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`RECORD OF ORAL HEARING
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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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`SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA MOTOR
`NORTH AMERICA, INC., NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
`FORD MOTOR COMPANY, JAGUAR LAND ROVER NORTH
`AMERICA, LLC, and VOLVO CARS OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`CRUISE CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2014-00279
`U.S. Patent 6,324,463
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`Oral Hearing Held on Tuesday, March 24, 2015
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`Before: JOSIAH C. COCKS, HYUN J. JUNG, and GEORGE R.
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`HOSKINS (via video link), Administrative Patent Judges.
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`The above-entitled matter came on for hearing on Tuesday, March 24,
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`2015, at 9:01 a.m., in Hearing Room A, taken at the U.S. Patent and
`Trademark Office, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia.
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`MATTHEW D. SATCHWELL, ESQ.
`STEVEN J. REYNOLDS, ESQ.
`PAUL R. STEADMAN, ESQ.
`DLA Piper, LLP (US)
`203 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1900
`Chicago, Illinois 60601-1293
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`ON BEHALF OF THE PETITIONER, SUBARU:
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`JOHN R. KASHA, ESQ.
`Kasha Law, LLC
`14532 Defief Mill Road
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`TIMOTHY M. SALMON, ESQ.
`Cruise Control Technologies, LLC
`14532 Defief Mill Road
`North Potomac, Maryland 20878
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`P R O C E E D I N G S
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`J UDGE C OC KS: P l eas e b e s ea ted . Goo d mo rn ing .
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`Th is i s the fi rst of f ive or al a rgu me nt s ess ions i n r el at ed
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`p ro ce edi ngs all inv olvin g U.S . P ate nt 6 ,3 24 ,463 .
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`Tod a y' s ses sion inv olv es p roc e eding
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`I P R20 14 - 00279 . Le t ' b egin with ha ving cou nse l intr odu cing
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`th e ms e lv es for the r e cor d .
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`M R . S ATC HWELL: Good mo r ning , Ju dge s . M y
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`n a me i s M att S atc h well . I a m l e a d coun sel fo r Suba ru in th is
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`p ro ce edi ng .
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`Jo ining with me t od a y i s my b a c kup coun sel , St ev e
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`R e yn olds , and P aul St e ad ma n . All th r ee of u s a r e wi th DLA
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`P ip er in Chi cag o .
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`J UDGE C OC KS: Th ank yo u , M r . S a tch wel l . And
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`f o r th e P at ent Own er?
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`M R . KAS HA: Goo d mo rni ng , You r Hono r . M y
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`n a me i s John Kash a , l ea d co uns el fo r th e Pa ten t Own er . And
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`M r . Ti mo th y S a lmo n wi ll do t he or a l a rgu me n t to day f o r th e
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`P a ten t Own er .
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`J UDGE C OC KS: Al l r ight . Th ank yo u ,
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`M r . Kash a . As we se t f or th in t he t ri al h e ar ing o rd er , e a ch
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`si de h as 45 mi nute s o f a rgu me n ts . Th e Pe titi one r b ea r s th e
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`ul ti ma t e bu rd en of p roo f to sh o w th at t he cl ai ms a r e
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`un pat en tab le and wi ll b egin . You ma y r e s e rv e re butt al t i me .
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`Th e Pa ten t Own er wi ll th en re sp ond t o th e e nti re t y
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`o f th ei r cas e . And we wi ll e nd with t he P etit ion er usi ng a n y
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`t i me h e r es er ved f o r r ebut ta l .
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`S o th e pod iu m i s yo u rs , M r . S at chwe ll , when ev er
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`M R . S ATC HWELL: Tha nk you , J udg e Coc ks . If
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`i t would be h elp ful fo r th e Pa ne l -- it will b e di f fi cul t to h and
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`i t to Ju dge Hoskins - - but I do have pr into uts o f my
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`d e mo nst r ativ es .
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`J UDGE C OC KS: Ye s , th at would b e f in e . And as
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`yo u br ing th at up, we do h av e a r emo t e judg e , J udge Hosk ins ,
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`in Den ve r jo ining us this mo r nin g .
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`I f ei th e r s ide se es th at , oc ca sion ally we h a v e f ee d
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`p robl e ms , i f Jud ge Hosk ins ' s cr e en go es b la ck , p le ase a le rt
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`me . I t i s r a re but i t ha s on o cc asi on h app en ed .
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`M R . S ATC HWELL: M a y I app ro ac h?
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`J UDGE C OC KS: You ma y a p p roac h .
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`M R . S ATC HWELL: Tha nk you .
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`J UDGE C O C KS: M r . S at ch we ll , ar e yo u goi ng to
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`r e se rv e an y r e bu tt al t i me ?
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`M R . S ATC HWELL: Yes , Judg e . I wou ld li ke t o
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`r e se rv e 15 mi nu tes , p le as e . M a y I p ro ce ed?
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`J UDGE C OC KS: Ye s , you ma y b e gi n .
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`M R . S ATC HWELL: Tha nk you , J udg e . Be c aus e I
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`th e '463 pa ten t with yo u to da y, I wou ld li ke t o st ar t wi th a
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`v er y b r ie f ov e rvie w o f so me o f t he k e y f e atu r es o f th e '463
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`p at ent .
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`S o th e '463 p at ent was i ssu ed in 200 1 . And th e
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`k e y is su e I wo uld l ike to r ai se is tha t it has dr a wn v er y
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`sp e ci fi cal l y not to a c ru ise con tr ol s ys t e m, no t to a me t h od o f
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`c ont rol ling s pe ed in a v ehi cl e , bu t in st ead onl y t o the
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`in di cat or s on th e d ashb oa rd th at sho w the sta te of t he c rui se
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`c ont rol s yst e m t o th e d riv e r . And , in de ed , i t i s t itl ed "C rui se
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`C ont rol Ind ic ato r. "
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`I nd eed , th e P at ent Owne r act ua ll y p re mi s ed his
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`a ppl ic ati on on tha t di stin cti on . As yo u c an s e e h ere on DX -4 ,
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`I ha ve h ighl ight ed t he lan guag e f ro m t h e fil e his to ry wh e r e
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`th e Pa te nt Own er sp e ci fi cal l y st at ed - -
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`J UDGE C OC KS: I ' m s o r r y, c oul d yo u r est at e .
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`Wh a t i s th e dis tinc tio n th at you just r ef e ren c ed?
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`M R . S ATC HWELL: Yes , the dist in cti on is t ha t - -
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`I ' m q u otin g he r e , th e Pa te nt Own er r a ise d it - - "th e pe ndin g
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`c l ai ms onl y a dd r ess th e disp la y o f th e sp ee d o f th e ve hi cl e as
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`i t was whe n th e cr uis e cont rol was s et . " Th e P at ent Own e r
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`S o th e '463 p at ent d is clos es a s ys te m t h a t ha s
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`e ith e r dig ita l o r an alog spe edo me t e r s . Th e dig it al
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`in fi gur e 2 . The re a r e indi c ato rs on b oth t yp es of d isp la y t h at
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`l ight u p to sh o w th e p re set spe ed of th e c ru ise con trol s yst e m.
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`And it is no mo r e c o mp li ca ted th an th at . It is ind ic ato rs on
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`th e sp e edo me t e r th at sh o w th e p re se t sp e ed .
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`Obv ious l y su ch a mi no r all eg ed i mp rov e me n t is
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`b as ed on q uit e a bi t o f pr io r a rt . And in th e '463 pa t ent th e re
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`is a b ev y o f d isc los ur es , I h ave ci te d a doz en o f t hem h e r e ,
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`wh e re t he '46 3 pat ent spe ci fi c all y c a lls ou t t ech nolog y t ha t
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`wa s kno wn in t he a r t . And i t r el ate s to conv en tion al c ruis e
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`c ont rol s yst e m o pe r ati on .
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`a pp ea r in the cl aims , t h e re c an be no dispu te g iv en th e '463
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`sp e ci fi cat ion th at th is t ec hnolo g y at le ast was al re ady k n o wn .
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`S o in light of al l th at , Sub a ru 's expe r t ,
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`M r . Mc Na ma r a , te sti fi ed t ha t th er e a r e re all y o nl y t wo
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`e ss enti al f ea tur es o f th e cla i me d i nv ent ion . Th e f ir st is
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`di spl a yin g a p r ese t sp e ed to t he d riv e r . And t he se con d is
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`in di cat ing to th e d riv e r wh eth er t he c rui se con tro l sys t e m i s
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`a c tiv e or not .
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`And , i mp or tan tl y, we wil l se e i n the t wo p rio r ar t
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`r e f er en ce s th at I wi ll di scu ss tod ay, t h e Mi zuno and Miu ra
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`r e f er en ce , as wel l a s th e ot he r re f ere nc es tha t my c o l l e agu es
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`wi ll di scu ss in the r el at ed p ro ce edin gs , th at b oth o f th es e
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`B e fo re we mo v e on , I want ed to ma ke one qui ck
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`po int re ga rdin g th e t esti mo n y o f Sub a ru 's exp ert , Mr .
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`M c Na ma r a , and th at i s th at M r . Mc Na ma r a ' s t est i mon y i s th e
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`on l y e vid enc e i n th is cas e . It i s un re butt ed .
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`Th e Pa ten t Own er su b mi tt ed no expe r t t esti mo n y.
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`Th e Pa ten t Own er di d not d epo se M r . Mc Na ma r a . S o M r .
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`M c Na ma r a ha s prov ide d th e onl y e vi den ti ar y t e sti mon y i n th is
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`c as e and ev er yt hing we h e ar f ro m P a ten t O wn er toda y wi l l b e
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`un suppo rt ed atto rn e y a rg u me nt .
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`S o wit h th at as ba ck gro und I would l ik e to mo v e to
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`th e Bo ard 's cl ai m c onst ru ct ion b ri ef l y. An d , ag ain ,
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`i mp o rt ant l y, while th e P at ent Owne r a rgu ed c e rt ain a lt er na tiv e
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`c onst ru ct ions i n th e p re li mi n ar y r e sp ons e , th e B oa rd r e je ct ed
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`th ose pr opos als ent ir el y i n it s de cisi on .
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`And in it s r esp ons e to the noti c e of ins titu tion t he
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`P a ten t Own er did no t co nt est th ose c onst ru ct ions as a ppl ied b y
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`th e Bo ard in th e d ec isio n to in stitut e and d id not p rop ose an y
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`a lt er na t iv es . Th er e fo r e , an y r e a rgu me n t o f th e f ou r
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`c onst ru ct ions I ' m go ing to dis cuss h er e wo uld b e i mp rop e r
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`Th e re a re fou r cons tr uct ions . The f i rst i s en gag ing
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`th e s ys t e m. Wh e n yo u e ngag e t he s ys t e m yo u c aus e th e cr uis e
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`c ont rol s yst e m t o a uto ma t i ca ll y c ont ro l th e ve hi cle a t th e
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`p re se t sp eed . In ot he r wo rds , I eng ag e th e s ys te m wh en I
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`c a r . Usu al l y th at' s do ne b y p r es sing a but ton o r tu rnin g a
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`Th e s ec ond constr uc tion is enab ling o r ena bl ed .
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`En abl ing is wha t h app ens b e fo re you eng ag e th e s yst e m.
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`Wh e n I put the c rui se con tro l s ys tem i n a "s ys t e m o n" st ate , it
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`h as b ee n en ab led . Th at d oes not me an it is eng ag ed . I t do es
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`no t me a n th e c a r wi ll st a y a t t he s ame s p e ed i f I took my f o ot
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`ot he r wo rds , it is in an "on" st at e and it is r ea d y to be
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`Th e l ast t wo c onst ru ctio ns ar e v er y
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`st r aigh tf or wa rd . Th e Boa rd cons tru ed un set st atus or uns et
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`st at e as th e st at e o r st atu s in wh ich th e re is no p r es et s pe ed
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`f o r th e c rui se cont rol s yst e m. Th a t' s on DX -1 1 . And o n
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`DX- 12 t he Bo ar d's cons tr uct ion o f a c tiv atin g and dea c tiv at ed
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`is tu rning on th e c ru is e co nt rol s ys t e m a nd th e c rui se co nt rol
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`s ys t e m i s tu r n ed o f f .
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`Tho se a re the four co nst ru ctio ns tha t h av e be en
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`a ppl ied in th e Boa rd ' s de cis ion . So with all o f th at a s
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`Th e re a re t hr e e gr ound s in th is ac tio n . Th e f irs t
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`Th e th ir d gr ound wa s an obv iousn ess co mb in at ion ,
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`S e ct ion 103 , of M iz uno wi th th e kn o wle dge o f one o f sk ill i n
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`th e ar t , an d th at re l ate d to s ix c la ims . An d o n th e ch ar t on t he
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`sl id e at th e bott om I h av e in dic at ed with che ck ma r ks e ach of
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`th e g roun ds a nd wh ich cl ai m i t r ela t es to .
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`No w, n ot abl y t he P a ten t Own er provi ded no
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`c on ced ed tha t ma n y o f t he d ep end ent cl ai ms , i f no t al l of the
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`d ep end ent cl ai ms , r is e a nd f al l with t he ir asso ci at ed
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`in dep end ent cl aims , a n d th e Pa tent Owne r do es no t c ont est - -
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`J UDGE C OC KS: C ouns el , let me a sk yo u , whe r e
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`do es t ha t co nc essio n sho w u p in the r e cor d or a re yo u d r a wing
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`th at inf e re nc e?
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`M R . S ATC HWELL: The r e is no expl ic it st at e me n t
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`o f th e con ces sion. Th e re is a lso no d isc ussi on wh atso ev e r of
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`th e d ep end ent cl ai ms i n an y o f the p ap er s fi le d b y the P at ent
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`Own e r . This is on DX -15 tha t I ' m di scu ssin g no w.
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`S o th e Pa ten t Own er doe s not con te st t he
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`un pat en tab ilit y o f th ose dep end en t c l ai ms as id e f ro m i ts
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`a rg u me nt s as to th e ind ep end ent cla i ms a c ross the bo ar d . I
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`c ont est 26 a s to M iz uno bu t did not con te st th e unpa t ent abil it y
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`p ro ced ur al s ta nding ob jec tion no w to an y f u rth e r a rgu me n t on
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`c l ai m 2 6 giv en t ha t th e re was n o a tt e mp t to add r ess it as t o the
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`g roun d 2 .
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`S o I ha ve ma r k ed a ll o f th e g rou nds t ha t th e P at ent
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`Own e r ha s not add re ss ed on t his ch ar t in g r ee n . And t he
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`c l ai ms ma r k e d in r ed abo ve o n DX -15 a re the cl ai ms th at
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`r e lat e t o thos e g rou nds . Be ca us e th e Pat en t Owne r h as no t
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`a dd re sse d thos e cl ai ms in th e pa per , I ' m n ot going to d isc uss
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`th e m h e r e tod a y, a lth ough I ' m c e rta in h app y t o a nswe r an y
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`qu est ions as t o any c l a i m i n th e p ate nt .
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`r eg a rd to gro und C , th at 's t he 10 3 c o mb in atio n , th e P a ten t
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`Own e r p rovid ed no s ubst ant ive r espo nse on th at g roun d .
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`I nst e ad , th e Pat ent Owne r re lie d expl ic itl y o nl y on th e
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`a rg u me nt s al r ea dy ma d e a s t o Mi zun o with r ega rd to t hos e
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`c l ai ms .
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`S o wit h a ll o f th at as b a ckg round le t 's mo v e to th e
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`p rio r ar t . Th er e a r e t wo pr ior a rt r e f er en ce s in t his c as e . Th e
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`f i rst i s Mi zun o . M iz uno is dr a wn to a co mp l ete c ruis e cont ro l
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`s ys t e m, no t jus t a di spl a y, th at f ea tu re s e xa ctl y t h e sa me k in d
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`o f t ar ge t sp eed not if ic ati on re cit ed i n th e '463 p at ent .
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`He r e on DX -1 7 I h av e put fig ur e 1 f r o m M i zuno ,
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`wh ich is ins tr uc tiv e . Her e you se e a blo ck d iag r a m o f th e
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`e nti r e M izun o s yst e m. Yo u st a rt by p o we rin g on the s ys te m
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`wi th a ke y s wit ch th at is not dep ic te d in fig ur e 1 . And tha t
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`No w, o nc e th is s yst e m h a s b een ena bl ed vi a th e
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`k e y s witc h , th e sys t e m v i sua ll y p r ov ide s a t le as t t wo k inds o f
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`in fo r ma t ion t o the dr iv er . Fi rst , th e M izu no s ys tem p r ovid es a
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`vi sua l ind ic ati on o f th e p re se t sp eed and t ha t th e s yst e m i s
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`a c tiv e .
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`S e cond , th e s yst em h a s a la mp th at c an fl ash to
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`in di cat e wh eth e r th e cr uis e c ont rol s ys t e m i s a cti ve ly
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`c ont rol ling the vehi cl e sp e ed a t a giv en mo me n t .
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`Le t 's l ook at wh at th e Pa te nt Own er h as to sa y
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`a bout Mi zuno . Fo r c la i ms 1 an d 2 th e Pa te nt Own er a rg ue s
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`th at Mi zuno 's ke y s witc h is no t th e c l ai me d en abl e swi tch .
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`Th at a rgu me n t is mi s p la ce d an d I ca n sho w yo u wh y.
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`M iz uno . Th at 's Exh ibit 104 . And I ' m q u otin g: " I f th e k e y
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`R e c all t hat fi gur e 1 i s th e c ru ise cont ro l s yst e m
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`I wa nt to sho w you t ha t st ep 11 , wha t co m e s a fte r ,
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`is a ctu all y t h e ena bl e s wi tch of t he ' 463 pat en t .
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`J UDGE C OC KS: C ouns el , cou ld you go b ack?
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`M R . S ATC HWELL: C er ta inl y.
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`J UDGE C OC KS: Loo king at figu re 1 , jus t so we 'r e
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`a ll cl ea r , and th at' s figu r e 1 o f M izun o , wha t st ru ctur e s
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`d epi ct ed th e re cons titu te the ke y s wi tch?
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`M R . S ATC HWELL: In fig ur e 1 t he ke y s wit ch
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`do es n ot a ppe a r . I t is outs ide the sc op e of fi gur e 1 . He r e we
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`h av e th e c ont rolle r I h av e high light ed i n ye llo w, and t ha t
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`c ont rol le r is di rec tl y a t ta ch ed to th e k e y s wi tch .
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`S o i f I r ea d f urt he r o n f igu re 4 , the ex c er pt th at i s
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`r igh t he r e on t he s c re en: I f th e k ey s wi t ch o f th e ve hi cl e is
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`s ys t e m o f figu r e 1 . Th e m i c ro co mpu te r 1 - A, whi ch is in
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`st a rts f ro m s t ep 11 .
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`S o th e di sc losu re h er e i n pr ose indic a tes tha t wh en
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`th e k e y s wit ch is a c tiv at ed , th e c ont rol le r 1 and t he
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`mi c r o co mp ut e r 1 -A r e c eiv e po wer . And as yo u c an se e , the
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`e nti r e s ys te m r u ns o f f o f th at cont rol le r .
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`S o tu rni ng th en to s tep 11 , I ha ve hi ghlig ht ed h er e
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`on DX -2 0 , st ep 11 , and t his i s in fig ur e 2 o f Miz uno at p ag e 9 .
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`Wh e n Miz uno 's ke y s wi tch is act iva t ed , st ep 11 oc cu rs . An d
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`st ep 1 1 i s l it er ally c a l l ed th e po wer on s wit ch .
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`Le t 's l ook at wh at c o me s n ex t . You p o we r on the
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`s ys t e m wi th th e ke y s wi tch in st ep 11 . Then th er e is a n in iti al
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`d ef au lt c ru ise sp ee d s et in the s yste m, a n d tha t sp eed i s 80
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`ki lo me t e rs p er hou r .
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`At ste ps 13 , 1 4 and 15 th e d riv er ca n a d jus t th at
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`d ef au lt c ru ise sp ee d up o r do wn . And at ste ps 19 and 20 ,
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`a bout t wo -thi rds o f th e wa y do wn f igu r e 2 , th e cla ime d
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`e ng age d st ep t ak es p la c e whe r e th e M iz uno s ys t e m a c tu all y
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`b egin s co nt roll ing t he s pe ed o f th e c a r .
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`p at ent , and i t is al l po wer ed on and b egin s with th e k e y s witc h
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`wh ich en abl es t he s ys t e m.
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`I wa nt to p ut , up on the ELM O, I wa nt t o put t he
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`c onst ru ct ion o f ke y s wi tch up on th e s cr e en .
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`r eg a rd to cl ai ms 1 and 2 tha t it is " unc le a r wh eth er th e k e y
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`s witc h is t he i gnit ion s wi tc h or a swi tch th at is p a rt o f th e
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`di git al e mb odi me nt of Mi zuno 's spe ed con tr ol s ys tem" i s
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`e nti r el y i r re lev ant .
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`M iz uno pl ai nl y dis clo ses a k e y s wit ch t hat en abl es
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`th e cr uis e c ont rol s ys t e m b y p l aci ng i t in a s ys te m o n s ta te
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`e xa ct l y a s r equ ir ed b y t h e c lai m c o ns tr uct ion in this c as e and
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`e xa ct l y a s r equ ir ed b y t h e pa ten t .
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`M ovin g on to cl aim 2 , th e Pat en t Own e r r ais es a
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`v er y c u rs or y a r gume n t th at th e re is no dis cuss ion in M iz uno
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`o f ho w yo u c an dis ab le t he con tro ll e r b y tu rn ing o ff th e k e y
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`s witc h . Th at 's the co r e l a ye r o f the a rgu me n t ma d e wi th
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`r eg a rd to cl ai m 1 . I t can be d ispose d o f qui ckl y.
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`B y t u rni ng th e k ey s wi t ch o ff , the po we r is cut o f f
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`to th e co ntr oll er o f th e Miz uno s yst e m a n d c o mp lete l y
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`di sab le s th e co nt rol le r . Th at 's indic a ted b y th e dis clos ur e on
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`p ag e 7 o f Mi zun o - - I ' m s ho wi ng th at no w on DX -22 - - th at
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`in di cat es tha t be ca us e th e s ys te m i s i n a p o we r do wn s ta te
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`a f te r you tu rn o ff th e k e y s wit ch , if yo u d es ir e to cont inu e
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`po we r to t he R AM , yo u n e ed a bac kup p o we r sou r ce . You
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`a rg ue s th at th e disp la y d is clos ed in Mi zuno d oes not te ac h " an
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`a c tiv at ed c rui se con tro l s ys te m" a nd t hen goe s on to a rg ue
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`th at Mi zuno doe s no t t ea ch ho w temp o r a r y s pe ed cha ng es a r e
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`sh o wn in the Mi zun o disp la y. B o th p oints a re , ag ain ,
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`F i rst , Mi zuno cl ea r l y t ea ch es th at e ve r y t i me t he
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`d riv e r ch ang es the pr es et c ruis e spe ed , th e disp la y i s u pda ted
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`to sho w t he n e w p re se t sp eed . Tha t me a ns Mi zuno 's d ispl a y i s
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`a n a ct iva te d c rui se co nt rol s ys t e m a s re cit ed i n th e '46 3
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`p at ent .
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`s ys t e m wi ll t ak e ov e r , en gag e t he s ys t e m a nd d riv e r th e ca r at
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`th e p r ese t sp ee d th at i s cu r re ntl y dis pl a ye d . I ' m s howi ng th e
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`di sc losu re f ro m p a ge 5 of Mi zuno on DX -2 4 no w.
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`l e aving the c ruis e c ont rol s yst e m o n ev en du ring shor t p er iods
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`o f t e mp or a r y a c ce l er ati on o r de c ele r ati on was v er y ol d in t he
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`a r t b y th e t i me o f th e '463 pa ten t . And th e ' 463 p at ent its el f
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`s a ys s o .
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`I n fa ct , t he '46 3 pa t ent sp e ci fi cal l y s a ys at colu mn
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`4 , l in es 6 th rou gh 10 , as cit ed h e re in th e M c Na ma r a
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`d ec la r atio n , th at th at fe atu r e is "t rue of al l s ys te ms tod a y. "
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`S o th e Pa ten t Own er ' s a rgu me n t with r eg ard to M iz uno on 12
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`r a ise s a s to cl ai m 13 . He re P at ent Own e r do es not dis put e th e
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`su bst an ce o f th e p eti tion o r Mr . Mc Na ma r a ' s t est i mon y b ut
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`in st ead r ais es an un suppo rt ed , un de ve lop ed all ega tion tha t M r .
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`M c Na ma r a ' s te stimo n y i s not s uf fic i entl y s uppo rt ed. And ,
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`a t l ea st at p ar ag ra phs 5 5 an d 56 , wh ich I no w hav e on DX -2 7 ,
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`wi th r eg a rd to just this o ne s ma l l de pe nde nt cla i m wh er e t he r e
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`is a d et ail ed appli c ation of Mi zuno a nd th en t wo f ull l ine s of
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`pi n c ite s to po rt ion s of Mi zuno tha t sup po rt th at con clus ion .
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`C l ea rl y M r . M c Na ma r a ' s tes ti mo ny i s supp or ted .
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`Le t 's mo v e on to a mo r e sub sta ntive iss ue , cl ai m
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`di scu ss wh at h app ens wh en yo u hit the br ak es . Th at 's n ot
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`ma k e s cl ea r on pag e 5 in th e se cond and t hi rd p ar agr ap h s th at ,
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`wh en yo u pr es s th e b rak es , the c an ce l s wi tch 4 is ac tiv at ed
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`a nd th e cr uis e c ont ro l s yst e m i s d is eng ag ed .
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`S o wh en you a re d riv ing along , the s ys t e m i s
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`hi ghlig ht ed c an cel s wit ch 4 i n fi gur e 1 and so me o f th e
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`r e lev ant dis clos ure - - th e re is mo r e - - f ro m p a ge 3 of M iz uno .
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`Tu rni ng to cl ai m 21 , the P at ent Own er sa ys th a t
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`M iz uno do es n ot di sc los e whe th er th e d ispl a y l a mp wou ld b e
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`s ymb o l th at in dica t es a n uns et s tate of th e s yst e m.
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`Le t me t r y t o unpa ck th at a rgu me n t f o r you . So
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`c l ai m 2 1 o f th e '463 pat en t r equi r es "disp la yi ng a s ymb o l
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`in di cat iv e of an uns et sta te of t he pr e set spe ed a ft er th e cr uis e
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`c ont rol s yst e m i s d ea ct iva te d ." So th e k e y qu es tion h er e i s
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`wh eth e r Mi zun o di spl a ys a s ymb ol th at sho ws t he sys t e m i s
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`un set whe n th e c rui se con tro l s ys tem i s d e act iv ate d .
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`Ag ain , we kn o w th at wh en yo u tu rn Mi zuno 's k e y
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`s witc h o ff t he s ys t e m i s po we re d off . We s a w Mr .
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`M c Na ma r a ' s un rebu tt ed t esti mo n y th at exp la ins th at e ve r y
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`v ehi cl e mu st h ave a t le as t an igni tio n s wit ch to tu rn th e enti r e
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`in di cat or s a re th e s ymb o l of th e uns et s pe ed on c e the s ys te m
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`Wh e n it is on , it ind ic at es to me t ha t I' m i n th e
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`c he ck eng ine s