`Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`LG ELECTRONICS, INC. AND LG
`ELECTRONICS U.S.A., INC.,
`Petitioner
`
`V.
`TOSHIBA SAMSUNG STORAGE TECHNOLOGY
`KOREA CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner
`
`Case IPR2015-01653
`Patent RE43,106
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`Petitioner’s Demonstrative Exhibits for October 6, 2016 Oral
`Argument
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`Instituted Ground
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`Accordingly,it is
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`Instituted Ground
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`obviousness of claims 7-19 over APA and Katayama;
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`ORDEREDthat pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 314 and 37 C.F.R. § 42.4, an
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`inter partes review hereby1s instituted as to the proposed ground of
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`2
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`Background (Admitted
`Prior Art) of the ‘106
`patent
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`3
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`
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`Conventional Optical Pickup
`Apparatus
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`11, 21 – laser light source
`12, 22 – collimating lens
`13, 23 – beam splitter
`14 – interference filter prism
`15 – quarter-wave plate
`16 – variable aperture
`17 – objective lens
`18 – DVD
`24 – converging lens
`25 – CD - R
`26 – photodetector
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`(Ex. 1001 at 1:62-2:50)
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`4
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`Conventional Optical Pickup Apparatus
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`(Ex. 1001 at 1:47-61, emphasis added)
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`(See also Petition at 4-5)
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`(Ex. 1001 at 1:62-67, emphasis added)
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`5
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`
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`Spherical Aberrations
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`(Ex. 1001 at 2:37-48, emphasis added)
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`(See also Petition at 7-8, 19-20;
`Ex. 1012 at ¶¶ 41-50 )
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`6
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`Spherical Aberration Solution
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`(Petition at 5-6)
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`7
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`Spherical Aberration Solution
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`(Ex. 1001 at 2:48-66, emphasis added)
`(See also Petition at 6-7)
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`8
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`Spherical Aberration Solution
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`(Ex. 1001 at 2:60-66, emphasis added)
`
`(See also Petition at 6-7)
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`9
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`Conventional Solution Reduced Spherical
`Aberration (only difficult to mass-produce)
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`(Ex. 1001 at 3:13-30, emphasis added; see also Petition at 7-8)
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`10
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`Overview of the ‘106
`patent
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`11
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`Claims Challenged
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`Claims 7-19 of the ’106 patent are challenged under 35 U.S.C. §
`103 over the APA and Katayama
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`Claim 7 is the only challenged independent claim
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`Claims 8-19 are dependent from claim 7
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`’106 patent – Claim 7
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`‘106 patent — Claim 7
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`The APA discloses all the features
`of Claim 7 except the “diffractive
`region”
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`(‘106 patent, Fig. 2)
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`(Petition at 17-18)
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`14
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`The APA discloses all the features of
`Claim 7 except the “diffractive region”
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`[I]f one were to replace the word “diffractive” with the word “reflecting” in claim 7, it
`would merely be a description of the conventional, thin-film variable aperture 16
`integrated with objective lens 17 of the “PRIOR ART” system in FIGS. 1 and 2:
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`7. An objective lens to form beam spots of different sizes using corresponding
`first and second light beams of respectively different wavelengths, the objective lens
`comprising:
`an inner region including an optical center of the objective lens which has an
`optical property optimized to focus the first light beam onto a first optical recording
`medium of a first thicknesses and to focus the second light beam onto a second optical
`recording medium of a second thickness other than the first thickness; and
`a diffractive reflecting region surrounding said inner region and comprising
`an optical property optimized so as to selectively diffract reflect the first and second
`light beams as a function of wavelength so as to change a numerical aperture of the
`objective lens.
`
`(Petition at 17-18)
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`15
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`The APA discloses all the features
`of Claim 7 except the “diffractive
`region”
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`(‘106 patent, Fig. 2)
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`(Petition at 17-18)
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`16
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`’106 patent – Diffractive Grating
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`objective lens
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`inner region
`
`objective lens
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`inner region
`
`diffractive grating
`(“diffractive region”)
`
`diffractive grating
`(“diffractive region”)
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`(Ex. 1001 at 5:11-6:52; see also Petition at 9)
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`17
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`’106 patent – Diffractive Grating
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`reflective region
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`inner region
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`objective lens
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`inner region
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`diffractive grating
`(“diffractive region”)
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`(Petition at 9)
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`18
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`’106 patent – Diffractive Grating
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`(Ex. 1001 at 5:6-10, emphasis added)
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`(Ex. 1001 at 5:31-39, emphasis added)
`(See also Petition at 8-10)
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`19
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`’106 patent – Diffractive Grating
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`(Ex. 1001 at 6:8-15, emphasis added)
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`(Ex. 1001 at 6:24-27, emphasis added)
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`(See also Petition at 8-10)
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`20
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`Overview of the ’106 patent
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`(Ex. 1001 at 6:53-63; see also Reply to POR at 5-6)
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`21
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`’106 patent – Diffractive Grating
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`(Ex. 1001 at 6:53-63, emphasis added)
`(See also Reply to POR at 5-6)
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`22
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`The combination of the
`APA and Katayama
`render invalid claims
`7-19 of the ’106 patent
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`Institution Decision Findings
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`“Under the broadest reasonable construction standard, claim
`terms are given their ordinary and customary meaning, as would
`be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art in the context of
`the entire disclosure… We determine that no express
`construction of any terms is required at this time.”
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`(Institution Decision at 6, emphasis added, citations omitted)
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`The APA discloses all the features
`of Claim 7 except the “diffractive
`region”
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`(‘106 patent, Fig. 2)
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`(Petition at 17-18)
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`Katayama discloses the
`“diffractive region”
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`diffractive grating
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`diffractive grating
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`(Katayama, Fig. 30A)
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`(Katayama, Fig. 30B)
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`(See Petition at 21)
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`26
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`Katayama discloses the
`“diffractive region”
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`(Katayama, Fig. 30A)
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`(See Petition at 29 )
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`27
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`Katayama discloses the “diffractive region”
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`(Ex. 1002 at 17:13-30, emphasis added)
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`Katayama discloses the “diffractive region”
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`Katayama
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`‘106 Patent
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`(Ex. 1002 at 17:13-30, emphasis added)
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`(Ex. 1001 at 6:53-63, emphasis added)
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`29
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`Katayama discloses the “diffractive region”
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`(Ex. 1002 at 17:31-43, emphasis added)
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`30
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`Katayama discloses the “diffractive region”
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`(Ex. 1002 at 18:31-44, emphasis added)
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`31
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`Katayama discloses the “diffractive region”
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`(Ex. 1002 at 18:45-54, emphasis added)
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`Patent Owner’s Claim Construction Reads Out
`Preferred Embodiment
`
`“TSST-K’s construction requires both the first and second beams
`to be entirely diffracted outside of the zeroth order beam (e.g.,
`both beams have less than 100% transmission through the
`zeroth order beam).”
`
`(Reply to POR at 4-5)
`
`“Petitioner’s construction covers any diffraction of light according
`to wavelength.”
`(Reply to POR at 4-5)
`
`“TSST-K’s construction reads the word ‘hardly’ from the
`specification into the claims and is only supported by cherry-
`picked data which excludes the preferred embodiment.”
`(Reply to POR at 1)
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`“selectively diffract,” properly construed, covers
`any amount of diffraction in the 0th order
`
`The diffractive elements described in the ’106 patent are
`wavelength selective –they “selectively diffract[] the incident
`light beam according to the wavelength thereof.” See, e.g.,
`Ex. 1001, 5:6-10. That is, the fractional amount of
`diffraction (ranging anywhere from 0% to 100%) of
`an incident light beam into one or more of the various
`diffracted orders depends on the wavelength of the
`incident light beam. For instance, one wavelength may
`have a zeroth-order transmissive efficiency of ~ 100%,
`while a second wavelength has a zeroth-order transmissive
`efficiency of essentially 0%.
`
`(Ex. 1012 at ¶ 53, emphasis added)(see also Petition at 11-13)
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`“selectively diffract,” properly construed, covers
`any amount of diffraction in the 0th order
`
`When a beam passes through a diffractive optical element, it
`emerges as multiple beams propagating in different, albeit
`well-defined, directions. The beam that continues to
`travel in the same direction as the incident beam is
`called the zeroth-order diffracted beam. The beams
`that are nearest to (in terms of their propagation direction)
`and on opposite sides of the zeroth-order beam are the plus
`and minus first orders of diffraction. The next nearest
`beams (to the zeroth-order beam) constitute the plus and
`minus second-order beams, and so on.
`
`(Ex. 1012 at ¶ 53 n.2, emphasis added)(see also Petition at 11-13)
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`Patent Owner’s construction requires less
`than 100% diffraction in the 0th order
`
`Q … Say the transmittance is 99.9995 percent.
`Would you consider the light to be hardly
`diffracted?
`MR. RHOA: Objection form.
`A What we can say is the majority of light
`passes through, but what it said in this patent is
`that the light completely passes through. That’s
`a hundred percent. That’s not 99.99. That’s
`-- that's completely passed.
`(Lebby Dep. at 194:22 –195:14).
`
`(Reply to POR at 10)(quoting Ex. 1021 at 194:22-195:14)
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`
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`Dr. Lebby acknowledges that Katayama’s
`diffractive grating 3002 would diffract less than
`100% in the 0th order if parameters changed
`Q Okay, so if we changed lambda in
`this equation from 635 nanometers
`to 650 nanometers, then psi would
`no longer be six pi. It would be some
`different number, and the
`transmittance would no longer be
`100 percent, correct?
`
`(Ex. 1002 at 17:31-43)
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`A It would certainly change.
`
`(Reply to POR at 15)(quoting Ex. 1021 at 182:2-7)
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`Dr. Lebby acknowledges that Katayama’s
`diffractive grating 3002 would diffract less than
`100% in the 0th order if parameters changed
`
`“[W]hen the wavelength is varied
`such that Φ is not a multiple of π, the
`transmittance level of the beam in
`the zeroth order drops below 100%
`(i.e., the beam is at least partially
`diffracted into an order higher than
`the zeroth order).”
`
`(Reply to POR at 14)
`
`(Ex. 1002 at 17:31-43)
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`
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`Dr. Lebby acknowledges that Katayama’s
`diffractive grating 3002 would diffract less than
`100% in the 0th order if parameters changed
`
`If λ is changed from 635 nm to 650
`nm, the transmittance changes from
`100% to approximately 95%, and
`thus, there is less than 100%
`diffraction in the zeroth order for both
`beams.
`
`(Reply to POR at 14)
`
`(Ex. 1002 at 17:31-43)
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`Modifying Katayama to partially diffract the 635
`nm wavelength into the first order would have
`been an obvious design choice
`Q So if I had asked you to design for me a diffraction grating
`that would allow a 635 nanometer wavelength laser light to
`entirely pass through it while nearly preventing or almost
`entirely diffracting a 780 nanometer wavelength light, would
`you be able to do that?
`
`MR. RHOA: Objection form.
`
`A What you're asking is a hypothetical. What we have
`available today is Figure 6 of the '106 patent. Figure 6 of the
`’106 patent shows diffraction grating with two different
`wavelengths of light, and depending on the design of the
`groove depths, you can diffract different amounts of the
`light from each wavelength.
`
`(Reply to POR at 16)(quoting Ex. 1021 at P. 178:13 – 179:4, emphasis added)
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`
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`Modifying Katayama to partially diffract the 635
`nm wavelength into the first order would have
`been an obvious design choice
`
`“[T]he amount of light that is diffracted is merely a matter of
`design that was well within skill of one of ordinary skill in the
`art. As such, modifying the grating 3002 of Katayama such
`that less than 100% of the 635 nm wavelength is transmitted
`into the zeroth order would have been an obvious design
`choice.”
`
`(Reply to POR at 17)
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`
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`Diffractive gratings do not perform exactly as
`designed
`Q If you were asked to design a grating that adjusted laser
`light, how much diffraction would be required to adjust laser
`light?
`
`A Depends on the design of the grating. Let's say you
`design a grating for argument's sake hypothetically, and you
`may have slits at a certain thickness apart, slits and
`spaces, but when you fabricate it, they don't come out
`exactly the same, the performance of that grating could
`change. So there are variances in both design and the
`formation of gratings that will change the performance,
`but as it's stated in this patent, '750 patent, column 17, 635
`light seems to be designed to completely pass that light
`through the aperture in element 2801.
`
`(Reply to POR at 18)(quoting Ex. 1021 at P. 193:7-21, emphasis added)
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`Dependent Claims 8-12 and 14-19
`
`“Dependent claims 8-12 and 14-19 depend from independent
`claim 7. TSST-K did not present any additional arguments for
`dependent claims 8-12 and 14-19….Thus, the combination of the
`APA and Katayama renders dependent claims 8-12 and 14-19
`unpatentable for at least the reasons discussed in the petition.”
`
`(Reply to POR at 22)
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`’106 patent – Claim 13
`
`106 patent — Claim 13
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`tor the first optical recording medium.
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`13. The objective lens of claim 7, wherein the diffractive
`_) region is optimized to selectively diffract the first and second
`light beams such that the numerical aperture of the objective
`lens is greater for the second optical recording medium than
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`
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`The APA and Katayama Render Claim 13
`Invalid
`
`“TSST-K contends that claim 13 requires the diffractive region to
`diffract both the first and second light beams).”
`
`(Reply to POR at 20-21)
`
`“[F]or at least the reasons discussed … [for claim 7], the
`combination of the APA and Katayama discloses that ‘the
`diffractive region is optimized to selectively diffract the first and
`second light beams.”
`
`(Reply to POR at 21)
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`The APA and Katayama Render Claim 13
`Invalid
`“TSST-K further contends that Dr. Mansuripur alleges in ¶ 122 of
`his declaration (Ex. 1012) that the numerical aperture for the
`second optical recording medium is already greater than for the
`first optical recording medium, and therefore, one of ordinary
`skill in the art would not have been motivated to modify
`Katayama or combine the APA with Katayama to disclose the
`features of claim 13… TSST-K appears to misinterpret claim
`13.”
`(Reply to POR at 21, emphasis added)
`
`“[C]laim 13 is directed to the numerical aperture of the
`objective lens, not the numerical apertures of storage discs
`such as DVD or CD-R.”
`
`(Reply to POR at 22, emphasis added)
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`Patent Owner’s construction requires less
`than 100% diffraction in the 0th order
`
`650 nm
`0th
`order
`650 nm
`1st
`order
`
`650 nm
`0th
`order
`650 nm
`1st
`order
`
`According to patent owner,
`Claim 7 is not invalid if
`Katayama’s diffractive grating
`diffracts 100% of 650 nm
`wavelength in the 0th order
`
`According to patent owner,
`Claim 7 is invalid if Katayama’s
`diffractive grating diffracts
`99.95% of 650 nm wavelength
`in the 0th order (orange) and
`.05% of the 650 nm wavelength
`in the first order (red)
`(See e.g., Reply to POR at 10-11)
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