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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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` _____________________________
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` RIOT GAMES, INC.
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` Petitioner
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` PALTALK HOLDINGS, INC.
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` Patent Owner
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` _____________________________
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` Case IPR2018-00129
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` Patent 5,822,523
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` Case IPR2018-00130
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` Patent 5,822,523
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` Case IPR2018-00131
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` Patent 6,226,686
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` Case IPR2018-00132
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` Patent 6,226,686
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` _____________________________
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` DEPOSITION OF DR. STEVE WHITE
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` Washington, D.C.
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` July 24, 2018
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` Reported by: Mary Ann Payonk; Job No. 144847
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`Job No. 144847
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`APPEARANCES:
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`ON BEHALF OF PETITIONER:
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` SAMUEL DILLON, ESQUIRE
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` SCOTT BORDER, ESQUIRE
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` SIDLEY AUSTIN
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` 1501 K Street, N.W.
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` Washington, D.C. 20005
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`ON BEHALF OF PATENT OWNER:
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` GREGORY HOWISON, ESQUIRE
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` KEITH HARDIN, ESQUIRE
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` MUNCK WILSON MANDALA
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` 600 Banner Place Tower
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` 12770 Coit Road
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` Dallas, TX 75251
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`ON BEHALF OF VALVE CORP.:
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` SHARON ISRAEL, ESQUIRE
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` SHOOK, HARDY & BACON
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` 600 Travis Street
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` Houston, TX 77002
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`ALSO PRESENT:
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` Chris Childers, Sidley Austin
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`BY MR. HOWISON:
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` Q. Dr. White, my name is Greg Howison
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`and I represent the patent owner. And just
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`housekeeping is this deposition is related to
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`four IPRs, 2018-00129, 00130, 00131, and 00132.
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`Is that your understanding?
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` A. I was unaware of the numbers of the
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` Q. Okay.
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` MR. HOWISON: So no problem with
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` MR. DILLON: Yes, for all four
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` deposition, as we agreed in our earlier
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` MR. HOWISON: Good, good.
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` Q. What I want to do is go to your CV,
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`exhibits, so I'm only going to talk about
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`exhibits that are already in the IPRs. So it
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`will just be the exhibit number of the IPR.
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` MR. HOWISON: Is that okay?
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` MR. DILLON: Yeah.
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` MR. HOWISON: Okay. That makes it
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` MR. HARDEN: There you go.
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` MR. HOWISON: Okay.
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` Q. Dr. White, is this your curriculum
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` A. It appears to be.
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` Q. It's Exhibit 1008. Could you
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` In 1996, I was working on a security
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` Do you have the two patents, the
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`1001, and 1002. I'm going to hand you these
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`exhibits, 1001 and 1002.
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` (Exhibit No. 1002, previously marked, was
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` MR. HOWISON: These are for patents
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` 5,822,523 and patent 6,226,686 that are
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` THE WITNESS: Thank you.
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`BY MR. HOWISON:
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` Q. As part of your preparation for this
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`IPR, it's my understanding that you actually,
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` Q. I think they're actually identical,
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` A. Okay.
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` Q. And I'll just call that the '523
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`patent --
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` A. Okay.
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` Q. -- if that's okay. Okay. So if you
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` Q. -- on the face of it you'll see it
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` Q. What would that be?
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` Exhibit 1007.
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` Q. This is your declaration; correct?
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` Q. And again, it's referring to
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` Q. Okay. So my questions will basically
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`Now, did you author this document?
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` Q. Is that your understanding?
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` Q. Okay. You have a sentence that's
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` MR. DILLON: Objection to form.
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` A. Ask your question again.
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` Q. I'm looking at paragraph 151.
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` A. I don't know if I have.
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` A. I don't believe I do.
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` Q. So your opinion relies upon a
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` Q. I thought I'd asked you that question
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` Q. Okay. Now, that clarifies that. So
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` A. No.
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` Q. Okay. Let's go back to Exhibit 1007.
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` Q. You've read and reviewed Aldred; is
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` Q. So in paragraph 67 you talk about
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. -- is that correct?
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` A. Paragraph 24?
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` Q. Well, no. This is page 7 of 1009.
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` Q. It's that middle paragraph, "Four
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`PATENT OWNER EXHIBIT 2004 - PAGE 29
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` S. WHITE
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`out at a second time, so you -- for example,
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`you send packet A out at time T1, data packet
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`out 2, data packet B out at time T2, what if
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`they were received in the reverse order at the
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`receiving port?
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` MR. DILLON: Objection to form.
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` Q. Do I need to clarify that maybe?
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` A. I think I understand the question.
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` Q. Okay.
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` A. I don't see language here that
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`restricts the order in which they're held in
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`the queue or transmitted to the order in which
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`they're received. The emphasis is on sending
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`them in the same order to each of the -- each
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`of the receiving channels. Holding them and
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`transmitting them in the same order in which
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`they are received would be a natural thing to
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`do. There's an implementation ambiguity in the
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`term "the order in which they're received."
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`They would typically be received by different
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`processes, and the processes may have different
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`timings associated with t