`LUMENTUM OPERATIONS LLC, CORIANT OPERATIONS, INC.,
`CORIANT (USA) INC., CIENA CORPORATION,
`CISCO SYSTEMS, INC., and
`FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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`v.
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`CAPELLA PHOTONICS INC.
`____________
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`1 2
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`IPR2015-00731 (Patent No. RE42,368)
`IPR2015-00739 (Patent No. RE42,678)
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`1
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`May 24, 2016
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`Case IPR2015-01969 has been joined to this proceeding.
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`Case IPR2015-01971 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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`Instituted
`Ground
`2
`4
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`Claims
`1-6, 9-11, 13, 15-22
`12
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`References
`Bouevitch, Sparks, Lin
`Bouevitch, Sparks, Lin, Dueck
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`2
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`4
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`1-4, 9, 10, 13, 19-23, 27,
`44-46, 61-65
`17, 29, 53
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`Bouevitch, Sparks, Lin
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`Bouevitch, Sparks, Lin, Dueck
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`2
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`0002
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`Outline
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`I.
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`Petitioners’ Proposed Combination
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`II. No Motivation to Combine
`Teaching Away
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`The Proposed Motivations to Combine Fail
`•
`Hindsight
`•
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`III. Ports
`Collimator Ports vs. Circulators
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`Disavowal / Disclaimer
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`The ’217 Provisional
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`3
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`0003
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`Petitioners’ Proposed Combination
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`Lumentum
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`’731 Reply, p. 2; ’739 Reply, p. 2
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`4
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`0004
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`Petitioners’ Proposed Combination
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`Bouevitch, FIG. 11; ’731 POR, p. 16; ’739 POR, p. 16
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`5
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`0005
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`Outline
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`I.
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`Petitioners’ Proposed Combination
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`II. No Motivation to Combine
`Teaching Away
`•
`The Proposed Motivations to Combine Fail
`•
`Hindsight
`•
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`III. Ports
`Collimator Ports vs. Circulators
`•
`Disavowal / Disclaimer
`•
`The ’217 Provisional
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`6
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`0006
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`Teaching Away
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`Legal Requirement
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`Evidence Shows
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`“A reference may be said to
`teach away when a [POSA],
`upon reading the reference,
`would be discouraged from
`following the path set out in
`the reference, or would be
`led in a direction divergent
`from the path that was taken
`by the applicant.”
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`In re Gurley, 27 F.3d 551, 553 (Fed. Cir. 1994)
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`(1) Sparks Uses Misalignment
`to Control Power
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`(2) Bouevitch Unequivocally
`Discourages Misalignment
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`’731 POR, pp. 23-27; ’739 POR, pp. 24-28
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`7
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`0007
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`Sparks Uses Misalignment to Control Power
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`Sparks
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`Sparks, 5:4-11; ’731 POR, p. 23; ’739 POR, p. 24
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`Sparks, FIG. 2b;
`’731 POR, p. 24; ’739 POR, p. 24
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`8
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`0008
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`Bouevitch Discourages Misalignment
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`Bouevitch
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`Bouevitch, 2:1-7; ’731 POR, p. 24; ’739 POR, p. 25
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`9
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`0009
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`Bouevitch Discourages Misalignment
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`Bouevitch
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`Bouevitch, 7:60-63; ’731 POR, p. 24; ’739 POR, p. 25
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`10
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`0010
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`Bouevitch Attenuates Power at a Modifying Means
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`Bouevitch, FIG. 9; ’731 POR, pp. 27-28; ’739 POR, p. 28
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`11
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`0011
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`Bouevitch Attenuates Power at a Modifying Means
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`Bouevitch, 12:59-67; ’731 POR, pp. 27-28; ’739 POR, p. 28
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`12
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`0012
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`Bouevitch Attenuates Power at a Modifying Means
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`Bouevitch, 11:28-35; ’731 POR, pp. 27-28; ’739 POR, p. 28
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`13
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`0013
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`Bouevitch Attenuates Power at a Modifying Means
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`Bouevitch, 7:37-44; ’731 POR, p. 26; ’739 POR, p. 27
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`Bouevitch, 7:45-49; ’731 POR, pp. 26-27; ’739 POR, p. 27
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`14
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`0014
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`Outline
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`I.
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`Petitioners’ Proposed Combination
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`II. No Motivation to Combine
`Teaching Away
`•
`The Proposed Motivations to Combine Fail
`•
`Hindsight
`•
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`III. Ports
`Collimator Ports vs. Circulators
`•
`Disavowal / Disclaimer
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`The ’217 Provisional
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`15
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`0015
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`The Proposed Motivations to Combine Fail
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`Lumentum
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`Dr. Sergienko
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`’731 Petition, pp. 21-22; ’739 Petition, pp. 20-21
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`’731 Sergienko Dec., ¶ 134; ’739 Sergienko Dec., ¶ 134; ’731 POR, pp. 20, 21; ’739 POR, p. 21
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`16
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`0016
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`The Proposed Motivations to Combine Fail
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`Dr. Sergienko
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`’731 Sergienko Dec., ¶ 135; ’739 Sergienko Dec., ¶ 135;
`’731 POR, p. 21; ’739 POR, p. 21
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`17
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`0017
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`The Proposed Motivations to Combine Fail
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`Lumentum
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`Dr. Sergienko
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`’731 Petition, pp. 22-23; ’739 Petition, pp. 21-22
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`’731 Sergienko Dec., ¶ 136; ’739 Sergienko Dec., ¶ 136; ’731 POR, p. 22; ’739 POR, p. 22
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`18
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`0018
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`The Proposed Motivations to Combine Fail
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`Dr. Sergienko
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`’731 Sergienko Dec., ¶ 136; ’739 Sergienko Dec., ¶ 136;
`’731 POR, p. 22; ’739 POR, p. 22
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`19
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`0019
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`The Proposed Motivations to Combine Fail
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`Lumentum
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`’731 Petition, p. 24; ’739 Petition, p. 23
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`20
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`0020
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`Bouevitch Already Allegedly Equalizes Power
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`Bouevitch, Title
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`Bouevitch, Abstract
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`21
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`0021
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`Outline
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`I.
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`Petitioners’ Proposed Combination
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`II. No Motivation to Combine
`Teaching Away
`•
`The Proposed Motivations to Combine Fail
`•
`Hindsight
`•
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`III. Ports
`Collimator Ports vs. Circulators
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`Disavowal / Disclaimer
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`The ’217 Provisional
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`22
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`0022
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`Hindsight: Rationale Comes from the Capella Patent
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`Lumentum
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`’731 Petition, p. 24; ’739 Petition, p. 23
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`23
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`0023
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`Hindsight: Rationale Comes from the Capella Patent
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`Ex. 1001, 3:20-21, 3:27-31
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`24
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`0024
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`Hindsight: Rationale Comes from the Capella Patent
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`Ex. 1001, 2:57-64
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`Ex. 1001, 3:14-19
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`25
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`0025
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`Hindsight: Mr. McLaughlin’s 2007 Patent
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`Ex. 2033, 2:3-18; ’731 POR, pp. 24, 27; ’739 POR, pp. 24, 27
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`26
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`0026
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`Hindsight: Mr. McLaughlin’s 2007 Patent
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`Dr. Sergienko
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`’731 Sergienko Dec., ¶ 150;
`’731 POR, pp. 24, 27; ’739 POR, pp. 24, 27
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`27
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`0027
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`Hindsight: Dr. Marom “Invented” a WSS After Capella
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`Capella
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`Dr. Marom
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`Ex. 1001, FIG. 1A; ’731 POR, p. 6; ’739 POR, p. 6
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`Ex. 2014, FIG. 6; ’731 POR, p. 58; ’739 POR, p. 59
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`28
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`0028
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`Outline
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`I.
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`Petitioners’ Proposed Combination
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`II. No Motivation to Combine
`Teaching Away
`•
`The Proposed Motivations to Combine Fail
`•
`Hindsight
`•
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`III. Ports
`Collimator Ports vs. Circulators
`•
`Disavowal / Disclaimer
`•
`The ’217 Provisional
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`0029
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`Collimator Ports vs. Circulators
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`’368 Patent
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`’678 Patent
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`30
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`0030
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`Collimator Ports vs. Circulators
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`Ex. 1001, FIG. 1D; ’731 POR, p. 11; ’739 POR, p. 11
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`Ex. 1001, 8:41-43; ’731 POR, p. 11; ’739 POR, p. 11
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`31
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`0031
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`Collimator Ports vs. Circulators
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`Ex. 1001, FIGS. 1A, 2A, 2B, 3
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`32
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`0032
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`Collimator Ports vs. Circulators
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`Background
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`Ex. 1001, 1:59-63; ’731 POR, pp. 8-9; ’739 POR, pp. 8-9
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`33
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`0033
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`Collimator Ports vs. Circulators
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`Background
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`Ex. 1001, 2:45-57; ’731 POR, pp. 36-37; ’739 POR, p. 38
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`34
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`0034
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`Collimator Ports vs. Circulators
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`Ex. 1001, FIG. 1D; ’731 POR, p. 11; ’739 POR, p. 11
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`See Bouevitch, FIG. 11; ’731 POR, pp. 19, 43; ’739 POR, pp. 19, 44
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`35
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`0035
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`Collimator Ports vs. Circulators
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`Port = Collimator
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`’731 POR, pp. 33-34; ’739 POR, p. 35
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`36
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`0036
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`Outline
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`I.
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`Petitioners’ Proposed Combination
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`II. No Motivation to Combine
`Teaching Away
`•
`The Proposed Motivations to Combine Fail
`•
`Hindsight
`•
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`III. Ports
`Collimator Ports vs. Circulators
`•
`Disavowal / Disclaimer
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`The ’217 Provisional
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`0037
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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 . . . .’”
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`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);
`’731 POR, p. 33; ’739 POR, p. 34
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`38
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`0038
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`Disavowal / Disclaimer
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`Ex. 1001, 3:54-58; ’731 POR, p. 33; ’739 POR, p. 34
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`0039
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`Outline
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`I.
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`Petitioners’ Proposed Combination
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`II. No Motivation to Combine
`Teaching Away
`•
`The Proposed Motivations to Combine Fail
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`Hindsight
`•
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`III. Ports
`Collimator Ports vs. Circulators
`•
`Disavowal / Disclaimer
`•
`The ’217 Provisional
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`40
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`0040
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`The ’217 Provisional
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`Dr. Sergienko
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`Dr. McLaughlin
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`’731 Sergienko Dec., ¶ 192; ’739 Sergienko Dec., ¶ 192
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`Did Not Consider the ’217 Provisional For Claim Construction
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`’731 McLaughlin Dec., ¶ 4; ’739 McLaughlin Dec., ¶ 4
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`41
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`0041
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`The ’217 Provisional
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`Ex. 1008, FIG. 9; ’731 POR, p. 41; ’739 POR, p. 42
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`Ex. 1008, *4; ’731 POR, p. 41; ’739 POR, p. 42
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`42
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`0042
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`The ’217 Provisional
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`Ex. 1008, FIG. 9; ’731 POR, p. 41; ’739 POR, p. 42
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`Ex. 1008, *4; ’731 POR, p. 41; ’739 POR, p. 42
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`43
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`0043
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`44
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`0044
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`’368 Patent: Claim 1
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`45
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`0045
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`’368 Patent: Claim 15
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`46
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`0046
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`’368 Patent: Claim 16
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`47
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`0047
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`’368 Patent: Claim 17
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`48
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`0048
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`’678 Patent: Claim 1
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`49
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`0049
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`’678 Patent: Claim 21
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`50
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`0050
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`’678 Patent: Claim 44
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`51
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`0051
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`’678 Patent: Claim 61
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`52
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`0052