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`BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS
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`Scope of Work
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`I have been asked by Patent Owner’s counsel to analyze claims 21 and
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`36 of U.S. Patent No. 6,311,136 (“the ’ 136 patent”; Ex. 1001), and submit this
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`Declaration in Support of Patent Owner’s Response and Motion for Amendment in
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`the instant proceeding, in rebuttal to the Declaration of Dr. Michael D. Sidman
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`(Ex. 1002).
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`The opinions provided are my own and are based on my analysis and
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`In reaching my conclusions and opinions, I have relied upon my
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`in my curriculum vitae, a copy of which is attached as Appendix A.
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`declaration are based on my own personal knowledge and professional judgment.
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`electronics, signal processing, and signal analysis. I have also performed
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`Since 1990, I have designed, developed, and deployed control systems
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`various programming languages for the development, design, and deployment of
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`Manufacturing, Inc., MIRATECH Corporation, Siemens Government Services,
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`Thompson, Coburn and Fagel Haber LLC, Westinghouse Electric Company,
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`National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Brashear LP, NASA Langley
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`a)
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`Bucci, B., Cole, D., Ludwick, S., Vipperman, J.S., “A Nonlinear
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`Control Algorithm for Reducing Settling Time in High-Precision Point
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`to Point Motion,” IEEE Transactions on Control System Technology,
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`Issue 99, 10.1109/TCST.2012.2206812, Sep. 11, 2012. In this work, a
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`Ryan, T. S., L.A. Schaefer, and J.S. Vipperman, “Control of a Standing
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`Wave Thermoacoustic Refrigerator,” IMECE2010-3 8966, Proceedings
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`of ASME IMECE-10, November 12-18, 2010, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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`We developed various generators based upon phase locked loops as
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`Coriolis flow meter device). The PLL was realized in software.
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`Kuxhaus L, Schimoler PJ, Vipperman JS, Miller MC. “Validation of a
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`Feedback-Controlled Elbow Simulator Design: Elbow Muscle Moment
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`Arm Measurement”. ASME Journal of Medical Devices, 3(3), 7pp.,
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`Sep. 2009.
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`Ryan, T. S., L.A. Schaefer, and J.S. Vipperman, “Control of a Standing
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`Wave Thermoacoustic Refrigerator,” IMECE2010-3 8966, Proceedings
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`of ASME IMECE-10, November 12-18, 2010, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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`We developed various generators based upon phase locked loops as
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`well as other techniques to drive a standing wave thermoacoustic
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`system at its primary acoustic resonance (in the same manner as a
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`Coriolis flow meter device). The PLL was realized in software.
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`Kuxhaus L, Schimoler PJ, Vipperman JS, Miller MC. “Validation of a
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`Feedback-Controlled Elbow Simulator Design: Elbow Muscle Moment
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`Arm Measurement”. ASME Journal of Medical Devices, 3(3), 7pp.,
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`Sep. 2009.
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`Bisnette, Jesse, Adam K. Smith, J. S. Vipperman, and D. B. Budny,
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`“Active Noise Control Using Phase-Compensated, Damped Resonant
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`April, 2006. This was a demonstration of positive position control
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`compensated.
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`Haljasmaa, Igor V., J. S. Vipperman, Ronald J. Lynn, Robert P.
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`Warzinski, “Control of a Fluid Particle Under Simulated Deep-Ocean
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`Conditions in a High-Pressure Water Turmel,” AIP Review of
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`Scientific Instruments, 76(2), Feb. 2005, pp. 1-11.
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`Cabell, R. H., D. L. Palumbo, and J. S. Vipperman, “A Principal
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`Component Feedforward Algorithm for Active Noise Control: Flight
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`Test Results,” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology,
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`9(1), January, 2001, pp. 76-83. In this project, algorithms were
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`developed for Texas Instruments TMS320 series of digital signal
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`processors (DSPs) in C and assembly languages to lock onto the phase
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`of harmonic signals and control them by adapting the phase and
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`Filters,” ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics 128(2), pp. 148-55,
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`Vipperman, J. S., R. L. Clark, “Multivariable Feedback Active
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`Structural Acoustic Control Using Adaptive Piezoelectric
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`Sensoriactuators,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America,
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`105(1), Jan. 1999, pp. 219-225. Here is another example of developing
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`an embedded control system on Texas Instruments chips that involved
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`exciting and controlling structural vibration.
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`h) Vipperman, J. S., and R. L. Clark, “Hybrid Model-Insensitive Control
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`Using a Piezoelectric Sensoriactuator,” Journal of Intelligent Material
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`Systems and Structures, 7(6), November 1996, pp. 689-695. This
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`piezoceramic self-sensing transducers.
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`i) Vipperman, J. S., R. A. Burdisso, and C. R. Fuller, 1993, "Active
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`Control of Broadband Structural Vibration Using the LMS Adaptive
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`Algorithm," Journal of Sound and Vibration. 166(2), Sep. 1993, pp.
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`283-299. The first embedded control system developed on Texas
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`Instruments TMS320 series of digital signal processors to perform
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`vibration control on a distributed structure using piezoceramic
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`W.W. Clark, “Active Combustion Flow Modulation Valve,” United
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`2. Gemmen, Randall, Jimmy Thornton, Jeffrey S. Vipperman, William W.
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`Clark, “Piezoelectric Axial Flow Microvalve,” United States Patent
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`Number 7,159,841, Jan. 9, 2007.
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`3. Clark, R. L., J. S. Vipperman, and Daniel G. Cole, “Adaptive
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`Piezoelectric Sensoriactuator,” United States Patent Number 5,578,761,
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`TECHNICAL OVERVIEW OF THE PATENTED TECHNOLOGY
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