UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
`WASHINGTON, DC
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`Before the Honorable David P. Shaw
`Administrative Law Judge
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`In the Matter of
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`CERTAIN RADIOTHERAPY SYSTEMS
`AND TREATMENT PLANNING
`SOFTWARE, AND COMPONENTS
`THEREOF
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`Investigation No. 337-TA-968
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`JOINT SUBMISSION REGARDING CONSTRUCTIONS OF DISPUTED AND
`UNDISPUTED CLAIM TERMS (GROUND RULE 6.b)
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`Pursuant to Ground Rule 6.b, Complainants Varian Medical Systems, Inc. and Varian
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`Medical Systems International AG (collectively, “Varian”), Respondents Elekta AB, Elekta Ltd.,
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`Elekta GmbH, Elekta Inc., IMPAC Medical Systems, Inc., Elekta Instrument (Shanghai)
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`Limited, and Elekta Beijing Medical Systems Co. Ltd. (collectively, “Elekta”), and the
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`Commission Investigative Staff hereby submit the attached joint list of disputed claim terms and
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`proposed constructions thereof, and joint list of claim terms that must be construed but whose
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`meanings are not disputed, and the joint constructions thereof.
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`Page 1 of 12
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`Elekta Exhibit 1019
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`Dated: March 1, 2016
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Stephen R. Smith
`Stephen R. Smith
`Adam M. Pivovar
`Laura J. Cunningham
`Emily Terrell
`COOLEY LLP
`1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
`Suite 700
`Washington, DC 20004
`Tel: (202) 842-7800
`Fax: (202) 842-7899
`Email: VarianITC@cooley.com
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`Thomas J. Friel, Jr.
`Heidi L. Keefe
`Reuben H. Chen
`COOLEY LLP
`3175 Hanover Street
`Palo Alto, CA 94304
`Tel: (650) 843-5000
`Fax: (650) 849-7400
`Email: VarianITC@cooley.com
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`Paul F. Brinkman
`S. Alex Lasher
`Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP
`777 6th Street, NW, 11th Floor
`Washington, DC 20001
`Tel: 202.538.8000
`Email: ITC-
`VarianvElektaQE@quinnemanuel.com
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`Sean S. Pak
`Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP
`50 California Street
`San Francisco, CA 94111
`Tel. 415.875.6600
`Email: ITC-
`VarianvElektaQE@quinnemanuel.com
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`Victoria F. Maroulis
`Yury Kapgan
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`/s/ James R. Barney
`James R. Barney
`Christine E. Lehman
`P. Andrew Riley
`Michael E. Kudravetz
`Lauren J. Dreyer
`Christopher C. Johns
`Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow,
`Garrett, & Dunner, LLP
`901 New York Avenue, NW
`Washington, DC 20001
`Tel. 202.408.4000
`Email: Elekta-Service-
`ITC968@finnegan.com
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`Attorneys for Respondents Elekta AB,
`Elekta Ltd., Elekta GmbH, Elekta Inc.,
`IMPAC Medical Systems, Inc., Elekta
`Instrument (Shanghai) Limited, and
`Elekta Beijing Medical Systems Co.
`Ltd.
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`/s/ Lisa M. Kattan
`Lisa M. Kattan
`Office of Unfair Import Investigation
`U.S. International Trade Commission
`500 E Street, SW, Suite 401
`Washington, DC 20436
`Tel: 202.205.2058
`Email: lisa.kattan@usitc.gov
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`Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP
`555 Twin Dolphin Drive
`Redwood Shores, CA 94065
`Tel. 650.801.5000
`Email: ITC-
`VarianvElektaQE@quinnemanuel.com
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`Joseph A. Greco
`Beck, Bismonte, & Finley LLP
`150 Almaden Boulevard, 10th
`San Jose, CA 95113
`Tel. 408.938.7900
`Email: jgreco@beckllp.com
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`Counsel for Varian Medical Systems, Inc. and
`Varian Medical Systems International AG
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`EXHIBIT 1
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`EXHIBIT 1
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`List of Terms for Construction (Shapiro)
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`’02l Patent
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`Claim Term
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`Varian
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`Staff
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`Elekta
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`Proposed Construction
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`Proposed Construction
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`Proposed Construction
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`attachment” (claim 8)2
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`treatment plan
`clain1s 1-2, 4-9, 12, 15 ‘
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`“the set of instructions used by the radiation treatment system to deliver radiation to a target”
`Volume
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`“pivotably coupled to the
`rotatable gantry at a pivotable
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`“connected to the rotatable gantry to allow rotation about the attachment”
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`’430 Patent
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` Claim Term
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`Varian Proposed
`Construction
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`Staff Proposed Construction
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`Elekta Proposed
`Construction
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`“the set of instructions used by the radiation treatment system to deliver radiation to a target
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`treatment plan
`claims 1, 9, 18, 19 3
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`1 This term is also recited in ’021 Patent claims 26-28. 35, and 48 _ which Varian is seeking to add to this Investigation. See Varian’s Motion for
`Leave to File Amended Complaint. submitted February 17, 2016.
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`2 The term “pivotably coupled” is also recited i11 ’02l Patent claims 26-28, 35. and 48 . which Varian is seeking to add to this Investigation. See
`Varian’s Motion for Leave to File Amended Complaint. submitted February 17. 2016.
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`3 This term is also recited in ’430 Patent claim 13. which Varian is seeking to add to this Investigation. See Varian’s Motion for Leave to File
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`Claim Term
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`Varian Proposed
`Construction
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`volume”
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`(same as ‘O21 patent)
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`Staff Proposed Construction
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`Elekta Proposed
`Construction
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`Subject to 35 U.S.C. §112(6)
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`Subject to 35 U.S.C. § 112(6).
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`Function: modify a treatment
`plan for a target volume.
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`Structure: no adequate
`disclosure of corresponding
`structure; therefore, claim is
`indefmite.
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`“software and/or hardware that
`performs a logical operation”
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`“a machine, separate from the
`clinical treatment machine, for
`acquiring pre-treatment
`imaging of a target volume
`with a patient setup that
`replicates a setup of the
`clinical treatment machine”
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`logic configured to modify a
`treatment plan for a target
`volume
`(claim 1)
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`Function: to modify a treatment plan for a target volume.
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`Structure: a hardwired logic or programmable computer
`component with software as described at 5:37-42, 5:53-58,
`7:29-34, 8:5-32, Fig. 4 (525) and structural equivalents thereof.
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`logic
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`simulator machine (claim 18)4
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`“a hardware or software programmable computer component”
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`“an apparatus including a cone-beam CT radiation source and a
`flat panel imager capable of capturing image projection data
`and generating cone-beam computed tomography volumetric
`image data”
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`4 This term is also recited in ’430 Patent claim 13. which Varian is seeking to add to this Investigation. See Varian’s Motion for Leave to File
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`’703 Claim Terms
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`Claim Term
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`Varian Proposed
`Construction
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`Staff Proposed Construction
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`Elekta Proposed
`Construction
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`Subject to 35 U.S.C. §112(6)
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`Subject to 35 U.S.C. § 112(6).
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`first logic that reconstructs a
`cone-beam computer
`tomography (CT) volumetric
`image data based on the
`image projection data
`(claims 1, 3, 5, 9)
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`Function: to reconstruct a cone-beam computer tomography
`(CT) volrunetric image data based on the image projection data.
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`Structure: a hardwired logic or a programmable computer
`component with software for reconstructing a cone-beam
`computer tomography (CT) volumetric image data based on the
`image projection data as described at 4:34-5:10, 7: 19-32, 8:7-55,
`Fig. 1 (221), Fig. 3 (421), and structural equivalents thereof.
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`second logic configured to
`control the patient support and
`place the patient in an
`operative position to begin a
`treatment based on the cone-
`beam CT volumetric image
`data 01” me image PTO]-ection
`data
`(Claims 1» 3» 5» 9)
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`Subject to 35 U.S.C. § 112(6)
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`Function: to control the patient support and place the patient i11
`an operative position to begin a treatment based on the cone-
`beam CT volumetric image data or the image projection data.
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`Structure: a hardwired logic or a programmable computer
`component with software for controlling the patient support and
`place the patient in an operative position to begin a treatment
`based on the cone-beam CT volumetric image data or the image
`projection data as described at 5:33-39, 5:51-59, 7:32-41 (“The
`clinical treatment machine 400 may use the kV cone-beam CT
`image data [deleted portion] to determine the amount of patient
`repositioning required by the treatment couch 418 [deleted
`ortion . In this wa , the kV cone-beam CT radiation source and
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`Function: reconstructs a cone-
`beam computer tomography
`(CT) volumetric image data
`based on the image projection
`data.
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`Structure: the general purpose
`computer described at 8:7-16
`and 28-34 and configured as
`described at col. 5: 1-6, and
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`structural equivalents thereof.
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`Subject to 35 U.S.C. § 112(6)
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`Function: control the patient
`support and place the patient in
`an operative position to begin a
`treatment based on the cone-
`beam CT Volumetric image
`data Or the image PT°leefi°11
`data-
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`Sm1emTe3 the ge11eTa1P111P°Se
`°°mP“teT described at 33746
`and 2834 and eonfigmed as
`described 533339, 5351-59,
`753241 (“The Clinical
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`Claim Term
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`Varian Proposed
`Construction
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`Staff Proposed Construction
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`Elekta Proposed
`Construction
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`flat panel imager share a common axis of rotation with the MV
`cone-beam CT radiation source 404 and provide additional
`information for aligning the patient to the generated simulation
`treatment plan.”), 8:7-34, Fig. 4 (520, 525, 530), and structural
`equivalents thereof.
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`treatment machine 400 may
`use the kV cone-beam CT
`image data [deleted portion] to
`determine the amount of
`patient repositioning required
`by the treatment couch 418
`[deleted portion]. In this way,
`the kV cone-beam CT
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`radiation source and flat panel
`imager share a common axis of
`rotation with the MV cone-
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`beam CT radiation source 404
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`and provide additional
`information for aligning the
`patient to the generated
`simulation treatment plan.”)_,
`8:7-34, Fig. 4 (520, 525, 530),
`and structural equivalents
`thereof.
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`List of Terms for Construction (Otto)
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`’154 Patent
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`Claim Term
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`Varian Proposed
`Construction
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`Staff Proposed
`Construction
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`Elekta Proposed
`Construction
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`source trajectory
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`“direction in which the radiation source moves”
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`leaf-translation direction
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`“direction in which leaves of a collimator translate”
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`’770 Patent
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`claim 28
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`Claim Term
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`initial termination
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`Varian Proposed
`Construction
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`Staff Proposed
`Construction
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`Elekta Proposed
`Construction
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`“criteria indicating termination of initial optimization” conditions
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`claim 68
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`two-dimensional beamlet
`claim 70
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`“conceptual two-dimensional portion of a radiation beam”
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`iteratively optimizing
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`“repeatedly modifying parameters to achieve an optimization goal”
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`(claims 68-70)
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`sensing a positional state
`of the subject / sensing
`that the position of the
`subject
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`“collecting data on the location of the subject at a particular time”
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`Construction
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`Claim Term
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`Varian Proposed
`Construction
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`Staff Proposed
`Construction
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`Elekta Proposed
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`(claims 63-70)
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`delivery parameters
`associated with a portion
`of the trajectory of the
`radiation source”
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`associated with a point along the trajectory of the
`radiation source”
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`’538 Patent
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`Claim Term
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`Varian Proposed
`Construction
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`Staff Proposed
`Construction
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`Elekta Proposed
`Construction
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`initial termination
`conditions
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`“criteria indicating termination of initial optimization”
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`(same as in ’770 patent)
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`“apparatus for delivering therapeutic radiation”
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`radiation delivery
`apparatus
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`claims 23, 25, 26, 39-41
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`iteratively optimizing
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`“repeatedly modifying parameters to achieve an optimization goal”
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`(claims 23, 39, 42)
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`control point
`(claims 23, 39, 42)
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`“one or more radiation
`delivery parameters
`associated with a portion
`of the trajectory of the
`radiation source”
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`“a set of one or more radiation delivery parameters
`associated with a point along the trajectory of the
`radiation source”
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`(same as ‘770 patent)
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`CERTAIN RADIOTHERAPY SYSTEMS AND
`TREATMENT PLANNING SOFTWARE, AND
`COMPONENTS THEREOF
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`Inv. No. 337-TA-968
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I, Jeremy Miller, hereby certify that on March 1, 2016, copies of the foregoing were filed
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`with and served upon the following as indicated:
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`The Honorable Lisa R. Barton
`Secretary, Office of the Secretary
`U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
`500 E Street, S.W., Room 112-F
`Washington, DC 20436
`(202) 205-2000
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`The Honorable David P. Shaw
`Administrative Law Judge
`U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
`500 E Street, S.W. Room 317-O
`Washington, DC 20436
`pyong.yoon@usitc.gov
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`Lisa Kattan, Esq.
`Office of Unfair Import Investigations
`U.S. International Trade Commission
`500 E Street, S.W., Suite 401
`Washington, D.C. 20436
`lisa.kattan@usitc.gov
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`COUNSEL FOR COMPLAINANTS VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS,
`INC. and VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL AG
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`Stephen R. Smith
`COOLEY LLP
`1299 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
`Suite 700
`Washington, DC 20004-2400
`VarianITC@cooley.com
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`Paul F. Brinkman
`QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN LLP
`777 6th Street, NW, 11th Floor
`Washington, DC 20001
`ITC-VarianvElektaQE@quinnemanuel.com
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`Joseph A. Greco
`BECK, BISMONTE, & FINLEY LLP
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