`II. Owner Has Failed to Meet Its Burden of Proof ............................................... 2
`A. There is No Written Description Support for the Amendment ..................... 2
`B. Claim 20 is Anticipated by Vornefeld ........................................................... 6
`C. The Amendments Do Not Further Limit the Claims .................................. 10
`III. Owner Has Failed to Show Patentability Over the Prior Art in General ....... 11
`IV. Conclusion ...................................................................................................... 12
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`TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
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`Cases
`Idle Free Sys., Inc. v. Bergstrom, Inc., IPR2012-00027, Paper 66 at 33 ................. 11
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`In re Kaslow, 707 F.2d 1366, 1375, 217 USPQ 1089, 1096 (Fed. Cir. 1983) .......... 2
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`International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. v. The United States of America,
`IPR2013-00124, Paper 12 at 11 ............................................................................ 11
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`Lockwood v. American Airlines, Inc., 107 F. 3d 1565, 1572 (Fed. Cir. 1997) .......... 2
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`Ralston Purina Co. v. Far-Mar-Co, Inc., 772 F.2d 1570, 1575, 227 USPQ 177, 179
`(Fed. Cir. 1985) ...................................................................................................... 2
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`Vas Cath Inc. v. Mahurkar, 935 F.2d 1555, 1563 (Fed. Cir. 1991) .......................... 2
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`ZTE Corp. v. Contentguard Holdings Inc., IPR2013-00136, Paper 33 at 4 ............ 11
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`Statutes
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`35 U.S.C. §112, .......................................................................................................... 2
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`I. Statement of Relief Requested and Facts in Dispute
`Owner’s1 Motion to Amend attempts to substitute Claim 1 with a new
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`substitute Claim 20. The Motion to Amend should be denied because Owner has
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`failed to meet its burden of proving that it is entitled to have the substitute claim
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`entered into the ’625 patent. Owner cannot meet its burden because: (1) Owner’s
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`proposed amendments are not supported by the ’625 patent; and (2) the proposed
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`amendments are not patentably distinct from the prior art.
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`Claim 1 recites, inter alia, “a transmitter in the data network commanding a
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`receiver in the data network to a) receive at least one packet having a sequence
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`number that is not consecutive with a sequence number of a previously received
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`packet and b) release any expectation of receiving outstanding packets having
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`sequence numbers prior to the at least one packet.” Claim 1 further recites “the
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`transmitter discarding all packets for which acknowledgment has not been
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`received, and which have sequence numbers prior to the at least one packet.” The
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`proposed amendments add a receiver window and limit the transmitter to
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`commanding the receiver to receive, in step (a), at least one packet having a
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`sequence number that is outside the receiver window.
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`After institution, Ericsson transferred the ‘625 patent to Wi-Fi One, LLC.
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`This Reply refers to the current and prior owners as “Owner”.
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`II. Owner Has Failed to Meet Its Burden of Proof
`A. There is No Written Description Support for the Amendment
`Claim 20 is not patentable under 35 U.S.C. §112, first paragraph, due to a
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`lack of written description support for the claimed subject matter. In particular, the
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`’625 patent fails to provide support for a transmitter commanding a receiver to
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`receive a packet “outside of the receiver window.”
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`“[T]he test for sufficiency of support in a [patent] application is whether the
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`disclosure of the application relied upon ‘reasonably conveys to the artisan that the
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`inventor had possession at that time of the later claimed subject matter.’” Vas Cath
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`Inc. v. Mahurkar, 935 F.2d 1555, 1563 (Fed. Cir. 1991), quoting Ralston Purina
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`Co. v. Far-Mar-Co, Inc., 772 F.2d 1570, 1575, 227 USPQ 177, 179 (Fed. Cir.
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`1985) (quoting In re Kaslow, 707 F.2d 1366, 1375, 217 USPQ 1089, 1096 (Fed.
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`Cir. 1983)). “A description which renders obvious the invention for which an
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`earlier filing date is sought is not sufficient.” Lockwood v. American Airlines, Inc.,
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`107 F. 3d 1565, 1572 (Fed. Cir. 1997).
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`Generally, the ’625 patent is directed to a wireless ARQ transmission
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`scheme in which a transmitter and a receiver are exchanging packets. (’625 at
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`5:15-17; Ex. 1001). The transmitter maintains a transmit window to keep track of
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`packets it has sent, and the receiver maintains a separate receiver window to keep
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`track of packets it has received.
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`Since each window is maintained by the respective device, a situation can
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`arise where the receiver is expecting to receive packets that the transmitter is no
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`longer going to transmit (e.g., due to a retransmission timeout by the transmitter).
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`For example, the transmitter can discard (decide to not re-transmit) certain packets
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`and advance the lower end of its transmit window, but the receiver has not yet
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`advanced the lower end of its receiver window, because the receiver is still
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`expecting to receive a packet discarded by the transmitter.2
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`The ’625 patent describes a technique for reporting the progress of a
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`“bottom part of a sender window of the transmitter … to the receiver in order to
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`allow the receiver to properly skip packets which do not exist anymore because
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`they have been discarded.” (’625 at 5:18-21; Ex. 1001). In an embodiment, the
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`’625 patent advances the receiver window by setting a Receiver Packet
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`Enforcement Bit (“RPEB”) in a packet to TRUE to cause the receiver to receive
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`the packet and move the receiver window. (’625 at 5:28-32; Ex. 1001).
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`2 As pointed out in the Petition, the named inventors appeared to believe that there
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`were no methods of discarding in ARQ systems. (Pet. at 11; Paper No. 3). As the
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`many examples of prior art cited by Petitioner show, the idea of discarding in an
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`ARQ system had been addressed many times before the ‘625 patent was filed.
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`Owner alleges that two sections in the specification support its amendment
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`“wherein the sequence number of the at least one packet is outside of the receiver
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`window.” However, neither provides written description support for the proposed
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`amendments – to the contrary, the ’625 patent discloses that the receiver only
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`receives packets that fall within the receiver window.
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`First, Owner identifies the following portion of the ’625 patent:
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`If the difference between N(S) and ESN (for example,
`ESN1) is less than 2k−1 and RPEB=TRUE at a packet
`reception, then the packet will be accepted and forwarded
`to higher layer as long as the data carried in the packet is
`also correct.
`(’625 Pat. at 6:32-36; Ex. 1001). But this portion describes the reception of a
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`packet within the receiver window and thus offers no support whatsoever for
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`Owner’s proposed amendment regarding reception of a packet outside of the
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`receiver window. In the ‘’625 patent, the size of the receiver window is 2k−1, N(S)
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`is the sequence number of the received packet, and ESN1 is the sequence number
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`of the expected packet (and the lower end of the receiver window). Thus, when
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`“the difference between N(S) and ESN (for example, ESN1) is less than 2k−1,” the
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`received packet is within the receiver window. Owner’s first citation therefore
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`contradicts transmitting a packet outside the receiver window.
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`When asked why this passage supports Owner’s proposed construction,
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`Owner’s expert, Dr. Akl, speculated that the receiver window size might not equal
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`the transmitter window size, and if the receiver window were smaller than the
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`transmitter window, this portion of the ’625 patent could disclose transmitting a
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`packet outside the receiver window. (Akl Tr. at 116:3-118:19; Ex. 1021). But Dr.
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`Akl simply made up this argument out of thin air. He could not identify any
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`disclosure in the ’625 patent of the receiver window actually being a different size
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`than the transmitter window. (Akl Tr. at 117:12-118:3). For good reason – the
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`specification says exactly the opposite:
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`W [window size] can assume an arbitrary value between
`1 and 2k-1. However, the receiver and transmitter must
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`(’625 at 7:19-21; Ex. 1001). Thus the speculative basis for Dr. Akl’s and Owner’s
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`position that the specification supports the proposed amendment is expressly
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`contradicted by the specification.
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`Second, Owner cites the following portion of the Background section of the
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`patent to support its amendment:
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`The receiver window size in a Selective Reject scheme
`can include up to 2k−1 positions, instead of just one
`position as in a Go-Back-N scheme. In Selective Reject
`a range of packets can be received since the receiver
`window can include up to 2k−1 positions.
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`(’625 at 2:60-65; Ex. 1001). This portion of the specification does not lend any
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`support to Owner’s proposed amendment either. This disclosure simply describes
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`having a receiver window size of up to 2k−1 positions; it does not describe receiving
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`a packet outside the receiver window. Further, Owner’s expert admitted that this
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`section does not disclose transmitting a packet outside the receiver window. (Akl
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`Tr. at 115:11-18; Ex. 10213). Therefore, the amendment should be rejected as not
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`being supported by the specification of the ’625 patent.
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`B. Claim 20 is Anticipated by Vornefeld
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`Even if the specification of the ’625 patent were found to support Owner’s
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`proposed claim amendment (which it does not), claim 20 is invalid over Vornefeld.
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`Vornefeld (Ex. 2026) was published in July, 1997 and qualifies as prior art to the
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`’625 patent under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b). Vornefeld describes the Selective Reject
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`with Discarding (SR/D) ARQ protocol, which includes different methods that can
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`be used to reject packets in ARQ protocols. (Ex. 2026 at 40). In section 5.3.1.2,
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`“Implicit discarding through moving the window,” Vornefeld discloses
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`transmitting cells that are outside of the receiver window:
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`3 In addition, this cited portion is from the Background description of admitted
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`prior art, and therefore cannot supply any basis for establishing the patentability of
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`ATM-cells that have already been assigned a sequence number can
`also be discarded without the transfer of discard messages by having
`the transmitter moving their transmission window correspondingly
`when rejecting cells. Through this, I-frames are delivered, which are
`outside of the recipient window and which would be invalid by the
`standard SR-ARQ-protocols.
`(Ex. 2026 at 42 (emphasis added)).
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`Owner admits that the concept of receiving packets outside a receiver
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`window is not, by itself, novel, and identifies this mechanism in Vornefeld. (Paper
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`No. 36 at 10). Consistent with Owner’s admission, Dr. Akl testified that it is
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`inherent that one of skill in the art would know to transmit a packet outside the
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`receiver window. (Akl Tr. at 129:4-14 and 144:12-144:5; Ex. 1021). Therefore,
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`since transmitting a packet outside a receiver window is itself not inventive, then
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`Owner’s amendment does not add any inventive aspects to claim 20.
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`To distinguish from Vornefeld, Owner only disputes that Vornefeld “creates
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`rather than releases expectation of cells having a lower sequence number,” and
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`therefore Vornefeld does not anticipate substitute claim 20. However Vornefeld
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`states that by receiving an I-frame outside of the window, “the recipient recognizes
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`that the transmitter has discarded cells, and also moves their window and ends the
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`waiting for the I-frame of their sequence numbers outside of the window.” (Ex.
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`2026 at 42). A person of skill in the art would therefore understand Vornefeld to
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`disclose releasing expectation of any packets outside of the receiver window.
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`Figure 5.3 of Vornefeld shows an exemplary implementation where the
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`transmitter sends a packet outside the receiver window causing the receiver to no
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`longer wait for a packet.
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`(Ex. 2026 at 43).
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`The receiver in Figure 5.3 has a window size of four (i.e., the receiver is
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`expecting to receive packets SN1, 2, 3 and 4). Figure 5.3 shows that the receiver
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`properly receives SN3 and SN4, but is missing SN1 and SN2. The receiver
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`therefore requests a repeat of SN1. The transmitter in the meantime discarded
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`SN1, and therefore sends SN5 (which is outside of the receiver’s window SN1-
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`SN4). The receiver receives SN5 and therefore shifts its window to SN2-SN5,
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`releasing expectation of receiving SN1. (Ex. 2026 at 43).
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`While in the example shown in Figure 5.3 the receiver still waits for SN2,
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`Dr. Akl testified that in the situation where only SN1 was outstanding, receiving
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`SN5 as shown in Figure 5.3 would cause the receiver to release expectations for all
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`outstanding packets (i.e., SN1). (Akl Tr. at 149:1-150:4; Ex. 1021). Prior to
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`receipt of SN5, the receiver window would be SN1-SN4. (Id. at 145:14-17; Ex.
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`1021). Since the receiver already received packets SN2-SN4, upon receipt of SN5
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`the receiver would shift its window to SN2-SN5, releasing expectations of SN1.
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`(Id. at 148:10-25 and 149:20-22; Ex. 1021). The receiver would then pass received
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`packets SN2-SN5 up to higher layers. (Id. at 148:20-25 and 149:23-150:1; Ex.
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`1021). Therefore a person of skill in the art would understand Vornefeld to
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`disclose that if a receiver is only waiting for one I-frame and the transmitter causes
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`the receiver to stop waiting for the single I-frame, then the receiver releases
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`expectation for the one and only outstanding I-frame.
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`The ’625 patent relates to reporting the progress of the lower-end of a
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`transmitter window to a receiver. For example, a transmitter can discard a number
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`of packets at the lower-end of the window, but the receiver is still expecting to
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`receive a packet within the discarded range. Although the ’625 patent does not
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`disclose transmitting a packet outside the receiver window to report the progress of
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`the lower end of its window, assuming such is true to address Owner’s argument,
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`the ’625 patent would release expectation of one or more of the discarded packets
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`at the lower end of the window. This is exactly what Vornefeld discloses –
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`Vornefeld delivers frames outside of the transmitter window to cause the receiver
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`to move the lower end of its window over discarded cells, thus “releasing
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`expectation” of the discarded cells.
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`C. The Amendments Do Not Further Limit the Claims
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`Claim 1 recites a “transmitter” and is directed to a method performed by the
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`transmitter. Owner’s amendment attempts to claim a receiver window in a
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`receiver, yet both method steps (a) and (b) in claim 20 are performed by the
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`transmitter. Claim 1 does not affirmatively recite steps performed by a receiver,
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`whereas other claims, such as dependent claim 6, do recite such steps (like
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`rejecting packets outside the receiver window). (’625 patent at 11:23-48; (Ex.
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`1001).
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`Owner does not indicate how the claim amendments directed to steps
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`performed in the receiver would limit a claim to a transmitter method. If the
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`receiver controls its own window, the proposed amendment fails to limit the
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`transmitter method of claim 1, and the amendment should be rejected for the same
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`reasons that claim 1 should be cancelled.
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`III. Owner Has Failed to Show Patentability Over the Prior Art in General
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`To demonstrate patentability, the “Owner should discuss, as well as present
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`evidence, if appropriate, as to the level of ordinary skill in the art, and what was
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`known regarding the features being relied upon to demonstrate patentability of the
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`proposed claims.” (International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. v. The United States
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`of America, IPR2013-00124, Paper 12 at 11, citing Idle Free Sys., Inc. v.
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`Bergstrom, Inc., IPR2012-00027, Paper 66 at 33).
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`Owner’s motion does not once address the level of one of ordinary skill in
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`the art. Although some of Owner’s arguments mention in passing that “one of
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`ordinary skill in the art would not combine” references, Owner does not present
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`any evidence as to the level of ordinary skill in the art. The Akl declaration
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`provides a definition of the level of ordinary skill in the art, but the Board should
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`not give this any weight because Owner did not refer to it in its motion. (ZTE
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`Corp. v. Contentguard Holdings Inc., IPR2013-00136, Paper 33 at 4).
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`IV. Conclusion
`For the reasons described above, Owner’s motion to amend should be
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`denied.
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`Dated: October 1, 2014
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Michael A. Diener/
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`Michael A. Diener, Reg. No. 37,122
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`Exhibit
`1001.
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`1002.
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`1003.
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`1004.
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`1005.
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`1006.
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`1007.
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`1008.
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`1009.
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`1010.
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`1011.
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`1012.
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`1013.
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`Table of Exhibits for U. S. Patent 6,424,625
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`Description
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,424,625
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`Garrabrant et al., U.S. Patent No. 5,610,595, entitled “Packet
`Radio Communication System Protocol” (“Garrabrant”)
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`Hettich Thesis, entitled “Development and performance
`evaluation of a Selective Repeat – Automatic Repeat Request
`(SR-ARQ) protocol for transparent, mobile ATM access,”
`(1996) (“Hettich”) (Certified Translation at Ex. 1007)
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`Walke et. al., German Patent No. DE 19543280, entitled
`“Process and Cellular Mobile Communication System for
`Wireless Broadband Connection of Mobile Stations with ATM
`Interfaces to Error Protection of an ATM Network” (“Walke”)
`(Certified Translation at Ex. 1008)
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`Kemp, U.S. Patent No. 6,621,799, entitled “Semi-Reliable Data
`Transport” (“Kemp”)
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`Declaration of Harry Bims, Ph.D.
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`Certified Translation of Hettich (Ex. 1003)
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`Certified Translation of Walke (Ex. 1004)
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`German to English Translations of the German word
`“weitergeschoben”
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`REDACTED Rebuttal Expert Report of Scott Nettles, Ph.D.
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`IEEE Dictionary Definition of “Command”
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`Bertsekas, et al., DATA NETWORKS, Prentice-Hall, pp. 58-73
`(1987) (“Bertsekas”)
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,424,625 Patent Prosecution History,
`Amendment of October 31, 2001
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`Description
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`1014.
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`1015.
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`1016.
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`1017.
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`1018.
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`1019.
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`1020.
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`1021.
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`1022.
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`Ericsson Inc. v. D-Link Corp., Case No. 6:10-cv-473 (E. D.
`Tex.), Trial Transcript, Morning of June 5, 2013
`Docket for Ericsson Inc. v. D-Link Corp., Case No. 6:10-cv-473
`(E. D. Tex.)
`Docket No. 415 from Ericsson Inc. v. D-Link Corp., Case No.
`6:10-cv-473 (E. D. Tex., 2013)
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`Declaration of David Djavaherian
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`Ericsson’s Emergency Motion for Relief from the Protective
`Order, Case 6:10-CV-473 (LED/KFG), March 8, 2013
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`Docket for Case 6:10-CV-473 (LED/KFG), printed December
`20, 2013
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`December 20, 2013 Order Denying Ericsson’s Emergency
`Motion for Relief from the Protective Order in Ericsson Inc. v.
`D-Link Corp. et al., Civil Action No. 10-cv-473 (E. D. Tex.)
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`Oral Deposition of Robert Akl, D.Sc., September 16, 2014.
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`Reply Declaration of Harry Bims, Ph.D.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that, on October 1, 2014, I caused a true and correct copy of
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`the foregoing Petitioner’s Opposition to Patent Owner’s Motion to Amend and
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`Exhibits to be served via email on the attorneys identified in Owner’s Updated
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`Mandatory Notice and Notice of Appearance for John Shumaker, whom consented
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`Peter J. Ayers
`J. Christopher Lynch, John Shumaker
`EricssonIPR2013-636@leehayes.com
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`/Michael A. Diener/
`Michael A. Diener
`Registration No. 37,122
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`to electronic service:
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