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`Date: March 11, 2015
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`Case: THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY V. HUGHES
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`COMMUNICATIONS, INC., ET AL
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`Apple vs. Caltech
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`Apple 1039
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`Apple vs. Caltech
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`Apple 1039
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE
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`OF TECHNOLOGY,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`HUGHES COMMUNICATIONS,
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`INC.,
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`2:13—CV—O7245—MRP—JEM
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`HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC,
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`DISH NETWORK CORPORATION,
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`DISH NETWORK, LLC, and DISHNET:
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`SATELLITE BROADBAND, LLC,
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`Defendants.:
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`Videotaped Deposition of STEPHEN B. WICKER, Ph.D.
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`Wednesday, March 11, 2015
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`Job No.: 77278
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`EXAMINATION OF STEPHEN B. WICKER, Ph.D.
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`E X H I B I T S
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`WICKER DEPOSITION EXHIBIT
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`Exhibit 1
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`Curriculum vitae of Stephen B.
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`Wicker, Ph.D.
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`Exhibit B — Materials Considered
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`Rebuttal Exper: Report of Dr.
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`Wayne Stark Regarding
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`Patents—In—Suit
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`Exper: Report of Dr. Stephen B.
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`Wicker Regarding Infringement of
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`U.S. Patent Nos. 7,116,710
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`7,421,032, 7,916,781 and 8,284,833
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`United States Patent 7,116,710
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`Address generation diagram
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`ETSI EN 302 307 V1.1.2 DVB—SZ
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`United States Patent 8,284,833
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`Claim Construction Order
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`First Declaration of Dr.
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`Plaintiff's Motion for Summary
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`Judgment
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`United States Patent 7,421,032
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`This is "Coding Theorems for Turbo—Like
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