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Case IPR2015-00753
`Patent 7,537,370
`Filed on behalf of Innovative Display Technologies LLC.
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`Justin B. Kimble (JKimble-IPR@bcpc-law.com)
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`Jeffrey R. Bragalone (jbragalone@bcpc-law.com)
`Bragalone Conroy P.C.
`2200 Ross Ave.
`Suite 4500 – West
`Dallas, TX 75201
`Tel: 214.785.6670
`Fax: 214.786.6680
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`SONY CORPORATION,
`Petitioner,
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`INNOVATIVE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-00753
`U.S. Patent No. 7,537,370
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`PATENT OWNER’S PRELIMINARY RESPONSE TO PETITION FOR
`INTER PARTES REVIEW OF U.S. PATENT NO. 7,537,370
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
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`Case IPR2015-00753
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`INTRODUCTION
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`Patent Owner Innovative Display Technologies LLC (“IDT” or “Patent
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`Owner”) hereby files this preliminary response (“Preliminary Response”) to the
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`Petition (the “Petition”) for Inter Partes Review (“IPR”) of U.S. Patent No.
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`7,537,370 (the “’370 patent”) in IPR2015-00753 filed by Sony Corporation (“Sony”
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`or “Petitioner”).
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`This Response is timely under 35 U.S.C. § 313 and 37 C.F.R. § 42.107, as it
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`is filed within three months of the February 27, 2015, date of the Notice of Filing
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`Date Accorded to Petition and Time for Filing Patent Owner Preliminary Response.
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`(Paper No. 4.) Patent Owner reserves identification of deficiencies in Petitioner’s
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`argument in this Preliminary Response for Patent Owner’s Response in the event
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`this IPR is instituted. Patent Owner does not intend to waive any arguments by not
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`addressing them in this Preliminary Response.
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`The Petitioner’s challenge to the ʼ370 patent claims should be rejected
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`because the prior art lacks several material claim limitations.
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`A. Related Petition Decisions
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`The Patent Owner notifies the Board that the instant Petition is the third IPRs
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`filed concerning the ʼ370 patent. Those are IPR2014-01096 (the first IPR, filed by
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`LG Display Co., Ltd.); IPR2015-00493 (filed by LG Electronics, Inc.); IPR2015-
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`00753 (the present IPR, filed by Sony Corporation).
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`The Board instituted the first IPR on certain grounds:
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`A. Anticipation of claims 15 and 27 by Pristash; and
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`B. Obviousness of claims 15 and 27 over Kobayashi and Pristash;
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`No other proposed grounds of unpatentability were authorized. IPR2014-01096,
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`Paper 11 at 18.
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`Petitioner, however, waited to file the instant petition after seeing the results
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`of the early filed petition in IPR2014-01096. Petitioner used that order as a template
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`to file a new petition to allegedly cure the defects in IPR2014-01096. Pet. at 1. In
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`particular, Petitioner seeks to tailor claim construction to read-on the new references
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`cited.
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`Notwithstanding the partial grant of LG Display, Ltd.'s petition, the
`present petition serves two important purposes: (1) to raise new grounds
`based on three different and stronger references, Suzuki '679 (Ex.1005),
`Suzuki '922 (Ex.1008), and Nagatani (Ex.1011), which address those
`claims as to which LG Display, Ltd.'s petition was denied.
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`Id. This is indicative of impermissible hindsight analysis. However as shown below,
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`Petitioner still fails to show a reasonable likelihood that any of the claims of the ’370
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`Patent are invalid.
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`Petitioner has not shown why its art is not cumulative to that used in IPR2014-
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`01096. For example, here the Petitioner largely relies on the already-considered
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`Pristash reference. Under Section 325(d), the Board should deny petitions that
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`challenge a patent based on previously-rejected grounds and cumulative and
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`duplicative art, otherwise petitioners will be given an unwarranted and unfair
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`procedural advantage in pending infringement litigation. See 35 U.S.C. § 325(d).
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`In determining whether to institute or order a proceeding under this
`chapter, chapter 30, or chapter 31, the Director may take into account
`whether, and reject the petition or request because, the same or
`substantially the same prior art or arguments previously were
`presented to the Office.
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`35 U.S.C. § 325(d) (emphasis added). The legislative history of Section 325(d)
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`confirms that this is also what Congress intended: Section 325(d) “allows the Patent
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`Office to reject any request for a proceeding, including a request for ex parte
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`reexamination, if the same or substantially the same prior art or arguments
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`previously were presented to the Office with respect to that patent.” 157 Cong. Rec.
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`S1042 (daily ed. Mar. 1, 2011) (Statement of Sen. Kyl).
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`B. Claim Construction
`The arguments in this Response stand despite Petitioner’s proposed
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`construction and despite the broadest reasonable construction of the terms. This
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`Preliminary Response does not take a position on claim construction at this point.
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`Patent Owner reserves the right to propose its own construction of any and all claim
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`terms for which an issue arises in the event the PTAB institutes this IPR.
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`Patent Owner notifies the Board that the district court in Innovative Display
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`Technologies v. Acer, Inc. et al., No. 2:13-cv-522 (E.D. Tex. 2013) (Dkt. No. 101)
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`(“First Claim Construction Order”) (Ex. 2001) and Innovative Display Technologies
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`LLC, et al., v. Hyundai Motor Co., et al., No. 2:14-cv-201 (E.D. Tex. 2014) (Dkt.
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`No. 244) (“Second Claim Construction Order”) (Ex. 2002) has ruled on
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`constructions of terms in this patent, including entering an agreed construction of
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`“deformities” that Petitioner adopts in its Petition. Petition at 7; Ex. 2001 at 58; Ex.
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`2002 at 9.
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`II. Validity over prior art
`A. Suzuki ’679 – Anticipation of Claims 1, 4-6, 9, 11-13, 15, 27, 29, and 47
`1. No Showing of Element [1.e], [13.e]
`Elements [1.e] and [13.e] require “at least some of the light extracting
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`deformities on or in one of the sides are of a different type than the light extracting
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`deformities on or in the other side of the panel member.” (emphasis added). The
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`Petition does not show that Suzuki ’679 discloses that the deformities on one side of
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`the panel are of different type than the deformities on the other side of the panel. For
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`example, the Petition cites to Figs. 14-20, none of which supports Petitioner’s
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`argument. (Petition at 28.) To start, Figs. 17-20, only show a top view of a panel,
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`and, from that view alone, the other side of the panel member cannot be seen. (Id.)
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`Figs. 14-16, appear to show side views that reveal their respective bottom surfaces,
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`but the bottom surfaces do not show any deformities. (Id.).
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`The remainder of the Petition’s allegations that Suzuki ’679 meets this
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`limitation are simple hypotheticals that Petitioner created, and which do not rise to
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`the level of evidence required to prove anticipation. First, Petitioner alleges a
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`hypothetical situation in which pattern 21 as shown in Fig. 20 is used on both the
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`front a back surfaces of light guide layer 2. The Petition does not cite to an actual
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`disclosure in Suzuki ’679 of the pattern in Fig. 20 being used on both sides. Instead,
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`the part of Suzuki ’679 cited in the Petition only describes an example light guide
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`layer 2 that was produced using the embossed pattern 21 from Fig. 2a. (Suzuki ’679
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`at 8, (“Examples of the transparent light guide layer 2 were produced by forming an
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`embossed pattern 21 on both sides of acrylic resin plates … Referring to Fig. 2A, the
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`embossed pattern 21 was a pattern of quadrangular-pyramid-shaped recesses formed
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`at a pitch of 0.5 mm and having oblique surfaces at an angle of 45°”).) The
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`hypothetical scenario of using Fig. 20 on both sides of the panel as envisioned in the
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`Petitioner is not enough to support the anticipation allegations for this claim.
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`The Petition continues with another hypothetical that does not rise to the level
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`of anticipation: “if the pattern of Fig. 16 were used on both the front and back
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`surfaces of the panel member.” (Petition at 18). Again, the Petition does not cite to
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`any specific part of Suzuki ’679 that discloses the pattern of Fig. 16 on both sides of
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`the panel member.
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`The Petition offers one last insufficient hypothetical limitation. The Petition
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`alleges that “Suzuki ’679’s disclosure that the pitches may be different on the front
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`and back surfaces makes it possible to set the minimum length of the elements on
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`one side to be greater than the maximum length of those on the other side …” Again,
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`that hypothetical is not enough to show anticipation.
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`Because the Petition makes no showing that the deformities on one side of the
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`panel are of different type than the deformities on the other side of the panel, Ground
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`1 fails for claims 1 and 13, and their dependent claims.
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`2. No Showing of Element [13.f], [27.e], and [47.f]
`Elements [13.f], [27.e], and [47.f] require “a transition region…to allow the
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`light from the at least one light source to mix and spread.” Petitioner makes no
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`showing that its purported transition region allows “light to mix and spread.” The
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`words “mix” and “spread” appear nowhere in the text of Petition related to this
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`ground. (Petition at 19-21; 32-33.). Thus Ground 1 fails for claims 13, 27, and 47
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`and their dependent claims.
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`B. Suzuki ’679 in view of Pristash – Obviousness of Claims 3, 8, 13, 27,
`And 47
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`Petitioner next attempts to combine Suzuki ’679 in view of Pristash, using
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`Pristash primarily to allegedly meet the “transition region” limitation of those
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`claims. (Petition at 38). This combination should be rejected for several reasons.
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`First, the Petition fails to articulate a sufficient reason why these two references
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`should be combined. The Supreme Court and Federal Circuit have long held the
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`principle that mere assertions and conclusory statements cannot support an
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`obviousness determination. KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 550 U.S. 398, 418 (2007).
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`But obviousness must be articulated by reasoning with rational underpinning to
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`support the legal conclusion of obviousness. Id.; In re Kahn, 441 F.3d 977, 988 (Fed.
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`Cir. 2006) (“Rejections on obviousness grounds cannot be sustained by mere
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`conclusory statements; instead, there must be some articulated reasoning with some
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`rational underpinning to support the legal conclusion of obviousness.”). Petitioner
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`makes the conclusory argument that “It would thus have been obvious to eliminate
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`the air interface between Suzuki ’679’s fluorescent tube lights 4 and transparent light
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`guide layer 2 (see, e.g., Ex.1005 Fig.1) in favor of a transition device that would
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`shape and evenly spread the light from the light source across the input edge of the
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`panel member.” (Petition at 39). Petitioner does not explain why it makes that
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`conclusion. Petitioner jumps from seemingly unrelated citations to that conclusory
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`statement.
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`Second, Petitioner fails to consider the disclosures of Pristash and Suzuki ’679
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`as a whole when it concludes that they could be combined. For obviousness
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`inquiries, the scope and content of the prior art must be considered as a whole,
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`including disclosures in the references that diverge from and teach away from the
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`invention at hand. W.L. Gore & Assoc., Inc. v. Garlock, Inc., 721 F.2d 1540, (Fed.
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`Cir. 1983. Considering Suzuki ’679 as a whole reveals that “an object of the present
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`invention is to provide an inexpensive surface light source device which includes an
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`extremely thin transparent light guide layer but emits light with a brightness that is
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`equivalent to or higher than that of light emitted by a structure of the related art,
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`which can be reduced in size and weight.” Ex.1005 at 5. Ignoring that Suzuki ’679
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`seeks to reduce the size and weight of structure, the Petition concludes that it would
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`have been obvious to combine Suzuki ’679 with Pristash, even though Pristash
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`discloses this relatively large transition device 5:
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`(Ex. 1014 at Fig. 1).
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`Third, this combination is redundant with Ground 1. Petitioner never
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`“articulated a meaningful distinction in terms of relative strengths and weaknesses
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`with respect to application” of Suzuki ’679 to the claim limitations as opposed to the
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`application of Suzuki ’679 with Pristash to the claim limitations. IPR2013-00082,
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`Paper 33 at 4. Without that discussion, Ground 2 is redundant and should be rejected.
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`C. Suzuki ’922 – Anticipation of Claims 29 and 47
`1. Petitioner does not meet its burden to show that this is not a
`redundant ground.
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`This ground is redundant with Ground 1. Petitioner never “articulated a
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`meaningful distinction in terms of relative strengths and weaknesses with respect to
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`application” of Suzuki ’679 to the claim limitations as opposed to the application of
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`Suzuki ’922 to the claim limitations. (IPR2013-00082, Paper 33 at 4.) Instead, the
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`Petitioner
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`that
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`Suzuki
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`discloses
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`“further examples” of varying deformities. (Petition at 43.) That is not an
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`articulation of a meaningful distinction of the relative strengths and weaknesses of
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`applying Suzuki ’922 to these claims instead of Suzuki ’679. Without that
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`discussion, Ground 3 is redundant.
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`2. No Showing of Element [47.f]
`Element [47.f] requires “a transition region…to allow the light from the at
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`least one light source to mix and spread.” Petitioner makes no showing that its
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`purported transition region allows “light to mix and spread.” The words “mix” and
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`“spread” appear nowhere in the text of Petition related to this ground. (Petition at
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`44-45; 47-48.). Thus Ground 1 fails for claim 47 and its dependent claims.
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`D. Suzuki ’922 in view of Pristash – Obviousness of Claims 47
`Petitioner next attempts to combine Suzuki ’922 in view of Pristash, using
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`Pristash primarily to allegedly meet the “transition region” limitation of those
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`claims. (Petition at 48-49). This combination should be rejected for several reasons.
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`First, the Petition fails to articulate a sufficient reason why these two references
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`should be combined. The Supreme Court and Federal Circuit have long held the
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`principle that mere assertions and conclusory statements cannot support an
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`obviousness determination. KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 550 U.S. 398, 418 (2007).
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`But obviousness must be articulated by reasoning with rational underpinning to
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`support the legal conclusion of obviousness. Id.; In re Kahn, 441 F.3d 977, 988 (Fed.
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`Cir. 2006) (“Rejections on obviousness grounds cannot be sustained by mere
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`conclusory statements; instead, there must be some articulated reasoning with some
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`rational underpinning to support the legal conclusion of obviousness.”). Petitioner
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`relies on the same conclusory reasoning as it does for Ground 2 (Petition at 48-49),
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`and for the reasons discussed above for Ground 2, Petitioner has not articulated
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`sufficient reasoning to combine these references.
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`Second, Petitioner fails to consider the disclosures of Pristash and Suzuki ’922
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`as a whole when it concludes that they could be combined. For obviousness
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`inquiries, the scope and content of the prior art must be considered as a whole,
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`including disclosures in the references that diverge from and teach away from the
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`invention at hand. W.L. Gore & Assoc., Inc. v. Garlock, Inc., 721 F.2d 1540, (Fed.
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`Cir. 1983. Considering Suzuki ’922 as a whole reveals that “display apparatuses are
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`desired to be reduced in thickness and weight.” Ex.1008 at 4. Ignoring that Suzuki
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`’679 seeks to reduce the weight of structure, the Petition concludes that it would
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`have been obvious to combine Suzuki ’922 with Pristash, even though Pristash
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`discloses this relatively large transition device 5:
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`(Ex. 1014 at Fig. 1).
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`Third, the combination is redundant with Grounds 1, 2, and 3. Petitioner never
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`“articulated a meaningful distinction in terms of relative strengths and weaknesses
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`with respect to application” of Suzuki ’922 to the claim limitations as opposed to the
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`application of the other three grounds to the limitations of claim 47. (IPR2013-
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`00082, Paper 33 at 4). Without that discussion, Ground 1 is redundant.
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`E. Nagatani – Anticipation of Claims 1, 4, 9, 11, and 12
`1. Petitioner does not meet its burden to show that this is not a
`redundant ground.
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`This allegation is redundant with Ground 1. Petitioner never “articulated a
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`meaningful distinction in terms of relative strengths and weaknesses with respect to
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`application” of Suzuki ’679 to the claim limitations as opposed to the application of
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`Suzuki ’922 to the claim limitations. (IPR2013-00082, Paper 33 at 4.) Instead, the
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`Petitioner simply argues that Nagatani discloses “another way in which the types of
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`deformities may differ between the top and bottom surfaces of the panel member.”
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`(Petition at 50.) That is not an articulation of a meaningful distinction of the relative
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`strengths and weaknesses of applying Nagatani to these claims instead of Suzuki
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`’679. Without that discussion, Ground 5 is redundant and should be rejected.
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`2. No Showing of Element [1.c]
`Element [1.c] requires “both the front and back sides having a pattern of light
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`extracting deformities that are projections or depressions on or in the sides to cause
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`light to be emitted from the panel member in a predetermined output distribution.”
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`Petitioner relies on Fig. 5 (the “fourth embodiment”) to allegedly meet the first part
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`of this limitation. (Petition at 50 (“Petitioner relies solely on the "fourth
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`embodiment.”).) But, the Petition does not explain how the fourth embodiment
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`meets the claim’s requirement that its deformities “cause light to be emitted from
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`the panel member in a predetermined output distribution.” The fourth embodiment
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`states that “present embodiment produces a combination of the effects of the first
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`embodiment and the effects of the third embodiment.” (Ex. 1011 at 23.) The Petition
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`never addresses that the combination of the effects of the first embodiments and the
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`effects of the third embodiment would result in deformities that “cause light to be
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`emitted from the panel member in a predetermined output distribution.” The Petition
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`simply cites the alleged effects of embodiments 1 and 3, without discussing what the
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`combination of their effects would be. (Petition at 54, citing Ex. 1011 at ¶¶20, 21,
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`26). Without ever making an allegation of the output distribution in embodiment 4,
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`the Petition fails to sufficiently show invalidity, and this Ground fails for claim 1
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`and all of its dependent claims.
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`F. Nagatani in view of Pristash – Obviousness of Claims 3, 8, and 13
`Petitioner next attempts to combine Nagatani in view of Pristash, using
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`Pristash primarily meet the “transition region” limitation of those claims. (Petition
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`at 48-49). This combination should be rejected for several reasons. First, the Petition
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`fails to articulate a sufficient reason why these two references should be combined.
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`The Supreme Court and Federal Circuit have long held the principle that mere
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`assertions and conclusory statements cannot support an obviousness determination.
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`KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 550 U.S. 398, 418 (2007). But obviousness must be
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`articulated by reasoning with rational underpinning to support the legal conclusion
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`of obviousness. Id.; In re Kahn, 441 F.3d 977, 988 (Fed. Cir. 2006) (“Rejections on
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`obviousness grounds cannot be sustained by mere conclusory statements; instead,
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`there must be some articulated reasoning with some rational underpinning to support
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`the legal conclusion of obviousness.”). Petitioner relies on the same conclusory
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`reasoning as it does for Grounds 2 and 4 (Petition at 57-58), and for the reasons
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`discussed above for Ground 2, Petitioner has not sufficiently articulated sufficient
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`reasoning to combine these references.
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`Second, Petitioner fails to consider the disclosures of Pristash and Nagatani
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`as a whole when it concludes that they could be combined. For obviousness
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`inquiries, the scope and content of the prior art must be considered as a whole,
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`including disclosures in the references that diverge from and teach away from the
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`invention at hand. W.L. Gore & Assoc., Inc. v. Garlock, Inc., 721 F.2d 1540, (Fed.
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`Cir. 1983. Considering Nagatini as a whole reveals that “The illustrated application
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`example realizes high brightness, a thin and lightweight body, and power savings.”
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`(Ex.1011 at 25 (emphasis added).) Ignoring that Nagatani seeks to reduce the weight
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`of structure, the Petition concludes that it would have been obvious to combine
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`Suzuki ’922 with Pristash, even though Pristash discloses this relatively large
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`transition device 5:
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`(Ex. 1014 at Fig. 1).
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`Third, the combination is redundant with Ground 2. Petitioner never
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`“articulated a meaningful distinction in terms of relative strengths and weaknesses
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`with respect to application” of Nagatani in view of Pristash to the claim limitations
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`as opposed to the application of Suzuki '679 in view of Pristash to the limitations of
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`claims 3, 8, and 13.
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`III. Conclusion
`The PTAB should deny institution for each of the above grounds for the
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`Justin B. Kimble
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`Bragalone Conroy P.C.
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that document has been served via electronic
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`mail on May 27, 2015, to Petitioners at following email addresses pursuant to its
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`consent in its Petition at p. 3: GGewirtz.ipr@ldlkm.com; JDavid.ipr@ldlkm.com;
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`Justin B. Kimble
`Attorney for Patent Owner
`Registration No. 58,591
`Bragalone Conroy P.C.
`2200 Ross Ave.
`Suite 4500 – West
`Dallas, TX 75201

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