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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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` PRODUCTS, INC., NICOR )
` 4 INC., and AMAX
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` LIGHTING,
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` ) No. IPR2017-01280
` Petitioners, )
` ) No. IPR2017-01285
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` ) No. IPR2017-01287
` LIGHTING SCIENCE GROUP )
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` Patent Owner. )
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` The deposition of ZANE COLEMAN, Ph.D.,
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`12 called by the Patent Owner for examination, pursuant
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`13 to Notice, and pursuant to the Rules of Civil
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`14 Procedure for the United States District Courts,
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`15 taken before Sandra L. Rocca, CSR License No.
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`084-003435, CRR, at 233 SouthWacker Drive, Chicago,
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`17 Illinois, on the 17th of January, 2018, at the hour
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`ZANE COLEMAN, Ph.D.
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` 1 APPEARANCES:
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` SCHIFF HARDIN LLP
` 3 By: MS. STACIE R. HARTMAN
` MR. THOMAS A. RAMMER, II
` 4 233 South Wacker Drive, Suite 6600
` Chicago, IL 60606
` 5 312.498.7880
` shartman@schiffhardin.com
` 6 trammer@schiffhardin.com
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` 7 appeared on behalf of the
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` KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
`10 By: MR. ERIC D. HAYES
` 300 North LaSalle Street
`11 Chicago, Illinois 60654
` 312.862.2480
`12 eric.hayes@kirkland.com
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`ZANE COLEMAN, Ph.D.
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` 1 I N D E X
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` 2 WITNESS PAGE
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` 3 ZANE COLEMAN, Ph.D.
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` 4 EXAMINED BY
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` Mr. Rammer 52
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` 8 EXHIBITS
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` 9 NUMBER MARKED FOR ID
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`10 Coleman
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`11 Exhibit 1 Z. Coleman declaration re
` U.S. Patent Number 8,201,968 4
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` Exhibit 2 Z. Coleman declaration re
`13 U.S. Patent Number 8,967,844 4
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`14 Exhibit 3 Z. Coleman declaration re
` U.S. Coleman Number 8,672,518 4
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` Exhibit 4 U.S. Patent Number 8,201,968 4
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` Exhibit 5 U.S. Patent Number 8,967,844 5
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` Exhibit 6 U.S. Patent Number 8,672,518 5
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` Exhibit 7 U.S. Patent Number 7,670,021 16
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`ZANE COLEMAN, Ph.D.
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` 1 (Witness sworn.)
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` 2 MR. HAYES: For the record, we'll mark your
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` 3 declaration in the '968 patent IPR as Exhibit 1.
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` 4 (Coleman Exhibit 1 marked for
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` 5 identification.).
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` 6 MR. HAYES: And then for the record, we will
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` 7 mark your declaration for the '844 patent IPR as
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` 8 Exhibit 2.
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` 9 (Coleman Exhibit 2 marked for
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`10 identification.)
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`11 MR. HAYES: And then we'll mark for the
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`12 record as Exhibit 3, Dr. Coleman's declaration for
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`13 the '518 patent IPR.
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`14 (Coleman Exhibit 3 marked for
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`15 identification.)
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`16 MR. HAYES: For the record, we will mark the
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`17 '968 patent as Exhibit 4.
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`18 (Coleman Exhibit 4 marked for
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`19 identification.)
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`20 MR. HAYES: Dr. Coleman, you're comfortable
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`21 if I refer to the patents by their last three
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`22 numbers?
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`23 THE WITNESS: Yes.
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`24 MR. HAYES: And then we'll mark -- for the
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`25 record we will mark as Exhibit 5, the '844 patent.
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`ZANE COLEMAN, Ph.D.
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` 1 (Coleman Exhibit 5 marked for
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` 2 identification.)
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` 3 MR. HAYES: Let's mark for the record as
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` 4 Exhibit 6, the '518 patent.
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` 5 (Coleman Exhibit 6 marked for
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` 6 identification.)
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` 7 ZANE COLEMAN, Ph.D.,
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` 8 having been first duly sworn, was examined and
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` 9 testified as follows:
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`10 CROSS EXAMINATION
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`11 BY MR. HAYES:
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`12 Q Okay. Good morning, Dr. Coleman.
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`13 A Morning.
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`14 Q Thanks for being here. Is there any reason,
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`15 medication, illness or otherwise, that you can't
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`16 answer my questions fully and truthfully today?
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`17 A No. I will say that I may have a head cold
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`18 or flu coming on.
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`19 Q So if you don't hear a question or
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`20 understand, just let me know.
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`21 A Okay.
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`22 Q Exhibit 1 is your declaration with respect
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`23 to the '968 patent IPR. Dr. Coleman, does Exhibit 1
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`24 contain all of your opinions in this case with
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`25 respect to the '968 IPR?
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`ZANE COLEMAN, Ph.D.
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` 1 A Yes.
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` 2 Q And Dr. Coleman, Exhibit 2 is your
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` 3 declaration with respect to the '844 patent IPR.
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` 4 Does Exhibit 2 contain all of your opinions with
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` 5 respect to the '844 IPR in this case?
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` 6 A It contains all my opinions related to the
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` 7 arguments I made. There may --
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` 8 Q With respect to the '844 patent?
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` 9 A Right.
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`10 Q Okay. I'm just asking do you have any other
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`11 opinions in this case with respect to the '844 IPR
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`12 that are not contained in your declaration?
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`13 A These are my opinions related to the -- and
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`14 all the grounds. If you'd like to ask me other
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`15 questions, there could be other opinions.
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`16 Q So sitting here today, do you have other
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`17 opinions?
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`18 A No.
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`19 Q And then with respect to Exhibit 3, which is
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`20 your declaration for the '518 patent IPR, does
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`21 Exhibit 3 include all your opinions in this case
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`22 with respect to the '518 patent IPR?
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`23 A It includes all my opinions. There are some
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`24 clarifications.
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`25 Q What are those clarifications?
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` 1 A In Ground 3, it was implied -- in Ground 3,
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` 2 with respect to Claim 10, it was implied that
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` 3 Claim 10 was obvious by Soderman in light of Wegner
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` 4 and Barnett and/or Van Elmpt. And likewise, Claim 6
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` 5 was obvious by Zhang in light of Wegner and Barnett
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` 6 or Van Elmpt, just for clarification.
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` 7 Q But those are implied opinions, those are
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` 8 not set forth in your declaration, is that right?
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` 9 A The information is in there and my
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`10 discussion of Wegner is disclosed in there and the
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`11 reasoning.
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`12 Q Okay. So in addition to these two implied
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`13 opinions, anything else with respect to '518?
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`14 MS. HARTMAN: I object to the form of the
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`15 question.
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`16 THE WITNESS: I wouldn't designate these as
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`17 implied opinions. My opinions are in there that --
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`18 of the obviousness in light of Wegner. They are not
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`19 explicitly stated.
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`20 Q Any other opinions that are not explicitly
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`21 stated in your declaration or declarations?
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`22 A There is another clarification on page 51 of
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`23 the '518 declaration, paragraph 77.
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`24 Q Okay.
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`25 A To be more clear, it should read, the wire
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` 1 64 connected to the driver, i.e. power conditioner,
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` 2 which is connected via connector 68 to the LEDs. It
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` 3 is written more clearly in the '944 declaration --
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` 4 I'm sorry, the '844 declaration.
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` 5 Q You kind of said that quickly. So you want
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` 6 it to read the wire 64 connected to the driver and
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` 7 then insert, which is connected?
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` 8 A Correct, which is connected via connector 68
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` 9 to the LEDs.
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`10 Q Okay. So just to make sure we have it for
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`11 the record there, paragraph 77 on page 51 of
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`12 Exhibit 3, which is the '518 declaration, you want
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`13 the last -- you want what appears to be the last
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`14 sentence on page 51, paragraph 77 to read, the wire
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`15 64 connected to the driver which is connected via
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`16 connector 68 to the LEDs?
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`17 A Correct.
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`18 Q Anything else?
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`19 A That's all I can recall at this moment.
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`20 Q Okay. What's your understanding of a heat
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`21 sink in the context of these three IPRs?
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`22 A A heat sink is a component that dissipates
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`23 heat into the environment.
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`24 Q What's your understanding of a heat spreader
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`25 in the context of these three IPRs?
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` 1 A A heat spreader is a component that
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` 2 transfers heat to another component.
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` 3 Q So is it your understanding that the
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` 4 difference between a heat sink and a heat spreader
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` 5 in this context is that the heat sink dissipates
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` 6 heat to the environment and the heat spreader
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` 7 transfers heat to another component, not the
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` 8 environment, is that fair?
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` 9 A I would repeat what I said, that the heat
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`10 sink transfers heat -- the heat sink dissipates heat
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`11 to the environment and the heat spreader transfers
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`12 heat to another component.
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`13 Q Prior to your work on these three cases,
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`14 '968, '844 and '518 IPRs, were you familiar with the
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`15 term heat spreader?
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`16 A Yes.
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`17 Q In what context?
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`18 A It was used and it's a common term used
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`19 initially with a lot of computer chips for spreading
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`20 the heat off of a computer chip onto a heat sink.
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`21 Q Would you agree that a vertically oriented
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`22 heat sink is more efficient than a horizontally
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`23 oriented heat sink?
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`24 A It would depend on the configuration of the
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`25 heat sink and the environment.
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` 1 Q All else being equal, with respect to the
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` 2 configuration and the environment -- let me be a
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` 3 little more specific.
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` 4 Is a vertically oriented fin on a heat sink
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` 5 a more efficient transfer of heat than a
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` 6 horizontally aligned fin on a heat sink?
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` 7 A The efficiency of the heat sink would depend
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` 8 on numerous variables in the environment and would
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` 9 require complex modeling to determine the actual
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`10 efficiency and relate to the actual design, shape,
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`11 structure, length and then the environmental
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`12 variables to determine efficiency of the heat sink
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`13 fin.
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`14 Q But if we kind of normalize out all of those
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`15 other variables, environment -- and let's just focus
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`16 on one fin-shaped heat sink. If I orient it -- put
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`17 the axis in a vertical direction, is that, you know,
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`18 vertically oriented fin on the heat sink more
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`19 efficient than transferring heat as compared to me
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`20 rotating that heat sink 90 degrees so that the fin
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`21 is in a horizontal direction?
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`22 MS. HARTMAN: Object to form and incomplete
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`23 hypothetical.
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`24 THE WITNESS: It would depend on the
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`25 configuration. The efficiency of the heat sink is
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` 1 related to the ambient environment and air flow
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` 2 around the fin, for example.
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` 3 Q In performing your analysis with respect to
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` 4 these three IPRs, the '968, '844 and '518, did you
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` 5 consider the angle of the surface of each of the
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` 6 heat transfer fins?
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` 7 A I'm sorry. Could you be more specific?
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` 8 Q Yeah, in performing your analysis in these
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` 9 three IPRs, did you consider the angle or the
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`10 orientation of the surface of the heat sinks that
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`11 you were analyzing?
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`12 A With respect to -- I'm trying to understand
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`13 the context.
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`14 Q Any of the prior art or patents that you
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`15 looked at in this case.
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`16 A I'm not sure I'm understanding your
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`17 question. My analysis was with respect to
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`18 anticipation and obviousness of the LSG patents.
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`19 Q In that context of doing your anticipation
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`20 and obviousness of the LSG patents, you looked at a
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`21 number of pieces of prior art that include heat
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`22 sinks, correct?
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`23 A Yes.
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`24 Q So kind of in the context of your analysis
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`25 of anticipation and obviousness, did you consider --
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` 1 I didn't see it anywhere in your declarations, but
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` 2 did you consider the angles of the surfaces that you
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` 4 A That were claims that referenced fins and
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` 5 recesses, which would inherently have angles.
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` 6 Q In the context of those claims that
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` 7 reference fins and recesses, did you analyze the
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` 8 angles of the fins, if you will?
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` 9 A I don't recall an angle being specified in a
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`10 claim.
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`11 Q Okay. So is the answer no?
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`12 A The answer is I don't recall an angle being
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`13 specified in a claim for a claim analysis.
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`14 Q So I mean, I didn't see anywhere in your
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`15 declarations that you ever kind of talked about the
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`16 angle of the fins, for example, in relation to the
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`17 X/Y axis or any other axis, is that fair?
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`18 MS. HARTMAN: Object to form.
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`19 THE WITNESS: I don't recall discussing the
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`20 angle of the fins in my declarations specifically.
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`21 Q What is a Nusselt number?
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`22 A I'm sorry?
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`23 Q What is a Nusselt number, n-u-s-s-e-l-t?
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`24 A Right here and right now, I can't think of
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`25 what that refers to.
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` 1 Q Would you agree that water is a better heat
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` 2 transfer medium than air?
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` 3 MS. HARTMAN: Objection, relevance.
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` 4 THE WITNESS: It can be.
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` 5 Q In what instances is water not a better heat
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` 6 transfer medium than air?
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` 7 A For example, if the water was very hot.
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` 8 Q As compared to the air, is that what you're
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`10 A In that example.
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`11 Q Okay. Any others?
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`12 A I can't recall any additional right now at
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`14 Q So if we kind of take out this idea that the
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`15 water is hot, if you're passing water and air over a
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`16 heat source and the water and the air that you're
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`17 passing over the heat source are the same
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`18 temperature, would you agree that water is a better
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`19 medium -- transfer medium than air?
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`20 MS. HARTMAN: Objection, relevance.
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`21 THE WITNESS: I'm not sure I understand the
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`22 context of your question.
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`23 Q You understand the difference between
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`24 convection and conduction, right?
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`25 A Yes.
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` 1 Q Is conduction a more efficient means of
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` 2 transferring heat than convection, generally
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` 3 speaking?
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` 4 MS. HARTMAN: Objection, relevance.
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` 5 THE WITNESS: Generally speaking, conduction
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` 6 is more effective than convection, all things being
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` 7 equal.
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` 8 Q Would you agree that one of the reasons --
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` 9 or it's important to transfer heat away from LEDs
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`10 because the warmer generally LEDs are over the life,
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`11 the shorter of life span of the LEDs?
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`12 MS. HARTMAN: Objection, form.
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`13 THE WITNESS: That is one potential effect.
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`14 Q Would you agree that, generally speaking,
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`15 all else equal, the temperature or the amount of
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`16 heat in an LED packet over its life span is kind of
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`17 inversely related to the life of the LED package?
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`18 In other words, the warmer the LEDs, the shorter the
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`19 life span?
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`20 MS. HARTMAN: Objection, form, incomplete
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`21 hypothetical.
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`22 THE WITNESS: It is my understanding right
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`23 here right now, it would depend on how warm is warm.
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`24 Q But generally, I mean there's a -- I mean,
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`25 you folks try to remove heat from LEDs to keep them
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` 1 cooler because they're more efficient and they're
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` 2 longer lived, if you will, if you keep them cooler?
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` 3 A Those are two reasons for removing heat from
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` 4 an LED.
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` 5 Q What's another reason for removing heat from
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` 7 A Efficiency, lifetime, color temperature.
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` 8 Q What do you mean by color temperature?
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` 9 A Some LEDs can shift in color over
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`10 temperature.
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`11 Q Okay. So efficiency, lifetime or life span
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`12 and color temperature. Any other reasons why folks
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`13 try to keep LEDs cool?
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`14 A Sitting here right now, that's all I can
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`15 recall at this moment.
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`16 Q Are you familiar with the term "chimney
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`17 effect" in the context of heat transfer?
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`18 MS. HARTMAN: Objection, relevance.
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`19 THE WITNESS: Yes.
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`20 Q What is chimney effect in the context of
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`21 heat transfer?
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`22 MS. HARTMAN: Objection, relevance.
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`23 THE WITNESS: Sitting here right now at this
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`24 time, I can't recall a full definition, but as I
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`25 understand it, it relates to convection of heat from
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` 1 a surface.
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` 2 Q Any other understanding of chimney effect in
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` 4 A I believe it relates also to the convection
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` 5 through an opening or channel.
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` 6 Q Did you consider the chimney effect in any
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` 7 of your analysis in these cases?
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` 8 A No.
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` 9 Q Do you have an understanding of what a power
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`10 conditioner is in the context of these '968, '844
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`11 and '518 patents?
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`12 A Yes.
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`13 Q What is it?
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`14 A As generally used in the LSG patents, it's a
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`15 device converting alternating current to DC current
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`16 for driving LEDs.
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`17 Q Would you agree that a power conditioner is
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`18 a heat source?
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`19 A As I understand it, power conditioners do
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`20 generate some heat.
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`21 Q For the record, I'll mark as Exhibit 7 the
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`22 Chou reference.
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`23 (Coleman Exhibit 7 marked for
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`24 identification.)
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`25 Q The Chou reference is the 7,670,021 patent.
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` 1 Dr. Coleman, is it okay if I refer to this as the
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` 2 Chou reference?
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` 3 A Yes.
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` 4 Q Dr. Coleman, you analyzed the Chou reference
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` 5 in performing your analysis in these cases, correct?
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` 6 A Yes.
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` 7 Q You're familiar with the Chou reference?
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` 8 A Yes.
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` 9 Q Did you look at the figures of the Chou
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`10 reference, Figures 1 through 10D in performing your
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`11 analysis in this case?
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`12 A I reviewed the entire specification in
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`13 performing my analysis in this case.
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`14 Q Including the figures?
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`15 A Yes.
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`16 Q Chou discloses an LED light bulb, right?
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`17 A I believe Chou references it as a light
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`18 fixture.
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`19 Q What are you looking at when you say Chou
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`20 references a light fixture?
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`21 A For example, in the summary of invention,
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`22 Chou references light fixture.
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`23 Q What do you understand light fixture to be
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`24 in the context of the Chou reference? So I'll
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` 1 It looks to me that they refer to light
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` 2 fixture as fixture 10 in Figure 3. It's kind of the
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` 3 entire -- I understand that to be the entire LED
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` 4 light bulb plus the recessed can plus the power
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` 5 conditioner. Is that a fair reading of what Chou
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` 6 refers to as fixture 10?
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` 7 A Well, fixture 10 is referenced, for example,
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` 8 in Figure 2B.
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` 9 Q Okay. You think what's disclosed in
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`10 Figure 2B is a light fixture, is that right?
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`11 A Yes.
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`12 Q What's disclosed in Figure 1 of the Chou
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`13 reference? Go ahead. I've been looking for what
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`14 element 36 is described as and I was going to
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`15 withdraw the question and say at least I found on
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`16 bottom of Column 9, element 36 is a light source.
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`17 Would you agree that Figure 1 of Chou
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`18 discloses a light source?
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`19 MS. HARTMAN: Do you have a line number?
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`20 Q It's way at the bottom, line 60 of Column 9.
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`21 A I read in Chou where he describes Figure 1
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`22 as a light-emitting diode LED-based light source and
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`23 as you referenced as well, he refers to it as a
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`24 light source.
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`25 Q If you look at Figures 6A, 6B, 7A and 7B,
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` 1 would you agree those disclose an LED-based light
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` 3 A Sorry. Could you repeat the question,
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` 5 Q With respect to Figures 6A, 6B, 7A and 7B of
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` 6 the Chou reference, would you agree that those four
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` 7 figures disclose a LED-based light bulb?
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` 8 A Chou references Figures 6A to 6B as a
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`10 Q I understand that, but does it appear to you
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`11 that Figures 6A and 6B of Chou disclose a specific
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`12 type of fixture they're disclosing as an LED-based
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`13 light bulb?
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`14 A Figures 6A and 6B disclose an LED-based
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`15 light fixture.
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`16 Q Is there a difference between an LED-based
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`17 light fixture and an LED-based light bulb in your
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`18 understanding?
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`19 A Yes.
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`20 Q What is the difference?
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`21 A An LED bulb is a device that could be
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`22 installed in a wide range of fixtures generally.
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`23 And a fixture is an installed light-emitting device.
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`24 Q Is what's disclosed in Figures 6A, 6B, 7A
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`25 and 7B installable in a fixture?
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` 1 A As Chou states, Figures 6A and 6B are -- can
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` 2 be -- are fixtures that can be installed in a
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` 3 recessed can housing.
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` 4 Q Is the disclosure of Chou for the most part
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` 5 about recessed light fixtures?
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` 6 MS. HARTMAN: Objection, form.
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` 7 THE WITNESS: Could you repeat the question,
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` 8 please?
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` 9 Q Is the disclosure in Chou about recessed
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`10 light fixtures?
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`11 A Chou discloses LED light fixtures for
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`12 recessed can houses in his specification.
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`13 Q Does it disclose any type of light fixtures
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`14 that are not designed for recessed fixtures, either
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`15 a recessed can or otherwise?
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`16 A Sitting here right here and now, I don't
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`17 recall any additional applications, but I would need
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`18 to review to be sure that's the case.
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`19 Q What's a junction box?
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`20 MS. HARTMAN: Object to form.
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`21 THE WITNESS: Are you referring to an
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`22 electrical junction box?
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`23 Q In the context of the '968, '844 and '518
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`24 patents, do you have an understanding what a
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`25 junction box is?
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` 1 A Yes.
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` 2 Q What is a junction box in the context of the
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` 3 '968, '844 and '518 patents?
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` 4 A It is an electrical housing generally
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` 5 providing connections -- a place for connections.
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` 6 Q In the context of these three patents, is a
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` 7 junction box different than a recessed can?
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` 8 A In the context of these patents, both
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` 9 electrical junction boxes and recessed can housing
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`10 house electrical components and components of light
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`11 fixtures.
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`12 Q I take it your answer is you're trying to
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`13 identify the similarities between junction boxes and
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`14 recessed cans, is that right?
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`15 A There are similarities between them.
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`16 Q Are there differences between recessed cans
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`17 and junction boxes?
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`18 A Yes.
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`19 Q What are the differences?
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`20 A Recessed can housings have a slightly
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`21 different shape, typically a round opening.
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`22 Although some junction boxes have round openings.
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`23 And they are typically deeper than some junction
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`24 boxes.
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`25 Q Do you remember in your review of the
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` 1 patents in this case, some of them refer to the
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` 2 combination of the heat sink and the heat spreader
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` 3 forming a base?
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` 4 A Yes.
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` 5 Q What is a base in the context of the, for
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` 6 example, '968 patent?
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` 7 A I don't recall the '968 patent expanding on
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` 8 the definition of a base.
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` 9 Q What's your understanding of a base in the
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`10 context of '968, '844 and '518 patents? So you can
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`11 look obviously at whatever you'd like to, but
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`12 there's at least a reference to it here in Column 9.
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`13 Are you looking at the '968 patent?
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`14 A Yes.
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`15 Q At about line 5 of Column 9 of the '968, it
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`16 says, "In Figure 29 as discussed above, the heat
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`17 sink is integrally formed with the heat spreader to
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`18 form a base."
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`19 Do you see that?
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`20 A Which line are you referring to?
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`21 Q I'm in Column 9 of the '968 patent. I was
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`22 reading from about lines 5 to 8. That's at least
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`23 one reference to base. There's likely more, but
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`24 that's the first one I found.
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`25 A Okay. Your question is?
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` 1 Q What is your understanding of base in the
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` 2 context of the, for example, '968 patent?
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` 3 A A base is a component including a heat
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` 4 spreader and heat sink and possibly other elements.
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` 5 Q If you turn back to Exhibit 7, which is the
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` 6 Chou reference, there on Figure 2B, does that
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` 7 disclose a base?
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` 8 A In Figure 2B of Chou, trim 12 includes a
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` 9 heat spreader and a heat sink.
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`10 Q So are you -- is that your answer, yes, Chou
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`11 discloses a base?
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`12 A Chou discloses a heat sink and a heat
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`13 spreader.
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`14 Q Does it disclose a base?
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`15 A Based on the disclosure of the '968 patent,
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`16 it includes a base.
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`17 Q Would you take this highlighter and
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`18 highlight what your opinion is of what the base is
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`19 in Chou?
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`20 A The base can include other components.
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`21 Q Go ahead and highlight what your opinion is
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`22 of the base in Chou.
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`23 A The definition of base can include other
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`24 components, so I could highlight the whole fixture
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`25 to include other components. It's not necessarily
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` 1 limited to just a heat sink and heat spreader.
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` 2 Q Okay. Did you form an opinion in this case
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` 3 that Chou discloses a base in the context of the
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` 4 '968 patent?
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` 5 A I formed an opinion that Chou discloses an
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` 6 integrated heat sink and heat spreader.
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` 7 Q And it's your opinion that an integrated
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` 8 heat sink and heat spreader is a base in the context
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` 9 of the '968 patent?
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`10 A Could you repeat question, please?
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`11 Q Is it your opinion that an integrated heat
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`12 sink and heat spreader in Chou is a base in the
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`13 context of the '968 patent?
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`14 A My opinions with respect to the '968 patent
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`15 were to the claims which refer to a integrally
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`16 formed heat spreader and heat sink form a base.
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`17 Q Right. So you're looking at Claim 3 as one
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`18 of the places -- I think you just read from --
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`19 A Correct.
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`20 Q So Claim 3 of the '968 patent requires that
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`21 the integrally formed heat spreader and heat sink
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`22 form a base. Do you see that?
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`23 A Correct.
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`24 Q Does the Chou reference disclose that
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`25 limitation?
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` 1 A Yes.
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` 2 Q Can you identify for me on the Chou
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` 3 reference with that highlighter what you're relying
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` 4 on in the disclosure of Chou to meet the limitation
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` 5 integrally formed heat spreader and heat sink form a
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` 6 base?
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` 7 A In the context of Claim 3?
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` 8 Q Sure.
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` 9 A Figure 2B is a cross-section, so for
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`10 example, for me to -- I could highlight the entire
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`11 trim or I could highlight the -- portions of that as
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`12 representing the cross-sectional shape.
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`13 Q Okay.
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`14 A Do you have a preference?
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`15 Q No. I just want it to be clear -- I mean,
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`16 what I would ask you to do is be clear in
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`17 identifying in Chou what you're relying on, what
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`18 disclosure in Chou you're relying on to meet the
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`19 limitation in the '968 patent, the integrally formed
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`20 heat spreader and heat sink form a base?
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`21 MS. HARTMAN: Object to form.
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`22 THE WITNESS: (Indicating).
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`23 Q Are you done?
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`24 A It's difficult -- I have highlighted a
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`25 cross-section portion of the base, not the entire
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` 1 base.
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` 2 Q Okay. Do you have an understanding of what
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` 3 the back surface of the base is? Do you have an
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` 4 opinion that what you identified as the base or what
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` 5 you're relying on as the base in Chou includes a
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` 6 back surface?
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` 7 A There is a back surface of the base of Chou.
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` 8 Q Can you take my pen and identify, via arrow
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` 9 or otherwise, what the back surface of the base is
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`10 in Chou?
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`11 A The back surface is a -- this is a
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`12 cross-section of the side and it's not clearly
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`13 showing the back surface as something that would be
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`14 readily highlightable.
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`15 Q I understand maybe it's not readily
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`16 highlightable, but can you draw an arrow to what you
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`17 consider the back surface of the base to be in Chou?
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`18 A (Indicating).
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`19 Q Could you just identify next to that arrow
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`20 "back surface"?
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`21 A (Indicating).
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`22 Q The claims require that the back side of the
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`23 base comprise a plurality of heat sink fins and air
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`24 flow channels.
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`25 Is it your opinion that the back side of the
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` 1 base of Chou discloses a plurality of heat sink
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` 2 fins?
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` 3 MS. HARTMAN: Objection, form.
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` 4 THE WITNESS: Would you repeat the question,
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` 5 please?
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` 6 Q Yeah. The '968 patent talks about the back
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` 7 side of the base including a plurality of heat sink
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` 8 fins. Does the back side of the base of Chou
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` 9 disclose a plurality of heat sink fins?
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`10 MS. HARTMAN: Objection, form.
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`11 THE WITNESS: In the '968 patent, it states
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`12 that the heat spreader and heat sink are
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`13 collectively herein referred to as a base. And as
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`14 used similarly in other parts of the patent,
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`15 collectively referred to may include additional
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`16 components. And the person of ordinary skill in the
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`17 art would understand that a broadest reasonable
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`18 construction would be that the base could include
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`19 portions -- or in this example of Chou, portions of
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`20 heat sink 14.
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`21 Q Okay. And so are you relying on Chou or the
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`22 disclosure in Chou to meet the limitation of the
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`23 '968 patent that requires wherein a back side of the
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`24 base comprises a plurality of heat sink fins?
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`25 MS. HARTMAN: If you're reading from a
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