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Petitioner Norman International, Inc.’s
`Demonstratives
`
`Norman International, Inc.
`v.
`Andrew J. Toti Testamentary Trust,
`Russell L. Hinckley, Sr. (Co-Trustee), and
`Robert F. Miller (Co-Trustee)
`
`Case IPR2014-00283
`Patent No. 6,283,192 B1
`
`Oral Hearing
`February 26, 2015
`
`IPR2014-00283
`Norman v. Toti Trust
`
`Norman Int., Exhibit 1020
`
`
`
`

`

`IPR2014-00283
`Norman v. Toti Trust
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`Norman Demonstrative
`
`2
`
`Priority Date
`
`Ex. 1001, p. 1
`Paper 2, p. 5
`
`EX. 1001: ’192 PATENT
`
`

`

`Claim 17: Anticipation by Tachikawa
`under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
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`IPR2014-00283
`Norman v. Toti Trust
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`

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`IPR2014-00283
`Norman v. Toti Trust
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`Norman Demonstrative
`
`4
`
`Claim 17
`
`Ex. 1001, col. 24, ll. 47-67
`
`Claim 17
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`

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`Norman Demonstrative
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`5
`
`Ex. 1002, p. 1
`See Paper 2, p. 21
`
`EX. 1002: TACHIKAWA REFERENCE
`
`Claim 17
`
`

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`Norman Demonstrative
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`6
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`Ex. 1002, p. 1
`See Paper 2, p. 29
`
`EX. 1002: TACHIKAWA REFERENCE
`
`Claim 17
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`

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`IPR2014-00283
`Norman v. Toti Trust
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`Norman Demonstrative
`
`7
`
`Ex. 1002, p. 1, 2
`See Paper 2, p. 29
`See Ex. 1017, ¶ 34
`
`EX. 1002: TACHIKAWA REFERENCE
`
`Claim 17
`
`

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`IPR2014-00283
`Norman v. Toti Trust
`
`Norman Demonstrative
`
`8
`
`Tachikawa’s Disclosure
`
`Ex. 1002, pp. 2-4
`See Paper 2, pp. 25-31
`
`EX. 1002: TACHIKAWA REFERENCE
`
`Claim 17
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`

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`IPR2014-00283
`Norman v. Toti Trust
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`Element
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`Norman Demonstrative
`
`9
`
`*
`
`[A]
`[B]
`
`[C]
`
`[D]
`
`[E]
`
`[F]
`
`[G]
`
`[H]
`
`[I]
`
`[J]
`
`*Paper 2
`Paper 9, pp. 13-14
`See Paper 2, pp. 25-31
`
`PAPER 9: DECISION TO INSTITUTE
`
`Claim 17
`
`

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`IPR2014-00283
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`
`Norman Demonstrative
`
`10
`
`“Inherent Inertia”
`
`Paper 2, p. 15
`
`PETITION
`
`Ex. 1009, p. 3
`
`DICTIONARY DEFINITION
`
`Ex. 1017, ¶ 29
`
`EX. 1017: CARLSON DECLARATION
`
`Paper 23, p. 18
`
`PATENT OWNER’S RESPONSE
`
`Claim 17
`
`

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`IPR2014-00283
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`Norman Demonstrative
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`11
`
`“Inherent Inertia”
`
`Paper 23, p. 18
`
`PATENT OWNER’S RESPONSE
`
`Ex. 1001, 3:47-51,
`12:55-61, 16:32-37, 16:43-49, 17:20-24
`See Ex. 1017 at ¶¶ 22-28
`
`EX. 1001: ’192 PATENT
`
`Claim 17
`
`

`

`IPR2014-00283
`Norman v. Toti Trust
`
`Norman Demonstrative
`
`12
`
`“Inherent Inertia”: Tachikawa’s Disclosure
`
`Ex. 1001, col. 24, ll. 64-67
`
`’192 PATENT: ELEMENT 17[J]
`
`Ex. 1002, p. 1
`See Paper 2, pp. 29, 31
`
`EX. 1002: TACHIKAWA REFERENCE
`
`Claim 17
`
`

`

`IPR2014-00283
`Norman v. Toti Trust
`
`Norman Demonstrative
`
`13
`
`“Inherent Inertia”: Tachikawa’s Disclosure
`
`Paper 2, p. 31
`
`PETITION
`
`Paper 9, p. 15
`
`PAPER 9: DECISION TO INSTITUTE
`
`Claim 17
`
`

`

`IPR2014-00283
`Norman v. Toti Trust
`
`Norman Demonstrative
`
`14
`
`“Inherent Inertia”: Tachikawa’s Disclosure
`
`Paper 32, p. 4
`
`PETITIONER’S REPLY
`
`Ex. 1017, ¶ 35
`
`EX. 1017: CARLSON DECLARATION
`
`Claim 17
`
`

`

`Claim 26: Obviousness over
`Tachikawa in view of Todd
`under 35 U.S.C. § 103
`
`IPR2014-00283
`Norman v. Toti Trust
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`

`

`IPR2014-00283
`Norman v. Toti Trust
`
`Norman Demonstrative
`
`16
`
`Claim 26
`
`Ex. 1001, col. 27, l. 59 – col. 28, l. 5
`
`Claim 26
`
`

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`IPR2014-00283
`Norman v. Toti Trust
`
`Norman Demonstrative
`
`17
`
`U.S. Patent No. 6,056,036 (Todd)
`
`Ex. 1003, p. 1
`
`EX. 1003: TODD REFERENCE
`
`Claim 26
`
`

`

`IPR2014-00283
`Norman v. Toti Trust
`
`Norman Demonstrative
`
`18
`
`U.S. Patent No. 6,056,036 (Todd)
`
`Ex. 1003, pp. 3-4; col. 5, ll. 14-22
`
`EX. 1003: TODD REFERENCE
`
`Claim 26
`
`

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`IPR2014-00283
`Norman v. Toti Trust
`
`Norman Demonstrative
`
`19
`
`Challenged Claim 26
`
`Example Disclosure
`
`A window cover system
`comprising:
`
`“Venetian blinds roll-up device” (Tachikawa)
`
`[A] an extendible window cover;
`
`“slats 5” (Tachikawa)
`
`[B] a housing;
`
`[C] at least one lift cord attached
`to the cover and wrapped around
`a pulley mounted to the housing
`for extending and retracting the
`extendible cover;
`
`“upper case 1 of the venetian blinds”
`(Tachikawa)
`“an operating shaft 2 is mounted horizontally on
`the upper case 1 of the venetian blinds, tapes 4, 4
`are wound onto drums 3, 3 attached to multiple
`locations on the operating shaft 2, and each tape
`4 is passed through through-holes in the slats 5, 5
`of the blinds” (Tachikawa)
`
`Petition* and
`Exhibit Nos.
`Pet. at 32
`1002 at 1, 3
`
`Pet. at 32
`1002 at 2, FIG. 2
`Pet. at 32
`1002 at 1, FIG. 1
`Pet. at 32-33
`1002 at 1, FIG. 2
`
`[D] a plurality of spring drives,
`connected to the pulley for
`assisting the extending and
`retracting of the cover;
`
`(1) “constant force spring 17 is wound diagonally
`between drum 14 fixed to shaft tube 13 and drum
`16 which is rotatably axially fitted onto center
`shaft 15” (Tachikawa)
`
`Pet. at 33-34
`1002 at 1, 2,
`FIGS. 7,8
`1003 at 5:16-19
`
`(2) “Two spring assemblies 26 are shown in
`FIGS. 2 and 3; however, more or fewer spring
`assemblies may be necessary to retract the weight
`of shade 14 depending upon the size of shade 14”
`(Todd)
`“spring 17 is wound diagonally between drum 14
`fixed to shaft tube 13 and drum 16” (Tachikawa)
`
`Pet. at 34
`1002 at 2
`
`(1) “spring 17 is wound diagonally between drum
`14 fixed to shaft tube 13 and drum 16”
`(Tachikawa)
`
`(2) “constant torque spring 58” (Todd)
`
`“drum 14 fixed to drive shaft 9” (Tachikawa)
`
`Pet. at 34
`1002 at 2
`1003 at 5:10-11,
`FIG. 3
`
`Pet. at 35
`1002 at 2, FIG. 4
`
`“operating shaft 2 is mounted horizontally …
`drums 3, 3 attached to multiple locations on the
`operating shaft 2” (Tachikawa)
`
`Pet. at 35
`1002 at 1, FIGS.
`3, 4
`
`“bevel gear 7 is attached to one end of operating
`shaft 2, … drive shaft 9 of bevel gear 8 which
`engages with bevel gear 7” (Tachikawa)
`
`Pet. at 35-36
`1002 at 1, FIG. 3
`
`[E] the individual ones of the
`spring drives comprising a first,
`storage spool, a second, output
`spool operatively connected to
`the pulley,
`[F] and a flat spring wound on
`and between the first and second
`spools;
`
`[G] and a first shaft on which the
`output spool is mounted and
`
`[H] a second shaft on which the
`pulley is mounted, the two shafts
`being oriented transverse to one
`another;
`
`[I] and a pair of meshed bevel
`gears mounted one on each shaft
`and connecting the shafts for
`rotation together.
`
`*Paper 2, pp. 32-36
`
`PETITION
`
`Claim 26
`
`

`

`IPR2014-00283
`Norman v. Toti Trust
`
`Norman Demonstrative
`
`20
`
`Limitation 26[F]
`
`Ex. 1001, col. 27, l. 67 – col. 28, l. 1.
`
`Paper 2, p. 34
`
`Paper 2, p. 34
`
`PETITION
`
`Claim 26
`
`

`

`IPR2014-00283
`Norman v. Toti Trust
`
`Norman Demonstrative
`
`21
`
`Motivation to Combine Tachikawa and Todd
`
`Paper 2, p. 31-32
`
`PETITION
`
`Ex. 1003, col. 5, ll. 16-22
`
`EX. 1003: TODD REFERENCE
`
`Ex. 1008, ¶ 98
`
`EX. 1008: CARLSON DECLARATION
`
`Paper 9, p. 16
`
`PAPER 9: DECISION TO INSTITUTE
`
`Claim 26
`
`

`

`IPR2014-00283
`Norman v. Toti Trust
`
`Norman Demonstrative
`
`22
`
`Motivation to Combine Tachikawa and Todd
`
`Ex. 1017, ¶¶ 38, 48, 51
`
`EX. 1017: CARLSON DECLARATION
`
`Claim 26
`
`

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`IPR2014-00283
`Norman v. Toti Trust
`
`Norman Demonstrative
`
`23
`
`Motivation to Combine Tachikawa and Todd
`
`Ex. 1018, ¶¶ 31, 33
`
`EX. 1018: FOLEY DECLARATION
`
`Claim 26
`
`

`

`IPR2014-00283
`Norman v. Toti Trust
`
`Norman Demonstrative
`
`24
`
`Tachikawa’s “Endless Chain 11”
`
`Paper 23, p. 28
`
`PATENT OWNER’S RESPONSE
`
`Paper 32, p. 4
`
`PETITIONER’S REPLY
`
`Ex. 1017, ¶ 35
`
`EX. 1017: CARLSON DECLARATION
`
`Ex. 1002, p. 2
`See Ex. 1017, ¶ 34
`
`EX. 1002: TACHIKAWA REFERENCE
`
`Claim 26
`
`

`

`TACHIKAWA TRANSLATION
`(EXHIBIT 1002)
`
`IPR2014-00283
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`

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`IPR2014-00283
`Norman v. Toti Trust
`
`Norman Demonstrative
`
`26
`
`Tachikawa Translation (Exhibit 1002)
`
`§ 42.61 Admissibility.
`
`(a) Evidence that is not taken, sought, or filed in accordance with
`this subpart is not admissible.
`
`(b) Records of the Office. Certification is not necessary as a
`condition to admissibility when the evidence to be submitted is a
`record of the Office to which all parties have access.
`
`37 CFR § 42.61(a) & (b)
`
`Paper 29, p. 6
`
`Paper 29, p. 7
`
`PAPER 29: DECISION ON PETITIONER’S
`MOTION TO SUBMIT SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
`
`

`

`IPR2014-00283
`Norman v. Toti Trust
`
`Norman Demonstrative
`
`27
`
`Tachikawa Translation: Exhibit 1016
`
`Ex. 1016, pp. 1-2
`
`

`

`SECONDARY CONSIDERATIONS
`
`IPR2014-00283
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`

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`Norman v. Toti Trust
`
`Norman Demonstrative
`
`29
`
`“Copying by Others”
`
`Paper 23, p. 42
`
`Paper 23, p. 42
`
`PATENT OWNER’S RESPONSE
`
`Ex. 2008, p. 49
`
`EX. 2008: APP. NO. 10/419,795
`
`Paper 32, p. 12
`
`PETITIONER’S REPLY
`
`Secondary Considerations
`
`

`

`IPR2014-00283
`Norman v. Toti Trust
`
`Norman Demonstrative
`
`30
`
`“Long Felt But Unsolved Need”
`
`PATENT OWNER’S RESPONSE
`
`Paper 23, p. 41
`
`PATENT OWNER’S RESPONSE
`
`“Praise by Others”
`
`Paper 23, pp. 42-43
`
`PATENT OWNER’S RESPONSE
`
`Nexus
`
`Paper 32, p. 10
`
`PETITIONER’S REPLY
`
`Secondary Considerations
`
`

`

`INSTITUTED CLAIMS
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`IPR2014-00283
`Norman v. Toti Trust
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`

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`IPR2014-00283
`Norman v. Toti Trust
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`Norman Demonstrative
`
`32
`
`Claim 17
`
`Ex. 1001, col. 24, ll. 47-67
`
`Claim 17
`
`

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`IPR2014-00283
`Norman v. Toti Trust
`
`Norman Demonstrative
`
`33
`
`Claim 26
`
`Ex. 1001, col. 27, l. 59 – col. 28, l. 5
`
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