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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`_________________________
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`_________________________
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`TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., FORD MOTOR COMPANY,
`JAGUAR LAND ROVER NORTH AMERICA LLC, SUBARU OF AMERICA
`INC., VOLVO CARS OF NORTH AMERICA LLC, AND NISSAN NORTH
`AMERICA INC.1,
`Petitioners
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`
`
`
`
` v.
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`CRUISE CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES LLC,
`Patent Owner
`
`_________________________
`
`CASE IPR: 2014-00291
`Patent 6,324,463
`_________________________
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`PETITIONERS REPLY
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`
`Mail Stop Patent Board
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`1 Nissan North America Inc. (“Nissan”) and Patent Owner have filed a Joint
`Motion to Terminate this proceeding with respect to Nissan (Paper 26), which is
`currently awaiting a decision.
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`I.
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`II.
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`Introduction ...................................................................................................... 1
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`PROMETHEUS ANTICIPATES CLAIMS 1-3, 5, 12-14, 18-19, 25-
`27, 29-31 AND 34-36 OF THE ‘463 PATENT. ............................................. 1
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`A.
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`B.
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`Prometheus is prior art to claims 1-3, 5, 12-14, 18, 19, 25-27,
`29-31, and 34-36 of the ’463 Patent under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b). ........... 1
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`Prometheus anticipates claims 1-3, 5, 12-14, 18, 19, 25-27, 29-
`31, and 34-36 of the ’463 Patent under 35 U.S.C. § 102. ..................... 3
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`III. PROMETHEUS AND NARITA RENDER OBVIOUS CLAIMS 3, 5,
`12, 15, 16, 21, AND 28 OF THE ‘463 PATENT UNDER 35 U.S.C. §
`103. ................................................................................................................ 13
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`IV. PROMETHEUS AND CELSIOR RENDER OBVIOUS CLAIM 4 OF
`THE ‘463 PATENT UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 103. ............................................ 13
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`V.
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`CONCLUSION .............................................................................................. 14
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`I.
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`Introduction
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`Petitioner respectfully submits that the Board is correct in its initial finding
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`that claims 1-5, 12-16, 18, 19, 21, 25-31, and 34-36 are unpatentable, and requests
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`a final written decision canceling claims 1-5, 12-16, 18, 19, 21, 25-31, and 34-36.
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`II.
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`PROMETHEUS ANTICIPATES CLAIMS 1-3, 5, 12-14, 18-19, 25-27,
`29-31 AND 34-36 OF THE ‘463 PATENT.
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`A.
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`Prometheus is prior art to claims 1-3, 5, 12-14, 18, 19, 25-27, 29-
`31, and 34-36 of the ’463 Patent under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b).
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`As a preliminary matter, Patent Owner complains that certain uncited
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`sections of Ex. 1003 bear different dates (all in 1991) and seeks dismissal of the
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`entire Petition for this reason. While all of the sections of Ex. 1003 are dated many
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`years prior to the critical date of the subject patent, the Board need not address the
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`differences in these dates. As the Patent Owner readily admits, the Petition relies
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`on only one section of Ex. 1003, which is dated April 19, 1991 on its cover page
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`and which includes a Copyright notice date of April 19, 1991 on every page
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`thereof. Ex. 1003 at pp. 104-111.
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`At least because the Copyright notice date is included on the relevant section
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`of Prometheus, the record prima facie establishes a publication date in 1991 for the
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`reference. See, e.g., FLIR Systems, Inc., v. Leak Surveys, Inc., IPR2014-00411,
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`Paper 9 (September 5, 2014) at 18-19 (“On the record before us, we are persuaded
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`that the Copyright notice prima facie establishes a prior art date of 2002”); See
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`also, International Business Machines Corporation v. Intellectual Ventures II LLC,
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`IPR2014-00681, Paper 11 (October 30, 2014) at 13-14 (“NetRanger includes a
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`copyright date printed on its face… In fact, the disclosed copyright date of 1997 is
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`several years before the priority date of the ‘084 patent… On this record, we are
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`persuaded that Petitioner has made a threshold showing that NetRanger is a
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`‘printed publication’ under 35 U.S.C. §102”); See also, Ex parte Wang, Appeal
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`No. 2012-009077 (Pat. Trial & App. Bd. 2014), Decision on Appeal at p. 3 (“…
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`Appellants’ submission of the Hoopman reference with a 2006 date, along with the
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`copyright date listed on the Hoopman reference, provide prima facie evidence of
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`its public availability”); See also, Ex parte Martinez, Appeal No. 2007-3276 (Bd.
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`Pat. App. & Interf. 2008), Decision on Appeal at p. 3, and Ex Parte Petculescu,
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`Appeal No. 2008-002859 (Bd. Pat. App. & Interf. 2009), Decision on Appeal at p.
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`11.
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`Furthermore, Patent Owner has proffered no evidence contradicting the
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`prima facie publication date. That is, rather than provide any evidence that the
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`Copyright notice date is not a publication date, Patent Owner instead merely
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`contends that Petitioner has not met its burden in establishing this date as the
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`publication date. As set forth above, by virtue of the Copyright notice date being
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`published on the referenced document, the Petitioner’s burden has been met.
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`Moreover, since this “threshold showing” is not challenged by Patent Owner, the
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`reference must be considered as a prior art publication under 35 U.S.C. §102. See,
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`e.g., Ex Parte Petculescu at p. 11 (“We agree with the Examiner that Appellants
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`have provided no evidence calling the revision date into question. Appellants
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`merely speculate that this electronic document may have been altered without
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`updating the revision date, they do not provide any evidence that Microsoft was in
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`fact revised after the revision date (printed on Microsoft’s front page).
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`Accordingly, we conclude that the revision date of July 19, 2001, is the date of
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`publication of Microsoft”); See also, Ex Parte Wang at p. 3 (“Appellants have not
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`come forward with any evidence to suggest the authors of the Hoopman reference
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`did not comply with this general practice. Accordingly, the Examiner has met the
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`burden of establishing the Hoopman reference is prime facie available as prior art
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`with a date of, broadly, 2006”); See also, Ex Parte Albert, Appeal No. 561-99 (Bd.
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`Pat. App. & Interf. 1984), Decision on Appeal at p. 2 (“The burden is clearly upon
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`appellants to disprove the prima facie publication date established by the examiner,
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`and the unsworn, third-hand information presented in Paper No. 12 is clearly
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`inadequate to meet that burden”).
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`B.
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`Prometheus anticipates claims 1-3, 5, 12-14, 18, 19, 25-27, 29-31,
`and 34-36 of the ’463 Patent under 35 U.S.C. § 102.
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`1.
`The Petition established that Prometheus discloses a “speed
`controller,” “memory,” and “feedback system” as recited by
`claim 1.
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`Speed Controller: Patent Owner argues that the Petition (Paper 6) does not
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`establish that Prometheus discloses “the structural requirement of ‘a speed
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`controller,’” as recited in independent claim 1. Paper 21 at p. 5. However, the
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`Petition cites to Prometheus’s disclosure of a “system [that] starts… the regulation
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`with the vehicle speed as the consign speed.” Paper 6 at p. 18 (quoting Ex. 1003
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`at p. 105). That is, the Petition unquestionably establishes that Prometheus
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`discloses a speed controller that maintains the vehicle speed at a preset speed (i.e.,
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`“consign speed”).
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`In further detail, Prometheus discloses an autonomous intelligent cruise
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`control (“AICC”) system that regulates the speed of a motor vehicle at a speed
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`selected by the driver (“consign speed”) and continuously displays to the driver
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`the state of the system and the consign speed. Ex. 1003 at pp. 105-07.
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`Prometheus addresses the existence of cruise control systems, including the
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`concept of a “speed controller” as recited by the claim 1.
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`Patent Owner’s response argues that the Petition fails in some way, but
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`neglects to articulate any distinction between the “system” disclosed in
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`Prometheus and the “speed controller” recited in claim 1 of the ’463 patent. The
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`reason for the Patent Owner’s neglect is because no distinction exists.
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`At most, the Patent Owner simply alleges that the system of Prometheus
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`does not “expressly refer[] to the structural requirement of ‘a speed controller,’”
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`(Paper 21 at p. 5). However, Patent Owner does not offer any construction for
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`"speed controller" and does not require the claimed speed controller to include any
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`particular structure. Patent Owner’s position is telling, in that the '463
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`specification provides no structural details of the speed controller whatsoever.
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`In this regard, Patent Owner’s apparent suggestion that the "system" of
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`Prometheus cannot be applied to the “speed controller” limitation of claim 1 is
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`belied by both the '463 patent specification, as well as the common usage of the
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`term. For example, the Abstract of the '463 patent discloses the "cruise control" as
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`a system within a "system.": "A system for indicating the operational status and
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`parameters of a cruise control system for use in a human operated vehicle. The
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`system includes apparatus for storing and recalling a preset speed for the cruise
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`control system." Ex. 1001 at Abstract.
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`Moreover, the '463 patent uses the terms "cruise control," "cruise control
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`system," and "speed controller" interchangeably to refer to what is enabled,
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`engaged, and/or activated to control the speed of the vehicle. See, e.g., Ex. 1001 at
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`Abstract, 4:4-6, 4:39-46, and 5:3-7. While the claims of the '463 patent recite
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`displaying the operational status and parameters of the "speed controller," the
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`specification repeatedly refers to displaying the operational status and parameters
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`of the "cruise control" or "cruise control system." Compare, for example, claim 4
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`("display a predetermined signal when the controller is enabled to indicate the
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`state of the controller") with 4:43-44 ("blink once … to inform the operator that
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`the cruise control is now enabled"), 2:37-39 ("The present invention addresses this
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`need by providing the operator of a vehicle with information about the preset speed
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`of an enabled cruise control system."), and 4:4-6 ("When the cruise control system
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`is first activated … indicating an 'unset' state of the cruise control.") (emphasis
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`added).
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`Thus, because the '463 patent conflates the terms "cruise control," "cruise
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`control system," and "speed controller," and because Prometheus discloses the
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`same structure and function as the "speed controller" described in the '463 patent
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`specification (i.e., a cruise control or cruise control system), Prometheus
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`necessarily teaches the claimed speed controller element. See, e.g., Ex. 1001 at
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`Abstract, 4:4-6, 4:39-46, and 5:3-7. Accordingly, the disclosure of Prometheus is
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`structurally indistinct from the recitations of claim 1.
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`Memory: Patent Owner argues that Prometheus does not “refer to the
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`structural requirement of ‘a memory.’” However, as noted in the Petition,
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`Prometheus describes that the “consign speed is memorized by the system” (See
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`Ex. 1003, at pp. 105-107 and Fig. 4.) Since memorize means commit to memory,
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`and Prometheus teaches that the “system” memorizes the consign speed,
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`Prometheus teaches a memory per claim 1.
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`Feedback System: Patent Owner argues that Prometheus does not disclose a
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`“feedback system” as recited by claim 1, arguing that the representation of
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`consign speed by the LED’s is not exact enough because they are spaced at
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`roughly 10km/h increments. But nothing in the claim states that the feedback
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`system must have a certain degree of accuracy. All that the claim requires is that
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`the LEDs display “information indicative of said preset speed.”
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`To this end, the ‘463 patent also includes an embodiment of LEDS aligned
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`as in Prometheus for the same purpose. While the ‘463 LEDs are spaced closer,
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`they are also discrete points just like the Prometheus LEDs, and nothing in the
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`claims requires any particular degree of accuracy.
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`2. The Petition established that Prometheus discloses a “speed
`controller,” “memory,” or “feedback system” as recited by claim
`2.
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`Patent Owner’s response relies upon the arguments it previously proffered
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`with respect to claim 1. As such, for the reasons outlined in the Petition and those
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`made herein, Prometheus renders claim 2 unpatentable as anticipated.
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`3. The Petition established that Prometheus discloses “the digital
`display” as recited by claim 5.
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`As noted in the Petition, Figure 3 of Prometheus illustrates the use of LEDs
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`to indicate the consign speed to a driver. Petitioners’ expert opined that “[o]ne of
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`ordinary skill in the art would understand that the consign speed using LEDs to
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`indicate discrete speed intervals” and that such a display is a “digital display.” Ex.
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`1010 at para. 48. Patent Owner has failed to provide any supportive reasoning as
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`to why this is not the case and instead attempts to rely upon attorney argument to
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`do so. This is wholly deficient. As such, for the reasons outlined in the Petition
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`and those made herein, Prometheus renders claim 5 unpatentable as anticipated.
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`4. The Petition established that Prometheus discloses the required
`elements as recited by claim 12.
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`Displaying A Symbol Indicative Of The Speed At Which The Cruise
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`Control System Is Activated: Patent Owner argues that the LEDs indicating the
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`consign speed of Prometheus fail for two reasons: (i) the LEDs do not provide a
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`driver with a way of knowing the exact consign speed and (ii) the cruise control
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`system is activated to a previously stored preset speed. As noted earlier, the first
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`argument fails because the LEDs are placed at consistent markers on the
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`speedometer, so the driver would be able to determine the consign speed in the
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`same manner the driver determines any other speed indicated by the speedometer
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`of a car with similar demarcations.
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`With respect to the second argument, according to the disclosure of
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`Prometheus, the system may be turned on (i.e., activated) and engaged (states 2
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`and 3) at a particular vehicle speed so that the consigned speed indicated by the
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`LEDs is the vehicle speed when the system is turned on. Ex. 1003 at FIG. 3 and
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`pp. 105-106. As such, Prometheus renders claim 12 unpatentable as anticipated.
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`Maintaining The Activated Cruise Control Speed Symbol Upon Temporary
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`Acceleration Or Deceleration Of The Vehicle: As noted in the Petition (p. 25),
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`Figures 2 and 4 of Prometheus (pages 109 and 111 in Ex. 1003) disclose that 1)
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`“all LEDs under consign speed corresponding LED are ON (last one also)” after
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`the accelerator pedal is pressed (state 6) and 2) the “[m]emorized consign speed
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`corresponding LED is on” after braking occurs (state 2). These are two clear
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`examples of Prometheus disclosing “maintaining the activated cruise control
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`speed symbol upon temporary acceleration or deceleration of the vehicle,” e.g.,
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`braking. As such, for the reasons outlined in the Petition, and those made herein,
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`Prometheus anticipates claim 12.
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`5. The Petition established that Prometheus discloses the required
`elements as recited by claim 13.
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`Patent Owner’s response relies upon the arguments it previously proffered
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`with respect to LEDs as disclosed in Prometheus. As such, Prometheus renders
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`claim 13 unpatentable as anticipated.
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`6. The Petition established that Prometheus discloses the required
`elements as recited by claim 14.
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`Patent Owner’s response relies upon the arguments it previously proffered
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`with respect to LEDs as disclosed in Prometheus. As such, for the reasons
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`outlined in the Petition and those made herein, Prometheus renders claim 14
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`unpatentable as anticipated.
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`7. The Petition established that Prometheus discloses the required
`elements as recited by claim 18.
`Displaying To The Operator A Symbol Indicative Of The Preset Speed
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`While Maintaining The Vehicle At Substantially The Preset Speed: Patent
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`Owner’s response relies upon the arguments it previously proffered herein with
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`respect to LEDs as disclosed in Prometheus. As such, for the reasons outlined in
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`the Petition and those made herein, Prometheus anticipates claim 18.
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`Upon Braking The Vehicle, Discontinuing Maintaining The Vehicle Speed
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`At Substantially The Preset Speed While Keeping Data Corresponding To The
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`Preset Speed In A Memory Device: Patent Owner’s response relies upon the
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`arguments it previously proffered herein with respect to “memory” as disclosed in
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`Prometheus. As such, for the reasons outlined in the Petition and those made
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`herein, Prometheus renders claim 18 unpatentable as anticipated.
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`At A Time After Braking And During When Time The Vehicle Is Not Being
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`Maintained At Substantially The Preset Speed, Displaying To The Operator A
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`Symbol Indicative Of The Preset Speed: Patent Owner’s response relies upon the
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`arguments it previously proffered herein with respect to LEDs as disclosed in
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`Prometheus. As such, for the reasons outlined in the Petition and those made
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`herein, Prometheus renders claim 18 unpatentable as anticipated.
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`8. The Petition established that Prometheus discloses the required
`elements as recited by claim 19.
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`Patent Owner’s response relies upon the arguments it previously proffered
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`with respect to LEDs as disclosed in Prometheus. As acknowledged by Patent
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`Owners, all of the LEDs are ON to indicate the consign speed when the cruise
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`control system of Prometheus is engaged (i.e., “while the vehicle is being
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`maintained at substantially the preset speed”); the LED corresponding to the
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`consign speed is ON after braking to indicate the memorized consign speed when
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`the system is disengaged (i.e., “while the vehicle is not being maintained at
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`substantially the preset speed”). Accordingly, Prometheus discloses “the symbol
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`indicative of the preset speed displayed at the time after braking the vehicle is not
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`being maintained at substantially the preset speed is distinguishable by the
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`operator from the symbol indicative of the preset speed while the vehicle is being
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`maintained at substantially the preset speed” as recited by this claim. As such, for
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`the reasons outlined in the Petition and those made herein, Prometheus anticipates
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`claim 19.
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`9. The Petition established that Prometheus discloses the required
`elements as recited by claim 25.
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`Patent Owner’s response relies upon the arguments it previously proffered
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`with respect to LEDs as disclosed in Prometheus. As such, for the reasons
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`outlined in the Petition and those made herein, Prometheus renders claim 25
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`unpatentable as anticipated.
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`10. The Petition established that Prometheus discloses the required
`elements as recited by claim 26.
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`Patent Owner’s response relies upon the arguments it previously proffered
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`with respect to “speed controller” and “memory” for claim 1. As such, for the
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`reasons outlined in the Petition and those made herein, Prometheus renders claim
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`26 unpatentable as anticipated.
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`A Second Visual Display Apparatus Operable To Display Visual
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`Information Indicative Of An Operation Status Of The Speed Controller, Wherein
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`The Visual Information Displayable By The Second Visual Display Apparatus
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`Includes Visual Information Indicative Of The Preset Speed: Patent Owner’s
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`response relies upon the arguments it previously proffered with respect to LEDs as
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`disclosed in Prometheus. The only new argument Patent Owner presents is that
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`the combination of the LEDs and warning lights are not two distinct sets of visual
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`displays. However, as noted in the Petition, Figure 3 illustrates the consign speed
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`LEDs and warning lights are two separate visual displays that meet this claim
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`element. As such, Prometheus anticipates claim 26.
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`11. The Petition established that Prometheus discloses the required
`elements as recited by claim 34.
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`Patent Owner’s response relies upon the arguments it previously proffered
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`with respect to “speed controller” and “memory” for claim 1. As such, for the
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`reasons outlined in the Petition and those made herein, Prometheus anticipates
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`claim 34.
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`Second Visual Display Apparatus Operable To Display The Visual
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`Information Indicative Of An Operation Status Of The Speed Controller, Wherein
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`The Visual Information Displayable By The Second Visual Display Apparatus
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`Includes Visual Information Indicative Of The Preset Speed: Patent Owner’s
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`response relies upon the arguments it previously proffered with respect to the
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`“second visual display apparatus” for claim 26. As such, for the reasons outlined
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`in the Petition and those made herein, Prometheus anticipates claim 34.
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`Operating The Second Visual Display Apparatus To Indicate The Active
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`Status Of The Cruise Control Device: Patent Owner contends that the Petition’s
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`statement does not refer to any display apparatus, however, this position is
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`inapposite to the Petition and the teachings of Prometheus. By the driver
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`switching the ON/OFF switch for the AICC system, “Dashboard Information” is
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`then displayed in addition to the consign speed LEDs. Ex. 1003 at pp. 109-111.
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`As such, Prometheus anticipates claim 34.
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`III. PROMETHEUS AND NARITA RENDER OBVIOUS CLAIMS 3, 5,
`12, 15, 16, 21, AND 28 OF THE ‘463 PATENT UNDER 35 U.S.C. §
`103.
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`Claims 3, 5, 12, 15-16, 21 and 28 of the ’463 Patent are obvious over
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`Prometheus in view of Narita (Ground B). Patent Owner’s response relies upon
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`the arguments it previously proffered with respect to claims 3, 5, 12-13, 15-16, 21
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`and 26. As such, for the reasons outlined in the Petition and those made herein,
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`claims 3, 5, 12, 15-16, 21 and 28 are obvious from Prometheus in view of Narita.
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`IV. PROMETHEUS AND CELSIOR RENDER OBVIOUS CLAIM 4 OF
`THE ‘463 PATENT UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 103.
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`Claim 4 of the ’463 Patent is obvious over Prometheus in view of Celsior
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`(Ground C). Patent Owner’s response relies upon the arguments it previously
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`proffered with respect to claim 2. As such, for the reasons outlined in the Petition
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`and those made herein, claim 4 is obvious from Prometheus in view of Celsior.
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`V. CONCLUSION
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`For at least these reasons, the Board should issue a final determination
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`maintaining that claims 1-5, 12-16, 18, 19, 21, 25-31, and 34-36 are unpatentable.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /William H. Mandir/
`William H. Mandir, Reg. No. 32,156
`Sughrue Mion PLLC
`2100 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
`Washington, DC 20037
`Tel: (202) 293-7060
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`Counsel for Petitioners
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`Dated: January 9 , 2015
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the PETITIONERS REPLY
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`was served on the counsel of record for the Patent Owner by filing this document
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`through the Patent Review Processing System as well as by delivering a copy via
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`electronic mail on January 9, 2015, upon the following:
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`John R. Kasha, Kasha Law LLC
`john.kasha@kashalaw.com
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`Dated: January 9, 2015
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`By: /William H. Mandir/
`William H. Mandir, Reg. No. 32,156
`Counsel for Petitioners
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