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`DEPOSITION OF HUI JIN, Ph.D.
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`BY: MICHAEL SMITH, ESQ.
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`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
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`650 Page Mill Road
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`BY: MATTHEW ARGENTI, ESQ.
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`HUI JIN,
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`BY MR. SMITH:
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` Q. Good morning. Could you please
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` A. My address is 2 River Terrace,
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` Apartment 12L, New York, New York, 10282.
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` Q. Is there any reason you can't
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` A. There is no reason.
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` A. In deposition, I did.
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` Q. And just so the record is clear, my
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`name is Michael Smith, and I am representing
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`the petitioner Apple. With me is Richard
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` Can you also please state your name
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` A. My name is Hui Jin, spelled H-U-I,
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`J-I-N.
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` A. I testified twice before.
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` Q. In what cases?
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` A. One case was Caltech versus Hughes.
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`Broadcom, Apple. There are other companies.
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`Is that okay?
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` A. Definitely, and thank you for
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` Q. And if you don't say anything, I
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` A. Okay.
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` A. I did.
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` Q. What did you do?
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` A. I did prep with attorneys from, you
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`Michael Rosato, Quincy Lu, and Jim Asperger.
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` A. Can you ask your question again?
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` Q. Did you review any documents to
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` Q. What documents did you review?
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` A. I reviewed my declaration and all
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` Q. Did you review any other documents?
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` A. Yes, I did.
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` Q. Did you review any metadata
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` A. Okay. I do have the document.
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` Q. You are a named inventor on U.S.
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` A. That's correct.
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` Q. If I refer to this as the '710
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` A. I understand.
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` Q. I'm also handing you a copy of the
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` Q. Do you see on the cover of the
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` Q. Yeah, go ahead and correct it now.
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` A. Okay. So, the first correction is
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` A. That's it.
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` Each of these says Patent Number
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`7,116,710 on the cover; correct?
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` A. That's correct.
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` A. I only prepared one.
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` A. That's correct.
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` Your declaration discusses the '710
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` A. Can you clarify your question?
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` MR. ARGENTI: Objection, form.
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` A. Concerning, what do you mean?
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` Q. Paragraph one of your declaration
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` A. Do you mean that the first sentence
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` MR. ARGENTI: Objection, form.
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`very important innovation, and this
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` Q. Your declaration doesn't discuss
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`getting the ideas, reducing to practice.
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`correct?
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` Q. You understand that the '710 patent
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` A. Yes, I do understand.
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`correct?
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`invention. The innovation has four unique
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` Did I read that correctly?
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` A. Yeah, I am saying that I am not
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` MR. ARGENTI: Sure. It's been
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` THE WITNESS: Let's take a break.
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`BY MR. SMITH:
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` Q. Dr. Jin, in your declaration, you
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` A. Correct.
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` Q. And you allege that those exhibits
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` MR. ARGENTI: Objection, form.
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` A. Can you clarify your question?
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` Q. Sure.
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` Your declaration refers to various
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` A. That's correct.
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` MR. ARGENTI: Objection, form.
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` A. Can you ask me your question again?
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` A. Correct.
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` Q. Correct.
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` A. What is that date?
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` Q. As of January 2015, did you have
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` A. No. These files are on the Caltech
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` MR. ARGENTI: Objection, form.
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` A. I got this file sometime early of
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` MR. ARGENTI: Objection, form.
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` A. That's correct.
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` MR. ARGENTI: And let him complete
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` A. Yeah, I would appreciate if you let
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` A. I think I understand.
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` MR. ARGENTI: Objection, form.
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` Q. I am handing you a document that is
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`2000; correct?
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` A. I did not see this page, but I
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` Q. So, you did not see Exhibit 2022 in
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`2000; correct?
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`Dr. McEliece for more than six years, five,
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` Q. Dr. Jin, I'm not asking whether you
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` A. I answered your question already.
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`In the sentence, I already said that I
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`not a named inventor on the patents who at
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`witnessed the document, either by signing it
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`or providing some other attestation; correct?
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` A. That's a long sentence. Can you
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`say it again.
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` A. That's correct. I am not aware of
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`anyone that seen this document.
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