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` UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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` BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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` GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Petitioner
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`UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Patent Owner
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` Case IPR2016-00952
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` Patent No. 9,121,412
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` Videotaped Deposition of DR. K. MATHIOUDAKIS
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` On April 20 2017
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` 9:00 am
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` Taken at:
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` Finnegan, Henderson,
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` Farabow,Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.
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` 16 Old Bailey, London
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` A P P E A R A N C E S
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`Appearing on behalf of the Plaintiff:
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`M.ANDREW HOLTMAN
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`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP
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`901 New York Avenue, NW
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`Washington, DC 20001-4413
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`JANICE V. JABIDO
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`PRATT & WHITNEY
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`400 Main Street, M/S 132-13
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`East Hartford, CT 06118
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`Appearing on behalf of the Defendant:
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`CHRISTOPHER PEPE
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`WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP
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`1300 Eye Street NW, Suite 900
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`Washington, DC 20005-3314
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`ANISH DESAI
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`WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP
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`1300 Eye Street NW, Suite 900
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`Washington, DC 20005-3314
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`David Erdos - Videographer
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` I N D E X
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`DR. K. MATHIOUDAKIS, (Sworn) .........................5
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`EXAMINATION BY MR. PEPE ..............................5
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`EXAMINATION BY MR HOLTMAN ...........................53
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` E X H I B I T S
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`No. Description Page
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`Exhibit UTC-2026 Curriculum Vitae 6
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`Exhibit UTC-2015 Declaration 10
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`Exhibit GE-1001 Example Patent 20
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`Exhibit UTC-2022 29
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`Exhibit UTC 2007 Journal Article 38
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` P R O C E E D I N G S
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` DR. K. MATHIOUDAKIS,
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` Having been sworn testified as follows:
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`EXAMINATION BY MR. PEPE
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` Q. Good morning.
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` A. Good morning.
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` Q. Have you ever been deposed before?
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` A. No.
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` Q. Okay. So before we get into it I just want to go
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`over a few guidelines with you. I'm here today to ask you
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`questions on behalf of General Electric. You are here today
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`to answer questions. The court reporter here is writing
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`down everything that we are saying so it is very important
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`that we don't speak over each other so I'll just ask that
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`while I'm asking you a question, you wait until I'm done
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`before you answer and when you're answering I'm going to try
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`my best not to speak over you. Does that sound good?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. At certain points today your counsel Mr. Holtman
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`may object to some of the questions that I ask but unless he
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`instructs you not to answer the question you should go ahead
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`and answer it after he's done objecting.
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` I will plan to take break about once every hour. If
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`before an hour you need to take a break to just stretch your
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`legs, get a drink of water, just let me know and we can do
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`so. I'll just ask that if there's a pending question you
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`answer the question before we take a break, is that okay?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Okay. Prior to this matter, have you had any
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`interactions with United Technologies Corporation?
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` A. What do you mean "interactions"?
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` Q. Have you done any consulting work for
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`United Technologies prior to this IPR proceeding?
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` A. No.
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` Q. Have you done any consulting work for
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`Pratt & Whitney prior to this IPR proceeding?
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` A. No.
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` Q. So this particular matter is the first consulting
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`arrangement you have had with United Technologies or
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`Pratt & Whitney?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Have you had any prior interactions, consulting
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`agreements with General Electric before?
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` A. No.
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` Q. Any prior interactions or consulting arrangements
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`with Rolls Royce before?
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` A. No.
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` (Exhibit UTC-2026 marked for identification.)
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` Q. I'm going to hand you what has been previously
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`marked as Exhibit UTC-2026.
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` A. Thanks.
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` Q. Do you recognise this document?
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` A. Yes I do.
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` Q. This is a copy of your resume or curriculum vitae?
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` A. Yes, it looks like it is.
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` Q. Okay if you can turn to page .004.
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And at the very top of the page it says that:
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` "He has been invited to give lectures at many
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`institutions in different countries including
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`Pratt & Whitney."
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` Do you see that?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. In what year did you give a lecture at
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`Pratt & Whitney?
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` A. I think it was 2008.
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` Q. What was the topic of that lecture?
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` A. The topic was related to engine condition
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`monitoring and phone diagnostic techniques.
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` Q. What do you mean by engine condition monitoring?
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` A. Engine condition monitoring are all the actions
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`that an engine operator does to know what the condition of
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`the engine is.
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` Q. Who invited you to give that lecture?
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` A. It was a person called Allan Volponi.
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`have a relationship with Allan Volponi?
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` A. What do you mean "relationship"?
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` Q. Did you know him before he contacted you to give
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`the lecture?
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` A. Yes, I knew him.
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` Q. In a professional context?
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` A. Yes, in a professional context.
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` Q. Were you compensated for giving that lecture?
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` A. No, I was not.
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` Q. Was that the only lecture that you have given at
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`Pratt & Whitney?
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` A. Yes, it was the only one.
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` Q. Do you still keep in contact with Allan Volponi?
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` A. Yes, but very rarely. It's a long time, I have not
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`contacted him.
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` Q. With respect to this proceeding, when were you
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`first contacted by United Technologies?
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` A. I think some time in October, some time around
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`then.
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` Q. Do you remember who contacted you?
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` A. I think I was contacted by Mr Mike Vakili.
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` Q. What actions did you take before agreeing to
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`consult for United Technologies on this matter?
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` MR. HOLTMAN: Objection to form, vague.
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` A. What do you mean, "what actions"?
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` MR. PEPE: Did you review any documents before you
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`agreed to consult on this matter?
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` A. I read one document.
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` Q. What document did you read?
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` A. The patent '412.
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` Q. Okay so the only document you read before agreeing
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`to consult was the '412 patent?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Did you write the first draft of your declaration
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`for this matter?
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` A. Yes, I did.
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` Q. How many hours did you spend writing that first
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`draft?
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` A. I don't remember how because it is not something
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`that I did, sit down, so -- I wrote parts of it so I cannot
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` Q. How much have you been compensated thus far for
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`your work in this proceeding?
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` A. I am compensated for my work, the compensation is
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`€380 per hour so it's for the number of hours I spent times
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`this compensation.
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` Q. How many hours have you spent thus far?
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` A. I do not recall the exact record because it is
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`happening gradually.
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` A. It should be more than 50 hours.
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` Q. More than 75 hours?
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` A. I wouldn't think so, I think it would be something
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`like between 50 and 70, something like this.
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` (Exhibit UTC-2015 marked for identification.)
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` Q. Okay. I'm going to hand you what has been
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`previously marked as UTC-2015.
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` A. Thank you.
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` Q. This is a copy of the declaration that you have
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`submitted in this matter, correct?
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` A. Yes it looks as it is, a copy of my declaration.
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` Q. Previously when I asked you how many hours you
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`remember because you wrote parts of it. Can you tell me
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`which parts of your declaration you wrote and which parts
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`you didn't write?
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` A. I wrote all of my declaration.
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` Q. So on that previous answer you just misspoke?
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` MR. HOLTMAN: Objection, I think the record speaks
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`for itself. You may be misinterpreting what he said.
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` A. What I said before was referring to the time of,
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`how did I divide the time in writing declaration. So parts
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`I wrote parts and I didn't write parts.
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`you turn to page .002.
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` A. I have done that.
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` Q. Okay so in 1980 you received a degree in mechanical
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`engineering?
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` A. That's correct.
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` Q. Did your studies focus on any particular area in
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`mechanical engineering?
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` A. What do you mean by that? Further specialization?
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`I got a mechanical engineering degree.
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` Q. Did your degree have any emphasis in a particular
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`subject matter such as heat transfer or fluid mechanics or
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`was it just a general degree?
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` A. It had more weight on energetics and fluid
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`mechanics and also my diploma thesis which is something that
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`is concentrating on subject was turbo machinery.
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`degree you received a degree from the Von Karman Institute
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`for fluid dynamics?
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` A. That's correct.
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` Q. What was the emphasis of your studies at the
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`Von Karman Institute?
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` A. At the Von Karman Institute I was a student in one
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`of the three departments that existed at the time and that
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`was the turbo machinery department. So my studies were in
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` Q. And you received a doctorate in applied sciences
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`after that?
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` A. That's correct.
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` Q. Was the emphasis of your studies with respect to
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`your doctorate?
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` A. The emphasis of my studies was turbo machinery,
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`again, and my doctorate was on compressors.
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` Q. Since receiving your doctorate degree, what
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`experience do you have working in industry?
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` MR. HOLTMAN: Objection to form, vague.
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` A. What do you mean exactly by what experience I have?
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` MR. PEPE: Your career on page .002 lists a number
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`of positions as a professor at universities, correct?
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` A. That's correct.
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` Q. Aside from working as a professor at universities,
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`have you been employed by private companies in your career?
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` A. No, I have not been employed by private companies
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` Q. But in terms of your main employment since
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`receiving your doctorate it has been extensively in
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`academia, correct?
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` A. My official position has been in the University.
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` Q. What is the current focus of your research at the
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` A. There are several areas. One of those areas is the
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`modeling of the performance of gas turbines. Another area
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`is the diagnosis of faults in gas turbines. Another area is
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`gas turbines in relation to renewable energy sources.
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` Q. Does all of your current research involve working
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`with computer simulations?
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` A. Computers are used a lot in my research, whether it
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`is for simulations or other purposes.
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` Q. Do you currently do any research that involves
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`turbines?
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` MR. HOLTMAN: Objection to form, vague.
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` A. Could you make your question a bit more specific
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`please?
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` MR. PEPE: So you mentioned previously that some
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`of your research involves doing computer performance
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`simulations, correct?
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` A. Modeling the performance of gas turbines, yes.
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` Q. Do you have any current research projects that
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`involve testing gas turbine engines or components of gas
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`turbine engines?
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` A. Yes, I have research projects which are related to
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`measuring the performance of gas turbine engines.
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` Q. And you have a facility at your university where
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` A. I have a facility with one gas turbine engine that
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` Q. What kind of gas turbine is it?
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` A. It is a small jet engine for propelling small
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` Q. When you say small jet engine, do you mean an
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` A. It is a small turbojet.
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` Q. Okay. So when you say "turbojet" you mean a gas
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`but one that does not include a fan, right?
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` A. That's right.
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`for gas turbine engines?
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` A. I have designed components, turbo machinery
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`components.
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` Q. What kind of turbo machinery components have you
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`designed?
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` A. I have designed compressors, and fans.
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` Q. And you have designed compressors and fans that
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` A. Yes, I have.
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` Q. When in your career did you do that?
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` A. I did it at several stages. My career in the early
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` Q. Who were you working for when you designed
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`compressors and fans?
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` A. I did this work for facilities that were built in
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` A. It was for individual components that were
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` A. They were manufactured in Greece and they were also
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` A. Some are.
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` Q. Have you ever designed any components for gas
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`turbine engines that have been used in commercial service?
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` A. I have not participated in the design of commercial
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`engine components.
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` Q. What design experience do you have with geared
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`turbofan engines?
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` A. I have done work on the cycle analysis of geared
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` A. Yes, I'm referring to work that is done with
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`computer models.
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` Q. Have you written any publications regarding geared
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`turbofan engines?
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` A. Yes, I have.
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` Q. How many have you written?
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` A. I have two in my record.
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` Q. So the two listed in your CV are the only two you
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Are you an inventor on any patents?
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` A. No, I am not.
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` Q. Have you ever served as an expert witness in a
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`patent case before?
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` A. No, I have not.
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` Q. Have you ever participated in the filing of any
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` A. I have not participated.
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` Q. Have you ever reviewed patents prior to working on
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` A. I have looked at patents in several occasions.
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` Q. There regulations in Europe and the US that
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` Q. Aircraft are required to meet those noise limits,
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`correct?
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` A. From my experience I know that aircraft are
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` Q. And is it fair to say that those regulations have
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`aircraft become quieter over time?
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` A. As a general statement I would agree that, yes,
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`this has happened.
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`aircraft that contribute to the overall noise of the
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`aircraft, right?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. So then noise would be a consideration in the
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`design of an aircraft engine, correct?
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` A. As a general principle, yes.
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` Q. As of the filing dated '412 patent what were the
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`noise in a turbofan?
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` A. There are several ways. There are ways that are
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`related to the operation, to the fluid dynamics of the
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`components and there are ways that are related to how the
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`sound propagates.
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` Q. What are the ways related to the fluid dynamics of
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`the components?
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` A. These are ways that have to do with the flow field
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`within the components and how this flow field is set so that
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`the source of noise is minimal in intensity or in strength.
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`the noise is minimal?
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` A. This is a very general question which covers very
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`answer to this question.
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` Q. I'll try to be more specific then. One of the ways
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`that you can reduce the noise in a turbofan engine is to
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`lower the pressure ratio of the fan, correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Can you go ahead and turn to paragraph 17 of your
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`declaration.
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` A. Yes, I have done that.
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` Q. The very first sentence of that paragraph states
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` "The '412 patent identifies and claims specific
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`combinations of gas turbofan engine features at lower losses
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`than the bypass flow passage."
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` Do you see that?
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` Q. Is it your opinion that the '412 patent is the
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`first document to recognise the importance of minimizing
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`pressure losses and the bypass flow passage of a turbofan
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`engine?
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`already before the '412 patent. This is stated in the
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`flow passage?
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` A. Could you be a bit more specific? The impact on
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`what?
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` Q. What are the engine performance impacts of pressure
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`losses in the bypass flow passage?
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` A. Pressure losses in the bypass flow passage
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`influence all the performances of the engine.
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` Q. So increased pressure losses will negatively affect
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`fuel consumption?
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`for incomplete hypothetical.
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` A. I can answer that the losses have a negative impact
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` MR. PEPE: And this was known before the
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`'412 patent was filed, correct?
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` A. Yes, this was known before the '412 patent was
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` Q. Is there any reason why you would want to design
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`the bypass flow passage to have high pressure losses?
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` MR. HOLTMAN: Objection to form, vague as to
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`whether we are still talking about the '412 patent and if we
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` A. Could you please repeat your question?
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` MR. PEPE: In general, is there any reason why you
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`turbofan engine to have high pressure losses?
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` A. If we're talking in general, I would answer that
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`there is one aim, to have small pressure losses, small
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`amount of pressure losses.
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`lost in translation. So are you saying that the aim is to
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`have small pressure losses in general, right?
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` A. The aim is to have small pressure losses. What we
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`actually achieve is something else. We may have the aim,
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`the desire to have small pressure losses but, nevertheless,
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`not to be able to have small pressure losses. So our desire
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`is to have small pressure losses but what we can do is
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`something else. On many occasions we cannot have small
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` (Exhibit GE-1001 marked for identification.)
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` Q. I want to hand you what has previously been marked
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` A. Thank you.
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` MR. PEPE: So GE-1001 is the '412 patent that is
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`at issue in this proceeding, right?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. If you could take a look at figure 1 in the
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`'412 patent.
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` A. I have it in front of me.
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` Q. Okay so I want to ask you a few questions about
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`that but I just want to first establish that we are talking
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`flow passage to the left of the fan as upstream of the fan.
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And the area to the right of the fan as downstream
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`of the fan.
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Where in the '412 patent does it can describe how
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`to design the section of the flow passage that's upstream of
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`the fan to have minimal pressure losses?
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` A. The patent does not give some particular
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`instruction as to the upstream part of the fan.
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` Q. So it doesn't describe how to minimize losses in
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`the flow passage upstream of the fan, right?
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` MR. HOLTMAN: Objection, misstates the record.
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` A. What do you mean?
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`the patent doesn't give some particular instruction as to
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`the upstream part of the fan. So we can agree that the
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`'412 patent doesn't describe how to design the flow passage
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`upstream of the fan to have minimal pressure losses, right?
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` A. I would give some different interpretation to what
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`you say. I don't agree with what you are saying. You asked
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`me if I agree so I'm saying I don't agree.
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` Q. Can you show me where in the '412 patent it
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`describes how to design the portion of the flow passage
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`upstream of the fan to have minimal pressure losses?
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` A. The patent does not describe the design of details
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`of the design of the bypass flow passage. The patent
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`however provides means that would take the design of such
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`patent specifies the total pressure has to be measured at
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`I can point out where this is specified in the patent, if
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` Q. So the '412 patent doesn't provide the details of
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`the design of the bypass flow passage, right?
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` MR. HOLTMAN: Objection, misstates the record.
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` A. I have answered already this question, my answer
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` MR. PEPE: Where in the '412 patent does it
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`passage downstream of the fan to minimize pressure losses?
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` A. The patent does not give details as to how to
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`passage pressure ratio between 1.1 and 1.35, correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. So you could have a turbofan engine with a design
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`fan pressure ratio of 2.5 that has 50 percent pressure
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`losses in the bypass flow passage and that would fall within
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`the claim range, right?
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`conclusion and incomplete hypothetical.
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` A. This is hypothetical situation and I wouldn't want
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` MR. PEPE: So you don't know for a fan pressure
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`ratio of 2.5 and pressure losses of 50 percent what the
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`corresponding bypass flow passage pressure ratio would be?
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` MR. HOLTMAN: Objection, the question referred to
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`the claim --
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`had a speaking objection. The rules are pretty clear.
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` MR. HOLTMAN: Actually it is not, we've got the
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` MR. PEPE: Yes it is.
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` MR. DESAI: The trial practice guide actually
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` MR. HOLTMAN: It is a fine objection.
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` MR. PEPE: You need me to repeat the question?
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` A. Please do.
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` Q. So you don't know that for a fan pressure ratio of
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` MR. HOLTMAN: Same objection.
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`about is a hypothetical situation.
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` Q. And I'm allowed to ask you hypothetical questions
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`and you are required to answer them whether you like it or
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`not. So should I ask again?
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` A. I assume you know what you are allowed to ask and
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`what you are not allowed to ask. But --
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` Q. So you are refusing to answer?
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` A. I answered already.
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`and I wouldn't want to answer that"?
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` MR. HOLTMAN: Objection, misstates the record.
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` MR. PEPE: So you're not going to answer?
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`answer. But I consider this as a hypothetical situation.
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`pressure ratio, correct?
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` A. Yes, I have.
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` Q. And for a given fan pressure ratio what the
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`right?
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` A. Will you show me where I said this because I cannot
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`recall. Defining what the corresponding -- what you just
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` Q. Why don't we take a look at figure 1 of the
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`'412 patent.
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` A. So you are not going to continue your questioning
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` Q. I'm continuing my questions.
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` A. Okay.
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` Q. So there we have a fan, correct, in figure 1?
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` A. Correct.
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` Q. And there's a bypass flow passage that is between
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` A. Correct.
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` Q. Okay so for that fan, if the fan pressure ratio is
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`2.5 and the pressure losses and the bypass flow passage are
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`50 percent, the corresponding bypass flow passage pressure
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`ratio would be between 1.1 and 1.35, correct?
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` A. May I ask you what you mean by losses of
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`50 percent?
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` Q. What don't you understand about that?
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` A. When we quote losses we quote them with respect to
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`specific quantities, so 50 percent of what?
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` Q. 50 percent of the fan pressure