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IPR2016-00039, IPR2016-00040, IPR2016-00041 Oral Argument
`U.S. Patent No. 7,228,588
`U.S. Patent No. 7,484,264
`U.S. Patent No. 8,099,823
`
`Costco Exhibit 1203, p. 1
`IPR2016-00039, IPR2016-00040, IPR2016-00041, Costco v. Bosch
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`

`
`Prior Art and the ’588, ’264, and ’823 Patents
`Merkel, Fig. 4
`’588, ’264, and ’823 Patents, Fig. 2
`
`IPR2016-00039 Exs. 1013, 1014; IPR2016-00040 Exs. 1016, 1017;
`IPR2016-0041 Exs. 1008, 1009
`
`Prohaska, Fig. 3
`
`Ex. 1001
`
`IPR2016-00039: See Petition (Paper #1), pp. 3–6 (describing the ’588
`Patent), pp. 11–12 (describing Prohaska), pp. 17–18 (describing Merkel)
`IPR2016-00040: See Petition (Paper #1), pp. 4–5 (describing the ’264
`Patent), pp. 10–12 (describing Prohaska), pp. 16–17 (describing Merkel)
`IPR2016-00041: See Petition (Paper #9), pp. 4–5 (describing the ’823
`Patent), pp. 15–17 (describing Prohaska), pp. 21–22 (describing Merkel)
`
`IPR2016-00039 Ex. 1003; IPR2016-00040 Ex. 1003;
`IPR2016-0041 Ex. 1005
`
`Costco Exhibit 1203, p. 2
`IPR2016-00039, IPR2016-00040, IPR2016-00041, Costco v. Bosch
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`

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`Obviousness of the ’588, ’264, and ’823 Patents
`
`Merkel, Figs. 1 & 4
`
`0
`
`Prohaska, Fig. 3
`
`IPR2016-00039 Exs. 1013, 1014; IPR2016-00040 Exs. 1016, 1017; IPR2016-0041 Exs. 1008, 1009
`
`IPR2016-00039: See Petition (Paper #1), pp. 11–12 (describing Prohaska), pp. 17–18 (describing Merkel)
`IPR2016-00040: See Petition (Paper #1), pp. 10–12 (describing Prohaska), pp. 16–17 (describing Merkel)
`IPR2016-00041: See Petition (Paper #9), pp. 15–17 (describing Prohaska), pp. 21–22 (describing Merkel)
`
`IPR2016-00039 Ex. 1003; IPR2016-00040 Ex. 1003;
`IPR2016-0041 Ex. 1005
`
`Costco Exhibit 1203, p. 3
`IPR2016-00039, IPR2016-00040, IPR2016-00041, Costco v. Bosch
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`

`
`The ’588 Patent Family’s Admitted Prior Art Includes a Flat-Spring Wiper
`Having a Spoiler Fastened Directly to the Spring Support Element
`
`DE 197 36 368 (IPR2016-00039 Ex. 1104),
`also published as U.S. Patent No. 6,292,974 (IPR2016-00039 Ex. 1105)
`
`’588 Patent (IPR2016-00039 Ex. 1001), 1:40–56
`
`IPR2016-00039: See Reply (Paper #37), p. 6 (citing ’588 Patent, 1:40–56; Ex. 1104) (“The ’588 Patent’s own disclosure
`confirms Petitioner’s understanding and undermines Patent Owner’s contention that a person of ordinary skill would not
`have attached a spoiler to a flat-spring wiper: it cites a flat-spring wiper having a spoiler fastened directly to the spring
`support element as prior art.”)
`IPR2016-00040: See Reply (Paper #34), p. 6 (citing ’264 Patent, 1:46–60; Ex. 1010 p. 279)
`IPR2016-00041: See Reply (Paper #38), pp. 6–7 (citing ’823 Patent, 1:47–61; Ex. 1011 p. 279)
`
`
`Costco Exhibit 1203, p. 4
`IPR2016-00039, IPR2016-00040, IPR2016-00041, Costco v. Bosch
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`

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`The ’588, ’264, and ’823 Patents Reflect a Further Iteration in a
`Series of Minor Improvements that Occurred
`In the Ordinary Course Without Real Innovation
`
`IPR2016-00039: Reply (Paper #37), p. 10 & n.4, n.5 (citing Exs. 1104, 1105, Fig. 3), n.6 (citing Merkel, Fig. 3),
`n.7 (citing Ex. 1016 p. 139, Fig. 3), n.8 (citing Ex. 1016 p.78, Fig. 2), n.9 (citing ’588 Patent, Fig. 2); see also id.
`at p. 9 (citing KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex, 550 U.S. 398, 419, 427 (2007))
`IPR2016-00040: Reply (Paper #34), pp. 10–11 & n.5–n.10; see also id. at p. 10
`IPR2016-00041: Reply (Paper #38), pp. 10–11 & n.5–n.10; see also id. at p. 10
`
`
`Costco Exhibit 1203, p. 5
`IPR2016-00039, IPR2016-00040, IPR2016-00041, Costco v. Bosch
`
`

`
`Obviousness of the ’264 and ’823 Patents
`
`Mathues, Figs. 1 & 3
`
`0
`
`Kotlarski ’090, Fig. 5
`
`IPR2016-00040 Exs. 1008, 1009; IPR2016-0041 Exs. 1020, 1021
`
`IPR2016-00040 Ex. 1013; IPR2016-0041 Ex. 1019
`
`IPR2016-00040: See Petition (Paper #1), p. 18 (describing Mathues), pp. 17–18 (describing Kotlarski ’090)
`IPR2016-00041: See Petition (Paper #9), p. 23 (describing Mathues), pp. 22–23 (describing Kotlarski ’090)
`
`Costco Exhibit 1203, p. 6
`IPR2016-00039, IPR2016-00040, IPR2016-00041, Costco v. Bosch
`
`

`
`Obviousness of the ’823 Patent over Prohaska and Hoyler
`
`Prohaska (Ex. 1005), Fig. 3
`
`Hoyler (Ex. 1007), Fig. 1 & cross-section C-C
`
`Screenshot from Hoyler-Prohaska
`Animation (Ex. 1029)
`
`IPR2016-00041: See Petition (Paper #9), pp. 15–17 (describing Prohaska), p. 19 (describing Hoyler),
`pp. 30, 49, 54, 57 (citing Ex. 1029)
`
`Costco Exhibit 1203, p. 7
`IPR2016-00039, IPR2016-00040, IPR2016-00041, Costco v. Bosch
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`

`
`Hoyler-Prohaska Animation
`
`[Play animation previously submitted into evidence as Ex. 1029]
`
`IPR2016-00041: See Petition (Paper #9), pp. 30, 49, 54, 57 (citing Ex. 1029 (animation); Exs. 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033
`(still images of animation))
`
`
`Costco Exhibit 1203, p. 8
`IPR2016-00039, IPR2016-00040, IPR2016-00041, Costco v. Bosch

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