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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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`Case IPR2017-01804
`Patent No. 8,724,622
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`TITLE: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSTANT VOIP MESSAGING
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`APPLE INC., WHATSAPP INC.,.
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`UNILOC USA, INC.,. and UNILOC LUXEMBOURG, S.A.,.
`Patent OwnersOwner
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`Apple Inc.
`APL1020
`U.S. Patent No. 8,724,622
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`Mail Stop PATENT NO. 8,724,622BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board(PETITION 1 OF 2 – CLAIMS 3, 6-8, 10, 11, 13,
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`I. MMandatory Notices UUnder 37 C..F.R. § 42.
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`III. RRequirements for Inteer Partes RReview undder 37 C.FF.R. §§ 42.
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`Identtification oof Challengge under 377 C.F.R. §
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`Claim Consstruction UUnder 37 CC.F.R. § 42
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`“cliennt platformm system” ...................................
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`pluurality of instant voicce messagee client sysstems
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`“wwherein thee messaginng system rreceives ann instant
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`message client systtems.” ........................
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`Claim 199 (Dependeent): “Thee system acccording too claim
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`Claim 200 (Dependeent): “Thee system acccording too claim
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`Claim 233 (Dependeent): “Thee system acccording too claim
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`message aapplicationn
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`generatess an audiblle or visuall effect inddicating recceipt of
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`Claim 277 (Independdent) .........................
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`“ann instant vvoice messaaging appllication insstalled
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`onn the client device, whherein the
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`instant voiice
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`tform includes aa client plat
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`system for geenerating aan instant vvoice messsage
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`annd,” (Claimm 27[c1]) ....................
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`viaa the netwoork interfaace,” (Claimm 27[c2]) ...................
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`inccludes a doocument haandler systtem for attaaching
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`onne or more files to thee instant vooice messaage.”
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`Claim 388 (Independdent) .........................
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`connecting thhe client ddevice to a
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`twork; andd” (Claim 338[b]) ......
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`cliient devicee, wherein tthe instantt voice messsaging
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`application inncludes” (CClaim 38[cc]) .............................
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`388[d]) ...........................................
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`Claim 144 (Dependeent): “Thee system acccording too claim
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`oice e instant vostoring thee database sincludes a message
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`message,, wherein tthe instant
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`representted by a daatabase reccord includding a uniqque
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`identifierr.” ..............................................
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`Claim 155 (Dependeent): “Thee system acccording too claim
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`14, wherrein the meessage dataabase incluudes a pluraality of
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`instant vooice messaages recordded by a usser of the cclient
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`device annd instant vvoice messsages receiived over tthe
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`Claim 166 (Dependeent): “Thee system acccording too claim
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`15, wherrein the instant voice
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`at least one of the pluurality of iinstant voicce
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`messagess stored in the messaage databasse.” ............................
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`Claim 177 (Dependeent): “Thee system acccording too claim
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`14, wherrein the instant voice
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`ager systemm performming at leasst one of
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`messagess from the
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`message ddatabase.” .
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`Claims 228-31 (Deppendent) .....................
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`VII. This Petition is substantively identical to IPR2017-01667, aside from
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`Ex. No
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`List of Exhibits
`EXHIBIT LIST
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`Description of Document
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`1001 U.S. Patent No. 8,724,622 to Michael J. Rojas (filed July 11, 2012,
`issued May 13, 2014)
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`1002 Declaration of Tal Lavian, Ph.D.
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`1003
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`PCT Patent Application No. PCT/US00/21555 to Herbert Zydney et
`al. (filed August 7, 2000, published February 15, 2001 as WO
`01/11824 A2) (“Zydney”) (with line numbers added)
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`1004 U.S. Patent No. 6,750,881 to Barry Appelman (filed February 24,
`1997, issued June 15, 2004) (“Appelman”)
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`1005
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`Excerpts from MARGARET LEVINE YOUNG, INTERNET: THE
`COMPLETE REFERENCE (McGraw-Hill/Osborne, 2d ed. 2002)
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`1006 N. Borenstein et al., Request for Comments (RFC) 1521: MIME
`(Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Part One: Mechanisms for
`Specifying and Describing the Format of Internet Message Bodies,
`September 1993 (“RFC 1521”)
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`1007 U.S. Patent No. 6,757,365 B1 to Travis A. Bogard (filed October 16,
`2000, issued June 29, 2004)
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`1008 U.S. Patent No. 6,725,228 to David Morley Clark et al. (filed Oct.
`31, 2000, issued April 20, 2004) (“Clark”)
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`1009
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`1010
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`Excerpts from PAUL S. HETHMON, ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO HTTP
`(Manning Publications Co., 1997) (“Hethmon”)
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`Excerpts from CRAIG HUNT, TCP/IP NETWORK ADMINISTRATION
`(O’Reilly, 2d Ed. 1998) (“Hunt”)
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`1011 HTTP Working Group, Hypertext Transfer Protocol – HTTP/1.1,
`Nov. 22, 1995 (draft-ietf-http-v11-spec-00.txt)
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`1012
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`Excerpts from MICROSOFT COMPUTER DICTIONARY (Microsoft Press,
`3d ed. 1997)
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,724,622
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`List of Exhibits
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`Ex. No
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`1013
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`Description of Document
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`PCT Patent Application No. PCT/US00/21555 to Herbert Zydney et
`al. (filed August 7, 2000, published February 15, 2001 as WO
`01/11824 A2) (as-published version without added line numbers)
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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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`Excerpts from DEBRA LITTLEJOHN SHINDER, COMPUTER
`NETWORKING ESSENTIALS (Cisco Press, 2002) (“Shinder”)
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`Library of Congress stamped/dated copy of PAUL S. HETHMON,
`ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO HTTP (Manning Publications Co., 1997)
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`Library date stamped copy of CRAIG HUNT, TCP/IP NETWORK
`ADMINISTRATION (O’Reilly, 2d Ed. 1998)
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`Library of Congress stamped/dated copy of DEBRA LITTLEJOHN
`SHINDER, COMPUTER NETWORKING ESSENTIALS (Cisco Press, 2001)
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`Excerpts from Microsoft Press Computer Dictionary (1991)
`(“Microsoft (1991)”)
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`1019 U.S. Patent No. 6,173,323 to Pratyush Moghe (filed Dec. 24, 1997,
`issued Jan. 9, 2001) (“Moghe”)
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`of
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`List of Exhibits
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`Petition for Inter Partes Review
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`U.S. PatentPat. No. 8,724,622
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`This is a petition for Inter Partes Review of claims 3, 6-8, 10, 11, 13, 14-23,
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`27-35, 38, and 39 of U.S. Patent No. 8,724,622 (Ex. 1001) (“’622 patent”).
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`1021
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`Compare copy of the current Petition showing differences between
`the current Petition and the petition filed in IPR2017-01667
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`Compare copy of the Declaration of Tal Lavian, Ph.D. (Exhibit
`1002), showing the differences between Exhibit 1002 and the
`Declaration as filed in IPR2017-01667
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`Petition for Inter Partes Review of
`U.S. Patent No. 8,724,622
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`I. MANDATORY NOTICES UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(A)(1)
`A. Real Party-In-Interest under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(1)
`Facebook,Apple Inc. and WhatsApp Inc. (“Petitioners”) are(“Petitioner”) is
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`the real partiesparty-in-interest to this inter partes review petition.
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`B. Related Matters under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2)
`The ’622 patent was the subject of two requests for inter partes review
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`(IPR2017-00223 and IPR2017-00224) filed by Apple Inc.Petitioner on November
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`14, 2016, which were denied by the Board on May 25, 2017. The Petitioners
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`herein were not parties to and did not participate inThe ’622 patent is also the
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`preparationsubject of those petitions. two requests for inter partes review
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`(IPR2017-01667 and IPR2017-01668) filed by Facebook, Inc. on June 22, 2017.
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`Concurrent with the filing of this Petition, the Petitioners are is filing a
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`second petition for inter partes review to address claims not covered by the present
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`Petition. More specifically, the present Petition addresses claims 3, 6-8, 10, 11, 13,
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`14-23, 27-35, 38, and 39, whereas the other petition addresses claims 4, 5, 12, and
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`24-26. The Petitioners filed theirits challenges against these claims in two separate
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`petitions to provide a more complete and thorough treatment of each claim.
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`The ’622 patent is also the subject of twoone pending litigations involving
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`the Petitioners: Uniloc USA, Inc. et al. v. Facebook,Apple Inc., Case No. 2:16-cv-
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,724,622
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`0072800638-JRG (E.D. Tex. filed July 5, 2016 and served July 11, 2016) and
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`Uniloc USA, Inc. et al. v. WhatsApp, Inc., Case No. 2:16-cv-00645-JRG (E.D. Tex.
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`filed June 14, 2016 and served July 21, 2016), which havehas been consolidated
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`for pretrial purposes with Uniloc USA, Inc. et al. v. Samsung Electronics America,
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`Inc., Case No. 2:16-cv-00642-JRG (E.D. Tex.). These petitions are timely under
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`the one year statute of limitations in 35 U.S.C. § 315(b). Currently, these
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`litigations are is stayed pending the outcome of other IPR petitions filed by third
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`party Apple IncPetitioner.
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`The Petitioners are is also aware of the following additional pending
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`litigations involving the ’622 patent: Uniloc USA, Inc. et al. v. Apple Inc., Case No.
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`2:16-cv-00638-JRG (E.D. Tex.); Uniloc USA, Inc. et al. v. Blackberry Corporation
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`et al., Case No. 2:16-cv-00639-JRG (E.D. Tex.); Uniloc USA, Inc. et al. v. Snap
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`Inc., Case No. 2:16-cv-00696-JRG (E.D. Tex.); Uniloc USA, Inc. et al. v. AOL
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`Inc., Case No. 2:16-cv-00722-JRG (E.D. Tex.); Uniloc USA, Inc. et al. v. Green
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`Tomato Limited, Case No. 2:16-cv-00731-JRG (E.D. Tex.); Uniloc USA, Inc. et al.
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`v. Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC., Case No. 2:16-cv-00732-JRG (E.D. Tex.);
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`Uniloc USA, Inc. et al. v. Avaya Inc., Case No. 2:16-cv-00777-JRG (E.D. Tex.);
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`Uniloc USA, Inc. et al. v. Telegram Messenger, LLP, Case No. 2:16-cv-00892-JRG
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`(E.D. Tex.); Uniloc USA, Inc. et al. v. HTC America, Inc., Case No. 2:16-cv-
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`00989-JRG (E.D. Tex.); Uniloc USA, Inc. et al. v. Kyocera America, Inc. et al.,
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,724,622
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`Case No. 2:16-cv-00990-JRG (E.D. Tex.); Uniloc USA, Inc. et al. v. LG
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`Electronics U.S.A., Inc., Case No. 2:16-cv-00991-JRG (E.D. Tex.); Uniloc USA,
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`Inc. et al. v. Motorola Mobility LLC, Case No. 2:16-cv-00992-JRG (E.D. Tex.);
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`Uniloc USA, Inc. et al. v. ZTE (USA), Inc. et al., Case No. 2:16-cv-00993-JRG
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`(E.D. Tex.); Uniloc USA, Inc. et al. v. Huawei Device USA, Inc. et al., Case No.
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`2:16-cv-00994-JRG (E.D. Tex.); Uniloc USA, Inc. et al. v. Google, Inc., Case No.
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`2:17-cv-00214-JRG (E.D. Tex.); Uniloc USA, Inc. et al. v. Google, Inc., Case No.
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`2:17-cv-00224-JRG (E.D. Tex.); Uniloc USA, Inc. et al. v. Google, Inc., Case
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`No. 2:17-cv-00231-JRG (E.D. Tex.); and Uniloc USA, Inc. et al. v. KIK
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`Interactive, Inc., Case No. 2:17-cv-00347-JRG (E.D. Tex.); Uniloc USA, Inc. et
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`al. v. Hike Ltd., Case No. 2:17-cv-00349-JRG (E.D. Tex.). Although the
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`Petitioners are not parties to those other litigations, because they involve
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`allegations of infringement of the ’622 patent, they may be impacted by a decision
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`by the Board in this IPR proceeding.
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`C. Lead and Back-Up Counsel under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(3)
`Petitioners provides the following designation of counsel.
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`LEAD COUNSEL
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`BACK-UP COUNSEL
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`LEAD COUNSEL
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`BACK-UP COUNSEL
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`Heidi L. KeefeJason D. Eisenberg (Reg.
`No. 40,673)43,447)
`hkeefe@cooley.com
`FB_Uniloc2_622_PTAB_IPR@cooley.com
`COOLEY LLP
`ATTN: Patent Group
`1299 PennsylvaniaSterne, Kessler,
`Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
`1100 New York Avenue NW
`Suite 700
`, N.W. Washington, DC 20004
`Tel: (650) 843-5001 20005
`Phone: 202.772.8645
`Fax: (650) 849-7400 202.371.2540
`Email: jasone-PTAB@skgf.com
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`Phillip E. MortonMichael D. Specht
`(Reg. No. 57,835)54,463)
`pmorton@cooley.com
`FB_Uniloc2_622_PTAB_IPR@coole
`y.com
`COOLEY LLP
`ATTN: Patent Group
`1299 PennsylvaniaSterne, Kessler,
`Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
`1100 New York Avenue NW
`Suite 700
`, N.W. Washington D.C. 20004, DC
`20005
`Tel: (703) 456-8668
`Phone: 202.772.8756
`Fax: (703) 456-8100202.371.2540
`Email: mspecht-PTAB@skgf.com
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`Trent W. Merrell (Reg. No. Mark R.
`Weinstein (Admission pro hac vice
`pending)
`mweinstein@cooley.com
`Tel: (650) 843-5007
`73,771)
`Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
`P.L.L.C.
`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20005
`Phone: 202.772.8519
`Fax: (650) 849-7400202.371.2540
`Email: tmerrell-PTAB@skgf.com
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`Service Information
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`D.
`This Petition is being served to the current correspondence address for the
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`’622 patent, Legacy Town Center, 7160 Dallas Parkway, Suite 380, Plano, Texas
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`75024. The Petitioners consents to electronic service at the addresses provided
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`above for lead and back-up counsel with a courtesy copy to ptab@skgf.com.
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`Power of Attorney
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`E.
`Filed concurrently in accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(b).
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`II.
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`FEE PAYMENT - 37 C.F.R. § 42.103
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`This Petition requests review of 28 claims. A payment of $29,800 is
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`submitted herewith, based on a $10,600 request fee and $19,200 post-institution
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`fee. This Petition meets the fee requirements of 35 U.S.C. § 312(a)(1). If
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`additional fees are due at any time during this proceeding, the Director is hereby
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`authorized to charge such fees to Cooley LLP’s deposit account number 50-
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`1283.19-0036 (Customer ID No. 45324).
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`III. REQUIREMENTS FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW UNDER 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.104
`AND 42.108
`A. Grounds for Standing under 37 C.F.R. § 42.104(a)
`The Petitioners certifyies that the ’622 patent is available for inter partes
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`review and they arethat the Petitioner is not barred or estopped from requesting
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`inter partes review on the grounds identified herein.
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`B.
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`Identification of Challenge under 37 C.F.R. § 42.104(b) and
`Statement of Precise Relief Requested
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`The Petitioners respectfully requests that the Board initiate inter partes
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`review on the following grounds (bold underlining showing independent claims):
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`Ground
`1
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`Basis for Challenge
`Unpatentable over Zydney (Ex. 1003) and Shinder (Ex.
`1014) under § 103(a)
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`Claims
`3, 6-8, 10,
`11, 13, 18-
`21, 23, 27,
`32-35, 38
`14-17,
`28-31
`22, 39
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`2
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`3
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`Unpatentable over Zydney (Ex. 1003) and Shinder (Ex.
`1014) and Clark (Ex. 1008), under § 103(a)
`Unpatentable over Zydney (Ex. 1003) and Shinder (Ex.
`1014) and Appelman (Ex. 1004), under § 103(a)
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`Part VI below explains why the challenged claims are unpatentable based
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`on these grounds. These references were not cited during the original ’622 patent
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`prosecution, and were not cited in the separate IPR petitions filed by Apple Inc.
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`(IPR2017-00223 and IPR2017-00224) that were denied by the Board on May 25,
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`2017. Submitted with the Petition is the Declaration of Tal Lavian, Ph.D. (Exhibit
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`1002) (“Lavian”), an expert with decades of relevant technical experience.
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`(Lavian, Ex. 1002, ¶¶1-10, Ex. A.) 
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`IV. PERSON OF ORDINARY SKILL IN THE ART
`As Dr. Lavian explains, a person of ordinary skill in the art for purposes of
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`the ’622 patent would have possessed at least a bachelor’s degree in computer
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`science, computer engineering, or electrical engineering with at least two years of
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`experience in development and programming relating to network communication
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`systems (or equivalent degree or experience). (Lavian, ¶¶13-15.)  
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`V. CLAIM CONSTRUCTION UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.104(B)(3)
`A.
`“instant voice messaging application”
`The broadest reasonable interpretation of an “instant voice messaging
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`application” in the context of the claims of the ’622 patent is “hardware and/or
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`software used for instant voice messaging.” (Lavian, ¶¶49-57.)1
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`The written description does not use the word “application” in any way
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`relevant to the alleged invention. The word “application” appears in the written
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`description solely in reference to related patent applications. (’622, Ex. 1001, 1:4-
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`14.) The term “application” to a person of ordinary skill in the art typically refers
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`to computer software for performing a particular function. (Lavian, ¶53.) But the
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`written description of the ’622 patent indicates that the term “instant voice
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`messaging application” should not be limited to software.
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`The written description does not identify any particular software program
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`capable of performing all of the functions associated with the “instant voice
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`messaging application” recited in the claims. (Id., ¶54.) To the contrary, the
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`1 The Petitioners do does not contend that any term herein, under its broadest
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`reasonable construction, is a “means-plus-function” element subject to 35 U.S.C. §
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`112, ¶6 (pre-AIA). The Petitioners reserves their the right to argue that terms are
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`indefinite under narrower litigation claim construction standards.
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`patent describes these functions as being performed by an instant voice messaging
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`(“IVM”) client, IVM client 208, which is a “general-purpose programmable
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`computer.” (’622, 12:11-14.) Figure 3, an excerpt of which is reproduced below,
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`shows these various boxes inside IVM client 208 (shown in annotated red box).
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`(Id., Fig. 3 (annotation added).) IVM client 208 in Figure 3 above contains client
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`platform 302 and messaging system 320. (Id., 12:17-21; 12:6-11.)
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`Claims 27 and 38 recite an “instant voice messaging application” that
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`includes a “client platform system” and a “messaging system,” which correspond
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`to the two components of the IVM client 208 from Figure 3 above. This
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`correspondence indicates that the ’622 patent equates the claimed “instant voice
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`messaging application” with the IVM client 208 which, as noted above, is a
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`general-purpose computer. (’622, 12:11-14.) Accordingly, “instant voice
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`messaging application” should not under its broadest reasonable construction be
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`limited to software. (Lavian, ¶¶55, 56.) The broadest reasonable interpretation of
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`“instant voice messaging application” is “hardware and/or software used for
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`instant voice messaging.” (Id. ¶57.)
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`“client platform system”
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`B.
`As noted in the preceding section, one component of the claimed “instant
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`voice messaging application” is a “client platform system.” In particular, claims
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`27 and 38 state that the “instant voice messaging application” includes “a client
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`platform system for generating an instant voice message.” As shown below, the
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`broadest reasonable construction of “client platform system” is “hardware
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`and/or software on a client for generating an instant voice message.” (Lavian,
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`¶¶58-62.)
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`The written description does not use the term “client platform system” but
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`describes “client platform 302” whose purpose is “generating an instant voice
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`message.” (’622, 12:7-8.) The written description further states that the client
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`platform 302 “comprises a client engine 304, which controls other components”
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`such as the document handler, file manager, and encryption/decryption. (Id.,
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`12:17-21.) The written description does not identify what “client engine 304”
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`actually is, e.g., whether it is hardware and/or software. The written description
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`instead provides a functional description of client engine 304 as performing at least
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`two functions: (1) communicating with the server and (2) performing operations
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`required to generate an instant voice message. (Id., 12:24-25, 13:15-28.) Figure 3
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`similarly shows client engine 304 as a nondescript box within client platform 302.
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`(Id., Fig. 3.)
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`As explained above, the claimed “instant voice messaging application” is
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`composed of hardware and/or software under its broadest reasonable construction.
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`Because the claimed “client platform system” is part of the “instant messaging
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`application,”
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`the “client platform system” under
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`its broadest reasonable
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`construction should similarly not be limited to software. Accordingly, “client
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`platform system” under its broadest r