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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE UNDER
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`Applicant
`Geoffre B. Hoese, et al.
`Reexamination Control No.
`90/007,123
`Title
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` Local Stora - e
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`Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual
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`Group Art Unit
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`Confirmation Number:
`2293
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`Examiner
`Chen, Alan S.
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`Applicant hereby serves the Comments on Statement of Reasons for Patentability
`and/or Comfirmation in the above referenced case to:
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`Larry E. Severin
`Wang, Hartmann & Gibbs, PC
`1301 Dove Street, #1050
`Newport Beach, CA 92660
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`As per 35 U.S.C. §1.248 service is made via first class mail, certified, R.R.R. on
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`October 7, 2005
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Sprinkle IP Law Group
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`ohn L. Adair
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`Reg. No. 48,828
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`Dated: October 7, 2005
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`1301 w. 25”‘ Street, Suite 408
`Austin, Texas 78705
`Tel. (512)637-9223
`Fax. (512) 371-9088
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`Enclosures
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`Oracle Ex. 1024, pg. 1
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`Oracle Ex. 1024, pg. 1
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`Comments On Statement of Reasons for Patentability
`andlor Confirmation
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`AW Docket N0.
`CR°S5"2°'14
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`Goeffre B. Hoese, et al.
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`Reexamination Control No.
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`90/007,123
`Title
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`07/19/2004
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`Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual
`Local Stora - e
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`Group Art Unit
`2182
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`Examiner
`Chen, Alan S.
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`Commissioner for Patents
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`R0‘ Box 1450
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`Dear Sir:
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`Certificate of Mailin Under 37 C.F.R. 1.8
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`I hereby certify that this correspondence is being deposited with
`the United States Postal Service as First Class Mail in an
`envelope addressed to Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box
`1450. Alexandria, VA 22312-1450 on October 7, 2005.
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`Printed Name
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`Julie H. Blackard
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`Applicants appreciate the Examiner‘s allowance of or confirmation of Claims 1-14 of
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`United States Patent No. 5,941,972. Applicants submit the record as a whole makes evident
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`the reasons for allowance and that there are additional reasons for patentability not enumerated
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`by the Examiner. While Applicants agree with the Examiner’s reasons for patentability to the
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`extent such reasons are consistent with the record as a whole (as Applicants understand them
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`to be), Applicants do not acquiesce or agree to any characterization of the claims that place
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`unwarranted limitations or interpretations upon the claims, especially to the extent such
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`limitations or interpretations are inconsistent with the claim language, specification or prior
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`prosecution history in this case.
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`Oracle Ex. 1024, pg. 2
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`Oracle Ex. 1024, pg. 2
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`Attorney Docket No.
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`Customer ID: 44654
`90/007,123
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`These “Comments on Statement of Reasons for Patentability and/or Confirmation” was
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`served via First Class Mail. Certified, R.R.R. on October 7, 2005 to Larry E. Severin of Wang,
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`Hartmann & Gibbs, PC, 1301 Dove Street, #1050, Newport Beach, CA 92660.
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`The Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is hereby authorized to charge
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`any fees or credit any overpayments to Deposit Account No. 50-3183 of Sprinkle IP Law Group.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Sprinkle IP Law Group
`Attorneys for Applicant
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`John L. Adair
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`Reg. No. 48,828
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`Date: October 7, 2005
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`1301 W. 25"‘ Street, Suite 408
`Austin, TX 78705
`Tel. (512) 637-9223
`Fax. (512) 371-9088
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`Oracle Ex. 1024, pg. 3
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`Oracle Ex. 1024, pg. 3
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`Unitcd Sum Palm! and Trademark Olficc
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`APPLICATION NO.
`90/007,123
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`FILING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
`5941972
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`2293
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`SPRINKLE 11> LAW GROUP
`1301 w 25TH STREET
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`DATE MAILED: 09/'2 3/2005
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`PTO-90C (Rev. [(1/03)
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`Oracle Ex. 1024, pg. 4
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`APPLICATION NO!
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`FIUNG DATE
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`FIRSY NAMED INVENTORI
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
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`CC: SPRINKLE IP LAW GROUP
`1301 w. 25”‘ Street
`Suite 408
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`PTO—9OC (Rev.3-98)
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`Oracle Ex. 1024, pg. 5
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`Control No.
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`Patent Under Reexamination
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`Art Unit
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`- The MAIUNG DA TE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address -
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`1. [Z Prosecution on the merits is (or remains) closed in this ex pane reexamination proceeding. This proceeding is
`subject to reopening at the initiative of the Office or upon petition. Cf. 37 CFR 1.313(a). A Certificate will be
`issued in.view of
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`IX Patent owner's communication(s) filed: 22 July 2005.
`(b) E] Patent owner's late response filed:
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`(c) E] Patent owner's failure to file an appropriate response to the Office action mailed:
`(d) E] Patent owner's failure to timely file an Appeal Brief (37 CFR 41.31).
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`Status of Ex Parte Reexamination:
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`(f). Change in the Specification: D Yes E No
`(g) Change in the Drawing(s):
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`(h) Status of the C|aim(s):
`(1) Patent claim(s) confinned: _1;1_t1.
`(2) Patent claim(s) amended Oncluding dependent on amended claim(s)):
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`2. E Note the attached statement of reasons for patentability and/or confinnation. Any comments considered
`necessary by patent owner regarding reasons for patentability and/or confinnation must be submitted promptly
`to avoid processing delays. Such submission(s) should be labeled: “Comments On Statement of Reasons for
`Patentability and/or confinnation.”
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`3. D Note attached NOTICE OF REFERENCES CITED (PTO-892).
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`4. CI Note attached LIST OF REFERENCES CITED (PTO-.1449 or PTO/SB/O8).
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`C] disapproved.
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`The drawing correction request filed on
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`6. I] Acknowledgment is made of the priority claim under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-’(d) or (f).
`a)|:] All b)|:] Some‘
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`7. [:1 Note attached Examiner's Amendment.
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`8. [:1 Note attached Interview Summary (PTO-474).
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` cc: Requester (if third party requester)
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`_PTOL-469 (Rev.9-04)
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`Notice of Intent to Issue Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate
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`Part of Paper No 09162005
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`Oracle Ex. 1024, pg. 6
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`REEXAMINATION
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`REASONS FOR PATENTABILITY I CONFIRMATION
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`Reexamination Control No. 90/007.123
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`Attachment to Paper No. 09162005.
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`Art Unit 2182.
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`f\ Claims 1·14 are ellew~.
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`The prior art disclosed by the patent owner and cited by the Examiner fail to teach or suggest, alone or in combination, all the limitations of the
`independent claims (claims 1, 7 and 11), particularly the map/mapping feature which is a one-to-one correspondence, as given in a simple table,
`the map physically resident on a router, whereby the router forms the connection bet'lyeen two separate entities over different transport mediums,
`such that neither entity determines where data is to be sent, but rather, the router solely dictates where the data will be sent; also the UNLLBP"
`feature refering to a tundamentallow level protocol defined by a specification/standard that is well known to one of ordinary skill in the art, where
`the NLLBP is used at the router for communications with both the first and second transport meqium. The SCSI protocol/standard is considered
`a NLLBP. TCP/IP, e.g., used in Ethernet communications, however, is not considered to be a NLLBP.
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`PTOL-476 (Rev. 03-98)
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`Oracle Ex. 1024, pg. 7
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`Applicationlcontrol No.
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`90/007,123
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`Applicant(s)IPatent Under
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`Crossroads Systems, (Texas), Inc. v. Chaparral Network Storage, Inc.,
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`Crossroads Systems, (Texas), Inc., v. Pathlight Technology, Inc.,
`Western District of Texas (00-CA-248)
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`Crossroads Systems, (Texas), Inc v. Dot Hill Systems
`Western District of Texas (03-CV-754)
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`A storage router (56) and storage network (50) provide virtual local storage on remote SCSI storage devices (60,
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`Fiber Channel transport medium (52), and a plurality of SCSI storage devices (60, 62, 64) are connected to a SCSI bus
`transport medium (54). The storage router (S6) interfaces between the Fiber Channel transport medium (52) and the
`SCSI bus transport medium (54) . The storage router (56) maps between the workstations (58) and the SCSI storage
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`...Ltd., a global leader in the storage market, today announced a cross-licensing arrangement covering access con-
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`...by Crossroads Systems Inc. (CRDS) on October 17, 2003. Dot Hill has not been served with the Complaint. The .
`suit alleges patent infringement by Dot Hill of United States Patent Nos. 5,941,972 and 6,425,035, relating to storage
`routers and methods for providing virtual local storage.
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`...Austin, Texas by Crossroads Systems on October 17, 2003. Dot Hill has not been served with the Complaint. The
`suit alleges patent infringement by Dot Hill of United States Patent Nos. 5,941,972 and 6,425,035, relating to storage
`routers and methods for 'providi.ng virtual local storage.
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`Crossroads is the owner of several patents, including U.S. Patent No. 5,941,972 and U.S. Patent No. 6,423,035,
`covering the ability to control access from hosts to storage devices using a variety of protocols. The Crossroads technol-
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`...Oct. 1 1, 2001, a judge has issued an injunction against Chaparral Network Storage Inc.'s RAID and router prod-
`ucts that use access controls or LUN zoning because they willfully infringe the Crossroads 5,941,972 ("_972") patent, as
`found earlier by a jury on Sept. 12, 2001.
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`Those infringing products are Fibre Channel-to-Ultra2 SCSI storage router models FS 1220 and FS 2620; the G-
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`...global provider of connectivity for storage networking solutions, announced that a jury found Chaparral Network
`Storage, Inc.'s RAID and router products using LUN zoning willfully infringe the Crossroads 5,941,972 ("972") patent.
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`The jury has awarded damages with a royalty amount of 5% for Chaparral's router product line and 3% for their
`RAID product line. Crossroads will be pursuing an injunction based
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`...9909l5
`CATALINA LIGHTING
`VS.
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`LAMPS PLUS, INC. & PACIFIC COAST LIGHTING
`5,221,141-362/250; 353,904-D26/63
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`00-248 -- Fi1ed:0004 14
`CROSSROADS SYSTEMS
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`PATHLIGHT TECHNOLOGY INC.
`5,941,972-710/129
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`97-2601 -- Filed:9707 14
`DCNL INC. & SABRINA S. DENEBEIM
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`CONAIR CORP.
`365,685-D4/128; 366,152-D4/128; 5,515,874-132/226
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`...model; Gary Randall Horn, Mohan Sharma, Leo Yue Tak Ycung.
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`* No. 5,939,869; low-power interconnection using magnetoresistive elements; Uttam Shamalindu Ghoshal.
`Crossroads Systems Inc.
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`* No. 5,941,972; storage router and method for providing virtual local storage; Geoffrey B. Hoese.
`Dell USA
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`* No. 5,943,029; method and apparatus to provide non-DDC monitor characteristics to system sofiware; Steven
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`U.S. District - Texas Western
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`(Austin)
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`1:03cv754
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`Crossroads Systems ( v. Dot Hill Systems Cor
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`This case was retrieved from the court on Monday, September 19, 2005
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`Date Filed: 10/17/2003
`Assigned To: Honorable Sam Sparks
`Referred To:
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`Class Code: PATTRD
`Closed: no
`Statute: 28:1338
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`Nature of suit: Patent (830)
`Cause: Patent Infringement
`Lead Docket: None
`Other Docket: None
`Jurisdiction: Federal Question
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`Jury Demand: Both
`Demand Amount: $0
`NOS Description: Patent
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`Litigants
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`Attorneys
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`Crossroads Systems (Texas), Inc, A Texas Corporation
`Plaintiff
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`Alan D Albright
`[COR LD NTC]
`[Termz 03/08/2005]
`Fish & Richardson