UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`CISCO SYSTEMS, INC., CIENA CORPORATION,
`CORIANT OPERATIONS, INC., CORIANT (USA) INC., AND
`FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`CAPELLA PHOTONICS, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2014-012761
`Patent RE42,678
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`TRANSMITTAL LETTER
`ACCOMPANYING SUBMISSION OF EXHIBIT 2026
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`Mail Stop “PATENT BOARD”
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`1 Case IPR2015-00894 has been joined with this proceeding.
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`CISCO SYSTEMS, INC., CIENA CORPORATION,
`CORIANT OPERATIONS, INC., CORIANT (USA) INC., AND
`FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`CAPELLA PHOTONICS, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2014-012761
`Patent RE42,678
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`TRANSMITTAL LETTER
`ACCOMPANYING SUBMISSION OF EXHIBIT 2026
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`Mail Stop “PATENT BOARD”
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`1 Case IPR2015-00894 has been joined with this proceeding.
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`EXHIBIT LIST
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`Case IPR2014-01276
`Patent RE42,678
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`Ex. No.
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`2003
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`2008
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`2009
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`2010
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`2011
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`2012
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`Description
`Provisional Patent Application No. 60/267,285. (“’285 Provisional”)
`Affidavit of Nicholas J. Nowak in Support of Pro Hac Vice
`Admission.
`Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Alexander V. Sergienko. (“Sergienko CV”)
`Declaration of Dr. Alexander V. Sergienko in Support of the Patent
`Owner Response. (“Sergienko Dec.”)
`Transcript of Deposition of Dan M. Marom, Ph.D. (“Marom Depo.
`Tr.”)
`Capella Photonics Launches Dynamically Reconfigurable
`Wavelength Routing Subsystems, Offering Unprecedented
`Operating Cost Savings and Flexibility for Telecom Service
`Providers, BUSINESS WIRE (June 2, 2003, 8:16 AM),
`http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20030602005554/en/Cap
`ella-Photonics-Launches-Dynamically-Reconfigurable-Wavelength-
`Routing. (“Business Wire”)
`Benjamin B. Dingel & Achyut Dutta, Photonic Add-Drop
`Multiplexing Perspective for Next Generation Optical Networks,
`4532 SPIE 394 (2001). (“Dingel”)
`Tze-Wei Yeow, K. L. Eddie Law, & Andrew Goldenberg, MEMS
`Optical Switches, 39 IEEE Comm’n Mag. no. 11, 158 (2001).
`(“Yeow”)
`Clifford Holliday, Components for R-OADMs ’05 (B & C
`Consulting Services & IGI Consulting Inc. 2005). (“Holliday R-
`OADMs”)
`Patrick B. Chu et al., MEMS: the Path to Large Optical
`Crossconnects, 40 IEEE COMM’N MAG. no. 3, 80 (2002). (“Chu”)
`Clifford Holliday, Switching the Lightwave: OXC’s – The
`Centerpiece of All Optical Network (IGI Consulting Inc. & B & C
`Consulting Services 2001). (“Holliday OXC”)
`An Vu Tran et al., Reconfigurable Multichannel Optical Add-Drop
`Multiplexers Incorporating Eight-Port Optical Circulators and
`Fiber Bragg Gratings, 13 Photonics Tech. Letters, IEEE, no. 10,
`1100 (2001). (“Tran”)
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`2014
`2015
`2016
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`2017
`2018
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`2019
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`2020
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`2023
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`2025
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`2026
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`Description
`Jungho Kim & Byoungho Lee, Bidirectional Wavelength Add-Drop
`Multiplexer Using Multiport Optical Circulators and Fiber Bragg
`Gratings, 12 IEEE Photonics Tech. Letters no. 5, 561 (2000).
`(“Kim”)
`U.S. Patent No. 6,984,917 (filed Jun. 6, 2002). (“Marom ’917”)
`U.S. Patent No. 6,657,770 (filed Aug. 31, 2001). (“Marom ’770”)
`Max Born & Emil Wolf, Principles of Optics (Cambridge Univ.
`Press, 7th ed. 1999). (“Born”)
`U.S. Patent No. 6,543,286 (filed Jun. 19, 2001). (“’286 patent”)
`WavePath 4500 Product Brief, Capella,
`http://www.capellainc.com/downloads/WavePath%204500%20Prod
`uct%20Brief%20030206B.pdf. (“WavePath”)
`A. Fraine, D.S. Simon, O. Minaeva, R. Egorov, and A.V. Sergienko,
`Precise Evaluation of Polarization Mode Dispersion by Separation
`of Even- and Odd-Order Effects in Quantum Interferometry, Optics
`Express v. 19, no. 21, 22820 (2011). (“Fraine”)
`Abdul Al-Azzawi, Fibre Optics: Principles and Practices (CRC
`Press 2006). (“Al-Azzawi”)
`Defendant’s Motion to Transfer Venue, Capella Photonics, Inc. v.
`Cisco Systems, Inc., Case Number: 1:14-cv-20529-PAS, Docket
`No. 19, April 4, 2014.
`U.S. Patent No. 5,629,790 (filed Oct. 18, 1993). (“Neukermans”)
`Dan M. Marom et al., Wavelength-Selective 1 x K Switches Using
`Free-Space Optics and MEMS Micromirrors: Theory, Design, and
`Implementation, 23 J. Lightwave Tech. 4, 1620 (2005). (“Marom”)
`Metallic Coatings, Eksma Optics, available at
`http://eksmaoptics.com/optical-components/coatings/metallic-
`coatings/. (“Eksma”)
`U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/183,155 (“’155
`Provisional”)
`Transcript of Patent Trial and Appeal Board Conference Call for
`Cases IPR2014-01166 (merged with IPR2015-00816), IPR2014-
`01276 (merged with IPR2015-00894), IPR2015-00726, and
`IPR2015-00727, dated September 23, 2015.
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`Patent Owner Capella Photonics, Inc. hereby files the transcript of the
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`September 23, 2015 conference call as Exhibit 2026.
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`Respectfully submitted
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
`/Jason D. Eisenberg/
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`Jason D. Eisenberg
`Registration No. 43,447
`Attorney for Patent Owner –
`Capella Photonics, Inc.
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`Date: September 25, 2015
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`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Case IPR2014-01276
`Patent RE42,678
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing TRANSMITTAL
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`LETTER ACCOMPANYING SUBMISSION OF EXHIBIT 2026 and
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`accompanying Exhibit 2026 was served electronically via e-mail in its entirety on
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`September 25, 2015 upon the following counsel for Petitioner:
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`Wayne O. Stacy
`Matthew J. Leary
`Matthew J. Moore
`Robert Steinberg
`Christopher Chalsen
`Nathaniel Browand
`Lawrence T. Kass
`Suraj Balusu
`Thomas K. Pratt
`J. Pieter van Es
`Jordan N. Bodner
`Michael S. Cuviello
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`wstacy@cooley.com
`CapellaCisco@cooley.com
`Matthew.Moore@lw.com
`Bob.Steinberg@lw.com
`CChalsen@milbank.com
`NBrowand@milbank.com
`LKass@milbank.com
`SBalusu@milbank.com
`TPratt@bannerwitcoff.com
`PvanEs@bannerwitcoff.com
`JBodner@bannerwitcoff.com
`MCuviello@bannerwitcoff.com
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`Date: September 25, 2015
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
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`/Jason D. Eisenberg/
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`Jason D. Eisenberg
`Registration No. 43,447
`Attorney for Patent Owner –
`Capella Photonics, Inc.
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`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005
`(202) 371-2600
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