`Zeger, Kenneth A.
`November 2, 2017
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` UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
` _______________________________________
` BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
` ______________________________________
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` DELL INC.; EMC CORPORATION, HEWLETT-PACKARD
`ENTERPRISE CO.; and HP ENTERPRISE SERVICES, LLC;
` Petitioner
` v.
` REALTIME DATA LLC d/b/a IXO
` Patent Owner
` _________________________
` Case: IPR2017-00176
` U.S. Patent No. 7,161,506
` and
` Case: IPR2017-00179
` U.S. Patent No. 9,054,728
` __________________________
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` November 2, 2017
` DEPOSITION OF KENNETH A. ZEGER
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` REPORTED BY:
` PATRICIA L. HUBBARD, CSR #3400
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`202-220-4158
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`Case: IPR2017-00176; IPR2017-00179
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` DEPOSITION OF KENNETH A. ZEGER,
` taken on behalf of the Petitioner,
` at 12390 El Camino Real,
` San Diego, California, commencing
` at 9:37 A.M. on November 2, 2017,
` before PATRICIA L. HUBBARD,
` CSR #3400, a Certified Shorthand
` Reporter in and for the State of
` California, pursuant to Notice.
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`APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL:
`For the Petitioner: DELL, INC. and EMC CORPORATION
` WINSTON & STRAWN
` BY: ANDREW R. SOMMER, ESQ.
` 1700 K Street, NW
` Washington, DC 20006
` 202.282.5896
` asommer@winston.com
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`For the Petitioner: TERRADATA
` BAKER BOTTS LLP
` BY: JAMIE R. LYNN, ESQ.
` 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
` Washington, D.C. 20004
` 202.639.7786
` jamie.lynn@bakerbotts.com
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`For the Patent Holder:
` NOROOZI PC
` BY: KAYVAN B. NOROOZI, ESQ.
` 1299 Ocean Avenue
` Suite 450
` Santa Monica, California 90401
` 310.975.7074
` kayvan@noroozipc.com
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`APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL: (Continued)
`Also Present:
` J. Christopher Carraway
` Tom Brown (present via telephone)
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` I N D E X
`WITNESS PAGE
`KENNETH A. ZEGER
` (By Mr. Sommer) 6, 269
` (By Mr. Noroozi) 236
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` E X H I B I T S
`PETITIONERS' DESCRIPTION REFERENCED
`Exhibit 1001 U.S. Patent No. 9,054,728 11
` (Referenced but not attached)
`Exhibit 1001 U.S. Patent No. 7,161,506 18
` (Referenced but not attached)
`Exhibit 1004 U.S. Patent No. 5,870,036 19
` (Referenced but not attached)
`Exhibit 1005 Article authored by Hsu, et al. 20
` (Referenced but not attached)
`Exhibit 1030 U.S. Patent No. 6,253,264 22
` (Referenced but not attached)
`Exhibit 2004 Declaration of Dr. Zeger 7
` in IPR 2017-00176
` (Referenced but not attached)
`Exhibit 2004 Declaration of Dr. Zeger 9
` in IPR 2017-00179
` (Referenced but not attached)
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` SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
` NOVEMBER 2, 2017
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` KENNETH A. ZEGER,
` called as a witness, having been
` sworn, was examined and testified
` as follows:
`
` EXAMINATION
`BY MR. SOMMER:
` Q. Good to see you again, Dr. Zeger.
` Can you please state your full name for
`the record.
` A. Kenneth Zeger.
` Q. And it's Dr. Zeger, right?
` A. Yes.
` Q. Dr. Zeger, do you understand that you're
`here to be cross-examined about testimony you gave
`in two declarations that were submitted in
`inter-partes review proceedings at the Patent
`Office?
` A. Yes.
` Q. I'm going to hand to you -- the first is
`a document that's been marked as Exhibit 2004 in
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`IPR 2017-00176.
` (Whereupon the document previously
` marked Petitioners' Exhibit 2004
` is referenced herein.)
`BY MR. SOMMER:
` Q. Sir, is this one of the two declarations
`that you're here to testify about today?
` A. I believe so, yes.
` Q. And did you read the content of this
`declaration carefully?
` A. Yes.
` Q. And do you believe that the contents of
`this declaration are accurate?
` A. Yes, I do.
` Q. And does this declaration set forth the
`complete set of opinions that you formulated with
`respect to the '506 Patent?
` A. It certainly sets forth the opinions I
`have on these -- on the '506 Patent, yes.
` Q. Do you have any other opinions regarding
`the '506 Patent that you held back from your
`declaration?
` A. I don't know if I held back. I have
`lots of opinions. I don't know if I put every
`opinion in the world in there.
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` Q. Did you put all the opinions that you
`intend to offer in this proceeding in the
`declaration?
` A. Well --
` MR. NOROOZI: Objection. Form.
` THE WITNESS: I put all the opinions in
`this declaration that are in the declaration. I
`guess that's a tautology.
` But I mean you may ask me questions
`today and I may respond. So conceivably new
`opinions may come out.
`BY MR. SOMMER:
` Q. Sure. But as you sit here this morning
`do you have any other opinions about the validity of
`the claims that were challenged in the 176 IPR
`proceeding that you haven't provided in your
`declaration?
` MR. NOROOZI: Objection. Form.
` THE WITNESS: It's possible I do. I
`mean I'm not sure. I have a lot of opinions.
`BY MR. SOMMER:
` Q. I understand that.
` But based on my question, can you think
`of opinion that you currently hold that you did not
`offer?
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` A. Just at this moment I can't think of any
`offhand.
` Q. Okay.
` A. It doesn't preclude me from having any,
`though.
` Q. No. I'm just wondering if you made an
`intentional decision to hold opinions back.
` A. Oh, I did not do that.
` Q. Very good. Thank you.
` And I'm going to hand to you now another
`Exhibit 2004, but this one was submitted in case
`IPR 2017-179.
` (Whereupon the document previously
` marked Petitioners' Exhibit 2004
` is referenced herein.)
`BY MR. SOMMER:
` Q. Sir, is this the second declaration that
`you understand you're here to be cross-examined
`about?
` A. Yes, it is.
` Q. And before you signed this declaration
`did you read it carefully?
` A. Yes, I did.
` Q. And do you believe that this declaration
`is accurate?
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` A. I believe so.
` Q. And as with the 176 proceeding
`declaration, so the first Exhibit 2004 that I gave
`you, did you make any intentional decision to
`withhold any opinions that you might have formulated
`in connection with your work?
` A. No.
` MR. NOROOZI: Objection. Form.
` THE WITNESS: Sorry.
`BY MR. SOMMER:
` Q. Did you review these declarations in
`preparing for your testimony today?
` A. Yes.
` Q. And as you reviewed those declarations
`did you notice any mistakes or corrections that
`needed to be made?
` A. I might have noticed a couple typos. I
`don't know if they were significant. I can't
`remember any offhand right now.
` Q. Can you recall any substantive
`corrections that you believe needed to be made to
`the declarations as you reviewed them in preparation
`for your testimony?
` A. I don't think there were any that I can
`recall.
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` Q. Okay. When did you review the
`declarations to prepare for today?
` A. Well, I mean I reviewed them during the
`process of creating them, of course. And then after
`they were submitted I read them I think a couple
`weeks ago. And in then the last two or three days
`I've been reading them.
` Q. So you've read them several times; is
`that correct?
` A. That's correct.
` Q. Okay. And just so we can get some of
`the introduction of exhibits out of the way, I'm
`going to hand to you Exhibit 1001 submitted in the
`179 IPR proceeding. And it's a copy of U.S. Patent
`9,054,728.
` (Whereupon the document previously
` marked Petitioners' Exhibit 1001
` is referenced herein.)
` THE WITNESS: Can I ask you a question
`about the numbering system? You --
`BY MR. SOMMER:
` Q. Sure.
` A. I'm just confused, because these both
`say REALTIME 2004.
` Were these supposed to have different
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`numbers?
` Q. I don't believe so, because they're in
`different proceedings.
` A. Oh.
` Q. We just happen to be taking a
`consolidated deposition.
` A. Okay. So we have to refer to more than
`just Exhibit Number 1 when we describe it?
` Q. Yeah. That's a fair point.
` Would it be acceptable to you if we
`called the declaration submitted in IPR 2017-00176
`your 176 declaration?
` A. Yes. Or even the 506 would be great.
` Q. Okay. Why don't we call it by the
`patent number. That will make things a little bit
`more clear.
` So this is your 506 declaration.
` And then you also have a 728
`declaration, right?
` A. That's perfect, yes.
` Q. Okay. Let's -- let's do that.
` The patent that I handed to you,
`Exhibit 1001, is the '728 Patent that is the subject
`of your '728 Patent declaration, correct?
` A. Correct.
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` Q. Did you review the '728 Patent carefully
`before you formulated your opinions?
` A. Yes.
` Q. And you read the text of the patent; is
`that correct?
` A. Yes.
` Q. And you studied the figures; is that
`right?
` A. Yes.
` Q. Did you attempt to gain an understanding
`of the scope of the claims that were at issue,
`namely --
` Just a moment -- let me start the
`question over again here.
` Did you attempt to gain an understanding
`of the claims at issue in this proceeding for the
`'728 Patent; namely claims 1 through 10, 15, 20 and
`24?
` A. I reviewed the claims and gained an
`understanding of them to the extent that I needed to
`to set forth my opinions in the declarations.
` Q. Now, what do you mean by you gained an
`understanding of them to the extent that you needed
`to?
` A. I'm not sure what's not clear about
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`that.
` Q. Well, can you describe for me what you
`did to gain an understanding to the extent that you
`needed to?
` A. Well, I read the claims and the
`content -- in the context of the specification, and
`I tried to understand them to the extent that I
`could offer opinions regarding whether I agree or
`disagree with the petition and the expert -- the
`expert's opinions.
` Maybe to make it more clear, I didn't
`need to do a full analysis on the scope or -- or
`look at any infringement issues or things like that.
` So, sometimes there's -- claims can be
`used in many different ways. And for these IPR
`proceedings I was not concerned at all with
`infringement. I was concerned with validity issues,
`specifically the opinions offered by Dr. Creusere in
`the petition.
` So, there's a lot of analysis one could
`do about claims. The analysis I did was enough to
`answer those questions accurately.
` Q. So is it correct to say that you did not
`try to understand the full scope of the claims at
`issue in the '728 Patent proceeding?
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` A. Well, I'm not sure what you mean by
`"full scope."
` I understood -- I tried to gain and did
`understand the scope of the claims, certainly far
`beyond what I needed to, to offer the opinions that
`are in my declaration.
` I did not perform an analysis
`necessarily as to every possible, you know,
`infringing accused product.
` I'm not involved in accused products
`right now in this proceeding. So that was not an
`issue. So if that's part of full scope, then you
`can omit that part.
` Q. Well, I guess I'm just asking about your
`analysis of the scope of the claims, not -- not
`questions of infringement which, as you -- you
`agree, you weren't testifying on questions of
`infringement.
` We don't have any information about any
`accused products in this case. But we do have
`information about whether the prior art falls within
`the scope of the claims.
` Do you believe that you've done an
`analysis of the claims sufficient to determine
`whether the prior art falls within the scope of the
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` MR. NOROOZI: Objection. Form.
` THE WITNESS: The -- I did not offer
`opinions in my declaration as to a complete analysis
`necessarily as to whether certain prior art falls
`within the scope or not.
` What I did do is respond to specific
`opinions about validity or invalidity of the claims
`at issue, and I offered opinions about validity and
`invalidity based on specific opinions that I either
`agreed or disagreed with.
` And to the extent that I offered those
`opinions, I analyzed the scope of the claims at
`issue.
`BY MR. SOMMER:
` Q. Okay. But I'm trying to understand what
`the difference is between a full analysis of the
`scope of the claims and the work that you did.
` Can you describe that for me?
` A. Well, as an example, if you were to ask
`me does a certain hypothetical system infringe upon
`these claims, I'm not sure sitting here today that
`I'd be able to answer that quickly. I'd have to go
`back and consider it and think about all the
`details, because I didn't analyze the scope of the
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`claims with respect to a question like that.
` Q. Okay. Did you attempt to gain a full
`understanding of each of the claims that were
`challenged in these proceedings?
` MR. NOROOZI: Objection. Form.
` THE WITNESS: Again, I think the
`answer's question yes. And it really kind of
`depends what you mean by "full understanding."
` Certainly a full understanding well
`beyond what I needed to offer the opinions in my
`declaration.
`BY MR. SOMMER:
` Q. Okay. You found the claims
`understandable; is that correct?
` A. Yeah. I find them understandable to
`both me and to a person of ordinary skill in the
`art.
` Q. Okay. So, when you read these claims
`you understood them, correct?
` A. That is correct.
` Q. Okay. So let me hand you the other
`Exhibit 1001, which we'll call the '506 Patent for
`clarity today. And that was introduced as
`Exhibit 1001 in the 176 IPR proceeding.
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` (Whereupon the document previously
` marked Petitioners' Exhibit 1001
` is referenced herein.)
`BY MR. SOMMER:
` Q. Sir, is this a copy of the '506 Patent
`to which your 506 declaration pertains?
` A. Yes, it is.
` Q. And the questions that I asked about
`your understanding of the claims, you -- you applied
`the same rigor in your analysis of claims 104 and
`105 in the 506 proceeding as did you in the 728
`proceeding; is that correct?
` A. That's correct.
` Q. And did you read and understand the
`context of the text of the '506 Patent?
` A. Yes.
` Q. And you reviewed the figures and gained
`an understanding about what they were showing,
`correct?
` A. Yes.
` Q. And you did that exercise carefully; is
`that right?
` A. Yes.
` Q. So, let me hand you another exhibit.
` This one I'm only going to give you one
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`copy of this, but it's in both proceedings. This is
`from the 176 proceeding. It's Exhibit 1004. And
`it's a copy of the patent that we're going to call
`Franaszek?
` (Whereupon the document previously
` marked Petitioners' Exhibit 1004
` is referenced herein.)
`BY MR. SOMMER:
` Q. Are you familiar with the exhibit that
`I've just handed you?
` A. Yes.
` Q. And have you read Franaszek carefully?
` A. Yes.
` Q. And you've read the text and you've
`studied the figures; is that correct?
` A. Yes.
` Q. And you formulated certain opinions
`about the teachings of Franaszek; is that right?
` A. Yes.
` Q. And those opinions are set forth to the
`extent relevant to this proceeding in your two
`declarations; is that right?
` A. Correct.
` Q. Okay. So I'm going to hand to you yet
`another exhibit. And this one is Exhibit 1005. And
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`it was provided in the 176 proceeding. It's also
`been submitted in the 179 proceeding. And this is
`an article by -- the first named author being
`William H. Hsu, I believe.
` (Whereupon the document previously
` marked Petitioners' Exhibit 1005
` is referenced herein.)
`BY MR. SOMMER:
` Q. Sir, can you take a look at Exhibit 1005
`and let me know if you've seen this exhibit before?
` A. Yes.
` Q. And you've formulated opinions about
`this document that I'll call Hsu; is that correct?
` A. Yes.
` Q. Now, you are thanked in the
`acknowledgments of this particular article; is that
`correct?
` A. Yes.
` Q. Do you know Mr. Hsu?
` A. I met him a long time ago in, I think,
`the early 1990's. And so that would be more than
`20 years ago. And it was very briefly, I think -- I
`really don't remember how long, maybe like an hour
`conversation or something like that.
` And I have not heard or had any
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`communication with him since that time.
` Q. Do you recall what you discussed in that
`hour-long conversation in general?
` A. I actually don't really. I have a vague
`recollection that it had something to do with this
`publication that you handed me. But I don't
`remember any details at all.
` Q. Okay. Sir, did you read the text of
`this article carefully when you formulated your
`opinions for this proceeding?
` A. Yes.
` Q. All right. And was there anything in
`the article that you found difficult to understand
`or confusing?
` A. I think there were some points where it
`wasn't that clear, and I had to make my best
`estimate as to what a person of ordinary skill in
`the art would understand.
` I don't specifically remember those
`offhand right now.
` Q. If any of those points that you found to
`be unclear or difficult to understand required you
`to make assumptions relevant to your analysis, would
`those be found in your declaration?
` A. I don't think any -- any unclarity here
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`caused me to make any assumptions that are in my
`declaration.
` Q. Okay.
` A. So I think that answers the question.
` Q. I believe so, as well. Thank you.
` Let me hand you one more document. And
`this is U.S. Patent 6,253,264 to Sebastian. And it
`was marked as Exhibit 1030 in the 176 IPR
`proceeding.
` (Whereupon the document previously
` marked Petitioners' Exhibit 1030
` is referenced herein.)
`BY MR. SOMMER:
` Q. Sir, are you familiar with the
`'264 Patent to Sebastian?
` A. Yes.
` Q. And did you study it carefully in
`connection with these proceedings?
` A. Yes.
` Q. And you read the text and you studied
`the figures; is that correct?
` A. Yes.
` Q. And you formulated certain opinions
`about the teachings of this reference; is that
`correct?
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` A. Correct.
` Q. And those opinions are set forth in your
`declaration, correct?
` A. Some -- some of them are in my
`declaration, yes.
` Q. Any opinions relevant to your analysis
`are in your declaration, correct?
` MR. NOROOZI: Objection. Form.
` THE WITNESS: As I said before, there
`may be other opinions I have. I did not
`intentionally withhold any, though.
`BY MR. SOMMER:
` Q. Okay. You can't think of any that you
`formulated that you left out, correct?
` A. That's correct.
` Q. Okay. Now, both of your two
`declarations, the 728 and the '506 Patent
`declarations have an identical paragraph 15. And in
`that paragraph you say that your opinions are based
`on the study of relevant materials.
` The next couple of paragraphs go on to
`identify some materials that you've considered.
` Sir, taking a look at your declaration
`and your testimony, is the list of materials that
`you considered identified in paragraphs 16 to 18
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`complete and accurate?
` MR. NOROOZI: Objection. Form.
` THE WITNESS: It's certainly accurate.
`I think it's complete unless I forgot to put
`something in there.
` But I -- you know, sitting here right
`now I can't think of anything that I omitted by
`accident.
`BY MR. SOMMER:
` Q. Okay. So when you wrote these
`paragraphs 16 to 18, you attempted to be complete
`and accurate as to the materials you considered,
`correct?
` A. That is correct.
` Q. And as you sit here today, you don't
`notice anything missing from these paragraphs that
`you did review and consider in rendering your
`opinions, correct?
` A. That's right. I don't notice anything
`right now.
` Q. Okay. Well, if at some point today you
`think of something, if you could just let me know,
`that would be very helpful.
` A. Okay.
` Q. When were you retained by Realtime Data
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`to handle these two specific IPR proceedings
`approximately?
` A. I want to clarify something about your
`question so I can answer it accurately.
` Q. Okay.
` A. As far as I know, there's four IPR's
`here and you referred to them as two proceedings.
` Can you explain --
` Q. Yeah. They've been consolidated by the
`Board. So I'm going to refer to them as two
`proceedings.
` A. Okay.
` Q. Because they're -- each is proceeding in
`parallel, and actually all four of them have kind of
`been lumped together for scheduling purposes.
` A. Okay. So one proceeding is like a pair
`of consolidated --
` Q. Yes.
` A. Okay.
` Q. Yes. So, when I say, you know, one
`proceeding, I'm referring to the earliest number.
`So, for example, in the 179 it's also, I believe,
`the 808.
` A. Right.
` Q. And for the 176 it's also the 806, but
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`I'm just referring to the first number.
` A. Okay.
` Q. So you follow me?
` A. Yeah. Now I understand.
` Q. Okay.
` A. And your question was when was I first
`retained for these?
` Q. Yeah. And first retained for the
`earliest of them?
` A. First of all, I believe I was retained
`for both of them at the same time, but I don't
`exactly remember. And I think it was like the
`beginning of September approximately, but I'm not
`100 percent sure. Maybe -- it might have been
`August. August, September, somewhere in that time
`frame.
` Q. So we're talking maybe late summer of
`2017; is that right?
` A. Yeah. Let's say late summer of 2017. I
`don't know how close I can get it beyond that.
` Q. That -- that's perfect.
` A. Yeah.
` Q. But when you were retained, what type of
`analysis were you asked to perform?
` MR. NOROOZI: Objection. I'd just
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`caution you not to go into attorney-client
`privilege.
`BY MR. SOMMER:
` Q. Okay. Let me rephrase the question to
`make sure that I'm clear as to what I'm getting at.
` You've authored two declarations, as
`we -- we've established.
` What was the task that you were assigned
`when you wrote those two declarations?
` A. Well, I was asked to review a lot of
`materials such as patents and prior art,
`declarations, all the -- all the materials that are
`listed in my paragraphs 15, 16 and maybe beyond that
`in the section two of my declaration; and read those
`materials, understand them, and to formulate
`opinions about whether I agreed or disagreed with
`certain opinions of the petition and Dr. Creusere.
` Q. Now, you said you were asked to
`formulate opinions about whether you agreed or
`disagreed with certain opinions in the petition and
`of Dr. Cruesere.
` Which specific opinions were you asked
`to opine on?
` A. Specifically the ones I address in these
`declarations.
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` Q. Okay. So your -- your task was not
`broad as to tell me everything that you think about
`the arguments made in the petition and the
`declaration; rather, you were instructed by counsel
`to focus on the specific issues that you've rendered
`an opinion on; is that right?
` A. That's correct.
` Q. Okay. And you did so; is that correct?
` A. Yes.
` Q. And in each instance you disagreed with
`the opinions that were rendered by Dr. Cruesere,
`correct?
` MR. NOROOZI: Objection. Form.
` THE WITNESS: I think I spell out pretty
`clearly in my declaration very often I agree, very
`often I disagree.
`BY MR. SOMMER:
` Q. Okay. Yeah. That's a fair point.
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