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`US ENDODONTICS, LLC, :
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` Petitioner, : Case No. IPR2015-00632
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`GOLD STANDARD : 8,727,773 B2
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`INSTRUMENTS, LLC, :
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`Videotaped Deposition of NEILL H. LUEBKE, D.D.S., M.S.
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`Job No.: 98825
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`Confidential Videotaped Deposition of Neill H. Luebke, D.D.S., M.S.
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` Pursuant to agreement, before Debra A. Whitehead,
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`an Approved Reporter of the United States District
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` A P P E A R A N C E S
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` ON BEHALF OF PETITIONER:
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` JEFFREY S. GINSBERG, ESQUIRE
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` PATTERSON BELKNAP WEBB & TYLER LLP
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` ON BEHALF OF PATENT OWNER:
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` DEREK F. DAHLGREN, ESQUIRE
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` ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C.
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` CAROLYN CORREA, Video Specialist
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`EXAMINATION OF NEILL H. LUEBKE, D.D.S., M.S. PAGE
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` EXHIBITS MARKED IN TODAY'S SESSION
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`DEPOSITION EXHIBIT PAGE
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` EXHIBITS MARKED IN PRIOR SESSIONS
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`DEPOSITION EXHIBIT PAGE
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`Exhibit 1001 U.S. Patent No. 8,727,773 B2 23
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` Nickel-Titanium K Files,"
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` VIDEO SPECIALIST: Here begins Tape Number
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`and Trademark Office; Case Number IPR 2015-00632.
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` A Good morning, Mr. Ginsberg.
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` A Sure. I'm Neill Hamilton Luebke, D.D.S.,
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`Endo of infringing claims of the '773 patent.
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`Confidential Videotaped Deposition of Neill H. Luebke, D.D.S., M.S.
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`Confidential Videotaped Deposition of Neill H. Luebke, D.D.S., M.S.
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`Confidential Videotaped Deposition of Neill H. Luebke, D.D.S., M.S.
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`costs. And so after all of that accounting and one
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` MR. GINSBERG: We'll take that under
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`Confidential Videotaped Deposition of Neill H. Luebke, D.D.S., M.S.
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`Confidential Videotaped Deposition of Neill H. Luebke, D.D.S., M.S.
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`How much has Dentsply paid you to date?
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`Confidential Videotaped Deposition of Neill H. Luebke, D.D.S., M.S.
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`A Well, they paid $250,000 for a due
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`MR. DAHLGREN: Objection. Form.
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`IPR2015-00632 – Ex. 1038
`US ENDODONTICS, LLC, Petitioner
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`Confidential Videotaped Deposition of Neill H. Luebke, D.D.S., M.S.
`Conducted on December 9, 2015
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` MR. GINSBERG: I'm sorry, Exhibit 1001 in
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` Q Do you recognize Exhibit 1001, Dr. Luebke?
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` A Yeah, this is -- this is the '773 patent
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`you're referring to. Yes.
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` Q That's the patent that's at issue in this
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` A Yes, that's what -- yeah, I believe that's
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`the one we're referring to. Yes.
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` Q And if you look on the first page of
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`Application Number 11/628,933 that was filed on June
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` Q -- in June of 2010. Correct?
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` A Well, I -- I have to agree with what you've
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` Q So do you see that the very next
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`2010? That's Application Number 12/977,625 --
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` Q -- that issued as U.S. Patent Number
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` A Okay. I see that.
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` Q So that application was filed after