UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`DELL INC., EMC CORPORATION, HEWLETT-PACKARD
`ENTERPRISE CO., AND HP ENTERPRISE SERVICES, LLC
`VERITAS TECHNOLOGIES LLC
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`REALTIME DATA LLC d/b/a IXO
`Patent Owner.
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`Case: IPR2017-00176UNASSIGNED
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`PETITION FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW OF
`U.S. PATENT NO. 7,161,506
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`PO Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313–1450
`Submitted Electronically via the Patent Review Processing SystemE2E
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`INTRODUCTION ................................................................................. 1
`MANDATORY NOTICES – 37 C.F.R. § 42.8 ..................................34
`Real Party-In-Interest Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(1) ..........................34
`Related Matters Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2) ..................................... 4
`Lead and Back-UpBack-up Counsel Under 37 C.F.R. §
`42.8(b)(3)and Service Information ..................................................45
`Service Information Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(4) ........................... 5
`The ’506 Patent ..................................................................................... 5
`Identification of the challenge and summary of the prior art
`rendering the claims unpatentableChallenge and Summary of the
`Prior Art Rendering the Claims Unpatentable ................................ 7
`Identification of the Challenge .............................................................. 7
`Franaszek Teaches Nearly All Aspects of the Challenged Claims .....78
`Hsu Teaches A Data Compression System that Examines Data Within
`the Block Itself To Select An Encoder ................................................89
`Sebastian Teaches a Data Compression System with a Single Data
`Compression Encoder .........................................................................10
`petitionerPetitioner has standingStanding to bringBring this
`proceedingProceeding ...................................................................1011
`Claim Construction Under 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.100(b), 42.104(b)(3) ......11
`DETAILED EXPLANATION UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.104(b) .....1112
`The Grounds for Trial Are Based on Prior Art Patents and Printed
`Publications .....................................................................................1112
`1.
`The Effective Filing Date of the Claimed Subject Matter Is No
`Earlier Than October 29, 2001 ..............................................1112
`Franaszek is a Prior Art Patent..................................................12
`2.
`Hsu is a Prior Art Printed Publication ..................................1213
`3.
`Sebastian is a Prior Art Patent ..............................................1314
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`Level of Ordinary Skill in the Art .......................................................14
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`D.
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`D.
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`II.
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`III.
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`VI.
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`C.
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`Ground 1: Claims 104 and 105 Would Have Been Obvious Under §
`103(a) Over Franaszek in View of Hsu, or in the Alternative,
`Franaszek in View of Hsu and Sebastian ........................................1415
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`Claim 104 Would Have Been Obvious Over Franaszek in View
`of Hsu or, in the Alternative, Franaszek in View of Hsu and
`Sebastian ...............................................................................1516
`a. Claim 104, Preamble: “A computer implemented method for
`compressing data” ....................................................................................1516
`b. Claim 104: “analyzing data within a data block of an input data stream
`to identify one or more data types of the data block, the input data stream
`comprising a plurality of disparate data types” .......................................1718
`c. Claim 104: “performing content dependent data compression with a
`content dependent data compression encoder if a data type of the data block
`is identified” .............................................................................................2021
`Content Dependent Data Compression Encoder ..................2021
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`ii.
`Performing Content Dependent Data Compression with a
`Content Dependent Data Compression Encoder if a Data Type of the
`Data Block is Identified .......................................................................2324
`d. Claim 104: “performing data compression with a single data
`compression encoder, if a data type of the data block is not identified” .2425
`e. Claim 104: “wherein the analyzing of the data within the data block to
`identify one or more data types excludes analyzing based only on a
`descriptor that is indicative of the data type of the data within the data
`block” .......................................................................................................3132
`Teachings of the Prior Art .....................................................3233
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`Reasons a POSITA Would Have Found it Obvious to Analyze
`Something Other Than “Solely” a Descriptor ...................................3334
`2.
`Claim 105 Would Have Been Obvious Over Franaszek in View
`of Hsu or, in the Alternative, Franaszek in View of Hsu and
`Sebastian ...............................................................................3637
`a. Claim 105, Preamble: “A computer implemented method” ...........3637
`b. Claim 105: “receiving a data block in an uncompressed form, said
`data block being included in a data stream” ................................................37
`c. Claim 105: “analyzing data within the data block to determine a type
`of said data block” .......................................................................................38
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`d. Claim 105: “compressing said data block to provide a compressed
`data block” ...............................................................................................3839
`e. Claim 105: “wherein if one or more encoders are associated to said
`type, compressing said data block with at least one of said one or more
`encoders, otherwise compressing said data block with a default data
`compression encoder, and” ......................................................................3940
`f.
`Claim 105: “wherein the analyzing of the data within the data block to
`identify one or more data types excludes analyzing based only on a
`descriptor that is indicative of the data type of the data within the data
`block.” ......................................................................................................4344
`PAYMENT OF FEES – 37 C.F.R. § 42.103 ..................................4445
`CONCLUSION ...............................................................................4445
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`LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,161,506
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`Abstract
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`Office Action
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`Notice of Intent to Issue Reexamination
`Certificate
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`Reexamination Certificate
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`’506 Patent
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`Abst.
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`OA
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`NIRC
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`Cert.
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`PETITIONER’S EXHIBIT LIST
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`EX. NO.
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`BRIEF DESCRIPTION
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`1001
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`1002
`1003
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`1004
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`1005
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`1006
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`1007
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`1008
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`1009
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`1010
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`1011
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`1012
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`1013
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,161,506 (“the ’506 patent”)
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`Declaration of Dr. Charles Creusere
`Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Charles Creusere
`U.S. Patent No. 5,870,036 to Franaszek et al.
`(“Franaszek”)
`W.H. Hsu, et al., Automatic Synthesis of Compression
`Techniques for Heterogeneous Files, Software Practice
`& Experience, Vol. 25, No. 10 pp. 1097-1116 (Oct.
`1995) (“Hsu”)
`Notice of Intent to Issue Reexamination Certificate dated
`Nov. 27, 2013, U.S. Inter Partes Reexamination Control
`No. 95/001,926
`Office Action dated Dec. 15, 2009 in U.S. Inter Partes
`Reexamination Control No. 95/000,479
`Appeal Brief dated Apr. 21, 2011 in U.S. Inter Partes
`Reexamination Control No. 95/000,479
`MCGRAW-HILL DICTIONARY OF SCIENTIFIC AND
`TECHNICAL TERMS, Fifth Ed. (1993) (excerpts)
`MICROSOFT PRESS COMPUTER DICTIONARY, Third Ed.
`(1997) (excerpts)
`Reply to Office Action in Inter Partes Reexamination in
`Reexamination Control No. 95/000,479 (Mar. 15, 2010)
`Action Closing Prosecution in Inter Partes
`Reexamination in Reexamination Control No.
`95/000,479 (Aug. 27, 2010)
`Jury Verdict Form in Realtime Data, LLC d/b/a IXO v. T-
`Mobile U.S.A., Inc., No. 6:10-cv-493, Dkt. 660 (E.D.
`Tex. Feb. 11, 2013)
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`EX. NO.
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`1014
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`1015
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`1016
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`1017
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`1018
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`1019
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`1020
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`1021
`1022
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`1023
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`1024
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`1025
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`1026
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`BRIEF DESCRIPTION
`Jury Instructions in Realtime Data, LLC d/b/a IXO v. T-
`Mobile U.S.A., Inc., No. 6:10-cv-493, Dkt. 659 (E.D.
`Tex. Feb. 11, 2013)
`Trial Transcript Vol. 5 from Realtime Data, LLC d/b/a
`IXO v. T-Mobile U.S.A., Inc., No. 6:10-cv-493 (E.D. Tex.
`Feb. 8, 2013)
`Order Granting in Part Plaintiff’s Motion for Judgment
`as a Matter of Law as to Invalidity, Realtime Data, LLC
`d/b/a IXO v. T-Mobile U.S.A., Inc., No. 6:10-cv-49, Dkt.
`662 (E.D. Tex. Mar. 4, 2013)
`U.S. Patent No. 9,054,728 (“the ’728 patent”)
`Memorandum Opinion and Order, Realtime Data, LLC
`d/b/a IXO v. Packeteer, Inc., No. 6:08-cv-144, Dkt. 371
`(E.D. Tex. Jun. 22, 2009)
`Final Judgment, Realtime Data, LLC d/b/a IXO v. T-
`Mobile U.S.A., Inc., No. 6:10-cv-493, Dkt. 664 (E.D.
`Tex. Mar. 28, 2013)
`Decision on Appeal in Blue Coat Systems, Inc. v.
`Realtime Data LLC, Appeal 2012-002371,
`Reexamination Control No. 95/000,479 (Jan. 18, 2012)
`(Reserved)
`(Reserved)
`Amendment in U.S. Patent Application No. 10/668,768
`(Aug. 25, 2004)
`Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 7,378,992
`(IPR2016-0037300980) (instituted on JunNov. 271,
`2016)
`Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 8,643,513
`(IPR2016-0037400978) (instituted on JunNov. 271,
`2016)
`Declaration of Mr. Scott Bennett and Attachments 1a-h
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`EX. NO.
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`1027
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`1028
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`1029
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`1030
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`1031
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`1032
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`1033
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`BRIEF DESCRIPTION
`William Underwood, Extensions of the UNIX File
`Command and Magic File for File Type Identification,
`Technical Report ITTL/CSITD 09-02, Georgia Tech
`Research Institute (Sept. 2009).
`AT&T UNIX® PC UNIX System V User’s Manual,
`Volume 1 (1986)
`File(1): FreeBSD General Commands Manual (Dec. 8,
`2000)
`U.S. Patent No. 6,253,264 to Sebastian (“Sebastian”)
`Redline comparison of Dell’s Petition (IPR2017-
`00176) and Veritas’s Petition
`Redline comparison of Dell’s Ex. 1002 (Creusere
`Declaration) (IPR2017-00176) and Veritas’s Ex. 1002
`(Creusere Declaration)
`Redline comparison of Dell’s Ex. 1026 (Bennett
`Declaration) (IPR2017-00176) and Veritas’s Ex. 1026
`(Bennett Declaration)
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`Dell Inc., EMC Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Co., and HP
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`Enterprise Services,Veritas Technologies LLC (collectively “Petitioner”)
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`petitionpetitions for Inter Partes Review under 35 U.S.C. §§ 311-319 and 37
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`C.F.R., Part 42 of claims 104 and 105 of U.S. Patent No. 7,161,506. As shown
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`herein, Petitioner is reasonably likely to prove these challenged claims are
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`unpatentable. Accordingly, Petitioner requests that the Board institute trial and
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`cancel all challenged claims.
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`This Petition presents the same claims and same grounds as those
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`instituted
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`in IPR2017-00176, supplemented with additional support.
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`Petitioner submits herewith a motion to join IPR2017-00176.
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION
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`The ’506 patent is part of an extensive patent family having members that
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`have seen cancellations of scores of
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`their claims
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`through
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`inter partes
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`reexamination, invalidity rulings by judges and juries. See Exs. 1015, 1016, and
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`1018-1020. Certain related patents are also involved in pending inter partes
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`review proceedings. See, e.g., Exs. 1024-1025. Like many of the other claims
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`challenged by those Patent Owner has accused of infringement, the challenged
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`claims of the ’506 patent are likewise unpatentable because they merely recite
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`obvious variants of prior art systems.
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`Each of the challenged claims recite a method that determines whether to
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`compress a data block using an encoder, where the choice of the encoder depends
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`on whether some data type of the data block is identified or whether an encoder is
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`associated with some data type of the data block. See, e.g., Ex. 1001, 15:66-16:9,
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`16:29-42, 25:19-38. The claimed embodiments rely on two types of encoders used
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`in the alternative: (1) a “content dependent data compression encoder[],” and (2) a
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`“single data compression encoder” or a “default data compression encoder.” Id.,
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`(Cert.) 2:34-64. Which encoder is used for a particular data block depends on
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`whether the data type within that data block are identified. If the data type is
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`identified then a content dependent encoder is used; if not, then the default or
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`single data compression encoder is used. Id., 15:66-16:9, 16:38-42, 18:13-21.
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`According to the challenged claims, the identification of the data type of the data
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`block “excludes analyzing based only on a descriptor that is indicative of the data
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`type of the data within the data block.” Id., (Cert.) 2:34-64 (emphasis added).1
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`The examiner concluded that this feature—injected into the ’506 patent during
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`inter partes reexamination—was absent from the prior art. See Ex. 1006, 3 (NIRC
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`in 95/001,926). But this feature was in fact present in the prior art.
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` For starters, U.S. Patent No. 5,807,036 to Franaszek describes a data
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`encoding system and method that examines a data type field in a data block to
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`determine if a data type is specified; if so, the system selects an appropriate
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`encoder from a “Compression Method List” associated with the data type of the
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`data block. See Ex. 1004, 5:49-54; 6:1-50. If not, a single default encoder is
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`selected from a list of available default encoders. Id. Franaszek was not alone in
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`its disclosure of a content-dependent and a single encoder used when an encoder
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`specifically tailored to the data type is not available. For example, U.S. Patent No.
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`6,253,264 to Sebastian describes a single “generic” compressor and accompanying
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`method “which achieves performance similar
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`to other non-specific data
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`compression systems” when the data type is not paired to a “format-specific
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`compression” algorithm. See Ex. 1030, 1:50-60.
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`The very feature that the examiner found to be missing from the prior art—
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`looking at something other than “solely” a descriptor to identify a data type of the
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`data block—is found in a publication authored by Hsu, et al. and published in a
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`widely-circulated technical journal in 1995. Hsu explains that (1) the data type of
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`a data block is identified by examining “not only the first 512 bytes of a data set,
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`but also 512 bytes in the middle of the set and the 512 bytes at the end (if they
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`exist).” Ex. 1005, p. 1104. Hsu’s system also calculates three “redundancy
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`metrics” that characterize data redundancy within each data block. See Ex. 1005,
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`pp. 1104-06. Using the data type and largest redundancy metric, Hsu choses the
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`best encoder for the data block. Thus, the key aspect of the challenged ’506 patent
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`claims that led to their allowance was known to those skilled in the art.
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`Thus, the challenged claims should never have issued in the first place.
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`II. MANDATORY NOTICES – 37 C.F.R. § 42.8
`A. Real Party-In-Interest Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(1)
`Dell Inc., EMC Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Co., and HP
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`Enterprise Services, LLC are the real-parties-in-interest for the purposes of
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`this proceeding.
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`The real party-in-interest is Veritas Technologies LLC.
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`B. Related Matters Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2)
`Patent Owner is asserting the ’506 patent in the United States District Court
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`for the Eastern District of Texas in the following civil actions: 6:16-cv-01037,
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`6:16-cv-01035, 6:16-cv-00961, 6:16-cv-00086, 6:16-cv-00087, 6:16-cv-00088,
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`6:16-cv-0008900089, in the Northern District of California in civil actions
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`4:17-cv-02373 and 3:17-cv-02109, as well as in the NorthernCentral District of
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`California in civil action 2:16-cv-02743. Petitioner understands that twothree
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`pending applications (i.e., 14/727,309 and, 14/936,312, and 15/391,240) claim the
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`benefit of an earlier filing date through the application that led to the ’506 patent.
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`The ’506 patent claims the benefit of the filing date of earlier-filed applications
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`that issued as patents. One of these patents, U.S. Patent No. 8,643,513, is involved
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`in IPR2016-0037400978 and IPR20162017-0097800366. That patent includes
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`claims similar to those at issue in this proceeding. Moreover, another patent
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`related to the ’506 patent—the ’728 patentU.S. Patent No. 9,054,728—is the
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`subject of IPR2017-00179, IPR2017-00808, IPR2017-01354, and a concurrently
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`filed Petition for Inter Partes Review. This petition presents the same claims
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`and same grounds as those instituted in IPR2017-0017900176, and Petitioner
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`seeks to join IPR2017-00176.
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`C. Lead and Back-UpBack-up Counsel Under 37 C.F.R. §
`42.8(b)(3)and Service Information
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`Lead Counsel
`Phone: (202) 637-2243
`Jonathan D. Link
`Fax: (202) 637-2201
`LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
`Jonathan.Link@lw.com
`555 Eleventh Street NW, Suite 1000
`USPTO Reg. No. 41,548
`Washington, DC 20004
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`Back-Up Counsel
`Phone: (650) 470-4848
`Lisa K. Nguyen
`Fax: (650) 463-2600
`LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
`Lisa.Nguyen@lw.com
`140 Scott Drive
`USPTO Reg. No. 58,018
`Menlo Park, CA 94025
`Please address all correspondence to lead and back-up counsel.
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`Petitioner consents to electronic service by email.
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`Lead Counsel: Andrew R. Sommer (Reg. #53,932). Backup Counsel:
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`Thomas M. Dunham (Reg. #39,965); Garth A. Winn (Reg. #33,220); Vivek V.
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`Krishnan (pro hac vice to be filed).
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`D. Service Information Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(4)
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`Petitioners consent to service by email on the following email addresses:
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`IPR2017-00176@winston.com; garth.winn@klarquist.com.
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`III. THE ’506 PATENT
`A system and method of the ’506 patent compresses data “using a
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`combination of content dependent data compression and content independent data
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`compression.” Ex. 1001, 15:66-16:2. The “content independent data compression
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`is applied to a data block when the content of the data block cannot be identified or
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`is not associable with a specific data compression algorithm.” Id., 16:6-16:9.
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`Figures 13A-13B show examples of a data compression system that includes both
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`“content
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`independent data compression” and “content dependent data
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`compression.” Id., 16:2-16:9.
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`Ex. 1001, FIGS. 13A-13B. A “content dependent data recognition module 1300
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`analyzes the incoming data stream to recognize data types, data structures, data
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`block formats, file substructures, file types, and/or any other parameters that may
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`be indicative of either the data type/content of a given data block or the appropriate
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`data compression algorithm or algorithms . . . to be applied.” Id., 16:29-35. “Each
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`data block that is recognized by the content data compression module 1300 is
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`routed to a content dependent encoder module 1320, if not the data is routed to the
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`content independent encoder module 30.” Id., 16:38-42.
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`The content dependent encoder module “comprises a set of encoders D1,
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`D2, D3 . . . Dm,” each of which includes then-known encoding techniques. Id.,
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`16:34-44. “[T]he encoding techniques are selected based upon their ability to
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`effectively encode different types of input data.” Id., 16:4416:52-4654.
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`The “content independent encoder module 30” includes “a set of encoders
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`E1, E2, E3 . . . En[,]” and “may include . . . [encoding] techniques currently well
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`known within the art . . . .” Id., 16:58-63. The encoding techniques are selected to
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`“effectively encode different types of input data” and so that they “provide a broad
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`coverage of existing and future data types.” Id., 16:66-17:3. “Since a multitude of
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`data types may be present within a given input data block,” the ’506 patent
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`explains that “by processing the input data blocks with a plurality of encoding
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`techniques and comparing the compression results, content free data compression
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`is advantageously achieved.” Id., 20:43-49. Thus, “if the data type is not
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`recognized the default content independent lossless compression is applied.” Id.,
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`20:51-52.
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`IV.
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`IDENTIFICATION OF THE CHALLENGE AND SUMMARY OF
`THE PRIOR ART RENDERING THE CLAIMS
`UNPATENTABLECHALLENGE AND SUMMARY OF THE PRIOR
`ART RENDERING THE CLAIMS UNPATENTABLE
`A.
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`Identification of the Challenge
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`Claims 104 and 105 of the ’506 patent should be canceled in view of the
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`following prior art references: (1) U.S. Patent No. 5,870,036 to Franaszek
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`(“Franaszek”) (Ex. 1004); (2) W.H. Hsu, et al., Automatic Synthesis of
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`Compression Techniques
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`for Heterogeneous Files, Software Practice &
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`Experience, Vol. 25, No. 10 pp. 1097-1116 (Oct. 1995) (“Hsu”) (Ex. 1005); and
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,253,264 to Sebastian (“Sebastian”) (Ex. 1030). All of these
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`references are prior art under pre-AIA § 102.
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`Petitioner presents the following ground for trial:
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`• Ground 1: Claims 104 and 105 would have been obvious under §
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`103(a) over Franaszek in view of Hsu, or in the alternative, over
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`Franaszek in view of Hsu and Sebastian.
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`Franaszek Teaches Nearly All Aspects of the Challenged Claims
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`B.
`Franaszek’s method compresses data blocks by first determining whether the
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`data type for a block is known; if it is, Franaszek’s method includes applying an
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`encoder tailored to the data type of the data block, and if it is not Franaszek’s
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`method includes applying a default encoder to encode the data block. Ex. 1004,
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`5:49-54, 6:1-11; Ex. 1002, ¶¶ 57-61. Regardless of whether Franaszek’s method
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`recognizes the data block type, representative samples of each block are tested to
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`select an optimal encoder for the block. Ex. 1004, 5:19-44; 6:7-50. “[I]f a data
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`type is available,” id., 6:1-6, Franaszek’s method includes applying different
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`encoder algorithms tailored to the data type to identify the optimal encoder based
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`on which compressed sample is the smallest, id., 5:26-29, and compresses the data
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`block based on the “best method,” id., 5:33-38. In the event that the data type is
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`unavailable, Franaszek resorts to (a) sampling data from the block, Ex. 1004, 6:11-
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`32, (b) compressing the sample using the compression methods found in “a default
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`list of compression methods,” Ex. 1004, 5:53-54, (c) saving the “compressed
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`sample length K . . . as an entry CRTT(I) in a compression ratio test table . . . ,” id.,
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`6:22-29, (d) comparing “the smallest compressed length [in the compression ratio
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`test table, e.g., entry CRTT(Q)] . . . against a threshold,” id., 6:34-35, and (e) “if
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`. . . CRTT(Q) is sufficiently small,” compressing the block “B” using method “M”
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`(and possibly dictionary “D”) to give compressed block “B’”, id., 6:456:43-50.
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`While Franaszek identifies the type of data from a “type field 205,” Ex.
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`1004, 6:1-2, that was not the only known way to identify information about data
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`blocks in compression systems.
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`C. Hsu Teaches A Data Compression System that Examines Data
`Within the Block Itself To Select An Encoder
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`Hsu’s method compresses “heterogeneous files”—files
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`that contain
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`“multiple types of data such as text, images, binary, audio, or animation.” Ex.
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`1005, p. 1097. Hsu’s “heterogeneous compressor treats a file as a collection of
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`fixed size [data] blocks […], each containing a potentially different type of data
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`and thus best compressed using different algorithms.” Id., p. 1102. Hsu analyzes
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`data within each block to determine a data type of the block and to choose an
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`appropriate encoder for compressing that block. Id., p. 1097; see also id., p. 1103
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`(“The compressibility of a block of data and the appropriate algorithm to do so are
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`determined by the type of data contained in a block . . . .”).
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`Hsu describes two phases: a pre-compression phase and a compression
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`phase. Ex. 1005, p. 1102. During the pre-compression phase the data type and
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`compressibility of each data block is determined and an appropriate encoder is
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`selected based on that determination. Id. To determine the data type of the data in
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`the block, Hsu uses a procedure called “new-file,” which analyzes the first, middle,
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`and last 512 bytes of data in the block and compares patterns in the data samples to
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`a collection of known data patterns. See id., p. 1104; Ex. 1002, ¶¶ 65-66. The
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`“new-file” procedure is based on the UNIX “file” procedure—available as part of
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`UNIX since 1973—which employs a series of tests to try to classify a file. See Ex.
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`1002, ¶ 65 (discussing Exs. 1027, 1028, and 1029 related to the “new-file”
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`command). Each known pattern is associated with a classification of data and thus
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`the “most applicable” data type may be selected based on the comparison of the
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`samples to the known patterns. Ex. 1005, pp. 1103-04; Ex. 1002, ¶ 66. By
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`analyzing the middle and last 512 bytes of a data block (in addition to the first 512
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`bytes), the system provides a “better indication” of the “data type” of the data
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`within the block by “taking into account the possibility that the properties may
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`change” somewhere within the data block. See Ex. 1005, p. 1104; Ex. 1002, ¶ 66.
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`D.
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`Sebastian Teaches a Data Compression System with a Single Data
`Compression Encoder
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`Sebastian’s preferred compression methods use an architecture called a
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`“Base-Filter-Resource” (BFR) system, which integrates the advantages of data
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`type-specific compression into a “general-purpose compression tool” for many
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`data types. See Ex. 1030, 1:45-50 (referring to data “type” as a data “format”).
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`Sebastian’s system includes different “filters” (encoders) that each support a
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`specific “data format” (data type), such as for Excel XLS worksheets or Word
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`DOC files. Id., 1:50-51. If an installed filter “matches the format of the data to be
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`encoded, the advantages of format-specific compression can be realized for that
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`data.” Id., 1:55-57. If an installed filter does not match the format of data to be
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`encoded, a single “generic” filter is used which “achieves performance similar to
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`other non-specific data compression systems ….” Id., 1:58-60; see also id., 4:9-23.
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`V.
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`PETITIONERPETITIONER HAS STANDINGSTANDING TO
`BRINGBRING THIS PROCEEDINGPROCEEDING
`Petitioner certifies that (1) the ’506 patent is available for IPR, (2) none of
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`the parties constituting Petitioner areis not the Patent Owner, and (3) and it is
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`not barred or estopped from requesting this IPR. The ’506 patent was first asserted
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`in a complaint served on Dell on March 29, 2016 and on EMCVeritas on March
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`30, 2016. The ’506 patent was first asserted against Hewlett-Packard
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`Enterprise Co. and HP Enterprise Services, LLC in a complaint served on
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`both companies on March 30, 2016.This petition is accompanied by a request
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`for joinder filed within one month of the institution date of IPR2017-00176,
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`the IPR for which joinder is requested.
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`VI. CLAIM CONSTRUCTION UNDER 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.100(B),
`42.104(B)(3)
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 41.100(b), a claim of an unexpired patent is given its
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`broadest reasonable interpretation in light of the specification. See Cuozzo Speed
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`Techs., LLC v. Lee, 136 S. Ct. 2131 (2016). For the purposes of this proceeding,
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`Petitioner submits that no term needs construction. As such, all terms should be
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`given their broadest reasonable interpretation read in light of the ’506 patent, as
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`would have been understood by a person of ordinary skill in the art.
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`VII. DETAILED EXPLANATION UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.104(B)
`A. The Grounds for Trial Are Based on Prior Art Patents and
`Printed Publications
`The Effective Filing Date of the Claimed Subject Matter Is No
`1.
`Earlier Than October 29, 2001
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`The earliest effective filing date of the subject matter of the challenged
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`claims is October 29, 2001, the filing date of U.S. Patent Application No.
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`10/016,355. See Ex. 1001, p. 1. As the Office already concluded that the ’355
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`application added new matter directed to the combination of a “content
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`independent” and a “content dependent” data encoder, including new figures 13-
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`18. See Ex. 1007, p. 2 (indicating that certain claims, similar to those at issue in
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`this proceeding “are supported for purposes of 35 U.S.C. 112 by Figures 13-18 and
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`the additional disclosure that first appeared in application number 10/016,355”).
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`During that reexamination, the Patent Owner relied on the new descriptive matter
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`to argue that the claim term “analyzing” required recognition “from the data itself,
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`the associated data type.” Ex. 1008, p. 20-22.
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`Franaszek is a Prior Art Patent
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`2.
`Based on the earliest effective filing date of October 29, 2001, Franaszek is
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`prior art to the challenged claims under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) since it issued as a
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`patent on February 9, 1999, more than one year before the effective filing date of
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`the challenged claims. See Ex. 1004 (cover). Even if Patent Owner could establish
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`an earlier effective filing date, the earliest possible date it could even attempt to
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`claim entitlement to is December 11, 1998. See Ex. 1001, p. 1 (Related U.S.
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`Application Data); id., 1:8-15. Even then, however, Franaszek was filed as an
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`application in the United States on February 24, 1995, making it prior art under 35
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`U.S.C. § 102(e). See Ex. 1004, p. 1.
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`Hsu is a Prior Art Printed Publication
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`3.
`Hsu was published in a periodical called Software Practice & Experience in
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`October 1995. As established by the declaration of Dr. Bennett, a skilled
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`researcher, professor, and librarian, Ex. 1026, ¶¶ 2-6, Hsu was publicly accessible
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`in numerous places such that a person skilled in the art could obtain a copy of Hsu
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`before the § 102(b) bar date, id., ¶ 9. Not only do 598 libraries hold a copy of Hsu,
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`id. ¶ 23 (demonstrating that it was not some well-kept secret), but it was stamped
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`received by the DePaul University Library on October 25, 1995, indicating that a
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`copy of the article had been “mailed to the DePaul University Library and to other
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`subscribers . . . sometime in October 1995,” id., ¶¶ 27-28 & Attachment 1c. The
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`University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library also regularly received copies
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`of Software Practice & Experience and stamped them when received. Id., ¶ 30.
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`The volume including Hsu was stamped received in “October,” but the remainder
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`of the date is illegible. Id. & Attachment 1f. Each of these dates corroborate Hsu’s
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`public availability before the § 102(b) bar date. The bound volume includes a
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`sticker indicating that the various issues were bound in February 1996, id., ¶ 31 &
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`Attachment 1f. Similar evidence of accessibility was found at the University of
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`Minnesota Library, see Ex. 1026, ¶ 32 & Attachment 1g, and another copy of Hsu
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`bearing a date stamp of November 3, 1995 was found in the Illinois Institute of
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`Technology Library, id. ¶ 33 & Attachment 1h. Thus, Hsu was publicly available
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`to those skilled in the art by no later than mid-November 1995. Id., ¶ 35. Based
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`on this publication date, it constitutes prior art under 35 U.S.C. §§ 102(a), (b).
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`Sebastian is a Prior Art Patent
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`4.
`Sebastian was filed in the United States on March 6, 1998 and issued as a
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`patent on June 26, 2001. See Ex. 1030 at cover. S