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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`UNIFIED PATENTS, INC.
`Petitioner
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`VELOCITY PATENTS LLC
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`Patent 5,954,781
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`DECLARATION OF SCOTT BENNETT, Ph.D.
`13 July 2017
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................... 1
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`BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS ................................................ 1
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`III.
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`PRELIMINARIES .......................................................................................... 3
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`IV. OPINIONS REGARDING INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTS .......................... 9
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`VI.
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`CONCLUSION ............................................................................................17
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`I, Scott Bennett, hereby declare under penalty of perjury:
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION
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`I have personal knowledge of the facts and opinions set forth in this
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`declaration, I believe them to be true, and if called upon to do so, I would testify
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`competently to them. I have been warned that willful false statements and the like
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`are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both.
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`I am a retired academic librarian working as a Managing Partner of
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`the firm Prior Art Documentation LLC at 711 South Race Street, Urbana, IL,
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`61801-4132. Attached as Appendix A is a true and correct copy of my Curriculum
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`Vitae describing my background and experience. Further information about my
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`firm, Prior Art Documentation Services LLC, is available at
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`www.priorartdocumentation.com.
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`I have been retained by Fish & Richardson PC to authenticate and
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`establish the dates of public accessibility of certain documents in an inter partes
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`review proceedings for U.S. Patent No. 5,954,781. For this service, I am being
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`paid my usual hourly fee of $91/hour. My compensation in no way depends on the
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`substance of my testimony or the outcome of this proceeding.
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`II. BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS
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`I was previously employed as follows:
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`University Librarian, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1994-2001;
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`Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 1981-1989;
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`Instructor, Assistant, and Associate Professor of Library
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`Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana,
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`Assistant Professor of English, University of Illinois at Urbana-
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`Champaign, 1967-1974.
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`5. Over the course of my work as a librarian, professor of English,
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`researcher, and author of nearly fifty scholarly papers and other publications, I
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`have had extensive experience with catalog records and online library management
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`systems built around Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC) standards. I also
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`have substantial experience in authenticating printed documents and establishing
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`the date when they were accessible to researchers.
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`6.
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`In the course of more than fifty years of academic life, I have myself
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`been an active researcher. I have collaborated with many individual researchers
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`and, as a librarian, worked in the services of thousands of researchers at four
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`prominent research universities. Over the years, I have read some of the
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`voluminous professional literature on the information seeking behaviors of
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`academic researchers. And as an educator, I have a broad knowledge of the ways
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`in which students in a variety of disciplines learn to master the bibliographic
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`resources used in their disciplines. In all of these ways, I have a general
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`knowledge of how researchers work.
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`III. PRELIMINARIES
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`7.
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`Scope of this declaration. I am not a lawyer and I am not rendering an
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`opinion on the legal question of whether any particular document is, or is not, a
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`“printed publication” under the law.
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`8.
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`I am, however, rendering my expert opinion on the authenticity of the
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`documents referenced herein and on when and how each of these documents was
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`disseminated or otherwise made available to the extent that persons interested and
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`ordinarily skilled in the subject matter or art, exercising reasonable diligence, could
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`have located the documents before 10 March 1996.
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`9. Materials considered. In forming the opinions expressed in this
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`declaration, I have reviewed the documents and attachments referenced herein.
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`These materials are records created in the ordinary course of business by
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`publishers, libraries, indexing services, and others. From my years of experience, I
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`am familiar with the process for creating many of these records, and I know these
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`records are created by people with knowledge of the information in the record.
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`Further, these records are created with the expectation that researchers and other
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`members of the public will use them. All materials cited in this declaration and its
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`attachments are of a type that experts in my field would reasonably rely upon and
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`refer to in forming their opinions.
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`10. Persons of ordinary skill in the art. I am told by counsel that the
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`subject matter of this proceeding relates to optimizing the operation of an engine-
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`driven vehicle.
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`11.
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`I have been informed by counsel that a “person of ordinary skill in the
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`art at the time of the inventions” is a hypothetical person who is presumed to be
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`familiar with the relevant field and its literature at the time of the inventions. This
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`hypothetical person is also a person of ordinary creativity, capable of
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`understanding the scientific principles applicable to the pertinent field.
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`12.
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`I am told by counsel that a person of ordinary skill in the art related to,
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`and at the time of the invention of, the ’781 Patent (“POSITA”) would have been
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`someone with a good working knowledge of electrical engineering, including
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`sensors, processing systems, and notification circuitry. The person would have a
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`Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering or a comparable field, in
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`combination with training or two to three years of related work experience with
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`vehicular systems such as automotive electronics.
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`It is my opinion that such a person would have been engaged in
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`research starting at least in college, learning though study and practice in the field
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`and possibly through formal instruction the bibliographic resources relevant to his
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`or her education and/or work. In the 1980s and 1990s such a person would have
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`had access to a vast array of long-established print resources in electrical/computer
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`engineering and computer science as well as to a rich and fast changing set of
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`online resources providing indexing information, abstracts, and full text services
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`for electrical/computer engineering and computer science.
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`14. Library catalog records. Some background on MARC formatted
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`records, OCLC, WorldCat, and OCLC’s Connexion is needed to understand the
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`library catalog records discussed in this declaration.
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`15. Libraries world-wide use the MARC format for catalog records; this
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`machine readable format was developed at the Library of Congress in the 1960s.
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`16. MARC formatted records provide a variety of subject access points
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`based on the content of the document being cataloged. All may be found in the
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`MARC Fields 6XX. For example, MARC Field 600 identifies personal names
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`used as subjects and the MARC Field 650 identifies topical terms. A researcher
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`might discover material relevant to his or her topic by a search using the terms
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`employed in the MARC Fields 6XX.
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`17. The MARC Field 040, subfield a, identifies the library or other entity
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`that created the original catalog record for a given document and transcribed it into
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`machine readable form. The MARC Field 008 identifies the date when this first
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`catalog record was entered on the file. This date persists in all subsequent uses of
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`the first catalog record, although newly-created records for the same document,
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`separate from the original record, will show a new date. It is not unusual to find
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`multiple catalog records for the same document.
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`18. WorldCat is the world’s largest public online catalog, maintained by
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`the Online Computer Library Center, Inc., or OCLC, and built with the records
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`created by the thousands of libraries that are members of OCLC. WorldCat
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`provides a user-friendly interface for the public to use MARC records; it requires
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`no knowledge of MARC tags and codes. WorldCat records appear in many
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`different catalogs, including the Statewide Illinois Library Catalog. The date a
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`given catalog record was created (corresponding to the MARC Field 008) appears
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`in some detailed WorldCat records as the Date of Entry.
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`19. Whereas WorldCat records are very widely available, the availability
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`of MARC formatted records varies from library to library.
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`20. When an OCLC participating institution acquires a document for
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`which it finds no previously created record in OCLC, or when the institution
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`chooses not to use an existing record, it creates a record for the document using
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`OCLC’s Connexion, the bibliographic system used by catalogers to create MARC
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`records. Connexion automatically supplies the date of record creation in the
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`MARC Field 008.
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`21. Once the MARC record is created by a cataloger at an OCLC
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`participating member institution, it becomes available to other OCLC participating
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`members in Connexion and also in WorldCat, where persons interested and
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`ordinarily skilled in the subject matter or art, exercising reasonable diligence, can
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`locate it.
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`22. When a book has been cataloged, it will normally be made available
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`to readers soon thereafter—normally within a few days or (at most) within a few
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`weeks of cataloging.
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`23.
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`Indexing. A researcher may discover material relevant to his or her
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`topic in a variety of ways. One common means of discovery is to search for
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`relevant information in an index of periodical and other publications. Having
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`found relevant material, the researcher will then normally obtain it online, look for
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`it in libraries, or purchase it from the publisher, a bookstore, a document delivery
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`service, or other provider. Sometimes, the date of a document’s public
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`accessibility will involve both indexing and library date information. Date
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`information for indexing entries is, however, often unavailable. This is especially
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`true for online indices.
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`24.
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`Indexing services use a wide variety of controlled vocabularies to
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`provide subject access and other means of discovering the content of documents.
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`The formats in which these access terms are presented vary from service to service.
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`25. Online indexing services commonly provide bibliographic
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`information, abstracts, and full-text copies of the indexed publications, along with
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`a list of the documents cited in the indexed publication. These services also often
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`provide lists of publications that cite a given document. A citation of a document
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`is evidence that the document was publicly available and in use by researchers no
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`later than the publication date of the citing document.
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`26. Prominent indexing services include:
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`27. Science Direct. Science Direct, provided by the major publisher
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`Elsevier, is a database of abstracts and articles in the physical sciences and
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`engineering, the life and health sciences, and the social sciences and humanities. It
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`has over 12 million items from 3,500 journals and 34,000 books.
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`28. Google Scholar. Google Scholar indexes the texts and metadata of
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`scholarly publications across a wide range of disciplines. It includes most peer-
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`reviewed online academic journals, conference papers, theses, technical reports,
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`and other material. Google does not publish the size of the Google Scholar
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`database, but researchers have estimated that it contained approximately 160
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`million items in 2014 (Enrique Oduña-Malea, et al., “About the size of Google
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`Scholar: playing the numbers,” Granada: EC3 Working Papers, 1B: 23 July 2014,
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`available at https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1407/1407.6239.pdf ).
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`IV. OPINIONS REGARDING INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTS
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`Document 1. Automotive Electronics Handbook. Ronald K. Jurgen, ed.
`New York: McGraw-Hill, 1995.
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`Authentication
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`29. Document 1 is a book edited by Ronald Jurgen and published by
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`McGraw-Hill in 1995.
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`30. Attachment 1a is a true and accurate copy of the book’s cover, fly
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`leaf, preliminary pages, title page, title page verso, table of contents, list of
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`contributors, preface, and introductory chapter from the University of Illinois at
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`Urbana-Champaign Library. Attachment 1b is a true and accurate copy of that
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`library’s catalog record, in MARC format, for Document 1, showing that
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`Document 1 is held by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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`31. Attachment 1a is in a condition that creates no suspicion about its
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`authenticity. Specifically, the contents pages, preface, and introductory chapter not
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`missing any intermediate pages, the text on each page appears to flow seamlessly
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`from one page to the next, and there are no visible alterations to the document.
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`Attachment 1a was found within the custody of a library – a place where, if
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`authentic, it would likely be found.
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`32. Based on finding Document 1 in a library and on finding library
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`catalog records for Document 1, I conclude that Document 1 is an authentic
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`document and that Attachment 1a is an authentic copy of Document 1.
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`33. Attachment 1c is a true and accurate copy of a Statewide Illinois
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`Library catalog record for Document 1, showing this book is held by 160 libraries
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`world-wide. Attachment 1c also indicates that Document 1 was cataloged or
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`indexed in a meaningful way—including being cataloged by subject. The date of
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`entry in Attachment 1c is 5 October 1994, identical to the MARC Field 080 date in
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`Attachment 1b. The MARC Field 040, subfield a, in Attachment 1b indicates this
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`record was created at the Library of Congress (OCLC code = DLC). That this is a
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`cataloging-in-publication record is indicated by the presence of such catalog
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`information on the verso of the title page in Attachment 1a. I conclude that
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`Document 1 was bibliographically identifiable by 5 October 1994.
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`34. Attachment 1d is a true and accurate copy of the United States
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`Copyright Office record for Document 1, showing that Document 1 was published
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`on 23 November 1994. Document 1 was registered for copyright on 2 November
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`1995. I conclude that Document 1 was publicly available from its publisher on or
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`about 23 November 1994.1
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`1 The evidence of library circulation slip date stamps and of citations of Document
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`1 by researches, discussed next, indicate that the Document 1 was in fact
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`distributed and in actual use before its publication date of 23 November 1994.
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`35. Attachment 1a, a copy of Document 1 from the University of Illinois
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`at Urbana-Champaign Library, includes a library circulation slip. Date stamps on
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`this circulation slip indicate that Document 1 was first circulated to a reader with a
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`return due date of 22 November 1995 and returned on 8 November [1995].
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`36. Attachment 1e is a true and accurate copy of a second Statewide
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`Illinois Library catalog record for Document 1. This record is for the copy of
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`Document 1 held at the Université du Québec à Rimouski. The date of entry for
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`this record, which applies only to the copy of Document 1 held at the Université du
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`Québec à Rimouski, is 12 May 1995.
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`37.
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`I conclude that Document 1 was publicly available and in use at the
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`University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library no later than 22 November
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`1995. I conclude further that researchers would have had no difficulty locating
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`other copies of Document 1. For instance, allowing for some time between the
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`cataloging of Document 1 and its appearance on library shelves where it would
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`have been publicly available, I conclude that Document 1 was available to an
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`ordinarily skilled person interested in the art, exercising reasonable diligence, in at
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`least one other library by no later than June 1995.
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`38. Attachment 1f is a true and correct copy of a Science Direct record for
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`a paper citing Document 1. This paper is by A. Garcia-Ortiz, “Intelligent
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`Transportation Systems—Enabling Technologies,” Mathematical and Computer
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`Modelling, 22,4-7 (August-October 1995):11-81. The 16th item in the list of
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`references for this paper cites a “second edition” of Document 1 with a 1995
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`publication date.2
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`Conclusion
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`39. Based on the evidence presented here—book publication, library
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`catalog records and a library circulation slip, copyright record, and citation—it is
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`my opinion that Document 1 is an authentic document that was bibliographically
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`identifiable by 5 October 1994 and publicly available from its publisher on or
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`about 23 November 1994. It is my further opinion that Document 1 was publicly
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`available and in use in at least one library by 22 November 1995. It is also my
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`opinion that the citation evidence presented here indicates that Document 1 was in
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`actual use by researchers no later than October 1995.
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`Document 2. M. H. Westbrook and J.D. Turner. Automotive Sensors.
`Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 1994.
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`Authentication
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`40. Document 2 is a book by M. H. Westbrook and J.D. Turner published
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`by the Institute of Physics Publishing in 1994.
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`2 A second edition of Document was in fact published in 1999. The Garcia-Ortiz
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`reference was probably to a second printing of the 1995 first edition of Document
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`41. Attachment 2a is a true and accurate copy of the cover, fly leaf,
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`preliminary pages, title page, title page verso, table of contents, preface,
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`introduction, Chapter 1, and back cover from the University of Illinois at Urbana-
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`Champaign Library. Attachment 2b is a true and accurate copy of that library’s
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`catalog record, in MARC format, for Document 2, showing that Document 2is held
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`by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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`42. Attachment 2a is in a condition that creates no suspicion about its
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`authenticity. Specifically, the preface, introduction, and Chapter 1 not missing any
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`intermediate pages, the text on each page appears to flow seamlessly from one
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`page to the next, and there are no visible alterations to the document. Attachment
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`2a was found within the custody of a library – a place where, if authentic, it would
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`likely be found.
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`43. Attachment 2c is the British National Bibliography online record for
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`Document 2. The British National Bibliography is the single most comprehensive
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`listing of titles published in the United Kingdom.
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`44. Based on finding Document 2 in a library and on finding library
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`catalog and online records for Document 2, I conclude that Document 2 is an
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`authentic document and that Attachment 2a is an authentic copy of Document 2.
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`45. Attachment 2d is a true and accurate copy of a Statewide Illinois
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`Library catalog record for Document 2, showing this book is held by 102 libraries
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`world-wide. Attachment 2d also indicates that Document 2 was cataloged or
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`indexed in a meaningful way—including being cataloged by subject. I conclude
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`that researchers would have had no difficulty locating copies of Document 2.
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`46. The date of entry in Attachment 2d is 29 April 1994, identical to
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`MARC Field 080 date in Attachment 2b. The MARC Field 040, subfield a, in
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`Attachment 2b indicates this record was created at the Library of Congress (OCLC
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`code = DLC). That this is a cataloging-in-publication record is indicated by the
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`presence of such catalog information on the verso of the title page in Attachment
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`2a. I conclude that Document 2 was bibliographically identifiable by 29 April
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`1994.
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`47. Attachment 2e is a true and accurate copy of the British Library
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`catalog record, in MARC format, for Document 2. The MARC Field 040, subfield
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`a, in Attachment 2e indicates this record was created at the British Library (former
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`OCLC code = Uk). The date of entry in Attachment 2e is 31 October 1994.
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`Allowing for some time between the cataloging of Document 2 and its appearance
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`on library shelves where it would have been publicly available, I conclude that
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`Document 2 was available to an ordinarily skilled person interested in the art,
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`exercising reasonable diligence, in at least one library by no later than late-
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`November 1994.
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`48. Attachment 2a, a copy of Document 2 from the University of Illinois
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`at Urbana-Champaign Library, includes a library circulation slip. Date stamps on
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`this circulation slip indicate that Document 2 was first circulated to a reader with a
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`return due date of 30 March 1995 and returned on 3 October [1995].
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`49. Attachment 2f is a true and accurate copy of the RERO (Library
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`Network of Western Switzerland) catalog record for Document 2. The MARC
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`Field 040, subfield a, in Attachment 2f indicates this record was created by RERO.
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`The date of entry in Attachment 2f is 21 November 1995. Allowing for some time
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`between the cataloging of Document 2 and its appearance on library shelves where
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`it would have been publicly available, I conclude that Document 2 was available
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`to an ordinarily skilled person interested in the art, exercising reasonable diligence,
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`in at least one additional library by no later than late-December 1995.
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`50.
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`I conclude that Document 2 was available to an ordinarily skilled
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`person interested in the art, exercising reasonable diligence, in at least three
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`libraries by late-November 1994, March 1995, and late-December 1994,
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`respectively.
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`51. Attachment 2g is a true and correct copy of the first page a Google
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`Scholar list of 51 publications citing Document 2. One of these publications is
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`Chaitanya K. Narala et al., “Materials Chemistry Issues Related to Advanced
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`Materials Applications in the Automotive Industry,” Chemistry of Materials, 8,5
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`(14 May 1996): 984-1003. Document 2 is the 7th item in the list of references for
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`this paper.
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`Conclusion
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`52. Based on the evidence presented here—book publication, library
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`catalog and online records, and citation—it is my opinion that Document 2 is an
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`authentic document that was bibliographically identifiable by 29 April 1994 and
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`was publicly available in at least one library by late November 1994. It is also my
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`opinion that the citation evidence presented here indicates that Document 2 was in
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`actual use by researchers no later than May 1996.
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`V. ATTACHMENTS
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`53. The attachments attached hereto are true and correct copies of the
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`materials identified above. Helen Sullivan is a Managing Partner in Prior Art
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`Documentation Services LLC (see http://www.priorartdocumentation.com/hellen-
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`sullivan/ ). One of her primary responsibilities in our partnership is to secure the
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`bibliographic documentation used in attachments to our declarations.
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`54. Ms. Sullivan and I work in close collaboration on the bibliographic
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`documentation needed in each declaration. I will sometimes request specific
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`bibliographic documents or, more rarely, secure them myself. In all cases, I have
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`carefully reviewed the bibliographic documentation used in my declaration. My
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`signature on the declaration indicates my full confidence in the authenticity,
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`accuracy, and reliability of the bibliographic documentation used.
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`55. Each Attachment has been marked with an identifying label on the top
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`of each page. However, no alterations other than these noted labels appear in these
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`attachments, unless otherwise noted. All attachments were created on 24-26 June
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`2017 and all URLs referenced in this declaration were available 25 June 2017.
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`VI. CONCLUSION
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`56.
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`In summary, I have concluded that Documents 1 and 2, discussed
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`above, are both authentic documents that were both publicly accessible before 10
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`57.
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`I reserve the right to supplement my opinions in the future to respond
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`to any arguments that Patent Owner or its expert(s) may raise and to take into
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`account new information as it becomes available to me.
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`58.
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`I declare that all statements made herein of my knowledge are true,
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`and that all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true, and
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`that these statements were made with the knowledge that willful false statements
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`and the like so made are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under
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`Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code.
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`Appendix A
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`SCOTT BENNETT
`Yale University Librarian Emeritus
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`711 South Race
`Urbana, Illinois 61801-4132
`2scottbb@gmail.com
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`EMPLOYMENT
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`Retired, 2001. Retirement activities include:
`• Managing Partner in Prior Art Documentation Services, LLC, 2015-. This firm provides
`documentation services to patent attorneys; more information is available at
`http://www.priorartdocumentation.com
`• Consultant on library space design, 2004- . This consulting practice is rooted in a research,
`publication, and public speaking program conducted since I retired from Yale University in
`2001. I have served more than 50 colleges and universities in the United States and abroad
`with projects ranging in likely cost from under $50,000 to over $100 million. More
`information is available at http://www.libraryspaceplanning.com/
`• Senior Advisor for the library program of the Council of Independent Colleges, 2001-2009
`• Member of the Wartburg College Library Advisory Board, 2004-
`• Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of
`Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Fall 2003
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`University Librarian, Yale University, 1994-2001
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`Director, The Milton S. Eisenhower Library, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland,
`1989-1994
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`Assistant University Librarian for Collection Management, Northwestern University, Evanston,
`Illinois, 1981-1989
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`Instructor, Assistant and Associate Professor of Library Administration, University of Illinois at
`Urbana-Champaign, 1974-1981
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`Assistant Professor of English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1967-1974
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`Woodrow Wilson Teaching Intern, St. Paul’s College, Lawrenceville, Virginia, 1964-1965
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`EDUCATION
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`University of Illinois, M.S., 1976 (Library Science)
`Indiana University, M.A., 1966; Ph.D., 1967 (English)
`Oberlin College, A.B. magna cum laude, 1960 (English)
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`Morningside College (Sioux City, IA) Doctor of Humane Letters, 2010
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`American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship, 1978-1979; Honorary Visiting Research
`Fellow, Victorian Studies Centre, University of Leicester, 1979; University of Illinois Summer
`Faculty Fellowship, 1969
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`Indiana University Dissertation Year Fellowship and an Oberlin College Haskell Fellowship, 1966-
`1967; Woodrow Wilson National Fellow, 1960-1961
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`PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
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`American Association for the Advancement of Science: Project on Intellectual Property and
`Electronic Publishing in Science, 1999-2001
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`American Association of University Professors: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
`Chapter Secretary and President, 1975-1978; Illinois Conference Vice President and President, 1978-
`1984; national Council, 1982-1985, Committee F, 1982-1986, Assembly of State Conferences
`Executive Committee, 1983-1986, and Committee H, 1997-2001 ; Northwestern University Chapter
`Secretary/Treasurer, 1985-1986
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`Association of American Universities: Member of the Research Libraries Task Force on
`Intellectual Property Rights in an Electronic Environment, 1993-1994, 1995-1996
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`Association of Research Libraries: Member of the Preservation Committee, 1990-1993; member of
`the Information Policy Committee, 1993-1995; member of the Working Group on Copyright, 1994-
`2001; member of the Research Library Leadership and Management Committee, 1999-2001; member
`of the Board of Directors, 1998-2000
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`Carnegie Mellon University: Member of the University Libraries Advisory Board, 1994
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`Center for Research Libraries: Program Committee, 1998-2000
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`Johns Hopkins University Press: Ex-officio member of the Editorial Board, 1990-1994; Co-
`director of Project Muse, 1994
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`Library Administration and Management Association, Public Relations Section, Friends of the
`Library Committee, 1977-1978
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`Oberlin College: Member of the Library Visiting Committee, 1990, and of the Steering Committee
`for the library’s capital campaign, 1992-1993; President of the Library Friends, 1992-1993, 2004-
`2005; member, Friends of the Library Council, 2003-
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`Research Society for Victorian Periodicals: Executive Board, 1971-1983; Co-chairperson of the
`Executive Committee on Serials Bibliography, 1976-1982; President, 1977-1982
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` Selected Edition of W.D. Howells (one of several editions sponsored by the MLA Center for
`Editions of American Authors): Associate Textual Editor, 1965-1970; Center for Editions of
`American Authors panel of textual experts, 1968-1970
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`Victorian Studies: Editorial Assistant and Managing Editor, 1962-1964
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`Wartburg College: member, National Advisory Board for the Vogel Library, 2004-
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`Some other activities: Member of the Illinois State Library Statewide Library and Archival
`Preservation Advisory Panel; member of the Illinois State Archives Advisory Board; member of a
`committee advising the Illinois Board of Higher Education on the cooperative management of
`research collections; chair of a major collaborative research project conducted by the Research
`Libraries Group with support from Conoco, Inc.; active advisor on behalf of the Illinois
`Conference AAUP to faculty and administrators on academic freedom and tenure matters in northern
`Illinois.
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`Delegate to Maryland Governor’s Conference on Libraries and Information Service; principal in
`initiating state-wide preservation planning in Maryland; principal in an effort to widen the use of
`mass deacidification for the preservation of library materials through cooperative action by the
`Association of Research Libraries and the Committee on Institutional Cooperation; co-instigator
`of a campus-wide information service for Johns Hopkins University; initiated efforts with the
`Enoch Pratt Free Library to provide information services to Baltimore’s Empowerment Zones;
`speaker or panelist on academic publishing, copyright, scholarly communication, national and
`regional preservation planning, mass deacidification.
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`Consultant for the University of British Columbia (1995), Princeton University (1996), Modern
`Language Association, (1995, 1996), Library of Congress (1997), Center for Jewish History
`(1998, 2000-), National Research Council (1998); Board of Directors for the Digital Library
`Federation, 1996-2001; accreditation visiting team at Brandeis University (1997); mentor for
`Northern Exposure to Leadership (1997); instructor and mentor for ARL’s Leadership and
`Career Development Program (1999-2000)
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`At the Northwestern University Library, led in the creation of a preservation department and in the
`renovation of the renovation, for preservation purposes, of the Deering Library book stacks.
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`At the Milton S. Eisenhower Library, led the refocusing and vitalization of client-centered services;
`strategic planning and organizational restructuring for the library; building renovation planning.
`Successfully completed a $5 million endowment campaign for the humanities collections and
`launched a $27 million capital campaign for the library.
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`At the Yale University L