`CORIANT OPERATIONS, INC., CORIANT (USA) INC.,
`and CIENA CORPORATION
`
`v.
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`CAPELLA PHOTONICS INC.
`____________
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`1 2
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`IPR2015-00726 (Patent No. RE42,368)
`IPR2015-00727 (Patent No. RE42,678)
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`1
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`May 24, 2016
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`Case IPR2015-01958 has been joined to this proceeding.
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`Case IPR2015-01961 has been joined to this proceeding.
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`1 2
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`0001
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`Instituted Grounds
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`Patent
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`’368
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`’678
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`2
`3
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`5
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`7
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`Claims
`1, 2, 5, 6, 9-12, 15-21
`1-4, 17, 22
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`References
`Bouevitch and Carr
`Bouevitch and Sparks
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`1, 9, 10, 13, 17, 19,
`44, 53, 61, 64, 65
`1-4, 19-23, 27, 29,
`44-46, 61-63
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`Bouevitch and Carr
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`Bouevitch and Sparks
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`2
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`0002
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`Outline
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`I. Capella Invented a New Class of Optical Switches
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`II. No Motivation to Combine
`• Hindsight
`• Changes the Principle of Operation
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`III. Ports
`• Collimator Ports vs. circulators
`• Disavowal / Disclaimer
`The ’217 Provisional
`•
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`3
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`0003
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`Capella Invented a New Class of Optical Switches
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`Ex. 1001, 1:22-28; ’726 POR, pp. 4, 5; ’727 POR, p. 5
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`Ex. 1001, 1:59-63; ’726 POR, p. 39; ’727 POR, p. 39
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`4
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`0004
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`Wavelength Add/Drop Multiplexers
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`Dr. Ford’s 2006 Paper
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`Ex. 2025, p. 4438; ’726 POR, pp. 9-11; ’727 POR, p. 9-12
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`5
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`0005
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`Wavelength-Selective Switches
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`Dr. Ford’s 2006 Paper
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`Ex. 2025, p. 4439; ’726 POR, pp. 32-34; ’727 POR, pp. 32-34
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`6
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`0006
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`Wavelength-Selective Switches
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`Key Features of a WSS
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`Ford’s 2006 Paper
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`(1) At Least Three
`Collimator Ports
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`(2) Diffraction Grating
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`(3) Switch Any Channel
`to Any Output Port
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`’726 POR, pp. 13-14; ’727 POR, pp. 13-15
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`(1) “N is larger than 2”
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`(2) Diffraction Grating
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`(3) “A large continuous scan
`angle is required to direct
`the output beam to any
`of the N output fiber
`collimators.”
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`Ex. 2025, p. 4439; ’726 POR, p. 14; ’727 POR, p. 14
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`7
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`0007
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`The ’368 Patent Claims a WSS
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`Key Features of a WSS
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`Claim 1 of the ’368 Patent
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`(1) At Least Three
`Collimator Ports
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`(2) Diffraction Grating
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`(3) Switch Any Channel
`to Any Output Port
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`’726 POR, pp. 13-14; ’727 POR, pp. 13-15
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`8
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`0008
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`The ’678 Patent Claims a WSS
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`Key Features of a WSS
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`Claim 1 of the ’678 Patent
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`(1) At Least Three
`Collimator Ports
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`(2) Diffraction Grating
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`(3) Switch Any Channel
`to Any Output Port
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`’726 POR, pp. 13-14; ’727 POR, pp. 13-14
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`9
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`0009
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`Outline
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`I. Capella Invented a New Class of Optical Switches
`
`II. No Motivation to Combine
`• Hindsight
`• Changes the Principle of Operation
`
`III. Ports
`• Collimator Ports vs. circulators
`• Disavowal / Disclaimer
`The ’217 Provisional
`•
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`10
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`0010
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`Hindsight
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`Legal Requirement
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`Evidence Shows
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`Obviousness rationale is
`through hindsight if: (1)
`knowledge goes beyond the
`skill of the art at the time of
`the invention; and (2)
`knowledge is gleaned only
`from the applicant’s
`disclosure
`
`In re McLaughlin, 443 F.2d 1392, 1395 (CCPA 1971)
`’726 POR, p. 31; ’727 POR, p. 31
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`(1) Dr. Ford Incorrectly
`Assumes WSSs Existed at
`the time of the invention
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`(2) Fujitsu’s rationale comes
`from the Capella patent
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`’726 POR, pp. 31, 34; ’727 POR, pp. 31, 34
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`11
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`0011
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`Hindsight: Dr. Ford Assumes WSSs Existed
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`Dr. Ford’s Declaration
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`Ford Dec., p. i; ’726 POR, p. 31; ’727 POR, p. 31
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`12
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`0012
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`Hindsight: Dr. Ford Assumes WSSs Existed
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`Dr. Ford
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`Ford Depo. Tr., 203:15-18, 204:3-5; ’726 POR, p. 32; ’727 POR, p. 32
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`13
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`0013
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`
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`Hindsight: Dr. Ford Assumes WSSs Existed
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`Dr. Ford’s 2006 Paper
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`Ex. 2025, 4433; ’726 POR, pp. 32-34; ’727 POR, pp. 32-34
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`’726 Ex. 2025, 4437-40; ’726 POR, pp. 32-34; ’727 POR, pp. 32-34
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`14
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`0014
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`Hindsight: Dr. Ford Assumes WSSs Existed
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`Dr. Ford’s 2006 Paper
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`Ford Depo. Tr., 202:13-19, 207:11-23;
`’726 POR, p. 34; ’727 POR, p. 34
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`15
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`0015
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`Hindsight: Dr. Ford Assumes WSSs Existed
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`Ranalli Reference
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`Ex. 1043, FIG. 10
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`16
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`0016
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`Hindsight: Dr. Ford Assumes WSSs Existed
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`Dr. Sergienko
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`Ex. 1040, 44:13-45:10
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`17
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`0017
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`Hindsight: Dr. Ford Assumes WSSs Existed
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`Dr. Sergienko
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`Ex. 1040, 38:21-39:9
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`18
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`0018
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`Hindsight: Fujitsu’s Rationale Comes from the Capella Patent
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`Fujitsu
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`’726 Petition, p. 26; ’727 Petition, pp. 33, 45;
`’727 Ford Dec., ¶¶ 155, 166
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`19
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`0019
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`Hindsight: Fujitsu’s Rationale Comes from the Capella Patent
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`Ex. 1001, 3:20-21, 3:27-31; ’726 POR, p. 35; ’727 POR, p. 35
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`20
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`0020
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`Hindsight: Fujitsu’s Rationale Comes from the Capella Patent
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`Ex. 1001, 2:57-64; ’726 POR, p. 35; ’727 POR, p. 35
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`Ex. 1001, 3:14-19; ’726 POR, p. 35; ’727 POR, p. 35
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`21
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`0021
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`Outline
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`I. Capella Invented a New Class of Optical Switches
`
`II. No Motivation to Combine
`• Hindsight
`• Changes the Principle of Operation
`
`III. Ports
`• Collimator Ports vs. circulators
`• Disavowal / Disclaimer
`The ’217 Provisional
`•
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`22
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`0022
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`Petitioners’ Fundamental Assumption
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`Fujitsu
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`’726 Reply, pp. 4-5; ’727 Reply, pp. 4-5
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`23
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`0023
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`Sparks Uses Misalignment to Control Power
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`Sparks
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`Sparks, 5:4-11; ’726 POR, pp. 27-28; ’727 POR, pp. 27-28
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`Sparks, FIG. 2b;
`’726 POR, p. 27; ’727 POR, p. 27
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`24
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`0024
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`Carr Uses Misalignment to Control Power
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`Carr
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`Carr, FIG. 9; ’726 POR, p. 27; ’727 POR, p. 27;
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`25
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`0025
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`Bouevitch Attenuates Power at a Modifying Means
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`Bouevitch, Title
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`Bouevitch, Abstract
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`26
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`0026
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`Bouevitch Attenuates Power at a Modifying Means
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`Bouevitch, FIG. 9; ’726 POR, pp. 28-29; ’727 POR, pp. 28-29
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`27
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`0027
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`Bouevitch Attenuates Power at a Modifying Means
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`Bouevitch, 12:59-67; ’726 POR, p. 28; ’727 POR, p. 28
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`28
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`0028
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`Bouevitch Attenuates Power at a Modifying Means
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`Bouevitch, 11:28-35; ’726 POR, p. 28; ’727 POR, p. 28
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`29
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`0029
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`Bouevitch Attenuates Power at a Modifying Means
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`Bouevitch, 7:37-44; ’726 POR, p. 28; ’727 POR, p. 28
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`Bouevitch, 7:45-49; ’726 POR, p. 28; ’727 POR, p. 28
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`30
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`0030
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`Bouevitch Attenuates Power at a Modifying Means
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`Bouevitch
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`Bouevitch, 7:35-37; ’726 POR, p. 30; ’727; POR, p. 30
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`Petitioner Reply
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`See ’726 Reply, p. 9; ’727 Reply, p. 9
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`31
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`0031
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`The Figure 11 Embodiment Does Not Control Power
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`Bouevitch, FIG. 11; ’726 POR, p. 12; ’727 POR, p. 12
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`Bouevitch, 5:6-7, 14:14-16; ’726 POR, p. 40; ’727 POR, p. 40
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`32
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`0032
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`Bouevitch Discourages Misalignment
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`Bouevitch, 2:1-7; ’726 POR, pp. 28-29; ’727 POR, pp. 28-29
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`33
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`0033
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`Bouevitch Discourages Misalignment
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`Bouevitch, 7:60-63; ’726 POR, pp. 28-29; ’727 POR, pp. 28-29
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`34
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`0034
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`Bouevitch is Designed to Correct Misalignment
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`Bouevitch, 10:62-11:4; ’726 POR, p. 24; ’727 POR, p. 24
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`35
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`0035
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`Bouevitch is Designed to Correct Misalignment
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`Ex. 2034; ’726 POR, p. 25; ’727 POR, p. 25
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`36
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`0036
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`Bouevitch is Designed to Correct Misalignment
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`Dr. Ford
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`Ford Depo. Tr., 140:23-141:12; ’726 POR, p. 25; ’727 POR, p. 25
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`37
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`0037
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`
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`Changes the Principle of Operation
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`Dr. Sergienko:
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`Sergienko Dec., ¶ 127; ’726 POR, p. 26; ’726 POR, p. 26
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`38
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`0038
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`Outline
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`I. Capella Invented a New Class of Optical Switches
`
`II. No Motivation to Combine
`• Hindsight
`• Changes the Principle of Operation
`
`III. Ports
`• Collimator Ports vs. circulators
`• Disavowal / Disclaimer
`The ’217 Provisional
`•
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`39
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`0039
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`
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`Collimator Ports vs. circulators
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`’368 Patent
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`’678 Patent
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`40
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`0040
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`Collimator Ports vs. circulators
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`Ex. 1001, FIG. 1D; ’726 POR, p. 15; ’727 POR, p. 15
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`Ex. 1001, 8:41-43; ’726 POR, p. 15; ’727 POR, p. 15
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`41
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`0041
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`Collimator Ports vs. circulators
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`Ex. 1001, FIGS. 1A, 2A, 2B, 3
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`42
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`0042
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`Collimator Ports vs. circulators
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`Background
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`Ex. 1001, 1:59-63; ’726 POR, p. 39; ’727 POR, p. 39
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`43
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`0043
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`Collimator Ports vs. circulators
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`Background
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`Ex. 1001, 2:45-57; ’726 POR, p. 39; ’727 POR, p. 39
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`44
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`0044
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`Collimator Ports vs. circulators
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`Ex. 1001, FIG. 1D; ’726 POR, p. 15; ’727 POR, p. 15
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`See Bouevitch, FIG. 11; ’726 POR, p. 41; ’727 POR, p. 41
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`45
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`0045
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`Outline
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`I. Capella Invented a New Class of Optical Switches
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`II. No Motivation to Combine
`• Hindsight
`• Changes the Principle of Operation
`
`III. Ports
`• Collimator Ports vs. circulators
`• Disavowal / Disclaimer
`The ’217 Provisional
`•
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`46
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`0046
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`Disavowal / Disclaimer
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`Legal Requirement
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`Evidence Shows
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`“[The Federal Circuit has]
`found disavowal or disclaimer
`based on . . . ‘the present
`invention includes . . .’ or ‘the
`present invention is . . . .’”
`
`Pacing Techs., LLC v. Garmin Int’l, Inc.,
`778 F.3d 1021, 1024 (Fed. Cir. 2015)
`(internal citations omitted)
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`“The present invention
`provides a wavelength-
`separating-routing (WSR)
`apparatus and method which
`employ an array of fiber
`collimators serving as an input
`port and a plurality of output
`ports . . . .”
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`Ex. 1001, 3:54-58 (emphasis added);
`’726 POR, p. 39; ’727 POR, p. 39
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`47
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`0047
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`Disavowal / Disclaimer
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`Ex. 1001, 3:54-58; ’726 POR, p. 39; ’727 POR, p. 39
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`48
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`0048
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`Outline
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`I. Capella Invented a New Class of Optical Switches
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`II. No Motivation to Combine
`• Hindsight
`• Changes the Principle of Operation
`
`III. Ports
`• Collimator Ports vs. circulators
`• Disavowal / Disclaimer
`The ’217 Provisional
`•
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`49
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`0049
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`
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`The ’217 Provisional
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`Dr. Sergienko
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`Dr. Ford
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`’726 Sergienko Dec., ¶ 176; ’727 Sergienko Dec., ¶ 176
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`Did Not Consider the ’217 Provisional For Claim Construction
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`’726 Ford Dec., pp. 4-6; ’727 Ford Dec., pp. 4-6
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`50
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`0050
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`
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`The ’217 Provisional
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`Ex. 2012, FIG. 9; ’726 POR, p. 39; ’727 POR, p. 39
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`Ex. 2012, *4; ’726 POR, p. 39; ’727 POR, p. 39
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`51
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`0051
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`The ’217 Provisional
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`Ex. 2012, FIG. 9; ’726 POR, p. 39; ’727 POR, p. 39
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`Ex. 2012, *35; ’726 POR, p. 39; ’727 POR, p. 39
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`52
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`0052
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`53
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`0053
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`’368 Patent: Claim 1
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`54
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`0054
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`’368 Patent: Claim 15
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`55
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`0055
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`’368 Patent: Claim 16
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`56
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`0056
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`’368 Patent: Claim 17
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`57
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`0057
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`’678 Patent: Claim 1
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`58
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`0058
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`’678 Patent: Claim 21
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`59
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`0059
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`’678 Patent: Claim 44
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`60
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`0060
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`’678 Patent: Claim 61
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`61
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`0061
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`Bouevitch, Figure 11
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`Bouevitch, FIG. 11; ’726 POR, p. 12; ’727 POR, p. 12
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`62
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`0062