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IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`In re U.S. Patent No. 6,925,481
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`Trial Number:
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`Filed:
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`Issued:
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`May 3, 2001
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`August 2, 2005
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`Inventors: Sandeep Kishan Singhal
`Barry Eliot Levinson
`Darren Michael Sanders
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`Assignee: Clouding IP, LLC
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`Title:
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`Technique for Enabling Remote Data Access and Manipulation from
`a Pervasive Device
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`PETITION FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW OF U.S. PATENT NO. 6,925,481
`UNDER 35 U.S.C. §§ 311-319 AND 37 C.F.R. § 42.100 ET SEQ.
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`V.
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`INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................1
`I.
`II. MANDATORY NOTICES............................................................................4
`A.
`Real Parties-In-Interest ........................................................................4
`B.
`Related Matters....................................................................................4
`C.
`Lead And Back-Up Counsel ................................................................5
`PAYMENT OF FEES....................................................................................5
`III.
`IV. REQUIREMENTS FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW ....................................5
`A.
`Grounds For Standing..........................................................................6
`B.
`Identification Of Challenge..................................................................6
`SUMMARY OF THE ’481 PATENT............................................................7
`A.
`Description Of The Alleged Invention .................................................7
`B.
`Summary Of The Prosecution History ...............................................10
`C.
`Level of Ordinary Skill in the Art ......................................................10
`VI. CLAIM CONSTRUCTION .........................................................................11
`A.
`“Receiving a Data Access Request”...................................................12
`B.
`“Location of Each Available Data Manipulation Operation” .............12
`C.
`“Data”................................................................................................13
`VII. CLAIMS 1-5, 25, 28, 30, 40, 48-49, AND 52-53 OF THE ’481
`PATENT ARE UNPATENTABLE AS ANTICIPATED BY
`SCHILIT......................................................................................................13
`A.
`Description of the Prior Art Schilit Patent..........................................14
`B.
`Detailed Explanation of Invalidity .....................................................18
`VIII. CONCLUSION ...........................................................................................34
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`TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
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`Page(s)
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`Cases
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`Clio USA, Inc. v. The Procter and Gamble Co.,
`IPR2013-00438, Paper No. 9, (P.T.A.B., January 9, 2014) ................................6
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`In re Translogic Tech., Inc.,
`504 F.3d 1249 (Fed. Cir. 2007)........................................................................11
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`Statutes
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`35 U.S.C. § 102(e) ............................................................................................7, 18
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`35 U.S.C. §§ 311-319 .............................................................................................1
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`35 U.S.C. § 315(a)(1)..............................................................................................6
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`Other Authorities
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a) ...............................................................................................5
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.100(b) ...........................................................................................11
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.101(a)..............................................................................................6
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`37 C.F.R. §§ 42.100 et seq......................................................................................1
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.101(c)..............................................................................................6
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.104..................................................................................................5
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`EXHIBIT LIST
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`EMC 1001
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`U.S. Pat. No. 6,925,481 (the “’481 Patent”)
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`EMC 1002
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`EMC 1003
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`EMC 1004
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`Notice of Allowability from the Prosecution History of
`Application No. 09/848,394, which matured into the ’481
`Patent
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`Board’s Decision Instituting Review in IPR 2013-00075
`(“Oracle Decision”)
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`Board’s Decision Instituting Review in IPR 2014-00299
`(“SAP Decision”)
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`EMC 1005
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,670,968 to Schilit et al. (“Schilit”)
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`EMC 1006
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`EMC 1007
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`EMC 1008
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`EMC 1009
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`EMC 1010
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`EMC 1011
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`EMC 1012
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`Flynn, M., et al., “The Satchel System Architecture: Mobile
`Access to Documents and Services”, Mobile Networks and
`Applications, Vol. 5, Issue 4, 243-58 (December 2000)
`(“Flynn”)
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`Barrett, R., et al., “Intermediaries: New Places for Producing
`and Manipulating Web Content,” Computer Networks and
`ISDN Systems, Vol. 30, Issue 107, 509-518 (April 1998)
`(“Barrett”)
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`Complaint, Dkt. No. 1 in EMC Corp. et al. v. Clouding IP,
`No. 13-CV-3824 (N.D. Cal.)
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`Notice of Dismissal, Dkt. No. 8 in EMC Corp. et al. v.
`Clouding IP, No. 13-CV-3824 (N.D. Cal.)
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`Declaration in Prior Proceedings of Dr. Benjamin Bederson
`with Exhibits
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`Declaration of Dr. Benjamin Goldberg (“Goldberg Decl.”)
`with Exhibits
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`Opening Brief in Support of Defendants EMC Corp., EMC
`International U.S. Holdings, Inc. and VMware, Inc.’s
`Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Standing, Dkt. No. 35 in
`Clouding IP v. EMC Corp. et al., No. 13-CV-1455 (D. Del.)
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`EMC 1013
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`Order Dismissing Case, Dkt. No. 69 in Clouding IP v. EMC
`Corp. et al., No. 13-CV-1455 (D. Del.)
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION
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`EMC Corporation, EMC International U.S. Holdings, Inc., and VMware,
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`Inc. (collectively, “Petitioners”), respectfully request inter partes review and
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`cancellation of claims 1-5, 25, 28, 30, 40, 48-49 and 52-53 of U.S. Patent No.
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`6,925,481 (the “’481 Patent,” attached as Ex. 1001) in accordance with 35 U.S.C.
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`§§ 311-319 and 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.100 et seq.
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`As described in its Abstract, the ’481 Patent generally relates to “methods,
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`systems, and computer program instructions for enabling users of pervasive
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`devices to remotely access and manipulate information in ways that might
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`otherwise be impossible or impractical because of inherent limitations of the
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`device.”1 (Ex. 1001 ’481 Patent at Abstract). The claims of the ’481 Patent,
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`however, are invalid because all of the limitations are disclosed in prior art U.S.
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`Patent No. 6,670,968 to Schilit (the “Schilit Patent”) (Ex. 1005). Like the later
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`’481 Patent, the prior art Schilit Patent describes using a mobile phone to access
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`and manipulate web content.
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`The Board has already determined – twice in fact – that Schilit anticipates
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`claims of the ’481 Patent. Clouding IP, LLC (“Clouding”) previously sued Oracle
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`1
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`While the ’481 Patent is unclear about what, precisely, is a “pervasive
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`device,” examples of such a device include two-way pagers, personal digital
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`assistants, and cellular phones. (Ex. 1001 at 1:23-28).
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`Corporation (“Oracle”) alleging infringement of certain claims of the ’481 Patent.
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`In response, Oracle petitioned for inter partes review of the ’481 Patent alleging, in
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`part, anticipation by Schilit. Case IPR2013-00075. The Board considered Schilit,
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`compared it to the claims of the ’481 Patent, and “conclude[d] that there is a
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`reasonable likelihood that Oracle would prevail on the ground that claims 1, 2, 25,
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`28 and 50-57 are anticipated by Schilit.” (Ex. 1003 at 12).
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`Less than two months after the Board instituted review, Clouding and Oracle
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`settled their dispute and jointly petitioned the Board to terminate its pending inter
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`partes review. The Board granted the motion and terminated the Oracle petition
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`on July 22, 2013.
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`On July 26, 2013 – just four days after the Board terminated the Oracle inter
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`partes review – Clouding filed a new complaint alleging that three other entities
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`infringed claims of the ’481 Patent. Clouding filed a wave of similar complaints
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`on August 16, 2013 against various other companies including SAP America, Inc.,
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`EMC Corporation, and VMware, Inc.
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`On December 26, 2013, SAP America, Inc. petitioned the Board to institute
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`inter partes review alleging, once again, that Schilit anticipates claims of the ’481
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`Patent. Case IPR2014-00299. As with the Oracle petition, the Board reviewed the
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`’481 Patent and the prior art Schilit Patent and determined, for the second time,
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`“that there is a reasonable likelihood that Petitioner would prevail on the ground
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`that claims 1, 2, 25, and 28 are anticipated by Schilit.” (Ex. 1004 at 16).
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`After SAP filed its petition for inter partes review, Clouding identified the
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`asserted claims in the related district court litigations. Clouding has now asserted
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`claims that were not previously asserted such as claims 30 and claims 48-49.
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`Because they were not previously asserted, such claims were not subject to the
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`Oracle or SAP petitions, even though those claims are also anticipated by Schilit.2
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`To curtail piecemeal disputes and establish – once and for all – that none of
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`the claims asserted against Petitioners are patentable, Petitioners respectfully
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`request that the Board institute review to consider whether Schilit invalidates
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`claims 1-5, 25, 28, 30, 40, 48-49 and 52-53 of the ’481 Patent. This proceeding
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`would not be cumulative to the Board’s pending inter partes review of the ’481
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`Patent as it would include additional claims not at issue in that proceeding.
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`2
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`On December 20, 2013, Petitioners moved to dismiss Clouding’s district
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`court infringement cases “on the ground that Plaintiff Clouding IP, LLC
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`(‘Clouding IP’) lacks standing because it did not obtain all substantial rights in the
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`patents-in-suit from Symantec Corp. (‘Symantec’).” (See, e.g., Ex. 1012 at 1). On
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`July 28, 2014, the district court granted motions to dismiss for lack of subject
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`matter jurisdiction based on lack of standing. (Ex. 1013, ¶ 1).
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`II. MANDATORY NOTICES
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`A. Real Parties-In-Interest
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`EMC Corporation, EMC International U.S. Holdings, Inc., and VMware,
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`Inc. are the real parties-in-interest.3
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`B. Related Matters
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`Petitioners identify the following judicial or administrative matters that
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`would affect, or be affected by, a decision in this proceeding. The district court
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`cases were dismissed on July 28, 2014 because Clouding lacked standing (see, e.g.,
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`Ex. 1013 ¶ 1):
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`Clouding IP, LLC v. Amazon.com, Inc., D. Del. C.A. No. 12-641-LPS
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`Clouding IP, LLC v. Google Inc., D. Del. C.A. No. 12-639-LPS
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`Clouding IP, LLC v. Rackspace Hosting, Inc., D. Del. C.A. No. 12-675-LPS
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`3 Petitioners had an agreement with AT&T Mobility LLC, AT&T Corp. and
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`Dropbox, Inc. whereby AT&T and Dropbox would join this petition. But, on July
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`28, 2014, the district court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss for lack of
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`standing and terminated the cases.
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`In light of that ruling, AT&T and Dropbox
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`gave notice that they do not elect to join this petition. AT&T and Dropbox have
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`taken the position that they are not real parties in interest. Petitioners make this
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`disclosure pursuant to their obligation to disclose relevant facts regarding the real
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`parties in interest.
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`Clouding IP, LLC v. EMC Corp., et al., D. Del. C.A. No. 13-1455-LPS
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`Clouding IP, LLC v. Dropbox Inc., D. Del. C.A. No. 13-1454-LPS
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`Clouding IP, LLC v. SAP AG, et al., D. Del. C.A. No. 13-1456-LPS
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`Clouding IP, LLC v. Verizon Inc., et al., D. Del. C.A. No. 13-1458-LPS
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`Clouding IP, LLC v. AT&T Inc., D. Del. C.A. No. 13-1342-LPS
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`Clouding IP, LLC v. Citrix Systems, Inc., D. Del. C.A. No. 13-1453-LPS
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`IPR2013-00075, initiated by Oracle (review instituted based on same prior
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`art asserted here; now terminated due to settlement of the parties)
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`IPR2014-00299, initiated by SAP (review instituted based on same prior art
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`asserted here)
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`C. Lead And Back-Up Counsel
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`Petitioners designate the following counsel, with service information (a
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`Power of Attorney accompanies this Petition):
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`Lead Counsel
`
`Don Daybell
`d2dptabdocket@orrick.com
`Registration No. 50,877
`CA Bar No. 210961
`ORRICK, HERRINGTON, &
`SUTCLIFFE LLP
`2050 Main St., Suite 1100
`Irvine, CA 92614
`Tel: 949-567-6700/Fax: 949-567-6710
`Customer No. 34313
`
`Backup Counsel
`Mark Shean
`m2sptabdocket@orrick.com
`Registration No. 54,441
`CA Bar No. 217671
`ORRICK, HERRINGTON, &
`SUTCLIFFE LLP
`2050 Main St., Suite 1100
`Irvine, CA 92614
`Tel: 949-567-6700/Fax: 949-567-6710
`Customer No. 34313
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`III. PAYMENT OF FEES
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`The undersigned authorizes the Office to charge $23,000.00 to Deposit
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`Account No. 15-0665 as the fee required by 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a) for this Petition
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`for Inter Partes Review. The undersigned further authorizes payment for any
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`additional fees or credit of overpayment that might be due in connection with this
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`Petition to Deposit Account 15-0665.
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`IV. REQUIREMENTS FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW
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`As set forth below and pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.104, each requirement for
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`inter partes review of the ’481 Patent is satisfied.
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`A. Grounds For Standing
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`Petitioners certify that the ’481 Patent is available for inter partes review
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`and that the Petitioners are not barred or estopped from requesting inter partes
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`review challenging the claims of the ’481 Patent on the grounds identified herein.
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`Petitioners have been sued for infringement of at least one claim of the ’481 Patent
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`in Clouding IP, LLC v. EMC Corp., et al., D. Del. C.A. No. 13-1455-LPS (served
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`August 20, 2013). Petitioners are not estopped from challenging the claims on the
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`grounds identified in the petition.4 37 C.F.R. § 42.101(c). Petitioners have not
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`been party to any other inter partes review of the challenged claims.
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`4
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`On August 19, 2013, Petitioners EMC Corporation and VMware, Inc. filed
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`an action seeking declaratory judgment that the ’481 Patent was not infringed and
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`B.
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`Identification Of Challenge
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`The precise relief requested by Petitioners is that the Patent Trial and Appeal
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`Board institute inter partes review of claims 1-5, 25, 28, 30, 40, 48-49 and 52-53
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`of the ’481 Patent and cancel those claims as unpatentable as anticipated by U.S.
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`Patent No. 6,670,968 to Schilit et al. (“Schilit”), filed July 10, 2000, issued
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`December 30, 2003. Schilit is prior art to the ’481 Patent under at least 35 U.S.C.
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`§ 102(e).
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`Charts are provided in section VII below, detailing where each claim
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`limitation is disclosed in the prior art.
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`The proper construction of the claims is addressed in section VI, below.
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`This petition relies on the declaration of Dr. Benjamin Goldberg, Ph.D., as
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`supporting evidence regarding the level of ordinary skill in the art and how one of
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`ordinary skill in the art would have understood the ’481 Patent and the prior art
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`references, as well as for a background of the technology. Dr. Goldberg’s
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`invalid. Ex. 1008 (Complaint). That case was voluntarily dismissed, without
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`prejudice, on Sept. 9, 2013, before Clouding answered. (Ex. 1009 (Notice of
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`Voluntary Dismissal)). Because that action was dismissed without prejudice, the
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`Board has previously determined that 35 U.S.C. § 315(a)(1) and
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.101(a) do not apply. Clio USA, Inc. v. The Procter and Gamble
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`Co., IPR2013-00438, Paper No. 9, at 7-9 (PTAB, January 9, 2014).
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`qualifications and opinions are set forth in his declaration, attached hereto as
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`Exhibit 1011 (“Goldberg Decl.”).
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`V. SUMMARY OF THE ’481 PATENT
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`A. Description Of The Alleged Invention
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`The ’481 Patent is entitled “Technique for Enabling Remote Data Access
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`and Manipulation From a Pervasive Device.” The ’481 Patent provides the
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`following summary of its alleged invention:
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`The present invention relates to pervasive computing, and more
`particularly to methods, systems, and computer program instructions
`for enabling users of pervasive devices (such as limited-function
`mobile devices, smart appliances, etc.) to remotely access and
`manipulate information in ways that might otherwise be impossible
`or impractical because of inherent limitations of the device.
`
`(’481 Patent (Ex. 1001), 1:7–13).
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`The Board previously reviewed and summarized the ’481 Patent in the
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`Oracle and SAP inter partes review proceedings:
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`As explained in the ’481 patent, pervasive devices have become
`popular
`in recent years as users increasingly seek “anywhere,
`anytime” access to services such as voice and data communications.
`Ex. 1001, 1:17–20. However, pervasive devices have inherent
`drawbacks. Ex. 1001, 1:46–47. Pervasive devices typically do not
`have sufficient memory to store all of information that the user
`requires. Ex. 1001, 1:61–63. Pervasive devices also may not have
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`sufficient software to access all of data that the user might wish to
`use. Ex. 1001, 2:3–5. Pervasive devices further may not have
`necessary drivers
`installed with which to support
`all data
`manipulation operations the user might wish to perform. Ex. 1001,
`2:12–14. Accordingly, the ’481 patent discloses a technique for
`enabling pervasive devices to access and manipulate data that avoids
`these drawbacks. Ex. 1001, 3:27–29.
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`(Ex. 1004 at 2-3).
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`More specifically, as described by the ’481 Patent, a pervasive device
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`requests information (such as a web page) not stored on the device. (See Ex. 1001
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`at 6:33-41, 10:17-22). This request is received by a protocol proxy, which
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`forwards it to the appropriate information source, such as a web server. (See id. at
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`5:42-56, 10:29-35). The requested information (e.g., the web page) is returned and
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`the protocol proxy determines what services are available to manipulate the
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`retrieved content. (See id. at 10:35-53). This is illustrated in Figure 1 of the ’481
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`Patent:
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`(Ex. 1001, Fig. 1).
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`For example, if the retrieved information is text, the available services may
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`include displaying, printing, or emailing that text. (See id. at 3:33-37). The
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`available services are determined from a data manipulation server, which maintains
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`a repository of available services for different types of data. (Id. at 7:49-55). The
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`protocol proxy returns the requested information, along with a list of available
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`services and their locations, to the pervasive device. (See id. at 15:52-54, Fig. 1,
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`message flow 7).
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`B. Summary Of The Prosecution History
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`The ’481 Patent was filed as application number 09/848,394 (“the ’394
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`application”) on May 3, 2001. The ’394 application received a first action Notice
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`of Allowance because the Examiner believed that:
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`None of the prior art of record taken singularly or in combination
`teaches or suggests receiving a data access request from a pervasive
`device and receiving the requested data at the pervasive device,
`along with information about one or more data manipulation
`operations that have [been] determined to be available for the
`obtained data.
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`(November 24, 2004 Notice of Allowance, Ex. 1002 at 2).
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`Notably, the Schilit Patent – which teaches the limitation the Examiner
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`believed missing from the prior art of record – was not cited during the prosecution
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`of the ’481 Patent.
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`C. Level of Ordinary Skill in the Art
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`A person of ordinary skill in the art to which the ’481 Patent is directed, as
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`of around 2001, the claimed priority date of the ’481 Patent, would have had a
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`bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering, computer science, or
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`computer engineering, or a similar field. Such a person would also have
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`familiarity with client-server computing and two years of experience developing
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`software for mobile devices and client-server systems. (Goldberg Decl., ¶ 12).
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`VI. CLAIM CONSTRUCTION
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`In an inter partes review, a claim in an unexpired patent shall be given its
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`broadest reasonable construction in light of the specification of the patent in which
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`it appears. 37 C.F.R. § 42.100(b). Under the broadest reasonable construction
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`standard, claim terms are given their ordinary and customary meaning, as would be
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`understood by one of ordinary skill in the art in the context of the entire disclosure.
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`In re Translogic Tech., Inc., 504 F.3d 1249, 1257 (Fed. Cir. 2007).
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`For purposes of this petition, Petitioners submit that the following terms, all
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`of which have been previously construed by the Board, should be construed again
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`in the same manner:
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`(1) “receiving a data access request”
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`(2) “location of each available data manipulation operation”
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`(3) “data”
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`For all remaining terms, Petitioners submit, for the purposes of this inter partes
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`review only, that the broadest reasonable interpretation is the ordinary and
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`customary meaning that the terms would have had to one of ordinary skill in the
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`art. Petitioners submit that none of the challenged claims contain a means-plus-
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`function or step-plus-function limitation.
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`A.
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`“Receiving a Data Access Request”
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`For purposes of this inter partes review, Petitioners submit that the broadest
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`reasonable construction of “receiving a data access request” is the construction
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`adopted by the Board in the Oracle and SAP proceedings. Specifically, the term
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`“receiving a data access request” as used in claims 1 and 52 of the ’481 Patent does
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`not preclude receiving additional data access requests, or having steps performed
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`also in response to another request. (Ex. 1003 at 7-9; Ex. 1004 at 6-8).
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`As the Board twice noted, this construction is consistent with the open-
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`ended transition “comprising” in the independent claims. (Ex. 1003 at 7-8; Ex.
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`1004 at 6-7). It is also consistent with the specification, which explicitly notes that
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`the embodiments in which only one request was disclosed were not to be construed
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`as limiting. (Ex. 1001 at 18:43-45; Ex. 1003 at 8; Ex. 1004 at 8-9).
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`B.
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`“Location of Each Available Data Manipulation Operation”
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`For purposes of this inter partes review, Petitioners submit that the broadest
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`reasonable construction of the term “location of each available data manipulation
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`operation” is the construction adopted by the Board in the Oracle and SAP
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`proceedings. Specifically, the term “location of each available data manipulation
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`operation” as used in claims 1 and 52 of the ’481 Patent means “a location
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`identified by an address, such as a URL, an e-mail address, or a combination of an
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`e-mail address and subject line, specifying where on a computer network a data
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`manipulation operation or service may be invoked.” (Ex. 1003 at 9-10; Ex. 1004 at
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`8-9).
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`As the Board twice noted, this construction finds direct support in the
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`specification, which discloses that the references to data manipulation operations
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`“may employ address formats other than URLs, such as e-mail addresses, or
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`perhaps a combination of an e-mail address and subject line, to designate a service
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`to be invoked.” (Ex. 1001 at 9:15-19; Ex. 1003 at 9-10; Ex. 1004 at 8-9).
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`C.
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`“Data”
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`For purposes of this inter partes review, Petitioners submit that the broadest
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`reasonable construction of “data” is the construction adopted by the Board in the
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`Oracle proceeding. Specifically, the term “data” as used in claims 1 and 52 of the
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`’481 Patent means “virtually any type of information, including Web content,
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`email messages, or files in various formats.” (Ex. 1003 at 10).
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`As the Board noted, the term data is “defined in the Specification” of the
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`’481 Patent. (Ex. 1003 at 10 citing Ex. 1001, 3:31-33 (“The data may represent
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`virtually any type of information, including Web content, e-mail messages, or files
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`in various formats.”)).
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`VII. CLAIMS 1-5, 25, 28, 30, 40, 48-49, AND 52-53 OF THE ’481 PATENT
`ARE UNPATENTABLE AS ANTICIPATED BY SCHILIT
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`The Board has determined on two occasions that there is a reasonable
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`likelihood that Schilit anticipates claims 1, 2, 25, and 28 and at least once that it
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`also anticipates claims 52-53 of the ’481 Patent. (See Ex. 1003 at 10-11, 14
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`(Oracle); Ex. 1004 at 13-15, 16, 21 (SAP)). While not subject to the earlier
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`petitions for review (as Clouding had not asserted these claims), Schilit also
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`anticipates Claims 3-5, 30, 40, and 48-49.
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`A. Description of the Prior Art Schilit Patent
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`Schilit describes a system that allows a user of a mobile (pervasive) device
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`to request access to data, such as a web page, from a server using a proxy that
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`converts the data to suit the capabilities of the mobile device.5 (See, e.g., Ex. 1005
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`at 5:30-34). A server in Schilit’s system maintains a database of available services
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`(data manipulation operations such as “print” or “fax”) and provides to the
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`pervasive device references (service invocation addresses) of services that are
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`available to the device. (See, e.g., id. at 5:45-51, 8:62-9:5, 11:1-10). With this
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`information, the device is operable to request or invoke an available service (data
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`manipulation operation). (See, e.g., id. at 8:60-9:9). Schilit also discloses that a
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`selection of the services that are made available may vary depending on the content
`
`type of the data, the user requesting access, or the physical location of the
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`pervasive (mobile) device. (See, e.g., id. at 9:41-54, 4:52-54, 4:58-60).
`
`Specifically, Schilit and the ’481 Patent both envision an architecture in
`
`which a mobile device (WID 130 in the Figure 1 of the ’481 Patent, mobile-device
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`5
`
`The Schilit Patent expressly states that its invention can be used with mobile
`devices such as cellular phones and personal digital assistants such as the Nokia
`9000 Communicator. (See, e.g., Ex. 1005 at 8:36-48 and Fig. 5B (cellular phone)
`and at 10:45-47 and Fig. 2 (personal digital assistant)). Cellular phones and
`personal digital assistants are two examples of “pervasive devices” identified in the
`’481 Patent. (Ex. 1001 at 1:23-28)).
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`11 in Figure 7 of the Schilit Patent, both shaded yellow for identification) request
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`data from webservers and receive both the requested data, as well as the location of
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`data manipulation operations that can be performed on that data:
`
`(Ex. 1001, Fig. 1).
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`(Schilit, Fig. 7)
`
`The Board has twice considered and summarized the teachings of the Schilit
`
`Patent as it relates to the ’481 Patent:
`
`Schilit relates to a Web Browser program, referred to as an “m-link,”
`which converts HTML documents for displaying on a mobile
`display. Ex. 1005 [Schilit Patent], 5:30–32. The m-link program
`accesses a server to retrieve a document as identified by a user-
`selected URL. Ex. 1005, 5:32–34. The document received from the
`server is then parsed and hyper-links contained in the document are
`separated from the content. Ex. 1005, 5:34–36. The hyper-links are
`processed, re-organized, and provided for display on the mobile
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`the
`device. Ex. 1005, 5:36–37. Once the links are displayed,
`mobile-device keypad can be used to navigate to and select one of
`the displayed links. Ex. 1005, 5:46–48. As shown in Figures 6A
`and 6B, Schilit discloses a menu tree of links that can be navigated
`by user selection so as to allow a user to select the “Publications”
`link, and then the “Hypertext Interaction revisited” link. Figures 6A
`and 6B are reproduced below:
`
`(Ex. 1004 at 11-12). The Board continued, noting:
`
`As shown in Figure 6C, a list of situations, or content-appropriate
`services, such as reading, printing, or faxing, is then provided to the
`mobile device display after the “Hypertext Interaction revisited” link
`is selected in Figure 6B. Ex. 1005 [Schilit Patent], 5:48–49. Figure
`6C is reproduced below:
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`(Id. at 12). The Board concluded its review of Schilit, observing that:
`The services are hosted on a database. Ex. 1005 [Schilit Patent],
`10:1–2. The list of content-appropriate services, including printing
`and faxing, are provided dynamically by the database, for display on
`the mobile device display, based on the link owner or link type
`selected by the user. Ex. 1005, 10:1–4. Selecting one of the services
`from the list enables the service selected to be performed on the user-
`selected URL. Ex. 1005, 5:49–51.
`(Id. at 13).
`
`Based on its previous review of the Schilit Patent, the Board has twice
`
`determined that Schilit teaches the limitations of claims of the ’481 Patent. For
`
`example, the Board summarized why there is a reasonable likelihood that Schilit
`
`anticipates claim 1 of the ’481 Patent:
`
`[I]ndependent claim 1 recites “receiving a data access request from a
`pervasive device” and “obtaining the requested data.”
`Schilit
`discloses that an m-link program accesses a server to retrieve a
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`document identified by a user-selected URL. Ex. 1005 [Schilit
`Patent], 5:32–34.
`Independent claim 1 also recites “determining
`what data manipulation operations are available for the obtained
`data, as well as a location of each available data manipulation
`operation;” and “returning the determined data manipulation
`operations and locations to the pervasive device.” Schilit discloses
`that
`in response to receipt of a user-identified URL, a list of
`situations, or content-appropriate services, such as reading, printing,
`or faxing, for that user-identified URL are located on a database (Ex.
`1005, 10:1–4) and provided to a mobile device display. Ex. 1005,
`5:48–49; Fig. 6C.
`(Id. at 13). As set forth in the detailed charts, below, Schilit likewise anticipates
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`claims 2-5, 25, 28, 30, 40, 48-49, and 52-53.
`
`B. Detailed Explanation of Invalidity
`
`The following claim chart (taken together with the above discussion)
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`demonstrates, on a limitation-by-limitation basis, how claims 1-5, 25, 28, 30, 40,
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`48-49, and 52-53 are anticipated by Schilit under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e).
`
`’481 Claim
`1. A method of
`enabling data
`access and
`manipulation from
`a pervasive device,
`comprising steps
`of:
`
`U.S. Patent No. 6,670,968 (“Schilit”) (Ex. 1005)
`Schilit discloses a method and computer program (the m-link
`web browser and its use) for enabling data access and
`manipulation from a mobile device such as a cell phone (the
`claimed “pervasive device”). Specifically, Schilit teaches
`that its m-link web browser can be used with a mobile device
`to access and manipulate web pages and their content:
`
`A Web browser provides the ability to separate
`content and hyper-links
`from a Web page and
`provides a list of the links for viewing on a mobile
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`’481 Claim
`
`U.S. Patent No. 6,670,968 (“Schilit”) (Ex. 1005)
`device display screen enabling more effective Web
`page navigating using the limited mobile device
`display. . . . Further, once a link is selected using the
`mobile device, a services portal link is provided to the
`mobile device display to provide selection of services
`to be performed on the selected link, such as faxing or
`printing.
`
`(Ex. 1005 at Abstract; see also Goldberg Decl. at ¶ 20).
`
`receiving a data
`access request
`from a pervasive
`device;
`
`Schilit discloses that a server receives a request data access
`request (a request for a web page or its contents) from a
`mobile device such as a cell phone (the claimed “pervasive
`device”):6
`
`invention provides a Web Browser,
`The present
`referred to herein as “m-link”, which converts HTML
`documents for displaying on a mobile display. The
`m-link program accesses a server
`to retrieve a
`document as identified by a user-selected URL.
`
`(Ex. 1005 at 5:30-34). See also, id. at 10:65-11:10 (“M-link
`operates as a browser 10 which translates HTML for
`transmission and efficient display on a mobile-device 11. M-
`link browser 10 accesses a server 12 to retrieve a
`document as identified by the user selected URL. The
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`6
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`The Board has repeatedly found a reasonable likelihood that Schilit discloses
`
`this limitation. IPR2013-00075 and IPR2014-00299. (Ex. 1003 at 10-12; Ex.
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`1004 at 13-15). “For example, independent claim 1 recites ‘receiving a data access
`
`request from a pervasive device’…. Schilit discloses that an m-link program
`
`accesses a server to retrieve a document identified by a user-selected URL. Ex.
`
`1005 [Schilit Patent], 5:32-34.” IPR2014-00299. (Ex. 1004 at 13).
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`’481 Claim
`
`U.S. Patent No. 6,670,968 (“Schilit”) (Ex. 1005)
`URL is used to identify a document on another server, such
`as server 14. . . .” (emphasis added) and (Goldberg Decl. at
`¶¶ 20-21).
`
`Schilit Fig. 7, illustrates web servers (12, 14, and 16)
`receiving a data access request from a pervasive device (11)
`through m-link browser (10).
`
`(Ex. 1005 at Fig. 7).
`(See Goldberg Decl. at ¶¶ 20-21).
`
`obtaining the
`requested data;
`
`Schilit discloses that the m-link browser obtains the requested
`data (a web page or its contents) from a web server as shown
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`’481 Claim
`
`U.S. Patent No. 6,670,968 (“Schilit”) (Ex. 1005)
`in Fig. 7, above:7
`
`M-link browser 10 accesses a server 12 to retrieve a
`document as identified by the user selected URL. The
`URL is used to identify a document on another server,
`such as server 14.
`
`(Ex. 1005 at 11:1-10; see also Goldberg Decl. at ¶¶ 20-21).
`
`determining what
`data manipulation
`operations are
`
`Schilit’s m-

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