Subaru of America, Inc., et al.
`v.
`Cruise Control Technologies LLC
`
`IPR2014‐00279
`Patent 6,324,463
`
`Trial Hearing
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`Petitioner Subaru of America, Inc.’s Demonstrative
`Exhibits DX‐1 through DX‐48 for March 24, 2015 Oral Argument
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`Subaru DX-1
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`Subaru of America, Inc., Exhibit 1010
`
`
`v.
`Cruise Control Technologies LLC
`
`IPR2014‐00279
`Patent 6,324,463
`
`Trial Hearing
`
`Petitioner Subaru of America, Inc.’s Demonstrative
`Exhibits DX‐1 through DX‐48 for March 24, 2015 Oral Argument
`
`Subaru DX-1
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`Subaru of America, Inc., Exhibit 1010
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`
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`Brief Overview of the ’463 Patent
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`Subaru DX-2
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`
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,324,463
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`Ex. 1001, ‘463 Patent
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`Subaru DX-3
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`Filed:
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`Issued:
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`• May 12, 1999
`• November 27, 2001
`Independent claims 1, 2, 12,
`13, 18, 21, 25, 26, and 34
`• Dependent claims 3 –5, 14 –
`16, 19, 20, 23, 27, 28, 30, 31,
`35, and 36
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`Claims at issue:
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,324,463
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`’463 Patent File History
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`Ex. 1002,‘463 patent file history, at 105; Pet. at 11(citing same)
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`Subaru DX-4
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,324,463
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`“Figure 1 illustrates a digital speed
`display, while Figure 2 illustrates an
`analog speedometer.”
`“When a cruise control set button . . .
`is pressed, the vehicle speed is
`stored in digital memory . . . as a
`preset speed.”
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`Paper 19, Board Decision, at 2‐3.
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`Subaru DX-5
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`Ex. 1001, ‘463 Patent, Fig 1
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`Ex. 1001, ‘463 Patent, Fig 2
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,324,463
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`David McNamara’s Testimony (Ex. 1007 at ¶ 39)
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`1. a cruise control system with a controller (c. 1, ll. 47‐55) that can be turned “on” or “off” (c. 1, ll.
`43‐45);
`2. a button that “turn[s] on the cruise control system” (c. 1, ll. 18‐20);
`3. a cruise control system that is either engaged or not engaged (c. 1, ll. 45‐47);
`4. a button that “engage[s], or set[s], the cruise control” (c. 1, ll. 23‐25);
`5. a “memory function that stores the set control speed” (c. 1, 26‐27);
`6.
`“applying the brakes to temporarily slow down temporarily disengages the cruise control
`function” (c. 1, ll. 28‐29);
`7. a “‘resume’” button to resume cruise control after disengaging it (c. 1, ll. 30‐32);
`8. a system that allows the vehicle to be accelerated without disengaging the cruise control (c. 1,
`ll. 32‐37; col. 4, ll. 6‐10);
`9. a system that switches modes (e.g., on/off or engaged/not engaged) “based on human or
`machine intervention” (c. 1, ll. 42‐60);
`10.“visual feedback indicating whether the cruise control system is enabled” (c. 1, ll. 63‐64);
`11.A main display or speedometer showing actual speed (c. 2, ll. 13‐30);
`12.Providing information to a driver (operator) about the operation of the cruise control system
`(c. 1, ll. 14‐18)
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`Subaru DX-6
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`
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,324,463
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`David McNamara
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`Ex. 1007 at 18, ¶ 41; Pet. at 14
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`Subaru DX-7
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`Claim Construction
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`Subaru DX-8
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`
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`“engaging the system” & “engaging the cruise control
`system”
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`Board’s Uncontested Construction
`“operating the cruise control system to
`automatically control the vehicle at the
`present speed”
`
`• “The term ‘comprising’ in claim 1 leaves open the
`possibility that other unclaimed components of
`the cruise control system, in addition to the speed
`controller, may play a part in controlling the
`vehicle’s speed.”
`
`Paper 19, Board Decision, at 5‐6
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`Subaru DX-9
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`
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`“enabling” & “enabled”
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`Board’s Uncontested Construction
`“a ‘system on’ state for the cruise
`control system”
`
`• “[T]he ‘463 patent specification consistently
`describes ‘enabling’ as turning on the cruise
`control system…and ‘engaging’ as setting the
`cruise control at a desired speed.”
`
`Paper 19, Board Decision, at 7
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`Subaru DX-10
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`
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`“unset status…” & “unset state…”
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`Board’s Uncontested Construction
`“a state or status in which there is no preset
`speed for the cruise control system”
`
`• “[T]he claims, themselves, associate setting of the
`preset speed with the cruise control system….”
`
`Paper 19, Board Decision, at 7‐8
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`Subaru DX-11
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`
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`“activating the cruise control system” & “deactivated”
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`Board’s Uncontested Construction
`“turning on the cruise control system” &
`“the cruise control system is turned off”
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`Paper 19, Board Decision, at 8‐9
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`Subaru DX-12
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`
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`Grounds for Unpatentability
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`Subaru DX-13
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`
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`PTAB Decision
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`Grounds for Unpatentability
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`Mizunoanticipates claims 1‐3, 5, 12‐14, 18, 21, 25, 26, & 34‐
`36.
`Miuraanticipates claims 1, 2, 12‐16, 21, 25‐27, & 29‐31.
`Mizuno + ordinary skill in the art render claims 4, 19, 20,
`23, 27, & 28 obvious.
`
`Mizuno
`Miura
`Mizuno + skill in
`the art
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`2
`1
`3
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`4
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`13
`12
`14
`5
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`15
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`16
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`19
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`20
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`18
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`21
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`23
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`27
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`26
`25
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`28
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`29
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`30
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`31
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`34
`35
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`Paper 19, Board Decision, at 34
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`Subaru DX-14
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`
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`Grounds for Unpatentability
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`Patent Owner does not respond to multiple grounds and claims:
`Patent Owner concedes that claims 3, 5, 14, 35, and 36 rise and fall
`with the independent claims in Ground A (Mizuno)
`Patent Owner concedes that claims 14, 29, and 30 rise and fall with
`the independent claims in Ground B(Miura), and did not address
`independent claim 26.
`Patent Owner provides no substantive response to any claim under
`Ground C (Mizuno + skill in the art)
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`•
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`•
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`Mizuno
`Miura
`Mizuno + skill in
`the art
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`2
`1
`3
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`4
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`13
`12
`14
`5
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`15
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`16
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`19
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`20
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`18
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`21
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`23
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`27
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`26
`25
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`28
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`29
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`30
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`31
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`34
`36
`35
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` Paper 27, Patent Owner’s Response
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`Subaru DX-15
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`
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`Prior Art at Issue – Mizuno
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`JP S58‐52708 to Mizuno, et al.
`“Speed Controlling Method
`for Vehicle”
`Published March 29, 1983
`Ground A: Mizuno anticipates
`claims 1‐3, 5, 12‐14, 18, 21,
`25, 26, & 34‐36.
`
`Ex. 1004, Mizuno
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`Subaru DX-16
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`
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`Prior Art at Issue – Mizuno
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`Ex. 1004, Mizuno at 8
`
`“Mizunodisclosesa cruise control
`system that . . . is powered on with a
`‘key switch.’”
`“When power is turned on, at least two
`sets of information are provided to the
`driver via a display/feedback system:
`(i)a digital ‘display device ‘ of a preset
`speed which indicates . . . the active
`status of the cruise control device;
`and
`(ii)a lamp that flashes in different
`manners depending upon whether
`the speed of the vehicle is being
`controlled to indicate . . . the
`operation status of the cruise
`control device.”
`Ex. 1007 ¶ 44 (internal citations removed);
`Pet. at 17‐18 (citing same)
`
`Subaru DX-17
`
`
`
`Ground A: Mizuno Anticipates Claims 1 & 2
`
`Regarding Claim 1, Patent Owner argues:
`“The ‘key switch’ in Mizuno is not the claimed ‘enable
`switch.’ … [I]t is unclear from Mizuno, whether the key
`switch is the ignition switch or a switch that is part of the
`digital embodiment of the speed control system shown
`in Figure 1.”
`Patent Owner then applies the same reasoning to Claim 2
`
`Paper 27, Patent Owner’s Response, at 5‐6 & 8
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`Subaru DX-18
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`
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`Ground A: Mizuno Anticipates Claims 1 & 2
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`Ex. 1004, Mizuno at 4 & 8 (annotated); see, e.g., Pet. at 19 (citing same)
`
`Subaru DX-19
`
`
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`Ground A: Mizuno Anticipates Claims 1 & 2
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`Ex. 1004, Mizuno at 9 (annotated); see, e.g., Pet. at 19 (citing same)
`
`Subaru DX-20
`
`
`
`Ground A: Mizuno Anticipates Claim 2
`
`Regarding Claim 2, Patent Owner further argues:
`“There is no discussion in Mizuno of how turning the
`key switch off could be interpreted as disclosing
`‘disabling the controller.’”
`
`Paper 27, Patent Owner’s Response, at 9
`
`Subaru DX-21
`
`
`
`Ground A: Mizuno Anticipates Claim 2
`
`Ex. 1004, Mizuno at 4 & 7 (annotated); see, e.g., Pet. at 19, 22, 23 (citing same)
`
`Subaru DX-22
`
`
`
`Ground A: Mizuno Anticipates Claims 12 & 25
`
`Regarding Claim 12, Patent Owner argues:
`“[T]he initial value on the [Mizuno] display device 6C is
`not an ‘activatedcruise control symbol.’”
`Regarding both Claims 12 and 25, Patent Owner also
`argues:
`“Mizuno never discusses…the impact of temporary
`acceleration or deceleration of the vehicle on the
`display device 6C.”
`
`Paper 27, Patent Owner’s Response, at 11 and 15 (emphasis in original).
`
`Subaru DX-23
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`
`
`Ground A: Mizuno Anticipates Claims 12 & 25
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`Ex. 1004, Mizuno at 5 (annotated); Pet. at 26, 33 (citing same)
`
`Subaru DX-24
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`
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`Ground A: Mizuno Anticipates Claims 12 & 25
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`Ex. 1007, McNamara Decl. ¶ 39 (annotated); Pet. at 13
`
`Subaru DX-25
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`
`
`Ground A: Mizuno Anticipates Claim 13
`
`Regarding Claim 13, Patent Owner Argues:
`“Petitioner’s declarant does not provide any explanation
`of his basis for [Petitioner’s] assertion, but merely cites
`to several portions of Mizuno.”
`
`Paper 27, Patent Owner’s Response, at 12
`
`Subaru DX-26
`
`
`
`Ground A: Mizuno Anticipates Claim 13
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`Ex. 1007, McNamara Decl. ¶¶ 55‐56 (annotated); Pet. at 27‐28 (citing same)
`
`Subaru DX-27
`
`
`
`Ground A: Mizuno Anticipates Claim 18
`
`Regarding Claim 18, Patent Owner argues:
`“Mizuno never discusses what happens ‘upon braking
`the vehicle.’”
`
`Paper 27, Patent Owner’s Response, at 12
`
`Subaru DX-28
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`
`
`Ground A: Mizuno Anticipates Claim 18
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`Ex. 1004, Mizuno at 3 and 8 (annotated); Pet. at 29 (citing same)
`
`Subaru DX-29
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`
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`Ground A: Mizuno Anticipates Claim 21
`
`Regarding Claim 21, Patent Owner argues:
`“Mizuno does not provide any indication of whether the
`display lamp would still be on or capable of flashing”
`when the “cruise control system is deactivated (turned
`off).”
`
`Paper 27, Patent Owner’s Response, at 14‐15
`
`Subaru DX-30
`
`
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`Ground A: Mizuno Anticipates Claim 21
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`Ex. 1007, McNamara Decl. ¶ 67 (annotated); Pet. at 31 (citing same)
`
`Subaru DX-31
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`
`
`Ground A: Mizuno Anticipates Claim 34
`
`Regarding Claim 34, Patent Owner argues:
`“Mizuno does not discuss a speedometer or any other
`device that displays the actual speed of the vehicle.”
`
`Paper 27, Patent Owner’s Response, at 12
`
`Subaru DX-32
`
`
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`Ground A: Mizuno Anticipates Claim 34
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`Ex. 1007, McNamara Decl. ¶ 39 (annotated); Pet. at 35‐36
`
`Subaru DX-33
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`
`
`Ground A: Mizuno Anticipates Claim 34
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`Ex. 1004, Mizuno at 2 (annotated); Pet. at 34, 36 (citing same)
`
`Subaru DX-34
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`
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`Prior Art at Issue – Miura
`
`JP H8‐220118 to Miura, et al.
`“Setting Vehicle Speed Display
`Device for Cruise Control Unit”
`Published August 30, 1996
`Ground B: Anticipates claims 1,
`2, 12‐16, 21, 25‐27, & 29‐31.
`
`Ex. 1006, Miura
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`Subaru DX-35
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`
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`Prior Art at Issue – Miura
`
`Ex. 1006, Miura
`
`“Miura discloses a cruise control
`system that . . . is powered on with an
`ignition switch.”
`“At least two sets of information are
`provided to the driver via a
`display/feedback system:
`(i)
`a display composed of light
`emitting indicators such as LEDs
`that . . . indicate a preset speed, or
`a set speed display indicator
`needle . . . superimposed on a
`speedometer to indicate preset
`speed; and
`(ii) unlit LEDs.”
`Ex. 1007 ¶ 66 (internal citations removed);
`Pet. at 43‐44 (citing same)
`
`Subaru DX-36
`
`
`
`Ground B: Miura Anticipates Claim 1
`
`Regarding Claim 1, Patent Owner argues:
`“The ‘ignition switch’ of Miura is not the claimed ‘enable
`switch.’”
`
`Paper 27, Patent Owner’s Response, at 19
`
`Subaru DX-37
`
`
`
`Ground B: Miura Anticipates Claim 1
`
`Ex. 1006, Miura at 13 (annotated); Pet. at 45 (citing same)
`
`Subaru DX-38
`
`
`
`Ground B: Miura Anticipates Claim 2
`
`Regarding Claim 2, Patent Owner argues:
`“There is no discussion in Miura of how turning the
`ignition switch off could be interpreted to disclose
`‘disabling the controller.’”
`
`Paper 27, Patent Owner’s Response, at 22
`
`Subaru DX-39
`
`
`
`Ground B: Miura Anticipates Claim 2
`
`Ex. 1007, McNamara Decl. ¶ 67 (annotated); Pet. at 48 (citing same)
`
`Subaru DX-40
`
`
`
`Ground B: Miura Anticipates Claims 12 and 25
`
`Regarding Claim 12, Patent Owner argues:
`“[T]he Petition does not cite to any separate indicia in
`Miura indicating the cruise control system is activated.”
`“Second, Miura never discusses…the impact of
`temporary acceleration or deceleration of the vehicle on
`the set speed display panel.”
`Likewise, regarding claim 25 Patent Owner argues:
`“Miura never expressly addresses the impact of
`acceleration on the set speed display panel 15.”
`
`Paper 27, Patent Owner’s Response, at 23‐24, 28
`
`Subaru DX-41
`
`
`
`Ground B: Miura Anticipates Claims 12 and 25
`
`Ex. 1006, Miura at 14 (annotated); Pet. at 50, 57 (citing same)
`
`Subaru DX-42
`
`
`
`Ground B: Miura Anticipates Claim 13
`
`Regarding claim 13, Patent Owner argues:
`“Petitioner’s declarant does not provide any explanation
`his basis for [Petitioner’s] assertion, but merely cites to
`one paragraph in Miura.”
`
`Paper 27, Patent Owner’s Response, at 25
`
`Subaru DX-43
`
`
`
`Ground B: Miura Anticipates Claim 13
`
`Ex. 1007, McNamara Decl. ¶¶ 70‐71 (annotated); Pet. at 51 (citing same)
`
`Subaru DX-44
`
`
`
`Ground B: Miura Anticipates Claims 15, 16, 21
`
`Regarding Claims 15, 16, and 21, Patent Owner argues:
`“A lack of providing any indication cannot meet the
`affirmative claim requirement of ‘indicating to the
`operator the unset status of the preset speed;’”
`“the vehicle cannot ‘display’ anything when it is off;” and
`“Miura does not discuss ‘displaying a symbol
`indicative of an unset state of the preset speed.’”
`
`Paper 27, Patent Owner’s Response, at 26‐27
`
`Subaru DX-45
`
`
`
`Ground B: Miura Anticipates Claims 15, 16, 21
`
`Ex. 1006, Miura at 14 (annotated); Pet. at 53‐55 (citing same)
`
`Ex. 1006, Miuraat 15 (annotated); Pet. at 53‐55 (citing same)
`
`Subaru DX-46
`
`
`
`Ground B: Miura Anticipates Claim 31
`
`Regarding Claim 31, Patent Owner argues:
`“[T]he LEDs are not ‘disposed on’ the dial face 14 of
`speedometer 11.”
`
`Paper 27, Patent Owner’s Response, at 30
`
`Subaru DX-47
`
`
`
`Ground B: Miura Anticipates Claim 31
`
`Ex. 1006, Miura at ¶ 17 (annotated);
`Pet. at 59‐60 (citing same)
`
`Ex. 1006, Miura at 13; Pet. at 59‐60(citing same)
`
`Subaru DX-48
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