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`In re Patent of:
`U.S. Patent No.:
`Issue Date:
`Appl. Serial No.:
`Filing Date:
`Title:
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`Sung Jun Park, et al.
`7,881,236
`Attorney Docket No.: 00035—0009IP1
`February 1, 2011
`12/538,514
`August 10, 2009
`Data Transmission Method and User Equipment for the
`Same
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`DECLARATION OF ANNE KOCH BALAND
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`1.
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`My name is Anne Koch Baland. I am over the age of 21, and I have
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`personal knowledge of the facts contained herein unless otherwise indicated. I am
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`an employee of Fish & Richardson, P.C.
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`2.
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`I earned a Master of Library Science (MLIS) from Dominican
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`University in 2007. Ihave over 15 years of experience in the library/information
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`science field.
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`3.
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`The 3GPP TS 36.321 reference was available on 3GPP’s public
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`website at least as of March 20, 2008, without any restrictions.
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`4.
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`In June 2016, in an effort to determine the extent to which the 3GPP
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`TS 36.321 reference was available to members of the public, I accessed files
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`maintained on the 3GPP website. Specifically, on the 3GPP website, I selected the
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`“About 3GPP” drop—down menu and selected the “3 GPP FAQS” Link. This led me
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`to a FAQ page. See Ex. 1018. On this page, I scrolled down to the question, “Is it
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`APPLE 1021
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`APPLE 1021
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`possible to determine the date and time of publication of a particular version of a
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`3GPP Spec?” Id. at 9. In response, the corresponding FAQ states that a “precise
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`indication of the date of availability can be obtained from the Spec's web page .
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`where a precise date is shown in the ‘available’ column.” Id. 3GPP’s statement
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`that the ‘available’ column on a specification’s web page is a precise indication of
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`the date of availability of a particular specification time stamp is consistent with
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`my experience with 3GPP and the standard drafting process in the 2008 time
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`frame.
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`5.
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`In View of this information, I navigated 3GPP’s website, accessed the
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`3GPP TS 36.321 reference, and downloaded it without any restrictions.
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`Specifically, I navigated to the “Specification” page on the 3GPP website. Starting
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`on 3GPP’s homepage, I selected the dropdown menu “Specifications,” and
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`selected the “Specifications Home” link, taking me to the Specifications Home
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`page. On that page, I selected the “Numbering page” link, which took me to the
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`Specification Numbering page. On that page, I selected the “36 series” link, taking
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`me to the 3GPP Specification series page. On that page, I selected the “36.32l”
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`link, taking me to the 3GPP specification: 36.321 page. A true and correct printout
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`of that page is identified as Exhibit l019. This page lists a date of“2008—03 '20”
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`for version 8.1.0 of the 3GPP TS 36321 standard:
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`6.
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`Based on the information on the FAQ page, the “available” column
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`provides a “precise indication of the date of availability” of the 3GPP TS 36.321
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`specification. Ex. 1018, p. 9. Accordingly, the 3GPP TS 36.321 was publicly
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`available via the 3GPP website as of March 20, 2008.
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`7.
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`On the 3GPP specification: page 36.321. 1 selected the “8.l.0” link9
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`prompting a download of a ZIP file titled “36321—810.zip,” which contained a
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`single Microsoft Word file titled “3632l—8l0.doc.” A true and correct copy of this
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`document is provided as Exhibit 1007.
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`8.
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`I further used the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine service to
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`confirm that members of the public would have been able to access the 321
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`reference before the 236 patent’s claimed priority date. Starting on the Wayback
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`Machine homepage, I entered “http://wwW.3gpp.org” into the search field, taking
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`me to a calendar page. In the calendar page, I selected May 5, 2008, because this
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`is the first available archive after the March 20, 2008, date on which the 3GPP TS
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`36.321 reference was made available. This took me to an archived version of
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`3GPP’s homepage, which included a “Specifications” link that led to an archived
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`version of the 3GPP Specifications Home Page. On this page, I selected the
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`“Numbering Scheme” link, which took me to an archived version of the 3GPP
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`Specifications — Numbering Scheme page. On this page, I selected the “36 series”
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`link, which took me to an archived version of the 3GPP Specification Series page.
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`On this page, I selected the “36.32l” link, which took me to the 3GPP
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`specification: 36.321 page. This page states that version 8.1.0 of3GPP TS 36.321
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`was “available” on “2008—03—20,” which, as discussed above, is the same date that
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`is provided on 3GPP’s website. See Ex. 1020, p. 3.
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`I selected the “8.l.0” link,
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`prompting me to download a ZIP file titled “3632l—8l0.zip.” The ZIP file that I
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`downloaded contained a single Microsoft Word file titled “3632l—8l0.doc.” I
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`compared that Microsoft Word document to Exhibit 1007, and I found that the two
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`documents are identical.
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`9.
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`Therefore, in my opinion, based on the materials I discuss above and
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`my experience with 3GPP and the standard drafting process, the 3GPP TS 36.321
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`reference has been available to members of the public on 3GPP’s website since at
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`least March 20, 2008, without any restrictions.
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`I declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are true and
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`that all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true; and
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`further that these statements were made with the knowledge that willful false
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`statements and the like so made are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both,
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`under 18 USC. § 1001, and that such willful false statements may jeopardize the
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`results of these proceedings.
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`Executed this 20th day of June, 2016.
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`Respectfully submitted
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`M/if gém $a/m/
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`Anne Koch Baland