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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`KYOCERA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,
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`CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-01559
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`PATENT OWNER CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS
`EQUIPMENT LLC’S PRELIMINARY RESPONSE TO PETITION
`FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`I.
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`II.
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`INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................... 1
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`TECHNOLOGY BACKGROUND AND INVENTORS’ SOLUTION ........ 1
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`TS 36.213 v8.2.0 .................................................................................. 1
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`The ‘966 Patent .................................................................................... 2
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`III. CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ........................................................................... 4
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`IV. APPLICABLE LEGAL STANDARDS ......................................................... 4
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`Standard for Review ............................................................................. 4
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`B. Obviousness .......................................................................................... 5
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`PETITIONER CANNOT SHOW THAT THE CHALLENGED CLAIMS
`ARE UNPATENTABLE UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 103 ...................................... 7
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`Summary of Argument ......................................................................... 7
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`Independent Claims 1, 9, and 10 Are Not Obvious In View of
`Qualcomm and TS 36.213 .................................................................... 9
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`Qualcomm and TS 36.213 do not disclose initializing a second
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`“P0_UE_PUSCH+f(0)=ΔPPC+ΔPrampup” .......................................... 10
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`Petitioner’s argument that Qualcomm discloses the claimed
`initialization is meritless .......................................................... 11
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`Petitioner’s arguments fail because Qualcomm does not
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`Petitioner’s arguments fail because Qualcomm does not
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`that P0_UE_PUSCH+f(0)=ΔPPC+ΔPrampup ............................ 12
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`Qualcomm and TS 36.213 do not disclose computing “an initial
`transmit power for the uplink shared channel using full path
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`A person of skill in the art would not have had a reason to
`combine Qualcomm and TS 36.213 ........................................ 16
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`C. Dependent Claims 2-8 and 11-17 Are Not Obvious In View of the
`Alleged Combinations ........................................................................ 19
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`Claims 3 and 12 were not obvious in view of Qualcomm and
`TS 36.213 ................................................................................. 19
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`Claims 4 and 13 were not obvious in view of Qualcomm and
`TS 36.213 ................................................................................. 21
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`Claims 2 and 11 were not obvious in view of Qualcomm, TS
`36.213, and TS 36.300 ............................................................. 23
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`VI. CONCLUSION ............................................................................................. 25
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`TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
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`Cases
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`CFMT, Inc. v. YieldUp Int’l Corp.,
`349 F.3d 1333 (Fed. Cir. 2003) .............................................................................. 6
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`Garmin Int’l, Inc. v. Patent of Cuozzo Speed Techs. LLC,
`IPR2012-00001, Paper 15 (PTAB Jan. 9, 2013) .................................................... 6
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`Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas City,
`383 U.S. 1 (1966) ................................................................................................... 6
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`Innogenetics, N.V. v. Abbott Labs.,
`512 F.3d 1363 (Fed. Cir. 2008) ......................................................................... 24
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`In re Gardner,
`449 Fed. Appx. 914 (Fed. Cir. 2011) ................................................................... 7
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`In re Ratti,
`270 F.2d 810 (CCPA 1959) ................................................................................. 7
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`In re Rijckaert,
`9 F.3d 1531 (Fed. Cir. 1993) ............................................................................... 6
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`In re Royka,
`490 F.2d 981 (C.C.P.A. 1974) ............................................................................. 6
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`Kinetic Concepts, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc.,
`688 F.3d 1342 (Fed. Cir. 2012) ......................................................................... 24
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`Norman Int’l, Inc. v. Toti Testamentary Trust,
`IPR2014-00283, Paper 9 (PTAB June 20, 2014) .............................................. 18
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`Par Pharm., Inc. v. TWi Pharms., Inc.,
`773 F.3d 1186 (Fed. Cir. 2014) ........................................................................... 7
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`Plas-Pak Indus., Inc. v. Sulzer Mixpac AG,
`600 Fed. Appx. 755 (Fed. Cir. 2015) ................................................................... 7
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`Statutes
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`35 U.S.C. § 103 .................................................................................................. 5-7, 9
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`35 U.S.C. § 313 ......................................................................................................... 1
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`35 U.S.C. § 314(a) .............................................................................................. 4, 25
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`Regulations
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.100(b) ............................................................................................... 4
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.104(b)(4) ....................................................................... 11, 12, 20, 22
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.107 .................................................................................................... 1
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.108(b)(2) ......................................................................................... 25
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.108(c) ................................................................................................ 4
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`Other Authorities
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`Office Patent Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48,756 (Aug. 14, 2012) ............... 5
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`INTRODUCTION
`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 313 and 37 C.F.R § 42.107, Patent Owner Cellular
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`Communications Equipment LLC (“CCE”) respectfully submits this preliminary
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`response to Kyocera Communications, Inc.’s (“Petitioner”) Petition for Inter Partes
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`Review (“Petition”). As explained below, a trial should not be instituted in this
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`matter because Petitioner cannot demonstrate that there is a reasonable likelihood
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`that at least one of the challenged claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,385,966 (the “’966
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`patent”) is unpatentable.
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`II. TECHNOLOGY BACKGROUND AND INVENTORS’ SOLUTION
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`A. TS 36.213 v8.2.0
`3GPP TS 36.213 v8.2.0 (hereinafter “TS 36.213”) specifies physical layer
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`procedures for evolved universal terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA), the air
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`interface for 3GPP Long Term Evolution (“LTE”). Among other things, TS
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`36.213 specifies how uplink power should be set for a physical uplink shared
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`channel and a physical uplink control channel. TS 36.213 specifies, for example,
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`that “[t]he setting of the UE Transmit power PPUSCH for the physical uplink shared
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`channel (PUSCH) transmission in subframe i is defined by PPUSCH(i) = min{PMAX,
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`10log10(MPUSCH(i)) + PO_PUSCH(j) + α · PL + ΔTF(TF(i)) + f(i)} ….” TS 36.213 (Ex.
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`1004 to PET.) at § 5.1.1.1). A similar (but not identical) power control formula is
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`specified for the physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmissions having
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`transmit power PPUCCH(i). Id. at § 5.1.2.1.
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`The ’966 Patent
`The ’966 patent incorporates by reference and quotes portions of TS 36.213
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`and discloses improvements to power control for a physical uplink shared channel
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`(PUSCH) and physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). According to the ’966
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`patent, “the problem solved [by the disclosed] embodiments is how the power
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`control formulas for PUSCH and PUCCH are taken in use during or after the
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`Random Access procedure.” ’966 patent (Ex. 1001 to PET.) at 4:16-19. More
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`specifically, the inventors recognized that “[w]hen the UE first sends data on the
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`PUSCH, there is no previous subframe and so i=0, which is addressed in 3GPP TS
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`36.213 v8.2.0 as zeroing out the entire term so that f(0)=0.” ’966 patent (Ex. 1001
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`to PET.) at 6:33-35; see also TS 36.213 (Ex. 1004 to PET.) at § 5.1.1.1. Likewise
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`for the PUCCH power control initial condition g(0), the inventors recognized that
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`the TS 36.213 approach was to “zero[] out the entire term so that g(0)=0.” ’966
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`patent (Ex. 1001 to PET.) at 6:46-49; see also TS 36.213 (Ex. 1004 to PET.) at §
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`5.1.2.1.
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`To address perceived shortcomings with “how the UE specific parameters of
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`the PUSCH and PUCCH power control formulas are initialized” (’966 patent (Ex.
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`1001 to PET.) at 4:25-27), the inventors proposed new systems and methods for
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`initializing f(i) and g(i) (the power control adjustment state functions for PPUSCH
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`and PPUCCH). More specifically, the inventors disclosed an embodiment where “the
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`UE receives a power control command (e.g. ΔPPC) in the preamble response from
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`the eNB” and then initializes the f(i) and g(i) power control functions for i=0 so
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`that P0_UE_PUSCH + f(0) = ΔPPC + ΔPrampup and P0_UE_PUCCH + g(0) = ΔPPC + ΔPrampup.
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`’966 patent (Ex. 1001 to PET.) at 6:59-67. In this aspect, the inventors’ solution
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`provides improved power control by taking advantage of specific information from
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`the preamble power control process (e.g., ΔPPC and ΔPrampup) to initialize specific
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`power control adjustment states (f(i) and g(i)).
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`These aspects of the invention, which are not disclosed by any of the
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`references cited in the Petition, are reflected in each of the challenged claims. For
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`example, claim 1 of the ’966 patent recites initializing a power control adjustment
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`state f(i) so that P0_UE_PUSCH+f(0)=ΔPPC+ΔPrampup:
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`using a processor to initialize for i=0 a first power control adjustment
`state g(i) for an uplink control channel and a second power control
`adjustment state f(i) for an uplink shared channel to each reflect an
`open loop power control error;
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`using the processor to compute an initial transmit power for the uplink
`shared channel using full path loss compensation, wherein the initial
`transmit power depends on a preamble power of a first message sent
`on an access channel and the second power control adjustment state
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`sending from a transmitter a third message on the uplink shared
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`wherein the second power control adjustment state f(i) for i=0 is
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`P0_UE_PUSCH+f(0)=ΔPPC+ΔPrampup;
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`P0_UE_PUSCH is a power control constant for the uplink shared channel
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`ΔPrampup is a ramp-up power for preamble transmissions; and
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`ΔPPC is a power control command indicated in a second message that
`is received in response to sending the first message.
`’966 patent (Ex. 1001 to PET.) at claim 1) (emphasis added).
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`III. CLAIM CONSTRUCTION
`According to 37 C.F.R. § 42.100(b), a claim in an inter partes review is to
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`be given its “broadest reasonable interpretation in light of the specification of the
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`patent in which it appears.” Petitioners have construed the meanings of various
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`claim terms in the Petition. CCE disputes that Petitioner’s proposed constructions
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`are consistent with the “broadest reasonable construction in light of the
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`specification” and, consequently, CCE does not acquiesce to Petitioners’
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`definitions. However, CCE does not believe construction of any claim term or
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`phrase is necessary to deny the Petition. CCE reserves its rights to set forth
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`competing claim constructions in a Response (and with the support of its own
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`expert) if an inter partes review is instituted.
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`IV. APPLICABLE LEGAL STANDARDS
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`Standard for Review
`The Board may only grant a petition for inter partes review where “the
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`information presented in the petition … shows that there is a reasonable likelihood
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`that the petitioner would prevail with respect to at least 1 of the claims challenged
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`in the petition.” 35 U.S.C. § 314(a); 37 C.F.R. § 42.108(c). Petitioner bears the
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`Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48,756 (Aug. 14, 2012) (“The Board … may
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`institute a trial where the petitioner establishes that the standards for instituting the
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`requested trial are met ….”).
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`B. Obviousness
`Petitioner contends that the claims of the ’966 patent are unpatentable under
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`35 U.S.C. § 103. PET. at 2-3. Notably, no anticipation argument is asserted.
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`Specifically, the Petition alleges:
` Claims 1, 3, 4, 9, 10, 12, and 13 are unpatentable in view of U.S.
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`Patent No. 8,599,706 (“Qualcomm”) and TS 36.213 under 35 U.S.C.
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`§ 103;
` Claims 2 and 11 are unpatentable in view of Qualcomm, TS 36.213,
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`and 3GPP TS 36.300 v8.4.0 (“TS 36.300”) under 35 U.S.C. § 103;
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`(the “’386 publication”) under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
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`Id.
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`Section 103 of the Patent Act provides that “[a] patent may not be obtained
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`art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the time
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`the invention was made to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which said
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`subject matter pertains.” 35 U.S.C. § 103(a). The obviousness analysis requires a
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`number of threshold inquiries. The level of ordinary skill in the art must be
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`established, the scope and content of the prior art must be determined, and any
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`differences between the prior art and the claims at issue must be ascertained.
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`Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas City, 383 U.S. 1, 17-18 (1966).
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`If a single element of the claim is absent from the prior art, the claims cannot
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`be considered obvious. See CFMT, Inc. v. YieldUp Int’l Corp., 349 F.3d 1333,
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`1342 (Fed. Cir. 2003) (“Obviousness requires a suggestion of all limitations in a
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`claim.”) (citing In re Royka, 490 F.2d 981, 985 (C.C.P.A. 1974)); In re Rijckaert, 9
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`F.3d 1531, 1534 (Fed. Cir. 1993) (reversing obviousness rejection where prior art
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`did not teach or suggest all claim limitations); Garmin Int’l, Inc. v. Patent of
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`9, 2013) (refusing to institute an inter partes review under 35 U.S.C. § 103 where
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`prior art did not disclose all claim limitations). As explained below, Petitioner has
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`not established a reasonable likelihood that at least one of the challenged claims of
`the ’966 patent is unpatentable for at least the reason that the alleged prior art,
`even taken in combination, plainly does not disclose each limitation of the
`challenged claims.
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`While CCE believes the above points of law sufficient to warrant denial of
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`the Petition under the facts presented, CCE notes (for completeness) that
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`“[o]bviousness is a question of law based on several underlying factual findings,
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`including what a references teaches, and whether proposed modifications would
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`change a reference’s ‘principle of operation ….” See Plas-Pak Indus., Inc. v.
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`Sulzer Mixpac AG, 600 Fed. Appx. 755, 757 (Fed. Cir. 2015) (citations omitted).
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`“A party asserting that a patent is obvious ‘must demonstrate … that a skilled
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`artisan would have had reason to combine the teaching of the prior art references to
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`achieve the claimed invention, and that the skilled artisan would have had a
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`reasonable expectation of success from doing so.’” Par Pharm., Inc. v. TWi
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`Pharms., Inc., 773 F.3d 1186, 1193 (Fed. Cir. 2014). Where “a proposed
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`modification or combination of the prior art would change the principle of
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`operation of the prior art invention being modified, then the teachings of the
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`references are not sufficient to render the claims prima facie obvious.” In re
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`Gardner, 449 Fed. Appx. 914, 916 (Fed. Cir. 2011) (citing In re Ratti, 270 F.2d
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`810 (CCPA 1959)).
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`PETITIONER CANNOT SHOW THAT THE CHALLENGED
`CLAIMS ARE UNPATENTABLE UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 103
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`Summary of Argument
`As discussed above, the plain language of independent claims 1, 9, and 10
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`requires initializing a power control adjustment state by reciting the second power
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`control adjustment state “f(i) for i=0 is initialized as: P0_UE_PUSCH + f(0) = ΔPPC +
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`ΔPrampup.” ’966 patent (Ex. 1001 to PET.) at claims 1, 9, 10. Close scrutiny of
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`Qualcomm, TS 36.213, and the other asserted references reveals that they do not
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`disclose “the second power control adjustment state f(i) for i=0 is initialized as:
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`P0_UE_PUSCH + f(0) = ΔPPC + ΔPrampup.”
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`The independent claims also require “a second power control adjustment
`state f(i) for an uplink shared channel” and “comput[ing] an initial transmit power
`for the uplink shared channel using full path loss compensation… [that] depends
`on … the second power control adjustment state f(0)” (or similar limitations). Id.
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`(emphasis added). As plainly set forth by the claims, the “power control
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`adjustment state f(i)” is a function of “i” and capable of being “initialized” for
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`“i=0.” Petitioner relies on Qualcomm as satisfying these limitations (see PET. at
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`23-25), yet Qualcomm does not disclose computing an initial transmit power using
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`“full path loss compensation” that depends on a “power control adjustment state” –
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`whether f(i) or any other. Qualcomm merely discloses setting “the transmit power
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`preamble … as follows: PUSCH_power = RACH_power + PC_correction +
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`PUSCH_RACH_power_offset.” Qualcomm (Ex. 1003 to PET.) at 10:1-8.
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`Qualcomm’s “PUSCH_power” equation does not use any type of path loss
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`compensation (full or partial), and it neither identifies nor depends on any “power
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`control adjustment state.” For that matter, Qualcomm does not disclose the use of
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`any “power control adjustment state.”
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`Moreover, Petitioner fails to articulate why a person of skill in the art would
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`modify Qualcomm in view of (or attempt to combine it with) some other reference
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`to achieve the claimed invention(s). Indeed, the purported reason that Petitioner
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`provides – “[s]uch a combination … would be obvious to one of ordinary skill in
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`the art in creating a more efficient random access signaling that is compliant with
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`the LTE specifications (see PET. at 23) – is contradictory and flies in the face of the
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`disparate formulas presented in the references. Petitioner proposes a combination
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`that uses Qualcomm’s “PUSCH_power” formula to “compute an initial transmit
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`power for the uplink shared channel” (see PET. at 24-25); yet the relevant LTE
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`standard at the time of the invention (TS 36.213 v8.2.0) required setting the
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`transmit power for the physical uplink shared channel in an entirely different
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`manner, as follows: PPUSCH(i) = min{PMAX, 10 log10 (MPUSCH(i)) + P0_PUSCH(j) + α ·
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`PL +·ΔTF(TF(i)) + f(i)} (see TS 36.213 (Ex. 1004 to PET.) § 5.1.1.1).
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`Consequently, Petitioner’s proposed combinations with Qualcomm clearly would
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`not result in “signaling that is compliant with the LTE specifications.”
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`Tellingly, Petitioner’s expert does not provide a claim chart for
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`combinations of Qualcomm and TS 36.213 proposed by Petitioner, or even provide
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`an opinion that all of the limitations of the independent claims are disclosed or
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`taught by the alleged Qualcomm-TS 36.213 combination. See Akl Dec. (Ex. 1002
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`to PET.) at ¶¶ 62-85.
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`B.
`Independent Claims 1, 9, and 10 Are Not Obvious In View of
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`Petitioner has not satisfied, and cannot satisfy, its burden of showing that
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`independent claims 1, 9, and 10 are likely obvious under § 103 in view of
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`Qualcomm and TS 36.213. Indeed, the combination of Qualcomm and TS 36.213
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`Qualcomm and TS 36.213 do not disclose initializing a second
`power control adjustment so that “P0_UE_PUSCH+f(0)=ΔPPC+ΔPrampup.”
`Claim 1 recites “wherein the second power control adjustment state f(i) for
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`i=0 is initialized as: P0_UE_PUSCH+f(0)=ΔPPC+ΔPrampup ….” Similarly, claim 9
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`recites “wherein the second accumulation power control adjustment state f(i) for
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`i=0 is initialized as: P0_UE_PUSCH+f(0)=ΔPPC+ΔPrampup,” and claim 10 recites
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`“wherein the second power control adjustment state f(i) for i=0 is initialized as:
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`P0_UE_PUSCH+f(0)=ΔPPC+ΔPrampup.” Neither Qualcomm nor TS 36.213 disclose
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`these limitations.
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`Petitioner (for good reason) does not rely on TS 36.213 as disclosing the
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`claimed initialization of the power control adjustment state for an uplink shared
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`channel (f(i)). See PET. at 26-27. As discussed above, TS 36.213 merely discloses
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`initializing f(0) to zero. See TS 36.213 (Ex. 1004 to PET.) § 5.1.1.1 (“where f(0) =
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`0”).
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`Qualcomm also fails to disclose the claimed initialization of a power control
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`adjustment state for an uplink shared channel. As discussed above, Qualcomm
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`does not even disclose the use of a power control adjustment state. It merely
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`discloses setting “the transmit power of the first uplink message sent after
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`Petitioner’s argument that Qualcomm discloses the claimed
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`Despite the fact that neither Qualcomm nor TS 36.213 disclose initializing a
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`power control adjustment state so
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`P0_UE_PUSCH+f(0)=ΔPPC+ΔPrampup …[,]” Petitioner attempts to argue (through
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`various mathematical transformations, none of which actually identify any power
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`control adjustment state f(i))
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`Petitioner’s argument fails for many reasons.
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`a. Petitioner’s arguments fail because Qualcomm does not
`disclose the use of a power control adjustment state.
`As noted above, claims 1, 9, and 10 require initializing a power control
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`adjustment state f(i). Claims 1, 9, and 10 also require “wherein the initial transmit
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`power depends on … the second power control adjustment state f(0).” The
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`Petition relies on Qualcomm as satisfying these limitations. See PET. at 25-26.
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`Tellingly, Petitioner does not identify what from Qualcomm that Petitioner
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`contends satisfies the claimed “power control adjustment state.” Petitioner’s
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`inability to clearly identify what it contends satisfies the claimed “power control
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`adjustment state f(i)” is a direct consequence of its contrived attempt to read claims
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`1, 9, and 10 onto Qualcomm and, by itself, is an independent basis for denying
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`institution. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.104(b)(4) (“The petition must specify where each
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`element of the claim is found in the prior art patents or printed publications relied
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`upon”).
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`to calculate an uplink power completely undermines Petitioner’s arguments. As a
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`result of its reliance on Qualcomm, Petitioner’s proposed combination of
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`Qualcomm with TS 36.213 does not satisfy the portions of the challenged claims
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`that require the use of and/or initialization of a power control adjustment state
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`(e.g., “using a processor to initialize for i=0 … a second power control adjustment
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`state f(i) for an uplink shared channel,” “wherein the initial transmit power
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`depends on … the second power control adjustment state f(0)”).
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`b. Petitioner’s arguments fail because Qualcomm does not
`disclose initializing a power control adjustment state so
`that P0_UE_PUSCH+f(0)=ΔPPC+ΔPrampup.
`Despite the fact that Qualcomm does not disclose the use of a power control
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`adjustment state, Petitioner insists that Qualcomm somehow discloses initializing a
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`power control adjustment state so that “P0_UE_PUSCH+f(0)=ΔPPC+ΔPrampup ….”
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`As an initial matter, Petitioner offers no evidence or analysis for what, if
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`anything, from the combination of Qualcomm with TS 36.213 it contends satisfies
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`the claimed P0_UE_PUSCH; in fact, Petitioner’s claim chart points to disclosure from
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`the challenged ’966 patent rather than disclosure from Qualcomm or TS 36.213.
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`PET. at 26. This, by itself, is an independent basis for denying institution. See 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.104(b)(4) (“The petition must specify where each element of the claim
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`is found in the prior art patents or printed publications relied upon”). Indeed, as
`discussed above, Qualcomm and TS 36.213 do not disclose initializing f(i) so that
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`P0_UE_PUSCH+f(0)=ΔPPC+ΔPrampup. Qualcomm does not disclose initializing a power
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`control adjustment state at all. And TS 36.213 merely discloses initializing a power
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`control adjustment state to zero. See TS 36.213 (Ex. 1004 to PET.) § 5.1.1.1
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`(“where f(0) = 0”).
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`Notwithstanding Petitioner’s failure to specify where P0_UE_PUSCH is found in
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`Qualcomm and/or TS 36.213, a careful review of the Petition confirms that
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`Petitioner does not even attempt to argue that Qualcomm or TS 36.213 disclose the
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`portion of claim 1 that requires “wherein the second power control adjustment state
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`f(i) for i=0 is initialized as: P0_UE_PUSCH+f(0)=ΔPPC+ΔPrampup …” (or related
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`limitations from claims 9 and 10). Instead, the Petition merely states that “by
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`calculating the sum of the PC_correction and the power_ramp_up value as part of
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`calculating RACH power, Qualcomm teaches initializing f(0).’” PET. at 20.
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`Petitioner arrives at this conclusion through various mathematical transformations,
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`none of which actually identify any power control adjustment state f(i), nor address
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`the limitations “wherein the second power control adjustment state f(i) for i=0 is
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`initialized as: P0_UE_PUSCH+f(0)=ΔPPC+ΔPrampup ….”
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`To arrive at its conclusion that “by calculating the sum of the PC_correction
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`and the power_ramp_up value as part of calculating RACH power, Qualcomm
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`teaches initializing f(0),” Petitioner first suggests that P0_UE_PUSCH can be ignored
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`because it can equal zero and, in this case, f(0) is equivalent to ΔPPC+ΔPrampup. See
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`PET. at 18. Next, Petitioner expands Qualcomm Equation (4)
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`PUSCH_power = -RX_power +
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`added_correction
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`PUSCH_RACH_power_offset. See PET. at 18-19. Petitioner then equates
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`Qualcomm’s PC_correction value to “ΔPPC” and Qualcomm’s power_ramp_up
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`value to “ΔPrampup” and argues that Qualcomm, therefore, discloses initializing
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`PUSCH_power (which Petitioner equates to the claimed “initial transmit power”)
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`using “f(0)” because Qualcomm’s PUSCH_power is allegedly calculated by
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`“calculating the sum of the PC_correction and the power_ramp_up value.” PET. at
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`18-20. Finally, Petitioner argues that “by calculating the sum of the PC_correction
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`and the power_ramp_up value as part of calculating RACH power, Qualcomm
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`teaches initializing f(0).” PET. at 20.
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`There are numerous issues with Petitioner’s analysis. First, Petitioner’s
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`argument disregards the claim language. Claims 1, 9, and 10 call for a specific
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`relationship between the four parameters P0_UE_PUSCH, f(0), ΔPPC, and ΔPrampup,
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`where P0_UE_PUSCH+f(0) is equal to ΔPPC+ΔPrampup. Petitioner’s expansion of
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`Qualcomm’s PUSCH_power equation completely fails to disclose this relationship.
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`Petitioner has (at most) merely shown that Qualcomm’s PUSCH_power is
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`dependent upon PC_correction and indirectly dependent on power_ramp_up.
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`These values (either individually or when taken together) are not a “power control
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`adjustment state” “for an uplink shared channel,” as required by the claims. Nor
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`do they represent a value that is “initialized” for i=0 in any adjustment state f(i), as
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`also required.
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`Moreover, and contrary to Petitioner’s argument, Qualcomm does not
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`actually disclose initializing any value as PC_correction + power_ramp_up.
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`Petitioner’s expansion of Qualcomm Equation (4) from its original form –
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`“PUSCH_power=RACH_power+PC_correction+PUSCH_RACH_power_offset” –
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`into a form summing seven terms misleadingly merges distinct calculations into
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`one, and then seeks to extract something that is still not there: a power adjustment
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`state
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`(2), which Petitioner substitutes
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`“RACH_power” in Equation (4), is an equation for determining “transmit power
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`for the m-th transmission of the random access preamble.” Qualcomm (Ex. 1003 to
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`PET.) at 8:38-9:35. Equation (4) refers to “the transmit power of the first uplink
`message sent after the successful transmission of the random access preamble.”
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`Qualcomm (Ex. 1003 to PET.) at 10:1-3 (emphasis added). Thus, contrary to
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`Petitioner’s suggestion, Qualcomm does not disclose “calculat[ing] the sum of the
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`PC_correction and the power_ramp_up value” (PET. at 20), nor calculating such a
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`sum and equating it to anything else (such as a power control adjustment state f(i));
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`instead, the two values are used (along with five other terms) to determine separate
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`values at separate times for different purposes.
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`Qualcomm and TS 36.213 do not disclose computing “an initial
`transmit power for the uplink shared channel using full path loss
`compensation.”
`Claim 1 requires “using the processor to compute an initial transmit power
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`for the uplink shared channel using full path loss compensation, wherein the initial
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`transmit power depends on … the second power control adjustment state f(0).”
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`Qualcomm or TS 36.213. Acknowledging that TS 36.213 does not teach these
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`limitations, Petitioner instead attempts to rely on Qualcomm.
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`Petitioner points to Qualcomm’s PUSCH_power equation as satisfying the
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`portion of claims that requires computing “an initial transmit power for the uplink
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`shared channel using full path loss compensation, wherein the initial transmit
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`power depends on … the second power control adjustment state f(0).” PET. at 17,
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`24-25. Yet Qualcomm does not disclose using any type of path loss (full or
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`partial) as part of setting a PUSCH_power that depends on a power control
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`adjustment state. Qualcomm merely discloses “PUSCH_power = RACH_power +
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`PC_correction + PUSCH_RACH_power_offset.” Qualcomm (Ex. 1003 to PET.) at
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`10:1-8.
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`A person of skill in the art would not have had a reason to
`combine Qualcomm and TS 36.213.
`As noted above, the combination of Qualcomm and TS 36.213 does not even
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`satisfy every limitation of the claims; thus, one of s