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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
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`DNA GENOTEK INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`C.A. No. 15-cv-00661-SLR
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`SPECTRUM DNA; SPECTRUM SOLUTIONS
`L.L.C.; and SPECTRUM PACKAGING L.L.C.,
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`Defendants.
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`DECLARATION OF JUAN C. LASHERAS, PH.D.
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`I, Juan C. Lasheras, hereby declare as follows:
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`Education and Professional Background
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`I am the Founding Director of the Center for Medical Devices and
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`Instrumentation at the University of California, San Diego (“UCSD”). I am also the Stanford
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`and Beverly Penner Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences in the Department of
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`Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Bioengineering at UCSD, and a Member of the
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`National Academy of Engineering of the USA.
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`Prior to joining the faculty at UCSD, I held several research and teaching
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`positions in Europe and the USA, including serving as the Dean of the Jacobs School of
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`Engineering at UCSD. I have lectured extensively in the United States, Spain, and France. I
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`also served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Spanish Air Force.
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`I received a Doctorate of Philosophy and a Master's of Science from the
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`Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University. I received a
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`Bachelor’s of Science and a Master’s of Science in Aeronautical Engineering from the
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`Universidad Politecnica in Madrid, Spain.
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`I have received numerous professional distinctions and awards, including election
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`into the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE), which is one of the highest professional
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`honors accorded an engineer in the U.S.A. I am one of 414 individuals selected as a Fellow in
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`the National Academy of Inventors of the U.S.A., a member of the Royal Academy of
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`Engineering of Spain, and I have received Honorary Doctorate degrees from two of the leading
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`universities in Europe. I am a fellow of the America Physical Society, a member of the
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`American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Biophysical Society, and many other national
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`and international professional societies, where I have held several leadership positions.
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`I have authored over 100 peer-reviewed scientific publications on many different
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`topics, including drug delivery systems, vascular hemodynamics, the biomechanics of cell
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`migration, the biochemical pathways regulating the mechanics of cancer cell invasions, and the
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`spatial-temporal distribution of traction forces exerted by amoeboid cells during migration.
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`I am the named inventor of forty-six United States patents that claim novel
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`medical devices and medical instruments and that have been used in the designs of innovative
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`medical tools currently employed as standards of care in many medical centers throughout the
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`United States and abroad.
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`A copy of my curriculum vitae is attached as Exhibit A.
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`Retention as Expert and Materials Considered
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`I have been retained as an expert by counsel for DNA Genotek Inc. (“DNA
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`Genotek”) regarding U.S. Patent No. 8,221,381 (“the “’381 Patent”) entitled “Container System
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`for Releasably Storing a Substance.” A copy of the ’381 Patent is attached as Exhibit B to this
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`declaration. For my work as an expert, I am being compensated at the rate of $375 per hour. For
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`my work providing deposition testimony and trial testimony, which typically requires that I
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`spend significant time away from home or my office, I am compensated at a rate between $500
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`and $600 per hour. My compensation is not contingent upon the opinions I reach, nor on the
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`outcome of any legal action, mediation, arbitration, or the amount or terms of any settlement of
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`the underlying legal cause.
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`9.
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`I have carefully reviewed the ’381 Patent. I have also physically examined in my
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`office the Spectrum DNA Saliva Collection Kit with Solution for DNA Preservation (the
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`“Spectrum Product”). I also have examined a similar saliva collection device with packaging
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`indicating that it is made by Ancestry.com DNA LLC, which is nearly identical to the Spectrum
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`Product with minor differences that are not material to my infringement analysis below. Counsel
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`for DNA Genotek has provided me with photos of the Spectrum Product that I personally
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`inspected in my office. I have also viewed pictures and materials depicting the Spectrum
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`Product on Spectrum’s website, www.spectrum-dna.com.
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`10.
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`Spectrum’s website includes several pictures of the Spectrum Product, along with
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`a Material Safety Data Sheet, attached as Exhibit C, a Marketing Sheet, attached as Exhibit D,
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`and Instructions for Use, attached as Exhibit E.
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`11.
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`I compared the Spectrum Product to Claim 1 of the ’381 Patent, as well as to the
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`embodiments described in the ’381 Patent. I understand that the relevant inquiry I have been
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`asked to perform is a comparison between the Spectrum Product and the claims of the ’381
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`Patent, as opposed to a comparison between the Spectrum Product and any product manufactured
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`by DNA Genotek.
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`12.
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`Counsel for DNA Genotek asked me to consider the claims of the ’381 Patent and
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`opine whether the examined Spectrum Product infringes any claims of the ’381 Patent. I have
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`been informed by counsel, and I understand, that a product infringes if every limitation recited in
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`the claim is literally found in the accused device. Alternatively, I understand that if a claim
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`limitation is not literally present in the accused device, there may nevertheless be infringement if
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`the accused device contains elements that are equivalent to the claim limitation not literally met.
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`I have been informed by counsel, and I understand that, this alternative means of finding
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`infringement is called infringement under the “doctrine of equivalents.” I understand that, to
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`find infringement under the doctrine of equivalents, courts consider whether there are
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`“insubstantial differences” between a claim limitation that is not literally met and an element in
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`the accused device corresponding to the missing claim limitation. I am informed that one way to
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`determine whether the differences are insubstantial under the doctrine of equivalents is to use a
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`“function-way-result” test. Under that test, an element in the accused product meets the claim
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`limitation if it performs substantially the same function in substantially the same way to achieve
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`substantially the same result as the claim limitation.
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`13.
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`The ’381 Patent claims a device that stores a “substance” (e.g., a liquid
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`preservative) in a “lid” compartment before a “sample” (e.g., human saliva) is collected in a
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`separate “vial” component. This two component design differs from other saliva collection
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`devices on the market because the invention in the ‘381 Patent stores the “substance” or
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`preservative incorporated within the device itself, as opposed to storing it in a separate container.
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`When the vial and lid of the patented invention are joined, the “substance” is released, mixing
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`the “substance” and the “sample” together. Other saliva collection devices on the market contain
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`only a single compartment for collecting saliva. Users must manually add a liquid preservative
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`to the saliva sample from a separate container. For example, the DNAgard Saliva Device
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`(depicted below) requires a user to add a liquid preservative from a small dropper into the
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`collection tube.
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`Similarly, the Norgen Saliva DNA Device (depicted below) requires a user to collect saliva in a
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`collection tube and then squeeze the liquid preservative out of a small plastic ampule.
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`The devices described in the ’381 Patent have advantages over these above
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`devices, such as a decreased potential for sample contamination and an effective way of mixing
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`the liquid preservative with the saliva sample.
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`Infringement Analysis
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`Based on my understanding of the law, as explained to me by counsel, and based
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`upon my consideration of the 38] Patent and the Spectrum Product, it is my opinion that the
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`Spectrum Product infringes at least Claim 1 of the ’381 Patent. A claim chart, attached as
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`Exhibit F, compares the elements of the Spectrum Product to each claim limitation in Claim 1 of
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`the ‘381 Patent. The Spectrum Product infringes the ’381 Patent because it literally meets each
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`claim limitation in Claim 1. To the extent that there is not literal infringement, the Spectrum
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`Product infringes under the doctrine of equivalents.
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`16.
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`Claim 1 of the 38] Patent identifies the following limitations:
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`U.S. 8,221,381 — Claim 1
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`1. A container system for releasably storing a substance, comprising:
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`a) a vial comprising
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`a first open end for receiving a sample,
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`a second end comprising a sample storage chamber and
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`a piercing member,
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`wherein said piercing member comprises a side wall, a first
`cutting edge extending from a first pointed comer to a second comer
`that defines the intersection between said cutting edge and said side
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`b) a lid configured to removably engage said vial, said lid comprising
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`a reservoir for holding the substance, and
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`U.S. 8,221,381 — Claim 1
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`a pierceable membrane sealing the substance within said reservoir,
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`wherein, when said system is closed by removable engagement of said
`vial with said lid, said vial and said lid are movable to a piercing
`position in which the piercing member disrupts the pierceable
`membrane to allow fluid commlmication between said reservoir and
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`said chamber,
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`wherein the chamber is sealed against leakage to the outside of the
`container system in the piercing position.
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`The Spectrum Product meets each of these limitations.
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`The first limitation of Claim 1 of the ’381 Patent is a container system for
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`releasably storing a substance. The full name of the Spectrum Product, according to
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`Spectrum’s Material Safety Data Sheet, is “Saliva Collection Kit with Solution for DNA
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`Preservation.” Exhibit C.) The Instructions for Use tell users to tighten the lid to “release
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`stabilizing fluid” after filling the collection tube with saliva. (Exhibit E.) Because Spectrum
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`describes the Spectrum Product as a “collection kit” that “release[s] stabilizing fluid,” it satisfies
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`the requirement that it be “a container system for releasably storing a substance.”
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`18.
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`Claim 1 requires that the container system comprises a vial comprising a first
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`open end for receiving a sample. The Spectrum Product has a filial” that includes a collection
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`tube. The collection tube has a first open end for receiving a sample.
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`A user of the Spectrum Product places a funnel on the collection tube and spits into the open end
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`in order to fill the collection tube with a sample, which in this case, is the user’s saliva. Spectrum
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`packages the device such that the user receives the collection tube with the funnel aheady in
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`place on the collection tube.
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`The next limitation of Claim 1 is a second end comprising a sample storage
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`chamber. The Spectrum Product meets this lin1itatio11. The Spectrum Product has a “floor”
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`within the collection tube that forms an end and a sample storage chamber.
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`20.
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`The next limitation of Claim 1 is a piercing member. The “piercing member” of
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`the Spectrum Product is a cylinder housing three teeth with pointed corners or blades arranged in
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`a circular fashion. This pict1u‘e of the Spectrum Prod11ct’s piercing member was taken afier it was
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`pulled out of the lid of the Spectrum Product.
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`The piercing member is located in the bottom of the lid apart from the collection
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`tube when the Spectrum Product is shipped in its packaging. When in use, the piercing member
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`becomes wedged in the top of the collection tube, completing the claimed “vial.”
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`Piercing
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`To the extent the “piercing member” claim limitation is not literally met, the
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`limitation is met rnrder the doctrine of equivalents because Spectmm’s “piercing member”
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`performs the same function as the ’381 Patent’s “piercing member,” in substantially the same
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`way, to achieve substantially the same result. The specification of the ‘381 Patent provides an
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`example showing the function of the piercing members and the way they work to achieve a
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`result.
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`In operation, in moving to the piercing position, pointed end 31 of
`piercing member 6 is brought into contact with pierceable
`membrane 160 and pierces pierceable membrane 160. Continued
`twisting moves cutting edge 32 through pierceable membrane 160,
`disrupting pierceable membrane 160, and thereby producing an
`opening in the sealing membrane to enable the substance to enter
`chamber 2. It will be clear that if more than one piercing member
`is present, less twisting of lid 100 and vial 1 is required to generate
`an opening. When three piercing members are present, a suitable
`opening is obtainable in about one quarter of a turn. Desirably,
`pierceable membrane 160 is not completely removed from sealing
`surface 106. Thus, in the piercing position, piercing member 6
`disrupts pierceable membrane 160 to allow fluid communication
`between reservoir 102 and chamber 2.
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`(’381 Patent, Col. 7:18-33.)
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`23.
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`The function of the claimed “piercing member” is to “disrupt,” or cut open the
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`seal in the lid and release the preservative. Stated in the context of the claim language, the
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`function is to cut open the “pierceable membrane,” which is the boundary of the “reservoir”
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`storing the “substance.” The Spectrum Product’s piercing member performs that same function.
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`The way it performs the piercing or cutting function is by pushing the teeth with pointed corners
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`into contact with the membrane Using the words of Claim 1, the way it performs the cutting
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`function is to press the “pointed corner” and “cutting edge” of the “piercing member” against the
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`“pierceable membrane,” causing the “pierceable membrane” to tear and the “substance” (e.g.,
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`preservative) to flow through the membrane. The result in each is the same. The “substance”
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`flows from the lid to the sample storage area so the “substance” and “sample” combine. There
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`are no differences, and certainly no “substantial” differences, between the claimed “piercing
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`member” and the depicted piercing member in the Spectnnn Product. Accordingly, the
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`Spectnun Product has a ‘Vial comprising .
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`. a piercing member.”
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`The next limitation of Claim 1 is
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`that the piercing member comprises a side
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`wall, a first cutting edge extending from a first
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`pointed corner to a second corner that defines
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`the intersection between said cutting edge and
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`said side wall. The Spectrum Product meets this
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`limitation. The piercing member of the Spectrum
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`Product has two pointed teeth that form a cutting
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`edge extending from a fn‘st pointed corner to a
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`second comer, with the first corner at a higher elevation than the second one. The path from the
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`first poi11ted corner to the second corner defmes the intersection between the cutting edge and the
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`side wall. Regarding the “pointed corner,” the above pict1u'e shows that it is pointed. Moreover,
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`I inspected the Spectrinn Product and confirmed with my fmgertip that the comer is pointed and
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`that the first corner is elevated with respect to the second one. I also inspected the drawings
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`accompanying PCT Patent Application No. W0 2015/017701 Al (“the ’70l Application”) and
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`U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/861,329. filed 011 August 1, 2013 (“the ’329 Application”),
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`entitled “Sample Collection Device,” which lists Federico Gaeta as an inventor. (Exhibits G
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`and H.) Mr. Gaeta is listed as the author of Spectrum’s Material Data Safety Sheet. (Exhibit C.)
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`I assume for purposes of considering this claim limitation that the drawings of the ‘70l
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`Application depict the Spectrum Product’s piercing member. The ‘70l Application and the ‘329
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`Application refer to the Spectrtmi Piercing Member as a “piercing insert 600.” Figure 6 of the
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`‘329 Application is pasted below and shows that Spect1um’s “piercing insert 600” has teeth with
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`the required “pointed comer.”
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`Figure 6
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`25.
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`The next limitation of Claim 1 is a lid configured to removably engage said
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`vial. The Spectrum Product meets this limitation. In operation, a user places the lid on the
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`collection tube after filling the sample storage area with saliva. When the Spectrum Product
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`arrives at the lab, the lab staff removes the lid and assesses the sample.
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`The next limitation of Claim 1 is that the lid comprises a reservoir for holding
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`the substance. The Spectrum Product’s lid contains a reservoir for holding what Spectrum calls
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`a “stabilizing fluid.” (Exhibit E.) Before the Spectrum product is used, the stabilizing fluid
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`(e.g., DNA preservative) is stored within the lid.
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`The next limitation of Claim 1 discloses a pierceable membrane sealing the
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`substance within said reservoir. The part of the Spectrum Product depicted below is a lid with
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`a foil seal. Other embodiments have a clear seal. The seal serves as a “pierceable membrane.”
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`The “pierceable membrane” is “inert,” seals the “substance” within the “reservoir,” and when the
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`teeth from the “piercing member” press against and puncture the “pierceable membrane,” the
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`liq11id substance is released. The Spectrum Product meets this limitation.
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`28.
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`The next limitation of Claim 1 is that when said system is closed by removable
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`engagement of said vial with said lid, said vial and said lid are movable to a piercing
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`position in which the piercing member disrupts the pierceable membrane to allow fluid
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`communication between said reservoir and said chamber. When the Spectrum Product lid is
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`placed on the collection tube, the piercing member wedges in the collection tube and is then
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`pushed up through the lid to the foil membrane (an “inert” membrane), causing the stabilizing
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`fluid to flow through the pierced membrane and into the sample storage area. Accordingly, the
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`Spectrum Product meets this claim limitation.
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`The final limitation of Claim 1 is that the chamber is sealed against leakage to
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`the outside of the container system in the piercing position. When the Spectrum Product is
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`moved into the piercing position, the threading on the lid meshes with the threading on the
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`collection tube, thus creating a seal against leakage. Accordingly, the Spectrum Product meets
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`this claim limitation.
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`In my analysis of the Spectrum Product, I find evidence demonstrating that each
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`and every limitation of Claim 1 of the ’381 Patent is present. The attached claim chart,
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`Exhibit F, shows that each limitation is met.
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`I declare under penalty of perjury of the laws of the United States that the foregoing is
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`true and correct.
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`Executed this 24th day of August, 2015, at San Diego, California.
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`By:
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`JUAN CARLOS LASHERAS
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`Departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Bioengineering
`University of California, San Diego
`La Jolla, California 92093-0411
`Telephone: (858) 534-5437 Office, (858) 534-4368 Laboratory
`e-mail: lasheras@ucsd.edu
`http://maeresearch.ucsd.edu/lasheras/
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`Home Address: 6898 Via Estrada, La Jolla, CA 92037
`(858) 551-8889, home; (858) 449-3768, cell
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`EDUCATION
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`Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Princeton University (1982).
`M.S.E. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Princeton University (1979).
`Ingeniero Superior Aeronáutico (BS/MS). E.T.S. Ingenieros Aeronáuticos
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`Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Madrid, Spain (1975).
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`PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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`2013
`2012
`2009 - Present
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`Interim Dean. Jacobs School of Engineering. UCSD
`Acting Dean. Jacobs School of Engineering. UCSD
`Director of the Center for Medical Devices and Instrumentation. Institute
`of Engineering in Medicine. UCSD
`Distinguished Professor of Bioengineering (Affiliate). UCSD
`Stanford S. and Beverly P. Penner Endowed Chair Professor of
`Engineering and Applied Sciences. UCSD
`Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
`UCSD
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`Chairman of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
`UCSD
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`Professor and Vice-Chair of the Department of Applied Mechanics and
`Engineering Sciences (AMES). UCSD
`Co-Founder and Scientific Adviser, INNERCOOL Therapies. San Diego,
`California.
`Professeur Associé. Institut de Mecanique de Grenoble. Université J.
`Fourier. Grenoble I, France.
`Associate Professor. Department of Mechanical Engineering
`University of Southern California. Los Angeles, CA 90089-1453.
`Assistant Professor. Department of Mechanical Engineering
`University of Southern California. Los Angeles, CA 90089-1453.
`Research Scientist. Koninklijke/Shell-Laboratorium - Amsterdam
`(Royal-Dutch/Shell - Laboratory - Amsterdam) Shell International
`Research B.V. Bathuisweg 3, 1003 AA Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
`Profesor Adjunto Interino (Lecturer). E.T.S. Ingenieros Aeronáuticos
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`Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Madrid, Spain.
`2nd Lieutenant. Air Force of Spain.
`Director. Academia Lasheras. San Javier, Murcia, Spain.
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`PROFESSIONAL DISTINCTIONS AND AWARDS
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`Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors of the USA
`Elected Member of the National Academy of Engineering of the USA
`Chair of Excellence Professorship. Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
`Chairman of the 65th Annual Meeting of the American Physical
`Society/DFD. San Diego, CA. November 2012.
`Invited to deliver the 2012/13 Distinguished Midwest Mechanics Seminar
`Series at 10 leading Midwest Universities: the University of Michigan, the
`University of Minnesota. Illinois Institute of Technology, Iowa State
`University, Michigan State University, Northwestern University, Purdue
`University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the University
`of Notre Dame and the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
`Doctor Honoris Causa (Honorary Doctor Degree). Universidad
`Politécnica de Madrid, Spain. October 3rd, 2011.
`Doctor Honoris Causa (Honorary Doctor Degree). Universidad
`Carlos III de Madrid, Spain, January 29th, 2011.
`Director’s Award for Exemplary Service to the Nation. 2010 Gulf of
`Mexico, Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response. United States Geological
`Service (USGS)
`Chairman of the American Physical Society/Division of Fluid
`Dynamics.
`Chairman of the Board of Advisors of the Institute of Biomedical
`Engineering. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain.
`Chairman of the American Physical Society/Division of Fluid
`Dynamics.
`Vice-Chair of the American Physical Society/Division of
`Fluid Dynamics.
`Breakthrough Innovation in Medical Sciences Award, given by
`BIOCOM and BIOSECTOR of Southern California. (Shared with
`Mike Magers. InnerCool Therapies).
`Chairman of the 54th Annual Meeting of the American Physical
`Society/DFD
`Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS).
`Elected Member of the Real Academia de Ingeniería de España
`(Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain).
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`Secretary/Treasurer of the American Physical Society/
`Division of Fluid Dynamics.
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`Elected Member of the Council of the American Physical Society/
`Division of Fluid Dynamics.
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`Best Teacher of the Year Award in Mechanical Engineering. Jacobs
`School of Engineering. UCSD
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`Best Teacher of the Year Award in Mechanical Engineering. Jacobs
`School of Engineering. UCSD
`Best Teacher of the Year Award in Mechanical Engineering. Jacobs
`School of Engineering. UCSD
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`Jacobs School of Engineering Annual Teaching Award. School-wide
`annual teaching award given by the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor
`Society, UCSD.
`F.N. Frenkiel Award for Fluid Dynamics. American Physical Society.
`(Shared with B.J. Lázaro).
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`George Van Ness-Lothrop Fellowship.
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`1977-78, 1978-79 Guggenheim Fellowship
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`Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) of the USA
`Member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) of the USA.
`Member of the Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain (Real
`Academia de Ingeniería de España)
`Fellow of American Physical Society (APS).
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`American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
`American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
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`The Combustion Institute.
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`1983-present
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`Physical Review X. Editorial Board
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`Journal of Fluid Mechanics. Associate Editor
`Annual Reviews of Fluid Mechanics. Editorial Board
`Review of Scientific Instruments. Editorial Board
`Guest Editor. Proc. of the Nat. Academy of Sciences of the USA
`Guest Editor. PLOS Computational Biology
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`Bibliography
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`A. PRIMARY PUBLISHED WORK
`http://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=p__O--YAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&is_public_preview=1
`Citations = 6,645; h-index = 46; i10-index = 100
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`Refereed Journal Articles
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`1. J. C. Lasheras, A. C. Fernández-Pello and F. L. Dryer, “Initial Observations on the Free Droplet
`Combustion Characteristics of Water-in-Fuel Emulsions”, Combustion Science and Technology,
`Vol. 21, pp. 1-14, (1979).
`2. J. C. Lasheras, A. C. Fernández-Pello and F. L. Dryer, “Experimental Observation on the
`Disruptive Combustion of Free Droplets of Multicomponent Fuels”, Combustion Science and
`Technology, Vol. 22, pp. 195-210, (1980).
`3. J. C. Lasheras, A. C. Fernández-Pello and F. L. Dryer, “On the Disruptive Burning of Alcohol/n-
`Paraffin Solutions and Emulsions.” 18th International Symposium on Combustion, The
`Combustion Institute, pp. 293-307, (1981).
`4. J. C. Lasheras, I. M. Kennedy and F. L. Dryer, “Burning of Distillate Fuel Droplets Containing
`Alcohol or Water: Effect of Additive Concentration.” Combustion Science and Technology,
`Vol. 26, pp. 161-169, (1981).
`5. J. C. Lasheras, L. T. Yap and F. L. Dryer, “Effect of the Ambient Pressure on the Explosive
`Burning of Emulsified and Multi-component Fuel Droplets.” 20th International Symposium on
`Combustion. The Combustion Institute, pp. 1761-1772, (1985).
`6. J. C. Lasheras. “Response of a Plane, Free Shear-Layer to a Localized Three-Dimensional
`Perturbation”. Physics of Fluids, Vol. 28, No. 9, pp. 2638, (1985).
`7. J. C. Lasheras, J. S. Cho and T. Maxworthy, “On the Origin and Scale of Streamwise Vortical
`Structures in a Plane, Free Shear-Layer”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 172, pp. 231-258,
`(1986).
`8. J. C. Lasheras and T. Maxworthy, “Structure of the Vorticity Field in a Plane Free Shear-
`Layers.” Turbulent Shear Flows 5. Springer-Verlag, (Berlin, Heidelberg. Germany). Durst,
`Launder, Schmidt Editors, pp. 124-168, (1987).
`9. E. Meiburg and J. C. Lasheras, “Comparison between Experiments and Numerical Simulations
`of Three-Dimensional Plane Wakes.” Physics of Fluids, Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 623-625, (1987).
`10. G. A. Lawrence, J. C. Lasheras and F. K. Browand, “The Stability of Two-layer Shear Flow.”
`Proceedings of the Sixth Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows, 12, 3, 1. Toulouse, France,
`September 7-9, (1987).
`11. E. Meiburg, J. C. Lasheras and W. T. Ashurst, “Topology of the Vorticity Field in Three-
`Dimensional Shear Layers and Wakes.” Journal of Fluid Dynamics Research. Vol. 3, pp. 140-
`148, (1988).
`12. E. Meiburg and J. C. Lasheras. “Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Three-
`Dimensional Transition in Plane Wakes.” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 190, pp. 1-37,
`(1988).
`13. J. C. Lasheras and H. Choi, “Three-Dimensional Instability of a Plane, Free Shear Layer: An
`Experimental Study on the Formation and Evolution of Streamwise Vortices.” Journal of Fluid
`Mechanics, Vol. 189, pp. 53-86, (1988).
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`14. E. Meiburg and J. C. Lasheras. “Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Three-
`Dimensional Transition in Plane Wakes.” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 190, pp. 1-37,
`(1988).
`15. B. J. Lázaro and J. C. Lasheras. “Droplet Dispersion and Transport Mechanisms in a Turbulent,
`Free Shear-Layer.” 22nd International Symposium on Combustion. The Combustion Institute, pp.
`1981-1988, (1988).
`16. B. J. Lázaro and J. C. Lasheras. “Particle Dispersion in a Turbulent, Plane, Free Shear Layer.”
`Physics of Fluids A, Vol. 1, No. 6, pp 1035-1044, (1989).
`17. J. C. Lasheras and E. Meiburg. “Three-dimensional Vorticity Dynamics in the Near Wake
`Behind Two-dimensional Bodies.” Advances in Turbulence 2. Springer-Verlag, (Berlin,
`Heidelberg, Germany). Fernholz and Fiedler, Editors. pp. 62-69, (1989).
`18. J. C. Lasheras and E. Meiburg. “Three-Dimensional Vorticity Modes in the Wake of a Flat
`Plate.” Physics of Fluids A, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 371-380, (1990).
`19. E. Meiburg and J. C. Lasheras, “Free Shear Flows: Symmetries and Topological of the Vorticity
`Field.” Topological Fluid Mechanics. Cambridge University Press, (Cambridge, England).
`Moffatt and Tsinobere Editors, pp. 678-689, (1990).
`20. E. Meiburg, J. C. Lasheras and J. Martin, “Experimental and Numerical Analysis of the Three-
`dimensional Evolution of an Axisymmetric Jet.” Turbulent Shear Flows 7, Springer-Verlag,
`(Berlin, Heidelberg. Germany). Durst, Launder, Schmidt, Editors, pp 195-208, (1991).
`21. J