IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`ALACRITECH, INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`Century Link., et al.,
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`Defendants,
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`INTEL CORPORATION,
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`Case No. 2:16-cv-693 (LEAD CASE)
`Case No. 2:16-cv-692
`Case No. 2:16-cv-695
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`CAVIUM, INC.,
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`Intervenor,
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`Intervenor.
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`DECLARATION OF MR. MARK R. LANNING
`REGARDING CLAIM CONSTRUCTION
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`EX. 2008.001
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`INTRODUCTION ...............................................................................................................1 
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`CLAIM CONSTRUCTION .................................................................................................4 
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`THE PATENTS-IN-SUIT ...................................................................................................6 
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`CLAIM TERM OPINIONS .................................................................................................6 
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`CLAIM TERMS (036, 072, 205, 241 PATENTS) ..............................................................7 
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`“context” ..................................................................................................................7 
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`“status information” ...............................................................................................15 
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`“significant network layer or significant transport layer processing” ...................16 
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`“substantially no network layer or transport layer processing” .............................17 
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`“substantially contiguous manner” ........................................................................18 
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`“without an interrupt dividing” ..............................................................................20 
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`“Second apparatus[es]” ..........................................................................................23 
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`INTERFERENCE CLAIM TERMS (880 PATENT) ........................................................24 
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`“RE-ASSEMBLY” CLAIM TERMS ....................................................................24 
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`“re-assembly buffer” ..................................................................................24 
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`“re-assembler” ............................................................................................28 
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`“flow re-assembler” ...................................................................................30 
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`“FLOW” CLAIM TERMS ....................................................................................32 
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`“flow database” ..........................................................................................32 
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`“flow key” ..................................................................................................34 
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`“flow database manager” ...........................................................................36 
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`“flow manager” ..........................................................................................39 
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`C. 
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`OTHER TERMS ....................................................................................................41 
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`“packet batching module” ..........................................................................41 
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`“traffic classifier” .......................................................................................43 
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`VII.  MEANS-PLUS-FUNCTION CLAIM TERMS (104 AND 241 PATENTS) ....................45 
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`“means for receiving, by the network interface device from the computer,
`a command to transmit data from the computer to the network” ..........................45 
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`“means for sending, by the network interface device to the network, data
`corresponding to the command” ............................................................................47 
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`“means for prepending a transport layer header to at least some of the
`data” .......................................................................................................................49 
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`“means for sending, by the network interface device to the computer, an
`indication that the data has been sent from the network interface device to
`the network, prior to receiving, by the network interface device from the
`network, an acknowledgement (ACK) that the data has been received” ...............50 
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`“means, coupled to the host computer, for receiving from outside the
`apparatus a response to an ISCSI read request command…” ................................52 
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`“first mechanism” ..................................................................................................54 
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`“second mechanism” ..............................................................................................60 
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`EX. 2008.003
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION
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`My name is Mark Lanning. I have been retained as an expert on behalf of the
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`defendants and Intervenor Intel Corporation (collectively “Defendants”) in connection with the
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`following cases: Alacritech, Inc. v. CenturyLink, Inc., 2:16-cv-00693-JRG-RSP (E.D. Tex.);
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`Alacritech, Inc. v. Wistron Corp., 2:16-cv-00692-JRG-RSP (E.D. Tex.); Alacritech, Inc. v. Dell
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`Inc., 2:16-cv-00695-RWS-RSP (E.D. Tex.).
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`My education and work experience is contained in my CV in Exhibit 1. Other
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`than my normal hourly rate ($550/hour), I have received no additional compensation of any kind
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`for my work on this case. No part of my compensation is dependent on the conclusions that I
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`reach or the outcome of this case.
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`3.
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`I understand that Alacritech, Inc. (“Alacritech”) has sued each of the Defendants
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`for infringement of one or more of the following U.S. Patents: U.S. Patent No. 7,124,205 (“205
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`Patent”) (Exhibit 2a), U.S. Patent No. 7,237,036 (“036 Patent”) (Exhibit 3a), U.S. Patent No.
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`7,337,241 (“241 Patent”) (Exhibit 4a), U.S. Patent No. 7,673,072 (“072 Patent”) (Exhibit 5a),
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,945,699 (“699 Patent”), U.S. Patent No. 8,131,880 (“880 Patent”) (Exhibit 6a),
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,805,948 (“948 Patent”), and U.S. Patent No. 9,055,104 (“104 Patent”) (Exhibit
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`7a) (collectively the “Patents-in-Suit”).
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` I understand that on January 31, 2017, Alacritech served its proposed preliminary
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`constructions. Exhibits 8a and 8b. On the same date, I understand that the Defendants and
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`Intervenor Intel served their proposed preliminary constructions. Exhibit 9. I also understand
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`that, after meeting and conferring, on February 18, 2017, counsel for Alacritech, Defendants
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`proposed modifications to these preliminary constructions. Exhibits 10 and 11.
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`EX. 2008.004
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