IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT & TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`COMMAND WEB OFFSET COMPANY, INC.; WORZALLA PUBLISHING
`COMPANY; SANDY ALEXANDER, INC.; PUBLICATION PRINTERS CORP.;
`SPECIALTY PROMOTIONS, INC.;
`AND TREND OFFSET PRINTING SERVICES INC.,
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`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`CTP INNOVATIONS, LLC,
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-_____ (U.S. Patent 6,611,349)
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`DECLARATION OF JODI L. GREGORY
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`Petitioners' Exhibit 1029, pg. 1
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`Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746 and 37 C.F.R. § 1.68 I, Jodi L. Gregory, the
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`undersigned, hereby declare as follows:
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`(1.)
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`My name is Jodi L. Gregory. I am over 21 years of age and otherwise
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`competent to make this declaration. I am being compensated for my time in
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`preparing this declaration at my standard hourly rate of $125.00/hr. My
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`compensation is in no way contingent on the results of these or any other
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`proceeding relating to the outcome of the concurrently filed petition for inter
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`partes review (“IPR”) against U.S. Patent No. 6,611,349 (“the ‘349 patent”), or
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`any related litigation or administrative proceeding. All statements herein made of
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`my own knowledge are true, and all statements herein made based on information
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`and belief are believed to be true.
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`(2.)
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`I am the founder and President of Access Information Services, Inc.,
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`which provides customized business research and analyses. I have been the owner
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`there since 1988. My duties include research and analysis, and I conduct
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`workshops on Internet research. I am regularly engaged by a wide variety of
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`companies to conduct research regarding the availability of scientific literature. In
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`the year 2014, Access Information Services Inc. merged with Seek Information
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`Services, an intellectual property research firm.
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`(3.)
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`From 1989 to 1994, I was also Manager of the Information &
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`Analysis Center with UES Inc., a research, development, and technology creation
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`and transfer company. My work duties there included creating and managing a
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`centralized information resource center, managing research on over 200 companies
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`and their competitors, and acquiring online databases, end-user tools, collection
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`development systems, and database management systems.
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`(4.)
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`I have served on the Association of Independent Information
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`Professionals’ Board of Directors, and I have held the positions of President–Elect
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`and President of the Association.
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`(5.)
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`A true and correct copy of my Curriculum Vitae is attached hereto as
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`Attachment A.
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`(6.)
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`I have been asked to provide an opinion regarding the public
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`accessibility of the references listed below:
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` Volume 26, Number 11 of the Seybold Report on Publishing Systems
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`(“Seybold,” Ex. 1018 to the petition for IPR); and
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` I-Media: An Integrated Media Server and Media Database as a Basic
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`Component of a Cross Media Publishing System, published in Computer &
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`Graphics, Vol. 21, No. 6 (“I-Media,” Ex. 1019 to the petition for IPR).
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`(7.)
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`For the reasons detailed below, based on my research in this matter, it
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`is my opinion that Seybold was made publicly accessible (at the latest) by March,
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`1997, so that interested members of the public could have obtained the periodical
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`with reasonable diligence if they so desired. I-Media was made publicly accessible
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`(at the latest) by February, 1998, so that interested members of the public could
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`have obtained the article with reasonable diligence if they so desired.
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`Seybold
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`(8.)
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`The Seybold Report on Publishing Systems was published by Seybold
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`Publications (Media, PA) with 22 issues a year. Like most periodicals, The
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`Seybold Report on Publishing Systems was a paid-for subscription. Ex. 1018 filed
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`with the petition for IPR is a copy of Volume 26, Number 11 (ISSN: 0736-7260) to
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`The Seybold Report on Publishing Systems, with an issue date of February 24,
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`1997.
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`(9.)
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`I can confirm that Ex. 1018 was disseminated by Seybold Publications
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`on or near the issue date of February 24, 1997. A catalogued and date-stamped
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`copy of the periodical from March, 1997 from the library of the University of
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`Central Missouri (formerly Central Missouri State University) is attached hereto as
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`Attachment B. Attachment B is an excerpt of the copy of Volume 26, Number 11
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`of the Seybold Report on Publishing Systems maintained at the library of the
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`University of Central Missouri.
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`(10.)
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`The library of the University of Central Missouri indexed and
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`catalogued Volume 26, Number 11 of the Seybold Report on Publishing Systems
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`on March, 1997. The cataloguing process at the library of the University of
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`Central Missouri is as follows: Periodicals are, and have always been, shelved
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`alphabetically by title. At the time the Seybold periodical was “checked-in” or
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`noted as received by the library, the library stamped the cover with a date and its
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`property stamp. (See first page of Attachment B). Thereafter, the periodical was
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`placed in the periodical section and made available to the public. This cataloging
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`process is followed for all such periodicals.
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`(11.)
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`This library cataloging procedure comports with common library
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`practice, which is that when an article, periodical, book, etc. was received, the
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`librarian entered the work into their catalogue, date stamped it, and then the work
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`was made available as part of the library’s collection. Therefore, the March, 1997
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`date stamp represents the time after which interested members of the public could
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`have obtained the article by looking it up alphabetically. Central Missouri State
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`University’s policy is to permit all members of the public to photocopy and obtain
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`copies of journals in its collection.
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`I-Media
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`(12.)
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`I-Media, Ex. 1019 filed with the petition for IPR, is a copy of the
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`article published at pages 693-702 (of 689-859) of Computers & Graphics Volume
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`21, Issue 6, Graphics in Electronic Printing and Publishing edition (November-
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`December 1997). The Computers & Graphics journal is published by Elsevier Ltd.
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`(13.)
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`I can confirm that Ex. 1019 was disseminated as part of Computers &
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`Graphics Volume 21, Issue 6 by February 10, 1998 (at the latest). A catalogued
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`and date-stamped copy of the journal from the Linda Hall Library (“LHL”) is
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`attached hereto as Attachment C. Attachment C is an excerpt of the copy of
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`Computers & Graphics Volume 21, Issue 6 maintained at LHL.
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`(14.)
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`Computers & Graphics Volume 21, Issue 6 was transferred to LHL
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`from The United Engineering Foundation Inc. The United Engineering Foundation
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`(UEF) is the successor organization to the United Engineering Society (UES). The
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`members of the UEF were the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE),
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`American Institute of Mining Engineers (AIME), American Society of Civil
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`Engineers (ASCE), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and Institute of
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`Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The libraries of the above societies
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`were maintained separately on a cooperative basis until 1915 when the Engineering
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`Societies Library (ESL) was formed.
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`(15.)
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`In the 1990s, ESL merged its collection with LHL. The two
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`collections were run jointly by ESL and LHL and maintained in the United
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`Engineering Center until ESL’s closure in 1998. All services previously available
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`from ESL are now available through LHL.
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`(16.)
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`Periodicals are, and have always been (either at ESL or LHL), shelved
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`alphabetically by title. At the time Computers & Graphics Volume 21, Issue 6 was
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`“check-in” or noted as received by ESL, the periodical was stamped as received by
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`Marianne Clemente on February 10, 1998. (See first page of Attachment C). At
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`that time, the periodical was placed in ESL’s collection and was freely available to
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`the public until the periodical was incorporated into LHL’s collection in April,
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`2007, and then freely available at that location. This cataloging process is
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`followed for all such periodicals and comports with common library practice as
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`described above. Thus, the February 10, 1998 date stamp represents the time after
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`which interested members of the public could have obtained Ex. 1019 by looking it
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`up alphabetically at ESL. ESL/LHL’s policy is to permit all members of the public
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`to photocopy and obtain copies of journals in its collection.
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`(17.)
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`In signing this declaration, I understand that the declaration will be
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`filed as evidence in a review proceeding before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
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`of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. I acknowledge that I may be subject to
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`cross examination in the case and that cross examination will take place within the
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`United States. If cross examination is required of me, I will appear for cross
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`examination within the United States during the time allotted for cross
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`examination.
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`(18.) These statements were made with the knowledge that willful false
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`statements and the like so made are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both,
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`under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code, and that such willful
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`false statements may jeopardize the results of these proceedings.
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`I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of
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`America that the foregoing is true and correct.
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`Executed onthis 28th day ofSeptember2015.
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`odi L. Gregory %
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`Petitioners‘ Exhibit 1029, pg. 8
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`Petitioners’ Exhibit 1029
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`937-234-4475 (office)
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`Appendix A
`Jodi L. Gregory
`jgregory at seekinfo.com
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`PO Box 291784
`Kettering, Ohio 45429
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`PROFILE
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`Independent information professional with expertise in providing information services to businesses specializing in
`intellectual property research, competitive intelligence and intelligence monitoring.
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`EXPERIENCE
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`Access Information Services, Inc., Dayton, Ohio
`(1988 – Present)
`President and founder of Access Information Services offering customized research and analysis to business
`professionals.
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` Columnist for Cyberskeptic’s Guide to Internet Research
` Developed “The Radar Screen” providing daily, narrowly focused news briefings specific to the needs and
`particular interests of executive management, monitoring over 300 news stories each day for inclusion in
`Radar Screen product.
` Regularly conduct instructional workshops on state-of-the-art web research.
` Provided consulting for corporate Intranets and taxonomy development by working closely with client’s
`information technology departments.
` Profiled in the book Super Searchers Make it on their Own published by Information Today.
` Featured in the August 2001 issue of The Scientist.
` Clients are proprietary but consist of no less than 4 Fortune 100 companies in the medical device,
`consumer products, IT, healthcare and publishing industry verticals and law firms in the intellectual
`property arena.
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`UES Inc, Beavercreek, Ohio
`(1989 – 1994)
`A world-class research, development, and technology creation and transfer company.
`Manager, Information & Analysis Group
` Created and managed a centralized information resource center at UES, under contract to the U.S. Air
`Force.
` Managed research on over 200 companies and their competitors who were critical to the Air Force’s
`supply depots. Content was accessible to Air Force personnel in a custom database.
` Responsible for the acquisition of online databases, end-user tools, collection development and
`database management systems.
` Managed an 8 person research and analysis team and was responsible for a yearly operating budget of
`approximately $1,000,000.
` Spearheaded the creation of theASKUES division, a fee-based service serving the information needs of
`the Dayton community.
`Led the quality improvement efforts by co-developing process maps for all the critical functions resulting
`in the award of additional military contracts.
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`LEXIS-NEXIS, Dayton, Ohio
`(1983 – 1987)
`A $1.3 billion electronic information publisher and content provider for the legal, financial, government, news and
`business industries.
`Account Development Executive
` Responsible for the development and growth of Nexis & Medis accounts through a consultative selling
`approach.
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` Conducted Lexis-Nexis training sessions, both public and private, and was a source of customer and
`competitive product support for Lexis-Nexis clientele.
` Responsible for competitive product evaluation and distribution of information to Medis sales team.
`Customer Service Representative
` Responsible for responding to client requests for assistance in searching Lexis-Nexis online databases
`and troubleshooting operations and telecommunications issues.
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`Led legal research and product training sessions for both LEXIS-NEXIS customers and employees.
` Maintained a database for internal training on medical and healthcare search strategies.
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`Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, Ohio
`Quality Assurance Analyst
` Responsible for reviewing inpatient medical records for conformity with physician diagnoses and
`reimbursement.
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`Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio
`A leading accredited community college.
`Adjunct Faculty
` Taught courses in using the internet and online databases to do research for academic courses, and in
`medical terminology.
` Successfully led students to a 98% passage rate and maintained consistently high approval ratings.
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`EDUCATION
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`Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio
`(1982)
`Associate degree, Health Information Management
`Passed exam to receive Accredited Health Information Management Technician designation
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`Capital University, Columbus, Ohio
`(1989-1992)
`Completed courses toward B.S. in Information Technology.
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`ASSOCIATIONS & AFFILIATIONS
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`PROFESSIONAL
`Association of Independent Information Professionals (1997 – present)
` President 2006-2007
` President-Elect, 2004-2005
` Served on Board of Directors, 1998-2000
` Speaker – 2005 Online London
` Speaker – 2001 Teaming Up for CI with Amelia Kassel.
` Speaker – 2000 Building a Useful CI Foundation Using the Web and Standard Information Sources
` Special Libraries Association (1990-present).
` Speaker- 2000 Secrets of the Super Searchers with Reva Basch
`Special Libraries Association
` Presented Technology Tips at the Cincinnati Chapter Meeting – 2010
`Women in Business Networking
` Facilitator for the 2011 Entrepreneur’s Discussion Group
`Medical Library Association
`Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals
`Association of Independent Information Professionals
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`Petitioners’ Exhibit 1029
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`Petitioners' Exhibit 1029
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`Volume 26, Number
`ISSN: 0736-7260 .
`. Febru;ll-y 24, 1997
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`13 Optronics sold to Fong. A 60%
`share ofOptronics\Vas sold to the, .
`California dealer by In~ergraph; : .
`ensuring Fang control over a CTP
`system approved fC!!.salein China.
`14 Linotype-HeB debuts scanner.
`Introduced at the company's User
`group meeting, Tango, i $65,000
`vertical drum sCanller illcludes
`GeoAssistant, the new LinoColor
`automation module.
`15 Sdkxloses $2s~m:m, keyek.
`Revenue and profit dropped for both
`the fourth quarter and fiscal year. At
`Scitex America, Shainir has replaced
`Kareiva aspi:esident~d CEO.
`17 Printware unveils platesetter.
`Priced under $50,000, the Plate(cid:173)
`Stream, 2-up polyester platesetter
`also images silver-halide film.
`18 MetaTools, Fractal to merge.
`The move could create a powerful
`new competitor for Adobe, Corel
`and Macrom~dia, particularly strong
`in freeform or natural art media.
`20 Mihalchik starts Atex anew.
`Split from Sysdecoahd ,armed with
`$25 million, Mihalchik: hopes to .
`overcome prior damage and regain a
`leading place in the market for Atex.
`2 Patterson leaves Cascade. After ·
`19 years in graphic arts, Patterson
`will take his genius to other fields.
`13 Sound Vision debuts digital camera
`15 Bitstream to acquire Archetype .
`17 Baseview places ISO-seat IQue system
`24 Obsidian drops digital cameras
`24 Kodak cuts price on DC50
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`22 People: Managing Editor, Adobe,
`Harlequin, InContext, Information
`Access, Iris Graphics, Apple, Indigo,
`DAX, Cascade, Vidar
`23 Lean Times for Printers: A regular
`column from SeyboldisWeb site
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`www.seyboldreport.com
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`AtexOu'tAprill
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`Agili:at New~week:
`Fillitlg Atex&hoeswifu PC~
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`SINCE ~F()~THWAVE overtook the '~~blishirig system business, there havdbeen a'
`lot of differ~rit;attempts to modernize"fli~ publishing process using Macintoshes, PCS
`and varioUs appr9aches to datab~se requifements. But to many of us--especially those
`of us who both study the market and~~e these systems in ~ur work-'-the ultimate
`challenge has}een to duplicate, using standard components, the functionality and
`productivity oran Atex editorial system.. Though some of this feeling surely qn be
`attributed to romanticism, it can never be refuted that Atex built its systems welli from
`the keyboards ,to the workflow-routines to the central architecture.
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`When NeWSwee~a preerriinenipublication \vith demanding editorialneeds--'(cid:173)
`decided to replace its aging Atex system \vith a customized system from Agile Enter(cid:173)
`prise built arOund pcs, we took notice. The goalwas a "warts and all" rendition of
`Atex-save/gerkeys, a "notes" mode . ' .. and no mice need apply.
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`The systemJ:as been p~ased in gradu,allyand is producing the whole magazine on
`a weekly basis. So confident are the participants that it.will continue to meet their :
`needs that they have plann:ed a formal shutting down of the Atex system for April 1.
`Like any system these days, the Newsweek installation offers opportunities for debate
`on many fronts,.fromthe database approach to the use ofXpress for pagination. We
`haven't tried to resolve all those issues. But we think this is an interesting story to ten.
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`Coris: NeW" Systetn·9 ·
`For Managing Content
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`THE NAME R.R. DONNELLEY is almost synonymous \vith the service business. But
`Donnelley's Corls'subsidiary is embarking on a new effort to sell its content-management
`system to end users. Even more interesting, though, is th~t the system, called Coris
`Publisher, is intended to be a flexible tool for managing content to be published using
`a variety of media, not only print. It's built around client-server architecture, an Oracle
`database and the object-oriented capabilities of Oracle's InterOffice. It includes an
`output planning module for handling versioning, extraction, conversion of data, and
`so on. Workflow tools will be added in an upcoming release. Part of the Coris strategy
`is to provide customization with the systems it sells.
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`© 1997 by Seybold Publications, PO Box 644, Media, PA 19063, phone (610) 565-2480.
`R ep roduction in whole or in pm't without written permission is prohibited.
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`Volume 26, Number 11
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`The Seybold Report on Publishing Systems
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`Donnelley's Coris Publisher 3.0:
`Enterprise-Wide Content Management
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`pubUahar toolbox )
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`System architecture. The Coris Publisher enterprise publishing system features (left) three gate(cid:173)
`ways for accessing the database, a centtal database and toolbox (center), and provision for output
`to the Web, print, CD-ROM, etc. (right).
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`C ORIS . INC., a subsidiary of R.R.
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`Donnelley, has just released Coris
`Publisher 3.0. The product marks a
`turning point for Donnelley because it is
`being sold to users, rather than being kept
`inhouse as the basis for a service business,
`the traditional Donnelley approach. More
`significant, it reflects publishers' growing
`desire for a flexible tool that can help
`them manage their content effectively so
`it can be published in a variety of ways, or
`"repurposed. "
`Publishers of many kinds are begin(cid:173)
`ning to view editorial and graphic work as
`the creation of "publishing assets" to be
`stored in archives or repositories, ready for
`repurposing. At the heart of such a vision is a database, suitable for
`storing raw materials of all kinds, surrowlded by software provid(cid:173)
`ing access and conversions to all the required formats. This is the
`sort of system Coris has developed.
`The use of databases in publishing is not new, of course. Di(cid:173)
`rectory publishers were among the first to recognize the value of
`a database; some of them have been using databases for decades.
`In recent years, some catalog publishers have begt.m expanding the
`scope of their databases beyond tile traditional business informa(cid:173)
`tion' such as price, catalog number and order history, to encom(cid:173)
`pass product images, sales copy and page layout information as
`well.
`But in many areas of publishing, though the concept of a
`neutral repository is attractive, there are few successful implemen(cid:173)
`tations to point to so far. To some extent, this is because publishers
`have lacked a strong motivation for establishing such a repository.
`Several factors, most notably the rise of the Web as a publishing
`medium, are now beginning to provide that motivation, and we
`are seeing activity in this area beginning to pick up .
`The success of companies like Documentum and Cascade
`Systems, and of Quark's QPS product, have shown that there is a
`market for document management tools in publishing environ(cid:173)
`ments, and a variety of otiler players have joined the competition.
`In this article, we'll tal(e a look at what distinguishes Coris Pub(cid:173)
`lisher from other approaches, and why Coris thi.tl.kS it has an op(cid:173)
`portunity to be successful in an i.ncreasingly crowded market.
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`Defining enterprise publishing
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`Coris calls its product an enterprise publishing system, distinguish(cid:173)
`ing this from document management systems and workgroup
`publishing systems. Coris differentiates these terms in this fashion:
`• Document management doesn't involve the publishing steps of
`layout and composition, and high-quality images aloe not used.
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`Office-oriented document management packages like PC Docs
`fit this category, as does Documentum when it is used (as it
`generally is) for managing office documents and monochrome
`images of scanned pages_
`• Workgroup publishing includes products like QPS and Canto's
`Cumulus image archive-products that serve a relatively narrow
`publishing purpose, but may lack the extensibility to handle ilie
`overall publishing needs in a large organization where many of
`the users are not publishing professionals.
`• Enterprise publishing requires a highly scalable system. It needs
`enormous capacity for all types of publishing content; it must be
`accessible across the organization; and it must support a variety
`of publishing outputs. As a practical matter, this type of capability
`is rarely necessary in small companies. Coris thinks 150 employees
`is about the minin1um size for enterprise publishing. As Coris sees
`it, Cascade is the only other company focusing on this area.
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`Who needs enterprise publishing? Prime examples of firms
`that could benefit from an enterprise publishing system would be
`producers of catalogs and other marketing communications,
`multititle magazine publishers, some book publishers and large
`journal publishers. Coris plans to target business-to-business cata(cid:173)
`logs in particular at the start. (Coris mentions industrial catalogs of
`such things as machinery alld equipment, medical and scientific
`supplies, electronics, auto parts, and the like. ) Once it has a strong
`presence in that market, it will expand into others.
`Coris expects large numbers of companies to begin to adopt
`enterprise publishing. They will be pushed in tiut direction by a
`number of factors: the need to lower production costs; the need to
`publish on the Web as well as on paper (and perhaps CD); the
`requirement for more targeted publications; ilie impending arrival
`of electronic commerce; al1d the need to share assets more broadly
`aroLU1d tile corporation.
`Existing Coris customers include National Semiconductor; the
`Ame11Call Medical Association; Farnell Electronics, an electronic
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`The Seybold .Report on Publishing Systems
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`The next release of InterOffice will support
`workflow creation, attaching attributes to a
`job and notification of the arrival of new jobs.
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`component distributor in EUrope; and ABN Amro, a worldwide
`bank with its headquarters in the Netherlands. Stream International;
`a DOlmelley spinoff, is also a user.
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`Publisher Database, the core component
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`Coris Publisher is a client-server product. The server component,
`called the Publisher Database, is built from Oracle InterOffice object
`management software. Coris chose Oracle InterOffice for its object(cid:173)
`oriented approach, which is well suited to the tasks and diverse file
`types of publishing. Oracle's InterOffice facility will also provide
`Coris with some built-in features for workflow in the next release.
`The Publisher Database is where all the ingredients for pub(cid:173)
`lishing-photos, drawing, text, layouts, tables, etc.-reside. It is
`also the part of the system that handles backup and, in large instal(cid:173)
`lations, the automatic migration of less-used material to slower
`forms of storage, such as recordable CDs or tape cartridges.
`The Publisher Database is supplemented by other modules
`for such remaining tasks as user interaction and output processing.
`Most of the other modules are optional, and not every user will
`need all of them.
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`3 interfaces to the Publisher Database
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`Coris supports three different user interfaces for access to the
`Publisher Database: the Publisher Gateway, the Web Gateway and
`the Creative Gateway.
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`Publisher Gateway. The Publisher Gateway, the standard user
`interface, is designed for Lfu'Js and corporate networks. It runs on
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`development environment, it offers both Power Mac and Win-
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`The main function of the Publisher Gateway is to supply access
`to the information residing in the Publisher Database. Searches are .
`enabled by a wide variety of criteria. Results are presented either as
`lists or as (in the case of images) a set of thumbnails. A tree-struc(cid:173)
`tured arrangement of projects and files is provided, so the operator
`who knows where something is in the hierarchy can navigate down
`through the tree and select it directly, without searching.
`Once the right item is found, it can be checked out for review
`and modification. The Publisher Database offers file locking so
`that only one user has editing access to a file at a time. Additional
`users can have read-only access.
`Automating the flow of work from one person or process to
`the next is a common element in document management systems.
`Coris Publisher currently has a rudimentary way of handling
`workflow, featuring the ability to send projects from one step to
`the next and to keep track of approvals. A more sophisticated
`approach, including a graphical user interface that will show
`workflow as a diagram, will be available with Oracle's next release
`of InterOffice, due out later this year. InterOffice will provide
`support for workflow creation, for attaching workflow attributes
`to a job and for notification of the arrival of new jobs.
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`the user interface has essentially the same features as the Publisher
`Gateway, but it is written in Java to support remote users across
`the Internet. Tlus gives Coris Publisher some valuable flexibility,
`especially in publishing environments with outside contributors and
`freelancers. If they have tl1e necessary pernLissions, Web Gateway
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`Annotating a file in Acrobat. This is the Acrobat interface for adding
`annotations to a PDF me. Coris's Creative Gateway feature will transfer
`these annotations to the Xpress page. The Xpress operator creates a draft
`docmnent, saves it as PDF, and sends it out for approval. The reviewers·
`add their corriments as annotations and return the document.
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`Display of annotations with Xpress. Coris's Creative Gateway pro(cid:173)
`vides support for the display of Acrobat annotations on an Xpress page.
`This capability allows the Xpress operator to review and implement the
`.suggestions and corrections made by the people who reviewed the PDF
`document.
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`but the interface is implemented, through Java, within the remote
`user's Web browser.
`The development of the Web Gateway was initially funded by
`Sun. Sun wanted to underwrite some creative Java applications to
`show what the language could do, and Coris's project was one of
`them. We find it impressive.
`The hierarchical navigation window is almost identical to the
`one on the Publisher Gateway, but nodes are expanded and lists of
`available files are changed through Java programs that interact with
`the Publisher Database. A row of buttons across the bottom of the
`screen handles tasks including searching, creating new folders,
`checking things in and out, downloading, copying and deleting.
`These, too, are implemented via Java routines.
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`Creative Gateway (Quark interface). While Coris Publisher
`is designed to support multiple meclia, it has many features specifi(cid:173)
`cally intended to benefit publishing on paper. One of these is the
`Creative Gateway, d1e interface with Xpress. It is based on Coris(cid:173)
`developed Xtensions.
`The Creative Gateway provides a way for feedback on draft
`material to be available to the Quark operator without generating
`lots of paper copies. Draft pages sent out as PDF files can be anno(cid:173)
`tated by the recipient through the alU10tation layer in Acrobat.
`Several people may receive PDPs at the same time and add com(cid:173)
`ments. When the annotated PDFs are remrned, the Creative Gate(cid:173)
`way software compiles the annotations so that the Quark operator
`sees them in the context of the Quark page. The page can then be
`moclified accordingly. This is a clever approach, one that we think
`would be appreciated in a variety of publishing environments.
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`Other modules
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`On ilie output side, there al'e two modules: the Output Plalmer
`and ilie Web Publisher. The Output Planner comes standard with
`Caris Publisher; the Web Publisher is an extra-cost option.
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`Output Planner. The Output Planner is d1e main output tool
`for Caris Publisher. This module handles ilie special tasks usually
`associated with publishing from a database: versioning, extraction
`of current data, converting to multiple formats, and so on.
`For certain products (directories, legal material, some indus(cid:173)
`tlial catalogs, some kinds of documentation), automatic pagina(cid:173)
`tion software is the efficient way to mal(e pages, eid1er for Plinting
`or for clissemination as PDP files. Coris provides tools