IPR2016-00034 Oral Argument
`U.S. Patent No. 6,973,698
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`Costco Exhibit 1200, p. 1
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`Prior Art and the ’698 Patent
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`Swanepoel (Ex. 1009), Figs. 1, 2, & 3
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`’698 Patent (Ex. 1001), Figs. 1, 2, & 4
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`IPR2016-00034: See Petition (Paper #1), pp. 4–6 (describing the
`(describing Swanepoel)
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`’698 Patent), pp. 24–26
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`Costco Exhibit 1200, p. 2
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`Swanepoel Teaches a Contact Force
`Greater in the Center Section Than in the End Sections
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`IPR2016-00034: See Reply (Paper #32), pp. 19–21 (citing Swanepoel
`(Ex. 1009), 2:8–20)
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`IPR2016-00034: See Reply (Paper #32), pp. 21–22 (citing Second Davis Decl.
`(Ex. 1103) ¶ 15); Petition (Paper #1), p. 25 (citing Swanepoel (Ex. 1009), Fig. 2);
`id. at p. 43 (citing Swanepoel (Ex. 1009), inter alia, 4:59–60)
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`IPR2016-00034: See Reply (Paper #32), pp. 19–21 (citing Swanepoel
`(Ex. 1009), 5:17–18)
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`IPR2016-00034: See Reply (Paper #32), pp. 19–21 (citing Swanepoel
`(Ex. 1009), 9:33–36)
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`Costco Exhibit 1200, p. 3
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`Swanepoel Teaches That the Concave Curvature in the
`Center Section of the Backbone Is Sharper Than in Its End Sections
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`IPR2016-00034: See Petition (Paper #1), p. 46 (citing Swanepoel (Ex. 1009), 4:3–12, 7:20 –34, Figs. 5–7)
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`Costco Exhibit 1200, p. 4
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`The “High Pressure” Curve in Figure 7 of Arai (Ex. 1004) Shows a
`Contact Pressure That Is Greater in the Center Section
`Than in the End Sections
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`IPR2016-00034: Reply (Paper #32), pp. 3–4 (citing Arai (Ex. 1004), Fig. 7)
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`Costco Exhibit 1200, p. 5
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`Appel ’770 Discloses a Wiper Blade Having a Center Section Curvature
`That Is Greater Than an End Section Curvature
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`IPR2016-00034: See Reply (Paper #32), pp. 4–6 (citing, inter alia, Appel ’551 (Ex. 1005), 3:73–4:3 & Fig. 5,
`incorporated by reference into Appel ’770 (Ex. 1006))
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`IPR2016-00034: See Reply (Paper #32), pp. 4–6 (citing
`Appel ’770 (Ex. 1006), 3:18–30)
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`IPR2016-00034: See Reply (Paper #32), pp. 5–6 (citing Appel
`’551 (Ex. 1005), 3:9–22, incorporated by reference into Appel
`’770 (Ex. 1006))
`Costco Exhibit 1200, p. 6
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`Issued Claim 1 of the ’698 Patent
`1. A wiper blade for a wiping device of a motor vehicle for
`wiping a window of the motor vehicle, comprising
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`an elongated wiper strip placeable against the window, and
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`an elongated spring-elastic carrying element disposed on a side
`of the wiper strip remote from the window,
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`Application Claims 5 and 8, REJECTED by the BPAI
`5. A wiper device for motor vehicles, comprising a driven wiper
`arm and a wiper blade connected to said wiper arm, said wiper
`arm moving said wiper blade back and forth across the window of
`a motor vehicle laterally to a longitudinal space of the window and
`loading said wiper blade in relation to the window,
`said wiper blade including an elongated wiper strip placeable
`against the window, and
`an elongated spring-elastic carrying element disposed on a side
`of said wiper strip remote from the window and having
`connecting means for connecting said wiper arm thereto,
`said spring-elastic carrying element extending parallel to an
`axis of elongation of said wiper strip to distribute a contact
`force applied by said wiper strip under the action of said wiper arm
`against the window over an entire length of said wiper strip,
`said wiper strip having a center section and two end sections,
`said contact force of said wiper strip being greater in said
`center section than in at least one of said two end sections,
`said wiper strip having a wiper lip adapted to contact the window
`and is constructed such that it tilts over in reversal positions in
`wiping direction of said wiper blade in a region of a reduced
`contact force and continues to tilt in a region of a greater contact
`force against the window.
`[Not applicable to issued Claim 1]
`8. The wiper device according to claim 5, wherein
`said spring-elastic carrying element has on a side thereof
`said spring-elastic carrying element has on a side thereof
`oriented toward the window a concave curvature that is
`oriented toward the window a concave curvature that is
`sharper than the sharpest curvature of a spherically curved
`sharper than the sharpest curvature of a spherically curved
`window in a region of a wiping field that can be swept across
`window in a region of a wiping field that can be swept across
`by said wiper blade and a concave curvature in said center
`by said wiper blade and a concave curvature in said center
`section of the carrying element is sharper than in said sections
`section of the carrying element is sharper than in said sections
`thereof.
`thereof.
`IPR2016-00034: Petition (Paper #1), pp. 31–32 (citing Ex. 1002 at 262–63)
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`said spring-elastic carrying element extending parallel to an
`axis of elongation of said wiper strip to distribute a contact
`force against the window over an entire length of said wiper
`strip,
`said wiper strip having a center section and two end sections,
`said contact force of said wiper strip being greater in said
`center section than in at least one of said two end sections,
`[No such limitation in issued Claim 1]
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`Costco Exhibit 1200, p. 7
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