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` BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`Case No. IPR2019-00030
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` U.S. Patent No. 9,857,568
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`September 5, 2019
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`Reported by Eve K. Burton, RPR, CRR,
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`Corephotonics
`Exhibit 2026
`Apple v. Corephotonics
`IPR2019-00030
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`JOSÉ SASIÁN, Ph.D.
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` 1 The video-recorded deposition of JOSÉ SASIÁN,
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` 2 Ph.D., noticed by Patent Owner, was taken on
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` 3 September 5, 2019, from 8:59 a.m. to 11:39 a.m., at the
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` 4 conference suites of Four Points Sheraton, 7060 South
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` 5 Tucson Boulevard, Tucson, Arizona, before Eve K. Burton,
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` 6 RPR, CRR, Arizona CR Certificate No. 50261, California CSR
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` 7 No. 12527.
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` 9 APPEARANCES:
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`11 For Petitioner:
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`12 HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP
` JAMIE H. MCDOLE, ESQ.
`13 JORDAN M. MAUCOTEL, ESQ.
` 2323 Victory Avenue, Suite 700
`14 Dallas, Texas 75219
` (214) 651-5121
`15 jamie.mcdole@haynesboone.com
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`17 For Patent Owner:
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`18 RUSS AUGUST & KABAT
` NEIL A. RUBIN, ESQ.
`19 12424 Wilshire Boulevard, 12th Floor
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`20 (310) 826-7474
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`23 REBECCA GAUTHIER, Legal Videographer
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` 2 WITNESS: PAGE
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` 9 E X H I B I T S
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`10 NUMBER DESCRIPTION PAGE
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`11 Exhibit 2025 Zemax Optical Design Program User's 47
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`13 EXHIBITS PREVIOUSLY MARKED
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`14 EXHIBIT FIRST REFERENCED
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`15 Exhibit 1001 8
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`16 Exhibit 1003 34
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`17 Exhibit 1005 30
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`18 Exhibit 1020 53
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` 2 SEPTEMBER 5, 2019, 8:59 A.M.; TUCSON, ARIZONA
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` 4 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: Good morning. We are on
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` 5 the record to begin the deposition of José Sasián in the
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` 6 matter of Apple Incorporated versus Corephotonics,
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` 7 Limited. This case is venued in the United States
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` 8 Patent and Trademark Office before the Patent Trial and
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` 9 Appeal Board. The case number is IPR2019-00030.
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`10 Today's date is September 5th, 2019, and the
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`11 time is 8:59 a.m. This deposition is taking place at the
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`12 Four Points Marriott Hotel.
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`13 The legal videographer is Rebecca Gauthier,
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`14 and the court reporter is Eve Burton, here on behalf of
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`15 Barkley Court Reporters.
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`16 Counsel, please be aware your microphones
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`17 are sensitive and may pick up whispers and private
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`18 conversations, which may be captured on the video, as well
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`19 as taken down by the court reporter as part of the record.
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`20 Would counsel please identify yourselves and
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`21 state whom you represent.
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`22 MR. RUBIN: Neil Rubin of Russ August &
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`23 Kabat, representing the Patent Owner, Corephotonics.
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`24 MR. MCDOLE: Jamie McDole, Haynes and Boone,
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`25 representing the witness and Apple.
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` 1 MR. MAUCOTEL: Jordan Maucotel, Haynes and
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` 2 Boone, representing the witness and Apple.
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` 3 (Interruption by air traffic noise.)
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` 4 (Discussion off the record.)
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` 5 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: Thank you, Counsel. The
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` 6 court reporter will now swear in the witness, and we may
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` 7 then proceed.
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` 8 THE COURT REPORTER: Could I have you raise
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` 9 your right hand, please.
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`10 THE WITNESS: (Complies.)
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`11 THE COURT REPORTER: Do you solemnly swear
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`12 or affirm the testimony you're about to give will be the
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`13 truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
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`14 THE WITNESS: Yes.
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`15 THE COURT REPORTER: Thank you.
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`17 JOSÉ SASIÁN, Ph.D.,
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`18 was called as a witness by counsel for Patent Owner and,
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`19 having been first duly sworn by the Certified Court
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`20 Reporter, was examined and testified as follows:
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`22 EXAMINATION
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`23 BY MR. RUBIN:
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`24 Q. Good morning, Dr. Sasián.
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`25 A. Good morning, Mr. Rubin.
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` 1 Q. So this is not the first time that we've met for
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` 2 a deposition, correct?
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` 3 A. No, it's not the first time.
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` 4 Q. You recall being deposed in this IPR on July 2nd,
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` 5 2019?
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` 6 A. I believe so.
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` 7 Q. And you recall being deposed in an IPR
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` 8 concerning -- or in two IPRs concerning related
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` 9 Corephotonics patents on February 15th, 2019?
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`10 A. Yes, I believe so.
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`11 Q. And so how many times total have you been
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`12 deposed?
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`13 A. Regarding what?
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`14 Q. Withdrawn.
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`15 In -- withdrawn.
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`16 How many times total have you been deposed
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`17 as an expert witness, including depositions in IPRs
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`18 concerning Corephotonics and including any other cases
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`19 you've been deposed as an expert in?
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`20 A. I haven't updated at my list, but I estimate
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`21 roughly around 13, 14, 15 times.
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`22 Q. So you're familiar with the deposition process,
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`23 then, it's fair to say?
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`24 A. I would say I have some familiarity.
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`25 Q. So just a few reminders:
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` 1 Depending on how long the deposition goes
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` 2 today, we may take breaks roughly every hour or hour and a
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` 3 half. If at any point you do need to take a break at
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` 4 another time, please let me know, but I will ask that you
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` 5 finish answering any question that is pending, okay?
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` 6 A. Yes.
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` 7 Q. And also, there's a rule that governs this
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` 8 deposition that, during any portion of the deposition
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` 9 where I am asking questions and we take a break, you're
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`10 not allowed to discuss the substance of the deposition
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`11 with counsel for Apple, including any questions that I've
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`12 asked or that you may anticipate I would ask. You
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`13 understand that rule?
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`14 A. Yes.
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`15 So just to make sure I have it clear, the
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`16 rule says that I cannot speak any matter of the deposition
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`17 or the case with the -- with counsel to Apple during break
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`18 times; is that correct?
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`19 Q. That's correct. And there is an exception to
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`20 that rule during the break -- during any break that may
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`21 occur after I've finished asking my questions and before
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`22 Apple has the opportunity to ask its questions. But
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`23 during breaks where I'm asking you questions, you can't
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`24 discuss the deposition. You understand?
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`25 A. Yes.
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` 1 MR. MCDOLE: I'm going to object to form. I
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` 2 think there's -- that's incorrect a little bit, Neil. I
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` 3 think it's privilege, we're allowed to talk. Just point
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` 4 of -- I think we're all in agreement on that. I just want
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` 5 to make sure we're clear that, if he has a question on
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` 6 privilege, we can talk about that.
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` 7 MR. RUBIN: That's fair.
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` 8 MR. MCDOLE: Okay.
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`10 Q. So if there's a que- -- if you have a question
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`11 that you'd like to discuss with counsel for Apple about
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`12 whether the answer to my question is covered by
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`13 attorney-client privilege or another privilege, you can
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`14 discuss that, but I don't anticipate that's likely to come
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`15 up today, okay?
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`16 A. Okay.
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`17 Q. All right. All right. So I've just introduced
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`18 as an exhibit Apple Exhibit 1001, which is a copy of the
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`19 '568 patent that's the subject of this IPR. I think you
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`20 can view the exhibit by clicking on its name on your
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`21 screen.
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`22 A. Yes.
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`23 Q. All right. And for the record, the exhibits in
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`24 today's deposition are being presented on a tablet. If
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`25 you have any difficulties operating the software, please
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` 1 let me know.
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` 2 You recognize Exhibit 1001 as a copy of the
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` 3 '568 patent that you've offered opinions concerning in
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` 4 this case?
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` 5 A. Yes.
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` 6 Q. If you could please flip to the fourth page of
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` 7 the exhibit, and just swipe right on the screen, do you
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` 8 see Figure 1B?
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` 9 A. Yes.
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`10 Q. And do you recall offering opinions on Figure 1B
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`11 and on similar figures for other embodiments of the '568
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`12 patent in your reply declaration?
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`13 A. Yes, I remember that.
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`14 Q. On the vertical axis of Figure 1B is the label
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`15 "Modulus of the OTF." What is the OTF?
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`16 A. OTF stands for optical transfer function.
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`17 Q. And what's an optical transfer function?
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`18 A. Optical systems, lens systems can be modelled as
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`19 linear systems. And a linear system produces an output
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`20 that technically is the convolution of the object with the
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`21 point of spread function, and that is in the spatial
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`22 domain.
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`23 However, in the frequency domain, if we take
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`24 the Fourier transform of the image as a convolution, we
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`25 obtain a product of the spectrum of the object times the
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` 1 spectrum of the point of spread function. But the
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` 2 spectrum of the point of spread function is the optical
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` 3 transfer function.
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` 4 Q. And how do you compute the modulus of the optical
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` 5 transfer function?
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` 6 A. The optical transfer function is a complex --
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` 7 mathematical complex function that has a modulus and a
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` 8 phase. So they're -- mathematically, to obtain the MTF,
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` 9 one would only consider the modulus of the OTF, and there
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`10 are some specific mathematical equations to obtain the
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`11 modulus of the complex function.
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`12 Q. Would another term sometimes used to mean the
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`13 same thing as "modulus" of the complex number be the
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`14 "absolute value" of the complex number?
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`15 A. Yeah, it could be.
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`16 Q. The -- in Figure 1B, below the plot, there's text
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`17 that reads, "Polychromatic Defraction Through Focus MTF."
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`18 You see that?
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`19 A. Yes.
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`20 Q. Do you understand MTF to -- there to be an
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`21 abbreviation for modulation transfer function?
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`22 A. Yes.
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`23 Q. Is that the same thing as the modulus of the
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`24 optical transfer function?
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`25 A. Yes.
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` 1 Q. There are certain labels on the figure that say
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` 2 "TS" and then an angle in degrees?
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` 3 A. Yes.
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` 4 Q. What do the letters "T" and "S" stand for, as you
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` 5 understand the figure?
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` 6 A. They refer to two directions, the tangential and
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` 7 the sagittal.
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` 8 Q. So the plots labelled "T" and "S" are the modulus
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` 9 of the OTF for the -- for sagittal raise, in the case of
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`10 S, and tangential raise in the case of T? Is that right?
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`11 A. Well, the MTF, it's a two-dimensional function,
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`12 like a mountain, say. And the mountain, it has many
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`13 cross-sections. And in one direction, say, north/south,
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`14 we can call it the tangential direction, and in a
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`15 perpendicular direction, west/east, would be the sagittal
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`16 direction. The cross-section of the mountain, if the
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`17 mountain is the MTF, that would give us the -- either the
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`18 T or the S cross-sections we are seeing here.
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`19 Q. The horizontal axis of Figure 1B is labelled
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`20 "Focus shift" and then, in parentheses, millimeters. How
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`21 is a focus shift calculated?
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`22 A. As I said before, the optical transfer function
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`23 turns out to be the Fourier transform of the point of
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`24 spread function. When -- and that transfer -- and that
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`25 point of spread function corresponds to a position of an
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` 1 observation plane.
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` 2 So notice that the observation plane, it's
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` 4 of spread function, and taking the Fourier transform of
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` 5 that point of spread function give us the optical transfer
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` 6 function. And from there, we obtain the modulus, which is
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` 7 the MTF, and we obtain one point for zero focus shift.
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` 8 Then for a focus shift, say, of minus
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` 9 .01 millimeters, we move the observation plane to minus
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`10 .01 millimeters. The point of spread function changes.
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`11 We take the Fourier transform of the point -- of the point
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`12 of spread function that has changed, obtain the optical
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`13 transfer function, obtain the modulus of the optical
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`14 transfer function, and obtain another point on plot.
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`15 And then we continue doing this and obtain
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`16 the different points of a given curve as we change the
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`17 observation plane position, which is the focus shift.
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`18 Q. So if I'm understanding what you said correctly,
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`19 each point along one of the curves in Figure 1B, or in the
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`20 other corresponding Figures 2B and 3B, is the value of the
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`21 MTF for a given position of the observation plane?
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`22 A. Yes. Every observation plane, according to this
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`23 position, has an MTF. And we determine, say, for the T
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`24 direction what is the high, and then for that shift, we
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`25 plot that particular point. And then we may shift again
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` 1 and obtain another point and then construct the graph.
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` 2 Q. So what position of the observation plane
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` 3 corresponds to a focus shift of zero on these MTF plots?
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` 4 A. Well, here the plot says that for a focal --
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` 5 focus shift of zero, we obtain some values for the
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` 6 different curves, and we can put them on the vertical
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` 7 scale that reads "Modulus of the OTF," for example.
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` 8 For the zero degree curve, zero degrees, the
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` 9 T and the S look like the MTF is around .5 when we are at
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`10 zero focus shift. But if we go to a focus shift of, say,
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`11 minus .03, then the MTF gets reduced to about .1.
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`12 Q. Where is the observation plane located when the
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`13 focus shift in plots such as Figure 1B is zero?
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`14 MR. MCDOLE: Objection. Form.
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`15 THE WITNESS: Well, there is relation of
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`16 this plot with respect to the lens structure, and this
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`17 zero position for the observation plane would correspond,
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`18 if we go further, say, to Table -- to one of the tables,
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`19 say, Table 5, the image plane is indicated to be
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`20 .2 millimeters from surface 13 on Table 2. So we'll
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`21 understand that the zero position, it's at .2 millimeters
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`22 from the last surface.
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`23 THE COURT REPORTER: Did you say that the MS
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`24 plane is at .2, or is it something else?
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`25 THE WITNESS: That the observation plane,
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` 3 MR. RUBIN: So I think your question was
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` 5 the word was "image," as in "image plane."
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` 6 THE WITNESS: Thank you.
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` 7 MR. RUBIN: Yeah.
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` 8 MR. MCDOLE: We can look at that for the
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` 9 errata. That's fine.
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`11 Q. So as you're interpreting the focus shift value
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`12 in Figure 1B, Figure 2B, and Figure 3B of the '568 patent,
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`13 am I correct in understanding that you interpret the focus
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`14 shift to be the difference between the location of the
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`15 observation plane and the location of the last surface
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`16 listed in the lens prescription tables?
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`17 MR. MCDOLE: Objection. Form.
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`18 THE WITNESS: Well, let me answer your
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`19 question by saying that a table like Table 5 is produced
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`20 by lens design software, and the software optimizes the
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`21 lens to produce a good image or an image. After -- and
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`22 specifies where is that image.
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`23 And as I said, that image is at
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`24 .2 millimeters from the last surface, according to the
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`25 table.
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` 2 program has optimized the lens, the lens designer may
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` 4 program calculates the MTF at different locations from the
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` 5 nominal position as when the lens was optimized. So that
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` 6 focal shift is with respect to the position indicated
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` 8 BY MR. RUBIN:
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` 9 Q. So would you agree that Figures 1B, 2B, and 3B in
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`10 the '568 patent show the effects on the MTF of placing an
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`11 image sensor at a location other than the optimal location
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`12 determined by the lens design software?
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`13 MR. MCDOLE: Objection. Form.
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`14 THE WITNESS: Would you please repeat the
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`15 question.
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`16 MR. RUBIN: Let's wait for the noise to die
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`17 down.
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`18 THE WITNESS: I can go and ask them.
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`19 MR. MCDOLE: No, no. You stay here.
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`20 MR. RUBIN: All right. Let's go off the
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`21 record.
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`22 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: Going off the record.
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`23 The time is 9:23 a.m.
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`24 (Recess taken.)
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`25 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: We are back on the
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` 2 BY MR. RUBIN:
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` 3 Q. Dr. Sasián, would you agree that Figures 1B, 2B,
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` 4 and 3B in the '568 patent show the effects on the MTF of
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` 5 placing an image sensor at a location other than the
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` 6 optimal location that was determined by the lens design
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` 7 software?
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` 8 MR. MCDOLE: Objection. Form.
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` 9 THE WITNESS: Could you please repeat it
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`10 once more.
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`11 BY MR. RUBIN:
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`12 Q. Dr. Sasián, would you agree that Figures 1B, 2B,
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`13 and 3B in the '568 patent show the effects on the MTF of
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`14 placing an image sensor at a location other than the
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`15 optimal location that was determined by the lens design
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`16 software?
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`17 MR. MCDOLE: Objection. Form.
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`18 THE WITNESS: Well, I think I wouldn't agree
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`19 with that, because the effects on the MTF are a
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`20 consequence of calculating the MTF with a focus shift.
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`21 They are not a consequence of placing the sensor at a
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`22 different location.
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`23 And the reason I say it is because, as I
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`24 said before, that these plots are calculated by moving the
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`25 observation plane and doing this mathematical operation to
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` 1 determine the MTF, and from there, the plot -- and from
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` 2 there, one calculates the MTF values. And up to this
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` 3 point, I haven't used a sensor to calculate the plots.
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` 5 Q. Would you agree that Figures 1B, 2B, and 3B in
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` 6 the '568 patent show the effects on the MTF of placing the
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` 7 observation plane at a location other than the optimal
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` 8 image plane location that was determined by the lens
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` 9 design software?
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`10 MR. MCDOLE: Objection. Form.
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`11 THE WITNESS: Yes. The plots indicate the
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`12 change of MTF, including when there is no change on the
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`13 observation plane, because the plots include the zero
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`14 position which is the nominal design position.
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`16 Q. So, for example, a focus shift of .01 on
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`17 Figure 1B indicates that the observation plane is located
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`18 .01 millimeters further away from the object side than the
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`19 optimal image plane location; is that right?
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`20 A. I would say from the distance specified on the
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`21 prescription table.
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`22 Q. So the prescription table, for example, Table 5
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`23 in the '568 patent, shows a location of an image plane; is
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`24 that your understanding?
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`25 A. It specifies the image plane. In conjunction
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` 1 with the TTL given in the prescription and in conjunction
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` 2 with the figures, one would understand that the
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` 3 .2 millimeters corresponds to where the image has been
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` 4 optimized by the program.
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` 5 Q. So what's the difference between an image plane
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` 6 and an observation plane, as you use those terms today?
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` 7 A. The image plane is where an image is located.
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` 8 But an image, it's formed by beams of light, and the beams
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` 9 of light are just not in a single plane. The beams of
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`10 light propagate in three-dimensional space. So one can
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`11 determine what is the distribution of light at different
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`12 planes, but one, it's indicated to be the image plane.
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`13 I don't know if that answers your question.
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`14 Q. So I don't think in your answer you explained
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`15 what an observation plane is.
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`16 A. An observation plane is just a plane where you
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`17 decide to evaluate what's the light distribution.
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`18 Q. And when you evaluate the light distribution at a
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`19 given observation plane, you're determining what light
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`20 would be received by a physical object that was placed at
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`21 that location, correct?
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`22 A. Not exactly. In the context of the '568, in
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`23 relation to the MTF curves, the MTF curves give us
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`24 information about the contrast -- the contrast of an
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`25 image, and the image is the image of the object. And the
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` 1 MTF is telling us what's the contrast of that image if we
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` 2 place the observation plane at zero or to the left or to
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` 3 the right.
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` 4 Q. Would you agree that the curves shown in
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` 5 Figure 1B, 2B, and 3B of the '568 patent are relevant to a
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` 6 lens designer because they show the effect on image
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` 7 contrast of locating an image sensor at someplace other
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` 8 than the location indicated by the lens prescription?
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` 9 MR. MCDOLE: Objection. Form.
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`10 THE WITNESS: Would you please repeat the
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`11 question.
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`12 BY MR. RUBIN:
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`13 Q. Would you agree that the curves shown in
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`14 Figure 1B, 2B, and 3B of the '568 patent are relevant to a
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`15 lens designer because they show the effect on image
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`16 contrast of locating an image sensor at someplace other
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`17 than the location indicated by the lens prescription?
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`18 MR. MCDOLE: Objection. Form.
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`19 THE WITNESS: I'd like to answer your
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`20 question by saying that the MTF are relevant in lens
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`21 design because they provide information about the contrast
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`22 of an image. And that contrast of an image would be
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`23 acquired if you place a sensor.
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`24 So the sensor will acquire the -- the sensor
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`25 will be sensitive to electromagnetic radiation, and the
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` 1 sensor will, through electronics, produce a signal
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` 2 representing the -- that electr- -- the distribution of
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` 3 that electromagnetic radiation, representing the object.
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` 4 Now, as I said before, if we change
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` 5 observation plane, the contrasts change, according to the
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` 6 plots in Figures 1-, 2-, and 3B. And if we, in addition,
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` 7 place a sensor on those -- at the location of those
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` 8 observation planes, the -- the information acquired by the
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` 9 sensor will see a decrease or an increase in the contrast
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`10 of the image represented by that information acquired by
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`11 the sensor.
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`12 BY MR. RUBIN:
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`13 Q. So a lens designer looking at a plot such as that
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`14 in Figure 1B can see the effects on the contrast of the
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`15 image that result from shifting the location of the image
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`16 sensor, correct?
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`17 A. Let me rephrase that or answer it like this: A
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`18 lens designer will understand that the information
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`19 acquired by the sensor when it's placed at a focus shift
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`20 of zero will be electronically transferred and recreated
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`21 as an image with a contrast pretty much related to the
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`22 contrast shown on plot 1B for a focus shift of zero. Then
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`23 the lens designer would say, if we move the observation
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`24 plane and, along with it, the sensor, the information
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`25 acquired by the sensor and processed electronically to
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` 1 render an image would yield an image that has a reduced
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` 2 contrast, as indicated in the plot.
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` 3 Q. Generally speaking, a modulation transfer
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` 4 function -- withdrawn.
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` 5 Generally speaking, it's desirable for a
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` 6 lens system to have a high modulation transfer function;
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` 7 would you agree?
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` 8 MR. MCDOLE: Objection. Form.
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` 9 THE WITNESS: Not necessarily. Depending on
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`10 application. But for imaging applications like the cell
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`11 phones where we like good image quality, yes, we want to
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`12 have a high modulation transfer function.
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`13 BY MR. RUBIN:
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`14 Q. An MTF of 1 corresponds to perfect contrast in an
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`15 image; is that right?
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`16 A. We can say that, yes.
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`17 Q. And an MTF of zero corresponds to no contrast in
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`18 the image, correct?
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`19 A. That's correct.
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`20 Q. So an image with an MTF of zero, there's no
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`21 detail at all visible in the image because the light's all
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`22 smeared out?
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`23 A. For our -- if the MTF is zero for all
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`24 frequencies, there is no detail to be detected.
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`25 Q. So all else being equal, for imaging
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` 1 applications, a higher MTF value is more desirable than a
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` 2 lower MTF value; is that right?
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` 3 MR. MCDOLE: Objection. Form.
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` 4 THE WITNESS: For sharp imaging, usually,
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` 5 yes, that's the case. The higher MTF, say, for a single
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` 6 frequency, it's more desirable than a lower frequency for
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` 7 that spatial frequency.
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` 8 BY MR. RUBIN:
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` 9 Q. So I just introduced and you should have
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`10 available in your tablet Exhibit 1026. I think if you --
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`11 let's see. Maybe if you tap on the screen and hit back --
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`12 A. Okay.
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`13 Q. -- then you can click on 1026.
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`14 A. Oh, okay. I'm sorry. I -- 1026, yes.
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`15 Q. Okay. So do you recognize Exhibit 1026 as your
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`16 declaration in support of Apple's reply in IPR2019-00030?
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`17 A. Yes, it appears so.
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`18 Q. And you brought with you today a paper copy of
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`19 this same declaration; is that right?
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`20 A. Yes.
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`21 Q. So feel free to consult either version, as you
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`22 wish.
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`23 If you could please turn to paragraph 3 of
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`24 your declaration, which is on page 4.
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`25 A. Yes.
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` 1 Q. On the third -- withdrawn.
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` 2 In paragraph 3, the third sentence reads,
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` 3 "First, Dr. Moore acknowledges in his declaration (by
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` 4 citing to my book) that the ideal image plane and the
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` 5 actual image plane may be in the same location in a lens
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` 6 system." You see that?
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` 7 A. Yes.
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` 8 Q. So you would agree that an ideal image plane and
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` 9 an actual image plane may be in the same location for a
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`10 given lens system?
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`11 A. Yes.
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`12 Q. And since they may be in the same location for
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`13 certain lens systems, for other lens systems, the ideal
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`14 image plane and actual image plane may be in different
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`15 locations; would you agree?
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`16 MR. MCDOLE: Objection. Form.
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`17 THE WITNESS: For some hypothetical systems,
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`18 that could be the case.
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`19 BY MR. RUBIN:
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`20 Q. So in your answer, you refer to "hypothetical
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`21 systems." Are you saying that there's no actual
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`22 real-world lens system where the ideal image plane and
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`23 actual image plane may be in different locations?
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`24 A. I just want to distinguish between some systems,
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`25 hypothetical systems that may be real, and the systems in
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` 1 the '568 patent. And in the Ogino patent, too.
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` 2 Q. So when you use the word "hypothetical" in your
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` 3 answer, you're not saying that they aren't -- I'm sorry.
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` 4 Withdrawn.
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` 5 When you referred to a system as being
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` 6 hypothetical in the answer that you just gave, you're not
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` 7 saying that that ques- -- that that system doesn't exist
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` 8 in the real world, correct?
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` 9 A. Right. It may exist.
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`10 Q. If you could please turn to page 9 of your
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`11 declaration, Exhibit 1026.
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`12 A. Yes.
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`13 Q. On page 9, there is an image taken from a
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`14 screenshot of the Zemax OpticStudio software; is that
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`15 right?
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`16 A. It's actually not Zemax OpticStudio. It's Zemax,
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`17 just Zemax.
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`18 Q. Okay.
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`19 A. Because this is -- if I remember well, the
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`20 version of February 14, two thousand -- many years ago,
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`21 where it was called still Zemax. And after that, the name
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`22 was changed to OpticStudio.
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`23 Q. I see. So the -- withdrawn.
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`24 To the best of your recollection, what
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`25 version of Zemax did you use in preparing the images that
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` 1 you included in your declaration?
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` 2 A. I -- if I remember well, it's February 14, 2011,
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` 3 but I would have to check.
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` 4 Q. So are versions of Zemax identified by release
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` 5 date, not by version numbers?
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` 6 A. I don't recall. I think that it may be both, but
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` 7 I don't recall distinctly.
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` 8 Q. The software that's currently offered for sale
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` 9 under the name Zemax OpticStudio is a later version of the
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`10 same program that you used in creating the images in your
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`11 declaration; is that right?
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`12 A. Yes, it's a later version and likely improved.
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`13 Q. So February 2011, that's eight and a half years
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`14 old. Is there a reason why you chose to use the older
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`15 version of the software rather than a more recent version?
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`16 A. Well, one reason, it's because the software, it's
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`17 slightly before the priority date of some of the asserted
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`18 patents in the -- in the -- in -- that we have been
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`19 discussing.
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`20 Q. How many versions of the Zemax software do you
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`21 have available to use?
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`22 A. I think I have several, several versions.
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`23 Q. And so you have available to use more recent
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`24 versions of the Zema