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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC,
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`Petitioner
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`BLITZSAFE TEXAS, LLC
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`Patent Owner
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,155,342
`Filing Date: June 27, 2006
`Issue Date: April 10, 2012
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`Title: MULTIMEDIA DEVICE INTEGRATION SYSTEM
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`Case No. IPR2018-00927
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`PETITION FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................... 1
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`II. U.S. PATENT 8,155,342 ................................................................................ 3
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`A. Overview .............................................................................................. 3
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`B.
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`Priority Claim: The Effective Filing Date of the ’342 Patent is June
`27, 2006 ................................................................................................ 9
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`1.
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`2.
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`3.
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`4.
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`The ’961 Application ............................................................... 10
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`The ’909 Application ............................................................... 11
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`The ’667 Application ............................................................... 12
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`The ’847 Application ............................................................... 13
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`Prosecution History of “integration subsystem” ................................ 13
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`Level of Ordinary Skill in the Art ...................................................... 14
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`C.
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`D.
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`IV. CLAIMS 49-64, 66, 68-88, 94-97, 99-111, 113, 115, 116, 119 AND 120 OF
`THE ’342 PATENT ARE UNPATENTABLE ............................................ 15
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`A.
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`The Prior Art ...................................................................................... 15
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`1. Michmerhuizen ......................................................................... 15
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`2. Marlowe ................................................................................... 19
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`ID3v2 ........................................................................................ 20
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`B. Ground 1: Claims 49-64, 66, 69-88, 94-97, 99-111, 113, 116, 119, and
`120 are invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Marlowe
`in view of Michmerhuizen .................................................................. 22
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`1. Claim 49 ....................................................................................... 22
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`a) 49[1]: “A multimedia device integration system” ....................... 22
`b) 49[2]: “an integration subsystem in communication with a car
`audio/video system; and” ............................................................. 24
`(1) Integration Subsystem .................................................................. 24
`(2) Car Audio/Video System .............................................................. 30
`c) 49[3]: “a first wireless interface in communication with said
`integration subsystem, said first wireless interface establishing a
`wireless communication link with a second wireless interface in
`communication with a portable device external to the car
`audio/video system,” .................................................................... 31
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`d) 49[4]: “wherein said integration subsystem obtains, using said
`wireless communication link, information about an audio file
`stored on the portable device,” .................................................... 37
`e) 49[5]: “transmits the information to the car audio/video system for
`subsequent display of the information on a display of the car
`audio/video system,” .................................................................... 39
`f) 49[6]: “instructs the portable device to play the audio file in
`response to a user selecting the audio file using controls of the car
`audio/video system, and” ............................................................. 40
`g) 49[7]: “receives audio generated by the portable device over said
`wireless communication link for playing on the car audio/video
`system.” ........................................................................................ 42
`2. Claim 50 (and similarly claims 74 and 99): “said integration
`subsystem is positioned within the car audio/video system” and
`claim 51 (and similarly claim 75): “said first wireless interface is
`positioned within the car audio/video system” ............................ 44
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`3. Claim 52 (and similarly claim 76): “said second wireless interface
`is positioned within the portable device”..................................... 45
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`4. Claim 53 (and similarly claim 77): “said integration subsystem
`receives a control command issued at the car audio/video system
`in a format incompatible with the portable device processes the
`control command into a formatted command compatible with the
`portable device and dispatches the processed control command to
`the portable device for execution thereby” .................................. 45
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`5. Claim 54 (and similarly claim 78): “said integration subsystem
`receives data generated by the portable device in a format
`incompatible with the car audio/video system, processes the data
`into formatted data compatible with the car audio/video system,
`and transmits the processed data to the car audio/video system for
`subsequent display of the processed data on a display of the car
`audio/video system” ..................................................................... 47
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`6. Claim 55 (and similarly claims 79 and 102): “said integration
`subsystem further comprises a voice recognition subsystem for
`receiving and processing spoken control commands issued by a
`user” ............................................................................................. 48
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`7. Claim 56 (and similarly claims 83 and 106): “said integration
`subsystem generates a device presence signal and transmits the
`device presence signal to the car audio/video system to maintain
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`the car audio/video system in a state responsive to the portable
`device” ......................................................................................... 49
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`8. Claim 57 (and similarly claims 80 and 103): “said integration
`subsystem instructs said portable device to play a desired file in
`response to a spoken command processed by the voice recognition
`subsystem” ................................................................................... 50
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`9. Claim 58 (and similarly claims 81 and 104): “said integration
`subsystem further comprises a speech synthesizer for generating
`synthesized speech corresponding to data generated by the
`portable device.” .......................................................................... 51
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`10. Claim 59 (and similarly claims 82 and 105): “said integration
`subsystem transmits the synthesized speech to the car audio/video
`system for subsequent playing of the synthesized speech by the
`car audio/video system” ............................................................... 52
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`11. Claim 60 (and similarly claims 84 and 107): “the portable device
`comprises a portable receiver” ..................................................... 52
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`12. Claim 61 (and similarly claims 85 and 108): “the portable receiver
`comprises a digital audio broadcast (DAB) receiver, a high
`definition (HD) radio receiver, or a satellite receiver” ................ 54
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`13. Claim 62 (and similarly claims 86 and 109): “the portable device
`comprises a portable digital media player,” claim 63 (and
`similarly claims 87 and 110): “the portable digital media player
`comprises a video device, a portable media center, a portable
`media player, an MP3 player, an MP4 player, a WMV player, an
`Apple iPod, or an Apple video iPod,” and claim 64 (and similarly
`claims 88 and 111) “the portable device comprises a cellular
`telephone” .................................................................................... 54
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`14. Claim 66 (and similarly claim 94) ............................................... 55
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`a) 66[1]: “said integration subsystem obtains, using said wireless
`communication link, information about a video file stored on the
`portable device for subsequent display of the information on a
`display of the car audio/video system,” ....................................... 55
`b) 66[2]: “instruct[ing] the portable device to play the video file in
`response to a user selecting the video file using controls of the car
`audio/video system” ..................................................................... 56
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`c) 66[3]: “receiv[ing] video generated by the portable device over
`said wireless communication link for playing on the car
`audio/video system” ..................................................................... 57
`15. Claim 69 (and similarly claim 116): “the video file comprises a
`video clip stored on the portable device” .................................... 58
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`16. Claim 70 (and similarly claim 119): “said integration subsystem
`receives video generated by the portable device in a first format
`incompatible with the car audio/video system, processes the video
`into processed video in a second format compatible with the car
`audio/video system, and transmits the processed video to the car
`audio/video system for subsequent display of the processed video
`on a display of the car audio/video system” ................................ 59
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`17. Claim 71 (and similarly claims 95 and 100): “the audio file
`comprises a song stored on the portable device” ......................... 59
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`18. Claim 72 (and similarly claim 96): “the portable device is
`connected to the Internet, and said integration device processes
`information generated by the portable device and transmits
`processed information to the car audio/video system so that the
`display of the car audio/video system operates as an Internet
`browser” ....................................................................................... 60
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`19. Independent claim 73 ................................................................... 61
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`a) 73[1]: “A multimedia device integration system” ....................... 61
`b) 73[2]: “an integration subsystem in communication with a car
`audio/video system” ..................................................................... 61
`c) 73[3]: “a first wireless interface in communication with said
`integration subsystem, said first wireless interface establishing a
`wireless communication link with a second wireless interface in
`communication with a portable device external to the car
`audio/video system” ..................................................................... 61
`d) 73[4]: “wherein said integration subsystem obtains, using said
`wireless communication link, information about an audio file
`received by the portable device” .................................................. 62
`e) 73[5]: “transmits the information to the car audio/video system for
`subsequent display of the information on a display of the car
`audio/video system” ..................................................................... 62
`f) 73[6]: “instructs the portable device to play the audio file in
`response to a user selecting the audio file using controls of the car
`audio/video system” ..................................................................... 63
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`g) 73[7]: “and receives audio generated by the portable device over
`said wireless communication link for playing on the car
`audio/video system.” .................................................................... 63
`20. Independent claim 97 ................................................................... 63
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`a) 97[1]: “A multimedia device integration system:” ...................... 63
`b) 97[2]: “first and second wireless interfaces establishing a wireless
`communication link between a car audio/video system and a
`portable device external to the car audio/video system” ............. 63
`c) 97[3]: “and an integration subsystem in communication with said
`wireless communication link” ..................................................... 63
`d) 97[4]: “wherein said integration subsystem channels audio
`generated by the portable device to the car audio/video system
`using the wireless communication link for subsequent playing of
`the audio on the car audio/video system, the audio corresponding
`to an audio file played by the portable device” ........................... 64
`e) 97[5]: “and wherein said integration subsystem receives a control
`command issued by a user through one or more controls of the car
`audio/video system in a format incompatible with the portable
`device” ......................................................................................... 65
`f) 97[6]: “processes the control command into a formatted command
`compatible with the portable device” .......................................... 65
`g) 97[7]: “and dispatches the formatted command to the portable
`device for execution thereby” ...................................................... 65
`21. Claim 101: “the audio file is received by the portable device” ... 65
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`22. Claim 113: “The system of claim 97, wherein said integration
`subsystem channels video generated by the portable device to the
`car audio/video system over the wireless communication link for
`subsequent playing of the audio on the car audio/ video system,
`the video corresponding to a video file played by the portable
`device” ......................................................................................... 66
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`23. Independent claim 120 ................................................................. 68
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`a) 120[1]: “A multimedia device integration system, comprising” . 68
`b) 120[2]: “first and second wireless interfaces establishing a
`wireless communication link between a car audio/video system
`and a portable device external to the car audio/video system” ... 68
`c) 120[3]: “an integration subsystem in communication with said
`wireless communication link” ..................................................... 68
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`d) 120[4]: “wherein said integration subsystem instructs the portable
`device to play an audio file in response to a user selecting the
`audio file using controls of the car audio/video system” ............ 69
`e) 120[5]: “wherein said integration subsystem channels audio
`generated by the portable device to the car audio/video system
`using the wireless communication link for subsequent playing of
`the audio on the car audio/video system, the audio corresponding
`to the audio file played by the portable device” .......................... 69
`f) 120[6]: “and wherein said integration subsystem receives data
`generated by the portable device in a format incompatible with the
`car audio/video system” ............................................................... 69
`g) 120[7]: “processes the data into formatted data compatible with
`the car audio/video system” ......................................................... 69
`h) 120[8]: “and transmits the processed data to the car audio/video
`system for subsequent display of the processed data on a display
`of the car audio/video system” .................................................... 70
`C. Ground 2: Claims 66, 68, 94 and 115 are invalid under 35 U.S.C.
`§ 103 as obvious over Marlowe in view of Michmerhuizen and ID3v2
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`1. Claim 66 (and similarly claim 94) ................................................ 70
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`a) 66[1] and 66[2] .............................................................................. 70
`b) 66[3] .............................................................................................. 72
`2. Claim 68 (and similarly claim 115) obvious: “the video file
`comprises a picture stored on the portable device” ...................... 73
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`V. MANDATORY NOTICES UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(1) ....................... 73
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`REAL PARTY-IN-INTEREST UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(1) ...... 73
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`RELATED MATTERS UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2) .................. 73
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`LEAD AND BACK-UP COUNSEL ................................................. 74
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`SERVICE INFORMATION .............................................................. 75
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`VI. PAYMENT OF FEES UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.103 .................................... 76
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`VII. GROUNDS FOR STANDING UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.104(A) ................ 76
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`VIII. CONCLUSION ............................................................................................. 76
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`General Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Canon Kabushiki Kaisha,
`IPR2016-01357, Paper 19 (P.T.A.B. Sept. 6, 2017)......................................... 1, 2
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`Federal Statutes
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`35 U.S.C. § 102(a) ................................................................................................... 21
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`35 U.S.C. § 102(b) ............................................................................................. 19, 21
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`35 U.S.C. § 102(e) ................................................................................................... 15
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`35 U.S.C. § 103 .................................................................................................. 22, 70
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`Regulations
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(1) .............................................................................................. 73
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(1) .............................................................................................. 73
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2) .............................................................................................. 73
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(3) .............................................................................................. 74
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(a) ................................................................................................. 74
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(b) ................................................................................................ 75
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a) ................................................................................................. 76
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.103 ................................................................................................... 76
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.104(A) ............................................................................................. 76
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`https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3003 ............................................................................ 21
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`www.id3.org ............................................................................................................. 21
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`Description
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`EXHIBITS
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`1001
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`1002
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`1003
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`1004
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`1005
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`1006
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`1007
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`1008
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,155,342 (“the ’342 patent”)
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,870,142 (“Michmerhuizen”)
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`U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/789,176 (“Michmerhuizen
`Provisional”)
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`ID3v2 Made Easy (available at www.id3.org/easy.html, print date
`May 12, 2003) and 1999 ID3v2 – Informal Standard (available at
`www.id3.org/id3v2.3.0.html, print date May 12, 2003)
`(collectively “ID3v2”)
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`U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2003/0215102
`(“Marlowe”)
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,188,186 (“Meyer”)
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`Excerpt from file history of U.S. Patent No. 7,188,186
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`U.S. Patent Application No. 11/475,847 (“the ’847 application”)
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`U.S. Patent Application No. 11/071,667 (“the ’667 application”)
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`U.S. Patent Application No. 10/732,909 (“the ’909 application”)
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`U.S. Patent Application No. 10/316,961 (“the ’961 application”)
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`Copy of ’342 Patent (With New Matter Highlighted)
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`Portions of Plaintiff's Infringement Contentions Exhibit B, served
`September 2017 in Blitzsafe Texas, LLC v. Bayerische Motoren
`Werke AG et al., 2:17-cv-00418 (E.D. Tex.)
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`File History of the ’342 Patent
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`Declaration of James T. Geier
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`The audio/mpeg Media Type, Network Working Group, available
`at https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3003, November 2000 (“IETF”).
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`Advanced Audio Distribution Profile Specification, Adopted
`version 1.0., Bluetooth Audio Video Working Group, available at
`https://5series.net/forums/attachments/bluetooth-cell-phone-forum-
`26/16361d1141774343-samsung-phone-sends-music-5-series-out-
`a2dp_spec_v10.pdf, May 22, 2005.
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`Hillyard, Jason, Creating audio applications with Bluetooth, EE
`Times, available at
`https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1277103, April
`18, 2003.
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`Petitioner BMW of North America, LLC (“BMWNA,” or “Petitioner”),
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`requests Inter Partes Review of claims 49-64, 66, 68-88, 94-97, 99-111, 113, 115,
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`116, 119 and 120 of U.S. Patent No. 8,155,342 (EX1001, “the ’342 patent”), filed
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`on June 27, 2006, to Ira Marlowe. The patent is currently assigned to Blitzsafe
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`Texas, LLC. (“Blitzsafe” or “Patent Owner”) based on Patent Office records.
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`Shortly after the Board terminated a prior IPR on this patent just prior to
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`reaching a final written decision (in IPR2016-00418), Blitzsafe sued BMWNA
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`(and many others). A month after Blitzsafe identified the claims it would assert in
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`infringement contentions, nearly all defendants asked the Board to restart the prior
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`IPR and issue a final decision. As discussed during a call in that matter, the parties
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`intended to save both the resources of the Board and the parties by only including
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`grounds for which a record was already developed. The Board declined that
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`request and declined to reinstitute a proceeding on the original grounds a few days
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`ago. Accordingly, as expressly provided by the statute and the Board’s rules,
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`BMWNA is not estopped from filing a new Inter Partes Review petition.
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`Last fall, the Board made its decision in General Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd.
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`v. Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, IPR2016-01357, Paper 19 (P.T.A.B. Sept. 6, 2017). In
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`that case, the Board denied institution of a second set of follow-on petitions that
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`challenged the same claims as the first set of petitions by modifying the prior
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`grounds to address the Board’s concerns using prior art from a search conducted
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`after the Board denied institution. Id. at 10. But that is not the case here.
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`In preparing the invalidity contentions served in February 2018, BMWNA
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`discovered new prior art—Michmerhuizen—that has never been before the Board
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`or the patent examiner in a newly commissioned search. The new art was
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`undiscovered by a prior art search conducted in August 2017. This prior art
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`obviates not only the previously challenged claims but also over twenty other
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`claims, which this petition challenges for the first time.1 BMWNA discovered this
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`better prior art only after it asked the Board to reinstitute the old IPR in
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`IPR2018-00090.
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`Unlike General Plastic, this is not a case where petitioner “modified its
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`challenges in the follow on petitions in an attempt to cure the deficiencies that the
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`Board identified in its first-filed petitions,” or even a case where the preliminary
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`response or institution decision in the earlier proceeding provided additional
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`guidance. The merits arguments in both the preliminary response and decision on
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`institution presented issues already known from the record of previously-
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`1 Petitioner believes that claims 58-61, 69, 72, 81-88, 96, 104, 105, 107, 108, 116,
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`and 119 have not been challenged in any prior IPR petition for the ’342 patent
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`terminated IPR2016-00418. Accordingly, BMW gained no tactical advantage
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`from them. Because the none of the prior art references applied here were rejected
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`by the Board or Examiner in prior analyses, the guidance from all prior IPRs is of
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`little-to-no value.
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`Accordingly, because this petition relies on new art that went undiscovered
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`until recently, despite reasonable efforts prior to filing of IPR2018-00090, and
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`because the purpose of the prior IPR2018-00090 was to save the Board’s
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`resources, not to gain an unfair tactical advantage, the Board should not exercise its
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`discretion to deny this petition. Indeed, doing so would chill future efforts of
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`parties to use USPTO resources efficiently when a patent owner employs the tactic
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`of asking the Board to terminate a nearly completed IPR with the intent of turning
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`around and suing others.
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`For the reasons below, the Board should institute inter partes review of the
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`’342 patent because Petitioner establishes a reasonable likelihood of success that
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`claims 49-64, 66, 68-88, 94-97, 99-111, 113, 115, 116, 119 and 120 are
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`unpatentable under each of the proposed grounds.
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`II. U.S. PATENT 8,155,342
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`A. Overview
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`The ’342 patent discloses a multimedia device integration system that
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`controls a portable device from a car audio/video system via an “integration
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`subsystem” (see EX1001, Abstract), and wireless integration between the car
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`audio/video system and a portable audio/video device via the integration
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`subsystem. See EX1014 (’342 Patent File History), p. 600-601). Id.
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`That integration is achieved by positioning the integration subsystem either
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`within the portable device or within the car audio/video system to integrate the two
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`devices, as shown in FIGS. 18 and 19. See id.; see also Ex. 1001, FIGS. 18 and 19
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`and 33:43-35:32; EX1015, ¶16.
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`The ’342 patent contains six independent claims (1, 25, 49, 73, 97, and 120),
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`four of which are challenged herein (49, 73, 97, and 120). Non-challenged
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`independent claims 1 and 25 recite an “integration subsystem” connected to the
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`portable device, and in wireless communication with a car audio/video system.
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`Challenged independent claims 49, 73, 97, and 120 recite the “integration
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`subsystem” being connected to the car audio/video system, and in wireless
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`communication with the portable device. EX1015, ¶17. Figs. 18 and 19 of the
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`’342 patent file history, annotated below, illustrate the different configurations:
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`EX1014, 825 (FIG. 19, annotated)
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`In the embodiment corresponding to the challenged independent claims (illustrated
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`in FIG. 19), the integration subsystem (1032) in the a car audio/video system
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`(1010) is in communication with a first wireless interfaces (1016)a wireless link
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`(1022) with a second wireless interface (1026) in the portable device (1024) for
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`exchanging communications (e.g., commands, audio, etc.). EX1001, 34:19-35:32;
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`The language of each of the challenged independent claims is recited below:
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`49. A multimedia device integration system, comprising:
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`an integration subsystem in communication with a car
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`audio/video system; and
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`a first wireless interface in communication with said
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`integration subsystem, said first wireless interface
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`establishing a wireless communication link with a second
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`wireless interface in communication with a portable device
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`external to the car audio/video system,
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`wherein said integration subsystem obtains, using said
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`wireless communication link, information about an audio
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`file stored on the portable device, transmits the information
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`to the car audio/video system for subsequent display of the
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`information on a display of the car audio/video system,
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`instructs the portable device to play the audio file in
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`response to a user selecting the audio file using controls of
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`the car audio/video system, and receives audio generated by
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`an integration subsystem in communication with a car
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`audio/video system; and
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`a first wireless interface in communication with said
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`integration subsystem, said first wireless interface
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`establishing a wireless communication link with a second
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`wireless interface in communication with a portable device
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`external to the car audio/video system,
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`wherein said integration subsystem obtains, using said
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`wireless communication link, information about an audio
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`file received by the portable device, transmits the
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`information to the car audio/video system for subsequent
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`display of the information on a display of the car
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`audio/video system, instructs the portable device to play the
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`audio file in response to a user selecting the audio file using
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`controls of the car audio/video system, and receives audio
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`generated by the portable device over said wireless
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`communication link for playing on the car audio/video
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`first and second wireless interfaces establishing a wireless
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`communication link between a car audio/video system and a
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`portable device external to the car audio/video system; and
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`an integration subsystem in communication with said wireless
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`communication link,
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`wherein said integration subsystem channels audio generated
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`by the portable device to the car audio/video system using
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`the wireless communication link for subsequent playing of
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`the audio on the car audio/video system, the audio
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`corresponding to an audio file played by the portable
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`wherein said integration subsystem receives a control
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`command issued by a user through one or more controls of
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`the portable device, processes the control command into a
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`formatted command compatible with the portable device,
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`and dispatches the formatted command to the portable
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`120. A multimedia device integration system, comprising:
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`first and second wireless interfaces establishing a wireless
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`communication link between a car audio/video system and a
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`portable device external to the car audio/video system; and
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`an integration subsystem in communication with said wireless
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`communication link,
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`wherein said integration subsystem instructs the portable
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`device to play an audio file in response to a user selecting
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`the audio file using controls of the car audio/video system,
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`wherein said integration subsystem channels audio generated
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`by the portable device to the car audio/video system using
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`the wireless communication link for subsequent playing of
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`the audio on the car audio/video system, the audio
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`corresponding to the audio file played by the portable
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`device, and
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`wherein said integration subsystem receives data generated by
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`the portable device in a format incompatible with the car
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`audio/video system, processes the data into formatted data
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`compatible with the car audio/video system, and transmits
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`the processed data to the car audio/video system for
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`subsequent display of the processed data on a display of the
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`car audio/video system.
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`Priority Claim: The Effective Filing Date of the ’342 Patent is
`June 27, 2006
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`The ’342 patent (EX1001) was filed on June 27, 2006; as a continuation-in-
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`part (CIP) of Ser. No. 11/071,667
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`(EX1009, “the ’667 application”), filed
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`March 3, 2005; which was a CIP of Ser.
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`No. 10/732,909 (EX1010, “the ’909
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`application”) filed December 10, 2003;
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`which was a CIP of Ser. No. 10/316,961
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`(EX1011, “the ’961 a