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`UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
`WASHINGTON, D.C.
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`Before The Honorable Thomas B. Pender
`Administrative Law Judge
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`In the Matter of
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`CERTAIN ROBOTIC VACUUM
`CLEANING DEVICES AND
`COMPONENTS THEREOF SUCH AS
`SPARE PARTS
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`Investigation No. 337-TA-1057
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`JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION CHART
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`Pursuant to the Order No. 11 and Ground Rule No. 8.3, Complainant iRobot Corporation
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`(“iRobot”) and Respondents Hoover Inc., Royal Appliance Manufacturing Co., d/b/a TTI Floor
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`Care North America Inc., The Black & Decker Corporation, Black & Decker (U.S.) Inc.,
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`Shenzhen Silver Star Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., BISSELL Homecare, Inc., Matsutek
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`Enterprises Co., Ltd., Bobsweep, Inc., Bobsweep USA, Shenzhen Zhiyi Technology Co., Ltd.,
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`Suzhou Real Power Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. (together “Respondents”) submit the attached
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`Joint Claim Construction Chart for disputed terms appearing in U.S. Patent Nos.6,809,490
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`(“’490 patent”), 7,155,308 (“’308 patent”), 8,474,090 (“’090 patent”), 8,600,553 (“’553 patent”),
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`9,038,233 (“’233 patent”), 9,486,924 (“’924 patent”). Section I of the attached Joint Claim
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`Construction Chart identifies terms for which the parties have agreed upon a construction.
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`Section II identifies the disputed terms and each party’s proposed constructions.
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`iRobot identifies (1) “housing” (’090 patent, Claims 1, 5, 7, 10, 13, 14, 16); (2) “a bounce
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`mode whereby the robot travels substantially in a direction away from an obstacle after
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`encountering the obstacle” (’490 patent , Claims 1, 42); (3) “isolated area” (’490 patent , Claims
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`1, 42); (4) “speed setting” (’553 patent, Claims 1, 11, 25); and (5) “heading setting” (’553 patent,
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`Claims 1, 25) as the terms whose construction will be most significant to the resolution of the
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`Respondents identify (1) “while continuing towards the object” (’553 patent, Claim 11);
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`(2) “control system configured to operate the robot in a plurality of operational modes and to
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`obstacle detection sensor” (’490 patent, Claims 1, 42); (3) “A sensor subsystem for an
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`autonomous robot” (’308 patent, Claims 1, 19); (4) “pass between” in the context of “the side
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`brush having bundles of bristles and being positioned such that the bundles of bristles pass
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`between the cliff detector and the floor surface during a rotation of the side brush around the
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`axis, the bundles of bristles being separated by a gap, the gap being configured to prevent
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`occlusion of the cliff detector beam during at least part of the rotation of the side brush around
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`the axis” (’233 patent, Claims 1, 15); and (5) “instructions” (’924 patent, Claims 1 and 12) as the
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Stephen A. Marshall
`Ruffin B. Cordell
`Ralph A. Phillips
`Stephen A. Marshall
`Linhong Zhang
`Thomas S. Fusco
`Michael S. Ballanco
`Jack R. Wilson
`Matthew Mahoney
`FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
`901 15th Street, N.W., Suite 700
`Washington, DC 20005
`Tel: (202) 783-5070
`Fax: (202) 783-2331
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`Warren K. Mabey, Jr.
`FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
`222 Delaware Avenue, 17th Floor
`Wilmington, DE 19801
`Tel: (302) 652-5070
`Fax: (302) 783-2331
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`Andrew G. Pearson
`FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
`One Marina Park Drive
`Boston, MA 02210
`Tel: (617) 542-5070
`Fax: (617) 783-2331
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`Counsel for Complainant iRobot Corporation
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`Dated: August 18, 2017
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`/s/ Kecia J. Reynolds
`Kecia J. Reynolds
`PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW
`PITTMAN LLP
`1200 Seventeenth St. NW
`Washington, DC 20036
`Tel: (202) 663-8025
`Fax: (202) 663-8007
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`William P. Atkins
`Jack S. Barufka
`Bryan P. Collins
`Sean M. Weinman
`Michael K. Heins
`PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW
`PITTMAN LLP
`1650 Tysons Blvd., 14th Floor
`McLean, Virginia 22102
`Tel: (703) 770-7900
`Fax: (703) 770-7901
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`Jack Ko, Ph.D.
`PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW
`PITTMAN LLP
`Suite 4201, Bund Center,
`222 Yan An Road East
`Shanghai 200002 China
`Tel: (86) 21-6137-7999
`Fax: (86) 21-6137-7900
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`Counsel for Respondents Hoover, Inc., Royal
`Appliance Manufacturing Co., Inc. d/b/a TTI
`Floor Care North America Inc., The Black &
`Decker Corporation, Black & Decker (U.S.)
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`Technology Co., Ltd., bObsweep, Inc., and
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`/s/ Rachel E. Burnim
`Harold H. Davis, Jr.
`Rachel E. Burnim
`K&L GATES LLP
`4 Embarcadero Center, Ste 1200
`San Francisco, CA 94111
`Tel: (415) 882-8200
`Fax: (415) 882-8220
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`Jay C. Chiu
`K&L GATES LLP
`1 Park Plaza
`Twelfth Floor
`Irvine, CA 92614
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`Eric C. Rusnak
`K&L Gates LLP
`1601 K Street, NW
`Washington, DC 20006
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`Counsel for Respondents
`BISSELL HOMECARE, INC. and
`MATSUTEK ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
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`/s/ Patrick J. McCarthy
`Mark G. Davis
`Ronald J. Pabis
`Patrick J. McCarthy
`Myomi T. Coad
`GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
`2101 L Street, N.W. Suite 1000
`Washington, D.C. 20037
`Tel: (202) 331-3100
`Fax: (202) 331-3101
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`Nicholas A. Brown
`GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
`4 Embarcadero Center
`Suite 3000
`San Francisco, CA 94111
`Telephone: (415) 655-1271
`Facsimile: (415) 520-5609
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`Jonathan Ball
`GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
`MetLife Building
`200 Park Avenue
`New York, NY 10166
`Telephone: (212) 801-9200
`Facsimile: (212) 801-6400
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`Stephen M. Ullmer
`GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
`The Tabor Center
`1200 17th Street, Suite 2400
`Denver, CO 80202
`Telephone: (303) 572-6500
`Facsimile: (303) 572-6540
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`Ping Gu
`ZHONG LUN LAW FIRM
`31, 33, 36, 37/F, SK Tower, 6A
`Jianguomenwai Avenue, Chaoyang District
`Beijing 100022, P.R.China
`Telephone: 86-10-5957228
`Facsimile: 86-10-59571022/1838
`guping@zhonglun.com
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`Counsel for Respondent Shenzhen Zhiyi
`Technology Co., Ltd.
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`2101 L Street, NW. Suite 1000
`Washington, DC. 20037
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