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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`Universal Remote Control, Inc.
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`Trial Paralegal: Amy Kattula
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`System and Method
`For Activity Based
`Configuration of an
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`RESPONSE OF PATENT OWNER
`PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.120
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`Certificate of Filing: I hereby certify that this correspondence is being electronically filed with the USPTO on this
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`Eric J. Maiers
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`INTRODUCTION ……………………………………....................
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`II. CLAIM CONSTRUCTION………………………………….........
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`“activity key”…………………………………………..........
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`“configuration of the entertainment device”………………
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`III. PATENT OWNER’S RESPONSE TO PETITIONER’S
`INVALIDITY ARGUMENTS……………………………….........
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`A. Dubil Does Not Anticipate Claim 13-15 Of The ‘207
`Patent Because Dubil Does Not Meet The Board’s
`Proposed Narrower Construction Of “configuration of
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`B. Dubil Does Not Anticipate Claim 13………………….........
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`Dubil Does Not Configure An Audio Visual
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`Dubil Does Not “associat[e] a command value
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`Dubil Does Not Teach “causing the entertainment
`device to access and use the configuration
`associated with the command value corresponding
`to the activity key of the controlling device in
`response to the entertainment device receiving from
`the controlling device a signal which includes the
`command value corresponding to the activity key of
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`Dubil Does Not Teach “wherein the configuration
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`C. Dubil Does Not Anticipate Claim 14 Of The
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`Dubil Does Not Configure An Audio Visual
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`Dubil Does Not Teach “receiving at the
`entertainment device from a controlling device a
`configuration request signal, wherein the
`configuration request signal includes a command
`value corresponding to an activity key of a
`controlling device”.…………………………………...
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`Dubil Does Not Teach “causing the command value
`corresponding to the activity key of the controlling
`device included in the configuration request signal
`to be automatically associated with a configuration
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`D. Dubil Does Not Anticipate Claim 15 Of The
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`TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
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`Federal Cases
`In re Am. Acad. Of Sci. Tech. Ctr.,
`367 F.3d 1359 (Fed. Cir. 2004) ............................................................................ 2
`In re Robertson,
`169 F.3d 743 (Fed. Cir. 1999) ...................................................................... 14, 22
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`PTAB Decisions
`3D-Matrix, Ltd. v. Menicon Co.,
`Case IPR2014-00398, Paper No. 11 (P.T.A.B. Aug. 1, 2014) ..................... 14, 22
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`Regulations
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.100(b) ................................................................................................ 2
`37 C.F.R. § 42.120 ..................................................................................................... 1
`MPEP § 2111 ............................................................................................................. 2
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`Ex. 2002
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`Ex. 2003
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`Ex. 2004
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`EXHIBIT LIST
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`Ex. 2001 Mohawk Resources Ltd. V. Vehicle Service Group, LLC, Case
`IPR2014-00464, Paper 10 (Aug. 29, 2014)
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`Edmund Optics, Inc. v. Semrock, Inc., Case IPR2014-00583, Paper 9
`(P.T.A.B. Sept. 19, 2014)
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`3D-Matrix, Ltd. v. Menicon Co., Case IPR2014-00398, Paper No. 11
`(P.T.A.B. Aug. 1, 2014)
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`Eizo Corp. v. Barco N.V., IPR2014-00358, Paper 11 (P.T.A.B. July
`23, 2014)
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`Ex. 2005 Moses Lake Indus., Inc. v. Enthone, Inc., IPR2014-00243, Paper 6
`(P.T.A.B. June 18, 2014)
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`Ex. 2006 Moses Lake Indus., Inc. v. Enthone, Inc., IPR2014-00246, Paper 6
`(P.T.A.B. June 18, 2014)
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`Ex. 2007
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`Ex. 2008
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`Ex. 2010
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`eBay, Inc. v. Paid, Inc., CBM2014-00125, Paper 15 (P.T.A.B. Sept.
`30, 2014)
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`Synopsis v. Mentor Graphics Corp., IPR2012-00042, Paper No. 16
`(P.T.A.B. Feb. 22, 2013)
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`Ex. 2009 Dominion Dealer Solutions, LLC v. AutoAlert, Inc., IPR2013-00222,
`Paper No. 12 (P.T.A.B. Aug. 12, 2013)
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`SAS Institute, Inc. v. ComplementSoft, LLC, IPR2013-00581, Paper
`No. 15 (P.T.A.B. Dec. 30, 2013)
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`Ex. 2011 Heart Failure Techs., LLC v. CardioKinetix, Inc., IPR2013-00183,
`Paper No. 12 (P.T.A.B. July 31, 2013)
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`Ex. 2012-2016 INTENTIONALLY SKIPPED
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`Ex. 2017
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`Trial Transcript from Universal Electronics, Inc. v. Universal Remote
`Control, Inc., No. 8:12-cv-00329-AG-JPR (C.D. Cal.), Dkt. No. 398-1
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`Ex. 2018 Universal Remote Control, Inc.’s (“URC’s”) Initial Disclosures from
`Universal Electronics, Inc. v. Universal Remote Control, Inc., No.
`8:12-cv-00329-AG-JPR (C.D. Cal.)
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`Ex. 2019 URC’s Response to UEI’s Interrogatory at No. 6 from Universal
`Electronics, Inc. v. Universal Remote Control, Inc., No. 8:12-cv-
`00329-AG-JPR (C.D. Cal.)
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`Ex. 2020 Ohsung Website Printout, available at
`http://www.ohsungec.com/02_affli/02_foreign/06.aspx.
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`Ex. 2021 URC’s Amended Initial Disclosures from Universal Electronics, Inc.
`v. Universal Remote Control, Inc., No. 8:12-cv-00329-AG-JPR (C.D.
`Cal.)
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`Ex. 2022 Defendant Ohsung Electronics, USA, Inc.’s Answer to Second
`Amended Complaint, Dkt. No. 76, from Universal Electronics Inc., v.
`Universal Remote Control, Inc., Ohsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and
`Ohsung Electronics U.S.A., Inc., Case No. SACV 13-00984 AG
`(JPRx) (C.D. Cal.)
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`Ex. 2023
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`LinkedIn Profile of Jak You, available at
`https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jak-you/92/8a5/6b.
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`09/05/2013 M. Hurley Email to L. Kenneally
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`Ex. 2024
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`Ex. 2025 Amended Notice of 30(b)(6) Deposition to URC from Universal
`Electronics, Inc. v. Universal Remote Control, Inc., No. 8:12-cv-
`00329-AG-JPR (C.D. Cal.)
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`Ex. 2026
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`Joint Stipulation Staying Action Pending Petitions for Inter Partes
`Review of All Asserted Claims, Dkt. No. 87 from Universal
`Electronics Inc., v. Universal Remote Control, Inc., Ohsung
`Electronics Co., Ltd., and Ohsung Electronics U.S.A., Inc., Case No.
`SACV 13-00984 AG (JPRx) (C.D. Cal.)
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`Joint Statement of the Parties Pursuant to Order Staying Action (ECF
`No. 88) and Joint Request to Continue Status Conference, Dkt. No.
`102 from Universal Electronics Inc., v. Universal Remote Control,
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`Inc., Ohsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and Ohsung Electronics U.S.A.,
`Inc., Case No. SACV 13-00984 AG (JPRx) (C.D. Cal.)
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`Ex. 2028 URC NY Secretary of State, Division of Corporations, Entity
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`Ex. 2029 Declaration of Alex Cook
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`Universal Electronics, Inc. (“UEI” or “Patent Owner”), respectfully submits
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`this Response in accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.120 to the Petition for Inter Partes
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`Review of Claims 12-15 of U.S. Patent No. 8,243,207 (the “‘207 patent”) filed by
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`Universal Remote Control, Inc. (“URC” or “Petitioner”). UEI has timely filed its
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`Response in accordance with the Board’s Scheduling Order. (Paper 10.)
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`INTRODUCTION
`The Board denied-in-part URC’s Petition, instituting inter partes review
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`proceedings only on Claims 13-15 of the ‘207 patent based on U.S. Patent
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`Publication No. 2003/0120831 to Dubil (“Dubil”). The Board should affirm the
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`validity of Claims 13-15 of the ‘207 patent because Dubil fails to disclose all of the
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`limitations of each of the challenged claims. The remote control of Dubil maps a
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`set of commands to the keys of the Dubil remote control based on the selected user
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`activity such that the remote control can transmit remote control signals to the
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`appropriate target appliance(s). Dubil does not, however, recite the claimed
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`methods of the ‘207 patent describing how a controlling device configures the
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`claimed “entertainment device” in communication with a plurality of component
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`devices. Petitioner’s conclusory analysis coupled with Petitioner’s expert’s ipse
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`dixit does not present a cogent and complete basis for invalidity of Claims 13-15 in
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`view of Dubil. For these reasons, Petitioner has not met its burden to demonstrate
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`that any of Claims 13, 14, and/or 15 are invalid in view of Dubil, and the Board
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`should affirm the validity of those claims.
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`II. CLAIM CONSTRUCTION
`The Board must construe the claims of the ‘207 patent under the “broadest
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`reasonable interpretation” standard. In re Am. Acad. Of Sci. Tech. Ctr., 367 F.3d
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`1359, 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2004); MPEP § 2111; 37 C.F.R. § 42.100(b).
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`Claim 13 of the ‘207 patent reads as follows:
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`A method for configuring an audio visual entertainment device in
`communication with a plurality of devices for an activity, comprising:
`associating a command value corresponding to an activity key of a
`controlling device with a configuration of the entertainment
`device, the configuration of the entertainment device
`comprising at least one of the plurality of devices being used as
`an audio visual input source device for the entertainment device
`and at least one of the plurality of devices being used as an
`audio visual output destination device for the entertainment
`device; and
`causing the entertainment device to access and use the
`configuration associated with the command value
`corresponding to the activity key of the controlling device in
`response to the entertainment device receiving from the
`controlling device a signal which includes the command value
`corresponding to the activity key of the controlling device;
`wherein the configuration of the entertainment device is
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`device in communication with the entertainment device and
`wherein a configuration of the controlling device in which an
`activation of one or more command keys of the controlling
`device will cause the controlling device to communicate
`commands to the one or more of the audio visual source device
`and the audio visual output destination device is downloaded
`into the controlling device from a computing device in
`communication with the controlling device.
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`(Ex. 1001, ‘207 patent at Claim 13.)
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`Briefly, Claim 13 of the ‘207 patent discloses a method to configure an
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`audio visual entertainment device in communication with a plurality of devices for
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`an activity. (‘207 patent at Claim 13.) For example, as shown in Figure 1 of the
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`‘207 patent, an AV receiver 200 may be connected to a plurality of other devices.
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`(Id. at Fig. 1.) A controlling device, e.g., a remote control, has an “activity key”
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`that has a corresponding command code associated with a configuration of the
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`entertainment device. (Id. at Claim 13.) Figure 2 of the ‘207 patent, reproduced in
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`part below, shows an example of a remote control 100 with activity keys 200.
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`(Id. at Fig. 2.) The configuration of the entertainment device comprises at least
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`one of a plurality of devices being used as an audio visual input source and at least
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`one of the plurality of devices being used as an audio visual output destination
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`device for the entertainment device. (Id. at Claim 13.) For example, in the “Play
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`game” activity, the input source may be game console 110, and the output
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`destination may be TV 114 and speakers 116. The entertainment device accesses
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`and uses the configuration associated with the command value corresponding to
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`the controlling device’s activity key in response to a signal sent from the
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`controlling device that includes the command value corresponding to that activity
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`key of the controlling device. (Id.)
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`The configuration of the entertainment device is downloaded into the
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`entertainment device from a computing device in communication with the
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`entertainment device. (Id.) A configuration of the controlling device is
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`downloaded into the controlling device from a computing device in
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`communication with the controlling device. (Id.) The configuration of the
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`controlling device permits the controlling device to communicate commands to the
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`one or more of the audio visual source device and the audio visual output
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`destination device upon activation of one or more command keys of the controlling
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`device. (Id.)
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`The claimed advantage of the ‘207 patent is a method comprising “a
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`cooperative effort between [an] AV receiver[, or other entertainment device,] and
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`an associated universal controlling device such as a remote control in which
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`activation of an activity key or button on the controlling device results in
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`transmission of a signal to the AV receiver[, or other entertainment device,] to
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`initiate certain previously defined configuration actions….” (Id. at 1:38-43.)
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`“activity key”
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`The Board construed “activity key” in accordance with Patent Owner’s
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`proposed construction: “a key that, upon activation, transmits a signal to an
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`entertainment device that corresponds to a previously defined configuration for an
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`activity.” (Paper 9 at 8.) Patent Owner has applied this construction of “activity
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`key” herein.
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`“configuration of the entertainment device”
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`The Board, sua sponte, proposed two alternative constructions in its
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`Institution Decision for “configuration of the entertainment device.” (Paper 9 at 9-
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`10.) On one hand, the Board noted that the claim term “configuration of the
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`entertainment device” “could be construed broadly such that the entertainment
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`device and associated input and output appliances are ‘configured’ by selectively
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`powering on and powering off the input and output appliances so that, for example,
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`only one input appliance supplies an active input signal to the entertainment device
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`and only one output appliance renders the output signal.” (Id.) Alternatively, the
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`Board proposed a narrower construction, namely that a “configuration of the
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`entertainment device” “require[s] transmission of a signal to the entertainment
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`device such that the configuration thereof contemplates affirmatively selecting an
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`AV input source and an AV output destination and affirmatively performing
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`switching actions accordingly.” (Id. at 9.)
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`The Board noted that the following passage from the specification may
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`support its proposed narrower construction:
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`Audio/video outputs of a group of various media source appliances
`such as for example a set top box (“STB”) 104, a first DVD player
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`changer 112 are all connected as inputs to an AV receiver 102. AV
`receiver 102 in turn functions to switch the currently desired input
`media stream to one or more designated outputs of AV receiver 102
`which are, in turn, connected to various audio and/or video rendering
`devices such as TV 114, projector 118, and/or loudspeakers 116 …
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`(‘207 patent at 2:27-37.) This passage does support a construction of
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`“configuration of the entertainment device” that requires active switching of the
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`AV receiver, i.e., the claimed “entertainment device,” to the desired input source
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`and output destination(s). The passage discloses that the entertainment device
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`actively switches to the desired input source and output destination in contrast to
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`sending selective powering on and powering off commands to the desired and
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`undesired source and destination devices, respectively. (Ex. 2029, Declaration of
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`Alex Cook (“Cook Decl.”) at ¶¶ 36, 37.)
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`In addition to the passage identified by the Board, the following passages
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`also support adopting the narrower construction for “configuration of the
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`entertainment device” posed by the Board. For example, the Summary of the
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`Invention states:
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`[T]he outputs and inputs of the various components are generally
`routed to and switched through one central device such as an AV
`receiver. The inventive methods described herein comprise a
`cooperative effort between the AV receiver and an associated
`universal controlling device such as a remote control in which
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`activation of an activity key or button on the controlling device results
`in transmission of a signal to the AV receiver to initiate certain
`previously defined configuration actions….
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`(‘207 patent at 1:34-42 (emphasis added).) In this passage, the ‘207 patent
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`discloses that the entertainment device actively switches to the desired input and
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`output devices in response to a signal sent from the controlling device
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`corresponding to a previously defined configuration. (Cook Decl. at ¶¶ 38, 39.)
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`This passage supports both the concept of active “switching” by the entertainment
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`device as well as the controlling device transmitting a signal to the entertainment
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`device to invoke the desired configuration. (Id. at ¶ 40.)
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`The detailed description of the ‘207 patent is in accord:
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`As will be appreciated audio and video inputs and outputs (which may
`be more or less in number than illustrated) may comprise analog or
`digital signals and exemplary AV receiver 102 may be provisioned
`with analog-to-digital (ADC) converters, digital-to-analog (DAC)
`converters, video decoders, HDMI encoder/decoders, CODECs,
`format converters, etc., all as necessary to implement the
`input/output switching and routing functionality.
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`(‘207 patent at 4:63-5:3 (emphasis added).) To one of ordinary skill in the art, this
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`passage contemplates that the active switching by the AV receiver (the
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`entertainment device), may be achieved in many way, but that, at a minimum, the
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`AV receiver must implement switching functionality in some manner. (Cook Decl.
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`at ¶ 42.) There is no indication that the configuration of the entertainment device
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`may be achieved solely by passively powering on and off the desired and undesired
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`devices. (Id. at ¶ 43.) The ‘207 patent likewise discloses that the AV receiver may
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`execute instructions (as programmed into a processor) “to cause the routing of
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`video and/or audio signals between the various inputs and outputs….” (‘207 patent
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`at 5:26-27.) Here too, the ‘207 patent supports the Board’s narrower construction
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`requiring that the entertainment device actively switch to the desired input source
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`and output destination devices. (Cook Decl. at ¶¶ 44, 45.) Specifically, consistent
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`with Claims 13-15, this passage confirms that it is the entertainment device that
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`performs the switching to the desired input and output devices in accordance with a
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`configuration of the entertainment device, as opposed to selectively powering on
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`and off the desired and undesired input and output devices. (Id.) Even where the
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`AV receiver instructs the controlling device to power on a desired input or output
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`device, that occurs only after the AV receiver (or entertainment device) has
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`actively selected the desired input source and output destination. (See ‘207 patent
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`at FIG. 6, step 608, 7:7-10 (“Once a source device has been designated, at step 608
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`the AV receiver operating program selects the audio video and/or AV inputs
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`associated with the designated source device.”); Cook Decl. at ¶ 46.)
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`For example, while described in the context of an AV receiver acting
`[as] a central switching point for content streams in a home
`entertainment system, it will be appreciated that any other suitably
`equipped device, for example an advanced cable or satellite STB, a
`personal computer, etc., may be substituted for an AV receiver in the
`practice of the instant invention. Further, while a preferred
`embodiment described above comprises a controlling device capable
`of bidirectional communication with an AV receiver or other central
`switching device, it will be appreciate[d] that many of the step of the
`inventive methods may also be practiced in a system comprising a
`controlling device which is in unidirectional (inward) communication
`with the central switching device, in which certain controlling device
`actions may be initiated autonomously as macro sequences using, for
`example, discrete appliance commands as are know[n] in the art.
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`(‘207 patent at 9:17-32 (emphases added).)
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`The specification of the ‘207 patent confirms that the claimed “configuration
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`of the entertainment device” requires transmission of a signal to the entertainment
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`device such that the configuration thereof contemplates affirmatively selecting an
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`AV input source and an AV output destination and affirmatively performing
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`switching actions accordingly. (See generally ‘207 patent; Cook Decl. at ¶¶ 47-
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`49.) Thus, the Board should therefore construe “configuration of the entertainment
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`device” as such.
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`III. PATENT OWNER’S RESPONSE TO PETITIONER’S INVALIDITY
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`Dubil does not disclose all of the limitations of each of challenged Claims
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`13-15 of the ‘207 patent such that the Board should affirm their validity. In
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`support of its Response, Patent Owner has submitted, and cites herein where
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`appropriate, the declaration of its expert, Alex Cook, who has over thirty years of
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`experience with remote controls and other related technologies. (See generally
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`Cook Decl. at ¶¶ 1-11.)
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`A. Dubil Does Not Anticipate Claim 13-15 Of The ‘207 Patent Because
`Dubil Does Not Meet The Board’s Proposed Narrower Construction
`Of “configuration of the entertainment device.”
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`For the reasons discussed above, the Board should construe “configuration
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`of the entertainment device” to “require transmission of a signal to the
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`entertainment device such that the configuration thereof contemplates affirmatively
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`selecting an AV input source and an AV output destination and affirmatively
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`performing switching actions accordingly.” Adopting that construction, Dubil
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`does not disclose a “configuration of the entertainment device” because the alleged
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`entertainment device of Dubil, a VCR, (Pet. at 25,) is not disclosed as affirmatively
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`selecting an AV output destination or affirmatively performing switching actions
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`to a particular AV output destination. Neither Petitioner nor Mr. Geier points to
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`any portion of Dubil that discloses affirmatively performing switching operations.
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`(Cook Decl. at ¶ 53.)
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`A VCR operates merely as a passthrough device, in which the AV source
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`information is routed directly to all AV outputs of the VCR. (Id. at ¶ 54.) VCRs
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`cannot be configured in a way that permits the AV information to be routed only to
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`certain output devices, other than by simply physically disconnecting an output
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`device from the VCR. (See id. at ¶ 55.) Needless to say, physically disconnecting
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`an output device from a VCR does not constitute “active switching” between AV
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`output destination devices. (Id. at ¶ 56.) Accordingly, a VCR cannot perform
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`switching operations to affirmatively select an AV output destination in
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`accordance with Patent Owner’s proposed construction of “configuration of the
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`entertainment device” limitation. (Id. at ¶ 57.)
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`For this reason, Dubil does not disclose the “configuration of the
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`entertainment device” limitation in accordance with Patent Owner’s proposed
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`construction, and therefore does not anticipate Claims 13, 14, and/or 15, each of
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`which recites the “configuration of the entertainment device” limitation.
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`B. Dubil Does Not Anticipate Claim 13.
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`Even if Dubil discloses “active switching” in accordance with the Board’s
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`proposed narrower construction of “configuration of the entertainment device,”
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`Dubil still does not anticipate Claim 13 because it does not (i) teach the claimed
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`“configuration of the entertainment device,” (ii) “associat[e] a command value
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`entertainment device,” (iii) “caus[e] the entertainment device to access and use the
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`configuration associated with the command value corresponding to the activity key
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`of the controlling device in response to the entertainment device receiving from the
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`controlling device a signal which includes the command value corresponding to the
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`activity key of the controlling device” and/or (iv) download “the configuration of
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`the entertainment device … into the entertainment device from a computing device
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`in communication with the entertainment device.”
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`1.
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`Dubil Does Not Configure An Audio Visual Entertainment
`Device
`For the reasons discussed in Section III.A., supra, Dubil does not teach the
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`claimed “configuration of the entertainment device.” Therefore, Dubil does not
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`anticipate Claim 13.
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`2.
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`Dubil Does Not “associat[e] a command value
`corresponding to an activity key of a controlling device with
`a configuration of the entertainment device.”
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`Dubil does not “associat[e] a command value corresponding to an activity
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`key of a controlling device with a configuration of the entertainment device.”
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`Based upon nothing more than the fact that Dubil allegedly discloses an “activity
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`key” and Mr. Geier’s conclusory opinion that parrots the language of the Petition
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`itself, Petitioner concludes that “[o]ne skilled in the art would understand that
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`[Dubil] discloses (either expressly or inherently) that the activity key must be
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`designated with a value (command value) by which to reference that activity key.”
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`(Pet. at 26 (citing Ex. 1003, Declaration of James T. Geier (“Geier Decl.”), ¶ 44).)
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`Although the Petition does not make clear how Dubil discloses this claim
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`limitation, Petitioner appears to at least tacitly admit that Dubil does not expressly
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`disclose the “associating a command value corresponding to an activity key of a
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`controlling device with a configuration of the entertainment device” limitation by
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`noting that “the activity key must be designated….” (Pet. at 26 (emphasis added).)
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`Nevertheless, Petitioner’s apparent reliance on the doctrine of inherency falls short.
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`“To establish inherency, the extrinsic evidence must make clear that the
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`missing descriptive matter is necessarily present in the thing described in the
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`reference.” 3D-Matrix, Ltd. v. Menicon Co., Case IPR2014-00398, Paper No. 11
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`at 6 (P.T.A.B. Aug. 1, 2014) (quoting In re Robertson, 169 F.3d 743, 745 (Fed.
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`Cir. 1999)) (internal quotations omitted) (emphasis added). A showing of
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`inherency requires more than mere “probabilities or possibilities.” 3D-Matrix,
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`Case IPR2014-00398, Paper No. 11 at 6.
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`According to Mr. Geier:
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`In my opinion, the ‘831 publication discloses associating
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`a command value corresponding to an activity key of a controlling
`device with a configuration of the entertainment device. See the ‘831
`publication at ¶[0031] (an activity set (configuration of the
`entertainment device) is associated with a key (activity key) on the
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`remote control (the controlling device)). One skilled in the art would
`recognize that the activity key must be designated with a value
`(command value) by which to reference that key. Thus the command
`value corresponding to the activity key is associated with the
`configuration of the entertainment device.
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`(Geier Decl. at ¶ 44 (emphasis added).) This paragraph does not establish that a
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`command value corresponding to the activity key must be, i.e., is inherently,
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`associated with the configuration of the entertainment device. (Cook Decl. at ¶¶
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`59-60.) The fact that Dubil allegedly discloses an activity key does not in any way
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`confirm that a command value corresponding to that activity key exists at all, let
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`alone confirm that any such command value must be associated with a
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`configuration of the entertainment device. (Id. at ¶ 61.) Indeed, neither Petitioner
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`nor Mr. Geier offers a single reason why this claim limitation must necessarily be
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`met based solely on the existence of an alleged activity key. (Id.)
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`To the contrary, pressing one of the “activity set” keys on the Dubil remote
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`control does not associat[e] a command value corresponding to an activity key of a
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`controlling device with a configuration of the entertainment device. (Dubil at ¶¶
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`[0021-22].) Rather, activating one of the “activity set” keys maps a set of
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`functions to the Dubil remote control itself, (id.,) and may transmit a set of
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`commands to various home entertainment system components without associating
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`a command value corresponding to an activity key with a configuration of the
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`entertainment device. (Id. at ¶ 28; Cook Decl. at ¶¶ 62, 63.) For this reason, Dubil
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`does not “configure an audio visual entertainment device” or “associat[e] a
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`command value corresponding to an activity key of a controlling device with a
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`configuration of the entertainment device” as required by Claim 13. Thus, Dubil
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`does not anticipate challenged Claim 13.
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`3.
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`Dubil Does Not Teach “causing the entertainment device to
`access and use the configuration associated with the
`command value corresponding to the activity key of the
`controlling device in response to the entertainment device
`receiving from the controlling device a signal which
`includes the command value corresponding to the activity
`key of the controlling device”
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`Dubil also does not anticipate Claim 13 because it does not disclose
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`“causing the entertainment device to access and use the configuration associated
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`with the command value corresponding to the activity key of the controlling device
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`in response to the entertainment device receiving from the controlling device a
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`signal which includes the command value corresponding to the activity key of the
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`controlling device.” Dubil does not expressly disclose a controlling device (i.e.,
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`the remote control) that sends a signal containing a command value to the
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`entertainment device of Dubil (VCR 113) in response to the activation of one of
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`the “activity set” keys of the Dubil remote control. (Cook Decl. at ¶¶ 64, 65.)
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`Rather, activating one of the “activity set” keys maps a set of functions to the
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`Dubil remote control itself, (Dubil, ¶¶ [0021-22],) and may transmit a set of
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`commands to various home entertainment system components without associating
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`a command value corresponding to an activity key with a configuration of the
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`entertainment device. (Id. at ¶ 28; Cook Decl. at ¶ 66.) Thus, the entertainment
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`device from Dubil cannot “access and use the configuration associated with the
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`command value corresponding to the activity key of the controlling device in
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`response to the entertainment device receiving from the controlling device a
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`signal” if the controlling device does not send such a signal containing a command
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`value.
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`Here again, Petitioner assumes that “[a] person of ordinary skill would
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`understand that the ‘831 publication discloses (either expressly or inherently) that
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`when an activity key is pressed on the remote control (controlling device), VCR
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`113 (the entertainment device) must receive a signal from the remote control that
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`includes the command value corresponding to the selected activity key so that
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`VCR 113 knows which input and output devices to use for the selected activity.”
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`(Pet. at 27 (emphasis added).) Petitioner does not articulate any reason why the
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`VCR 113 “must inherently