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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`JOHNSON SAFETY, INC.,
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`Petitioner, v.
`VOXX INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
`Patent Owner.
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`Patent No. 7,245,274
`Filing Date: May 15, 2003
`Issue Date: July 17, 2007
`Title: I-IEADREST MOUNTABLE VIDEO SYSTEM
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`Inter Partes Review No. 1PR2016~0107O
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`DECLARATION OF JAMES R. TRANCI-IINA
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`Patent Owner Exhibit 2006
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`Patent Owner Exhibit 2006
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`1.
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`My name is James R. Tranchina.
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`I am over the age of 18 and competent to testify
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`as to the matters set forth herein.
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`I am the Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technology
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`Licensing Officer of Voxx International Corporation (“Voxx”). The factual statements that
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`follow are based on my personal knowledge or from business records kept by Voxx in the
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`ordinary course of its business at the relevant time.
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`2.
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`I am familiar with various video entertainment products that Audiovoxx
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`Electronics Corporation rflk/a Voxx Electronics Corporation and Invision Automotive Systems,
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`lnc. (collectively “\/EC”) have sold over the years. Audiovoxx Electronics Corporation n/k/a
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`Voxx Electronics Corporation and Invision Automotive Systems, Inc. are wholly owned
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`subsidiaries of Voxx.
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`3.
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`I am familiar with U.S. Patent No. 7,245,274 (“ ‘274 Patent”), which was filed on
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`May 15, 2003, and discloses a “headrest mountable video system.”
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`4.
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`Claims 1, 5 and ll of the ‘274 Patent recite the following:
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`1. A video system comprising:
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`a base unit coupled to an internal headrest support structure; and
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`a door pivotally connected to the base unit by a hinge, the door comprising
`a display and a media player comprising at least one ofa DVD player, an
`MPEG player or a video game player.
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`5. The video system of claim 1, wherein the video system is a slot-type
`device.
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`1 1. A video system comprising:
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`a base "portion positioned in a headrest of a vehicle seat,
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`wherein the base portion accommodates a media player comprising at least
`one of a DVD player, an MPEG player or a video game player and
`a display pivotally connected to the base portion.
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`5.
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`I understand that for a product to embody claims 1, 5 or 11 of the ‘274 Patent, the
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`product must include every feature recited in either claims 1, 5 or 11.
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`Patent Owner Exhibit 2006
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`Patent Owner Exhibit 2006
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`6.
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`The relevant market for products which embody the invention of claims 1, 5 or 11
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`of the ‘274 Patent, as well as products which compete with the invention of the ‘274 Patent, are
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`headrest mounted monitors. Products sold by VEC which embody the features recited in either
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`claims 1, 5 or 11 of the ‘274 Patent are hereinafter referred to as “the PRODUCTS”.
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`7.
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`The PRODUCTS comprise approximately seventy—five percent (75%) of VEC's
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`total headrest mounted monitor sales since the issue date of the ‘274 Patent.
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`8.
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`In the years following issuance of the ‘274 Patent, VEC saw increased demand for
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`the PRODUCTS covered by the ‘274 Patent.
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`9.
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`VEC has had great commercial success of the PRODUCTS and has sold over one
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`hundred million dollars of PRODUCTS since the issue date of the ‘274 Patent.
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`10.
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`I declare under the penalty of perjury that to the best of my knowledge that the
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`foregoing is true and correct.
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`Date: February 24, 2017
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`Patent Owner Exhibit 2006
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`Patent Owner Exhibit 2006
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