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`ORACLE EXHIBIT 1024
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`ORACLE EXHIBIT 1024
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
` CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE UNDER
`AW Docket N0-
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`37 C.F.R. 1.248
`Applicant
`Geoffre B. Hoese, et al.
`Reexamination Control No.
`90/007,123
`Title
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`°R°SS"2°'”
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`Date Filed
`O7/19/2004
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`Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual
`Local Stora - e
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`Group Art Unit
`2182
`Confirmation Number:
`2293
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`Examiner
`Chen, Alan S.
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`Applicant hereby serves the Comments on Statement of Reasons for Patentability
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`and/or Comfirmation in the above referenced case to:
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`Larry E. Severin
`Wang, Hartmann & Gibbs, PC
`1301 Dove Street, #1050
`Newport Beach, CA 92660
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`As per 35 U.S.C. §1.248 service is made via first class mail, certified, R.R.R. on
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`October 7, 2005
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Sprinkle IP Law Group
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`£7»
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`ohn L. Adair
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`Reg. No. 48,828
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`Dated: October 7, 2005
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`1301 w. 25"‘ Street, Suite 408
`Austin, Texas 78705
`Tel. (512) 637-9223
`Fax. (512) 371-9088
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`Enclosures
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`Oracle-Huawei-NetApp Ex. 1024, pg. 1
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Comments On Statement of Reasons for Patentability
`andlor Confirmation
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`AW Docket No-
`°R°55'”2°'14
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`Applicants
`Goeffre B. Hoese, et al.
`Reexamination Control No. Date Filed
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`90/007,123
`Title
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`07/19/2004
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`Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual
`Local Stora - e
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`Group Art Unit
`2182
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`Examiner
`Chen, Alan S.
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`Certificate of Mailin Under 37 C.F.R. 1.8
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`I hereby certify that this correspondence is being deposited with
`the United States Postal Service as First Class Mail in an
`envelope addressed to Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box
`1450, Alexandria, VA 22312-1450 on October 7. 2005.
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`A»-LJ
`Signature
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`Julie H. Blackard
`Printed Name
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`Commissioner for Patents
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`R0 Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 223134 450
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`Dear Sir:
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`Applicants appreciate the Examiner’s allowance of or confirmation of Claims 1-14 of
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`United States Patent No. 5,941,972. Applicants submit the record as a whole makes evident
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`the reasons for allowance and that there are additional reasons for patentability not enumerated
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`by the Examiner. While Applicants agree with the Examiner’s reasons for patentability to the
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`extent such reasons are consistent with the record as a whole (as Applicants understand them
`to be), Applicants do not acquiesce or agree to any characterization of the claims that place
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`unwarranted limitations or interpretations upon the claims, especially to the extent such
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`limitations or interpretations are inconsistent with the claim language, specification or prior
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`prosecution history in this case.
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`Oracle-Huawei-NetApp Ex. 1024, pg. 2
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`Attorney Docket No.
`‘ CROSS1120—14
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`Customer ID: 44654
`90/007,123
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`These “Comments on Statement of Reasons for Patentability and/or Confirmation” was
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`served via First Class Mail, Certified, R.R.R. on October 7, 2005 to Larry E. Severin of Wang,
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`Hartmann & Gibbs, PC, 1301 Dove Street, #1050, Newport Beach, CA 92660.
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`The Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is hereby authorized to charge
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`any fees or credit any overpayments to Deposit Account No. 50-3183 of Sprinkle IP Law Group.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Sprinkle IP Law Group
`Attorneys for Applicant
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`&/
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`John L. Adair
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`Reg. No. '48,828
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`Date: October 7, 2005
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`1301 w. 25”’ Street, Suite 408
`Austin, TX 78705
`Tel. (512) 637-9223
`Fax. (512) 371-9088
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`Oracle-Huawei-NetApp Ex. 1024, pg. 3
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`Unittd Slatcs Palcnt and Trntlcnnarls Omen
`Adams: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FILING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION N0.
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`90/007,123
`44654
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`7590
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`09/23/2005
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`SPRINKLE 11> LAW GROUP
`1301 W. 25TH STREET
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`sums 403
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`5941972
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`DATE MAILED: 09/2 3/2005
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication conceming this application or proceeding.
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`PTO-90C (Rev. 10/03)
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`Oracle-Huawei-NetApp Ex. 1024, pg. 4
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`APPLICATION NO!
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`90/007,123
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`FIUNG DATE
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`07/ 19/2004
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTORI
`PATENT lN REEXAMINATION
`594 I 972
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`I006-8900
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`Wang, Hartman & Gibbs, PC
`1301 Dove Street
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`Newpon Beach, CA 92660
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`ART UNIT
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`2182
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`DATE MAILED ? -3:3-a.S
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`Please find below andlor atiached an Office communication concerning this application or
`proceeding.
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`Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
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`cc: SPRINKLE 11> LAW GROUP
`1301 w. 25”‘ Strect
`Suite 408
`Austin, TX 78705
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`PTO-90C (Rev.3—98)
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`Oracle-Huawei-NetApp Ex. 1024, pg. 5
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`Notice of Intent to Issue
`Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate
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`Control No.
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`Patent Under Reexamination
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`90/001123
`Examiner
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`Alan S. Chen
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`5941972
`Art Unit
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`2182
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`- The MAIUNG DA TE of this communication appears on the cover sheet wim the correspondence address —
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`Prosecution on the merits is (or remains) closed in this ex parte reexamination proceeding. This proceeding is
`subject to reopening at the initiative of the Office or upon petition. Cf. 37 CFR 1.313(a). A Certificate will be
`issued inview of
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`(a) IE Patent owners communication(s) filed: 22 July 2005.
`(b) El Patent owners late response filed:
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`(c) E] Patent owner's failure to file an appropriate response to the Office action mailed:
`(d) III Patent owners failure to timely file an Appeal Brief (37 CFR 41.31).
`(e) E] Other:
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`Status of Ex Parte Reexamination:
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`(f). Change in the Specification: D Yes IE No
`(g) Change in the Drawing(s): D Yes IZI No '
`(h) Status of the C|aim(s):
`(1) Patent claim(s) confinned: 114,
`(2) Patent claim(s) amended fincluding dependent on amended claim(s)):
`(3) Patent claim(s) cancelled:
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`(4) Newly presented claim(s) patentablez
`(5) Newly presented cancelled claims:
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`2. IE Note the attached statement of reasons for patentability and/or confinnation. Any comments considered
`necessary by patent owner regarding reasons for patentability and/or confinnation must be submitted promptly
`to avoid processing delays. Such submission(s) should be labeled: “Comments On Statement of Reasons for
`Patentability and/or Confirmation.”
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`3. D Note attached NOTICE OF REFERENCES CITED (PTO-892).
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`4. E] Note attached LIST OF REFERENCES CITED (PTO-,1449 or PTO/SB/08).
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`E] disapproved.
`The drawing correction request filed on j is: El approved
`5.
`6. [:1 Acknowledgment is made of the priority claim under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
`a)|:l All b)|:l Some*
`c)l:] None
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`C] been received.
`D not been received.‘
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`E] been filed in Application No.
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`El been filed in reexamination Control No.
`E] been received by the International Bureau in PCT Application No.
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`* Certified copies not received: j
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`7. El Note attached Examiners Amendment.
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`8. E] Note attached Interview Summary (PTO-474).
`9. [:1 Other: ____.
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`cc: Requester (if third party requester)
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`VPTOL-469 (Rev.9-O4)
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`Notice of Intent to issue Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate
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`Part of Paper No 09162005
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`Oracle-Huawei-NetApp Ex. 1024, pg. 6
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`REEXAMINATION
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`REASONS FOR PATENTABILITY I CONFIRMATION
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`Reexamination Control No. 90/007.123
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`Attachment to Paper No. 09162005.
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`Art Unit 2182.
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`f\ Claims 1·14 are ellew~.
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`The prior art disclosed by the patent owner and cited by the Examiner fail to teach or suggest, alone or in combination, all the limitations of the
`independent claims (claims 1, 7 and 11), particularly the map/mapping feature which is a one-to-one correspondence, as given in a simple table,
`the map physically resident on a router, whereby the router forms the connection bet'lyeen two separate entities over different transport mediums,
`such that neither entity determines where data is to be sent, but rather, the router solely dictates where the data will be sent; also the UNLLBP"
`feature refering to a tundamentallow level protocol defined by a specification/standard that is well known to one of ordinary skill in the art, where
`the NLLBP is used at the router for communications with both the first and second transport meqium. The SCSI protocol/standard is considered
`a NLLBP. TCP/IP, e.g., used in Ethernet communications, however, is not considered to be a NLLBP.
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`PTOL-476 (Rev. 03-98)
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`Oracle-Huawei-NetApp Ex. 1024, pg. 7
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`Reexamination
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`90/007,123
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`Applicant(s)IPatent Under
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`Reexamination
`5941972
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`Requester
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`Correspondence Address:
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`E] Patent Owner
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`‘ D Third Party
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`LITIGATION REVIEW IX
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`Case Name
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`Director Initials
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`Crossroads Systems, (Texas), Inc. v. Chaparral Network Storage. Inc..
`Western District of Texas (00-CA-217) <1‘!/04}/M f;‘f;fi3“
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`Crossroads Systems, (Texas), Inc., v. Pathlight Technology, Inc.,
`Western District of Texas (00-CA-248)
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`Crossroads Systems, (Texas), Inc v. Dot Hill Systems
`Western District of Texas (03-CV-754)
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`Issue Classification
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`AppIicant(s)IPatent under
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`Examiner
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`INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION
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`Index of Claims
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`3 @ad<"20010927" and (fibre adj
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`S8 and 9AID
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`@ad<"20010927" and network adj
`attached adj storage and Fibre adj
`channel near scsi
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`S13 and router
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`@ad<"19971231" and network adj
`attached adj storage and Fibreadj
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`@ad<"19971231" and Fibre adj
`channel sa_me scsi same router
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`@ad<'?19971231" and ancor.asn.
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`@ad<'f1'9971231" and fibre adj '
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`S23 and map$5 '
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`S23 and LUN
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`S24 and LUN
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`S24 and virtual near local near
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`523 and virtual near local near
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`S23 and router
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`@ad<"19971231" and virtual adj
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`S32 and.remote
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`A storage router (5 6) and storage network (50) provide virtual local storage on remote SCSI storage devices (60,
`62, 64) to Fiber Channel devices. A plurality of Fiber Channel devices, such as workstations (5 8), are connected to a
`Fiber Channel transport medium (52), and a plurality of SCSI storage devices (60, 62, 64) are connected to a SCSI bus
`transport medium (54). The storage router (56) interfaces between the Fiber Channel transport medium (52) and the
`SCSI bus transport medium (54) . The storage router (56) maps between the workstations (58) and the SCSI storage
`devices (60, 62, 64) and implements access controls for storage space on the SCSI storage devices (60, 62, 64) . The
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`Copyright 2003 Business Wire, Inc.
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`...Ltd., a global leader in the storage market, today announced a cross-licensing arrangement covering access con-
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`...by Crossroads Systems Inc. (CRDS) on October 17, 2003. Dot Hill has not been served with the Complaint. The
`suit alleges patent infringement by Dot Hill of United States Patent Nos. 5,941,972 and 6,425,035, relating to storage
`routers and methods for providing virtual local storage.
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`HEADLINE: Dot Hill Systems Announces Complaint Filed By Crossroads Systems
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`...Austin, Texas by Crossroads Systems on October 17, 2003. Dot Hill has not been served with the Complaint. The
`suit alleges patent infringement by Dot Hill of United States Patent Nos. 5,941,972 and 6,425,035, relating to storage_
`routers and methods for providing virtual local storage.
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`Oracle-Huawei-NetApp Ex. 1024, pg. 23
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`...XIOtech has become the most recent licensee of Crossroads‘ patented access controls technology for utilization in
`XIOtech's Magnitude product family.
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`Crossroads is the owner of several patents, including U.S. Patent No. 5,941,972 and U.S. Patent No. 6,423,035,
`covering the ability to control access from hosts to storage devices using a variety of protocols. The Crossroads technol-
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`Administrative
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`HEADLINE: Chaparral Network Storage Ordered to Stop Shipping Products That Infringe On Crossroads Patent
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`DATELINE: AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 17, 2001
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`BODY:
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`...Oct. 11, 2001, a judge has issued an injunction against Chaparral Network Storage Inc.'s RAID and router prod-
`ucts that use access controls or LUN zoning because they willfully infringe the Crossroads 5,941,972 ("_972") patent, as
`found earlier by a jury on Sept. 12, 2001.
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`Those infringing products are Fibre Channel-to-Ultra2 SCSI storage router models FS 1220 and FS 2620; the G-
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`HEADLINE: Crossroads Systems Wins Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Chaparral Network Storage
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`DATELINE: AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 17, 2001
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`BODY:
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`...global provider of connectivity for storage networking solutions, announced that a jury found Chaparral Network
`Storage, Inc.'s RAID and router products using LUN zoning willfully infringe the Crossroads 5,941,972 ("972") patent.
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`The jury has awarded damages with a royalty amount of 5% for Chaparral's router product line and 3% for their
`RAID product line. Crossroads will be pursuing an injunction based
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`Oracle-Huawei-NetApp Ex. 1024, pg. 27
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`Copyright 2001 Omega Communications, Inc.
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`...9909l5
`CATALINA LIGHTING
`vs.
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`LAMPS PLUS, INC. & PACIFIC COAST LIGHTING
`5,221,141-362/250; 353,904-D26/63
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`00-248 -- Filed:O00414
`CROSSROADS SYSTEMS
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`PATHLIGHT TECHNOLOGY INC.
`5,941,972-710/129
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`97-2601 -- Filed:9707l4
`DCNL INC. & SABRINA S. DENEBEIM
`vs.
`CONAIR CORP.
`365,685-D4/128; 366,152-D4/I28; 5,515,874-132/226
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`01-4291 --...
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`...model; Gary Randall Horn, Mohan Sharma, Leo Yue Tak Yeung.
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`* No. 5,939,869; low-power interconnection using magnetoresistive elements; Uttam Shamalindu Ghoshal.
`Crossroads Systems Inc.
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`* No. 5,941,972; storage router and method for providing virtual local storage; Geoffrey B. Hoese.
`Dell USA
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`"‘ No. 5,943,029; method and apparatus to provide non-DDC monitor characteristics to system software; Steven
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