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` BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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` APPLE, INC.,
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` Petitioners,
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` -vs- Case IPR2016-01365
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` Patent 7,181,608B2
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` REALTIME DATA LLC,
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` Patent Owner.
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` __________________________________________________________
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` VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION OF DR. GODMAR BACK
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` June 20, 2017
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` Job No. 2634898
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` REPORTED BY: Rhonda D. Tuck, RPR, CRR
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`GODMAR BACK
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` Deposition of DR. GODMAR BACK, taken and
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`transcribed on behalf of the Petitioners, by and
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`before Rhonda D. Tuck, RPR, CRR, Notary Public in
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`and for the Commonwealth of Virginia at large,
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`pursuant to United States Patent and Trademark
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`Office Rules, and by Notice to Take Depositions;
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`commencing at 11:18 a.m., June 20, 2017, at Hilton
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`Garden Inn, 900 Plantation Road, Blacksburg,
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`Virginia.
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` APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL:
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` WINSTON & STRAWN, LLP
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` 275 Middlefield Road, Suite 205
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` Menlo Park, California 94025
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` (650) 858-6500
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` kvidal@winston.com
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` BY: KATHI VIDAL, ESQUIRE
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` Counsel for the Petitioner
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` A P P E A R A N C E S O F C O U N S E L C O N T ' D :
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` WITNESS: DR. GODMAR BACK
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` Examination by Ms. Vidal...............................5
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` Examination by Mr. Edell..............................64
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` Examination by Ms. Vidal..............................75
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` E X H I B I T S
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` Back Exhibit Number 1....................................6
` U.S. Patent 7,181,608
` Back Exhibit Number 2....................................6
` Document titled "Expert Declaration Of Dr. Godmar Back"
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` Back Exhibit Number 3....................................6
` Document titled "Expert Declaration Of Dr. Godmar Back
` In Support Of The Patent Owner's Response"
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` Back Exhibit Number 4....................................6
` U.S. Patent 8,090,936
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`GODMAR BACK
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` (Back Exhibit Numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 were
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` premarked for identification.)
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` DR. GODMAR BACK
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` was sworn and testified as follows:
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` E X A M I N A T I O N
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` BY MS. VIDAL:
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` Q. Good morning Mr. -- is it Dr. Back?
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` A. Dr. Back, yes. That's how I'm commonly
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` Q. Have you been deposed before?
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` A. I have not.
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` Q. I'm going to ask you a series of
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` questions, and I'm going to need an auditory
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` response, like a yes or no or some other answer.
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` Do you understand that?
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` A. I do understand that.
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` Q. Is there anything today that would
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` A. There's nothing that would prevent me
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` from testifying truthfully and honestly.
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` Q. If you don't understand a question that I
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` and I'm happy to explain what I mean.
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` Do you understand that?
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` A. I do understand that, and I most
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` Q. I'm going to hand you four exhibits that
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` we've premarked. Exhibit 1 is a patent, U.S. Patent
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` 7,181,608. Exhibit 2 is a document entitled "Expert
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` Declaration Of Dr. Godmar" -- is that correct?
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` A. Godmar.
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` Q. -- "Godmar Back"?
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` A. Most Americans would pronounce it
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` Dr. Back, so I think it's okay to stick with that.
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` Q. "In Support Of The Patent Owner's
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` Response." And this has been previously marked as
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` Exhibit 2003.
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` Exhibit 3 is entitled "Expert Declaration
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` Of Dr. Godmar Back In Support Of The Patent Owner's
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` Response." This has previously been marked as
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` Exhibit 2003, as well.
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` And Exhibit 4 is U.S. Patent 8,090,936.
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` Can you turn to Exhibit 2, please? What
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` is Exhibit 2?
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` A. Exhibit 2 is my declaration in support of
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` the patent owner's response.
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` Q. And is this for IPR2016-01365 on U.S.
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` Patent 7,181,608?
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` A. I believe so. I believe that is what it
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` says here. Yeah.
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` Q. Did you review this declaration in
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` preparation for your deposition today?
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` A. I did not review this declaration. I
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` Q. Is everything you stated in your
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` declaration still accurate as of today?
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` A. I believe so.
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` Q. I'd like you to turn to Exhibit 3,
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` please. Is this the declaration you submitted in
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` IPR2016-01366 on Patent 8,090,936?
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` A. I believe it is. Yeah.
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` Q. And do you believe all the statements you
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` A. I believe so, yeah.
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` Q. Turning to Exhibit 2, in Paragraph 5 of
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` your declaration, you state that in forming your
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` Did you fully review the '608 Patent
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` prior to signing your declaration?
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` MR. EDELL: Objection. Form. This is
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` Joe Edell, Fisch Sigler, on behalf of the patent
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` owner, Realtime Data, LLC and the witness.
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` THE WITNESS: Yeah. I reviewed the
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` Q. Did you understand its contents?
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` A. I did.
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` Q. Was there anything you didn't understand?
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` Q. Was there anything you didn't understand
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` how to implement?
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` MR. EDELL: Objection. Form.
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` THE WITNESS: I was not tasked with
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` you state that in forming your opinions you reviewed
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` Did you fully review the '936 Patent
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` MR. EDELL: Objection to form.
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` THE WITNESS: I did fully review the '936
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` Patent. Yes.
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` Q. Did you understand all of its contents?
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` A. I believe so.
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` Q. Was there anything that you didn't
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` Is it your testimony that at the time of
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` A. Okay.
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` Q. I'm referring to Paragraph 20. Would you
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` Paragraph 20. Am I looking at the wrong document?
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` paragraph, Paragraph 20, you'll see the language I
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` A. So the bottom of Paragraph 20, in Exhibit
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` Q. That's correct.
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` A. Okay. I'm sorry. If you could go again.
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` Q. And at that section you state,
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` Do you see that?
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` A. Yes.
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` MR. EDELL: Objection. Mischaracterizes.
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` Q. Is it your testimony that as of the time
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` MR. EDELL: Objection to form.
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` THE WITNESS: So that is not my
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` Q. So at the time of the patent, there were
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` Q. In the 2000 timeframe.
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` Q. Go ahead.
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` MR. EDELL: Objection to form.
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` THE WITNESS: So first, generally in the
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` Q. When you stated that "high-speed memories
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` then you concluded that "storing desired
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` cite to the patent. Did you?
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` MR. EDELL: Objection. Mischaracterizes.
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` THE WITNESS: So the first sentence in
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` Q. But the question is, you did not cite to
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` Q. Thank you. I'd like you to turn to
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` Paragraph 20, you state that "high-speed memories"
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` Q. You state that "high-speed memories of
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` For those two statements, you did not
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` site to the '608 Patent for support. Is that
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` MR. EDELL: Objection. Mischaracterizes.
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` THE WITNESS: So, first, if I may, it
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` memory is a volatile memory use, it's not
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` MR. EDELL: Objection to form.
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` In the 2000 time period, boot information
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` The point is that because we observed,
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` Objection. Compound.
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` high-speed nonvolatile memory. Yes.
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` THE WITNESS: So I'm not certain if that
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` THE WITNESS: So the -- what I wrote
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` completion of initialization." Where
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` initialization, to be clear, has an antecedent
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` support of those statements. Did you?
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` MR. EDELL: Objection. Mischaracterizes.
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` THE WITNESS: So this is a statement that
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` The question that I asked is, did you
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` cite the '608 Patent in support of those statements?
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` MR. EDELL: Objection. Form.
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` THE WITNESS: In Paragraph 23?
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` A. I don't see a cite here.
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` Q. The '608 Patent never states that
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` preloading must occur after power on. Correct?
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` THE WITNESS: I don't recall if it states
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` Q. But it never says that?
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` A. I do not remember that for certain.
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` Q. If it said that, would you have cited
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` MR. EDELL: Objection. Form.
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` THE WITNESS: I'm not certain. I may
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` Q. If you'd turn to Exhibit 3.
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` Actually, let's turn back to Exhibit 2.
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` You may want to refer to the '608 Patent, as well.
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` The question is, is it your opinion that
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` the claimed cache memory, for example, of Claim 1 of
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` the '608 Patent is a high-speed memory?
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` A. Again, 1 is -- do you want me to refer to
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` Exhibit 1?
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` Q. It's the '608 Patent.
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` A. Okay.
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` Q. Is it your --
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` A. Which part would you like me to look at?
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` Q. Claim 1. Is it your opinion that the
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` claimed cache memory is a high-speed memory?
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` MR. EDELL: Objection. Form.
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` THE WITNESS: You're referring
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` Q. Is that your understanding?
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` '608 Patent? Is that cache memory of Claim 1
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` illustrated here in Figure 1 as Element 13?
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` Claim 1?
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` THE WITNESS: It is one example of a
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` MR. EDELL: Objection. Form.
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` THE WITNESS: I will relate to you what
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` MR. EDELL: Objection. Form.
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` THE WITNESS: The patent asserts that
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` adding this language about preferably. Is it your
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` MR. EDELL: Objection. Mischaracterizes.
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` Calls for a legal conclusion.
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` THE WITNESS: So I'm not a lawyer. Okay.
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` My job here is to accurately relate to you what
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` MR. EDELL: Objection to form.
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` MR. EDELL: Objection to form.
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` THE WITNESS: By teach, you mean it
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` Q. It does not state that the Cache Memory
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` Q. The patent says that the cache memory can
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` MR. EDELL: Objection to form.
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` THE WITNESS: The patent says that the
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` MR. EDELL: Objection to form.
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` THE WITNESS: I am trying to accurately
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` A. Yes. Those are exclusive choices.
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` THE WITNESS: So would you mind repeating
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` Q. -- the Cache Memory 13 can be volatile or
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` THE WITNESS: So I believe that the cache
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` Q. In your view, is Hard Disk 11 of Figure 1
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` MR. EDELL: Objection. Form.
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` THE WITNESS: In Figure 1, Hard Disk 11,
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` device in the context of the specification.
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` Q. In your opinion, can the Data Controller
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` MR. EDELL: Objection. Form.
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` THE WITNESS: I would say no. No. The
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` The -- most of the, if not all, of the
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` MR. EDELL: Objection to form.
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` THE WITNESS: In this hypothetical setup
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