`v.
`Qualcomm Incorporated
`IPR2019-00047
`IPR2019-00048
`IPR2019-00049
`U.S. Patent No. 9,154,356
`Patent Owner’s Demonstrative Exhibits
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`U.S. Patent No. 9,154,356
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`Intel 1001, Fig. 6A*
`* All Citations are to IPR2019-00047, unless otherwise noted.
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`Instituted Grounds
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`IPR2019-00047
`Ground I:
`Ground II:
`Ground III:
`Ground IV:
`Ground V:
`Ground VI:
`IPR2019-00048
`Ground I:
`Ground II:
`Ground III:
`Ground IV:
`IPR2019-00049
`Ground I:
`Ground II:
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`Claims 1, 11, 17 and 18 as Anticipated by Uehara
`Claims 7 and 8 as Obvious over Uehara and Perumana
`Claim 10 as Obvious over Uehara and Youssef
`Claims 1, 11, 17 and 18 as Obvious over Uehara and Feasibility Study
`Claims 7 and 8 as Obvious over Uehara, Feasibility Study, and Permuna
`Claim 10 as Obvious over Uehara, Feasibility Study, and Youssef
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`Claims 1, 17, and 18 as Obvious over Jeon and Xiong
`Claims 9 and 10 as Obvious over Jeon, Xiong, and Youssef
`Claims 1, 17, and 18 as Obvious over Jeon, Xiong, and Feasibility Study
`Claims 9 and 10 as Obvious over Jeon, Xiong, Youssef, and Feasibility Study
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`Claims 2–8, and 11 as Obvious over Jeon and Xiong
`Claims 2–8, and 11 as Obvious over Jeon, Xiong, and Feasibility Study
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`IPR2019-00047, Institution Decision, p. 35–36
`IPR2019-00048, Institution Decision, p. 20
`IPR2019-00049, Institution Decision, p. 19
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`Patentability
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`1)
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`“Independently Enabled or Disabled” Amplifier Stages
`a) Uehara Fails to Anticipate
`b)
`Jeon and Xiong Fail to Render Obvious
`2) The Petition Relies on an Overly Broad Interpretation of
`“Carrier Aggregation”
`Petitioner Fails to Establish that Uehara and Jeon/Xiong
`Disclose “Carrier Aggregation”
`Petitioner Fails to Sufficiently Articulate a Motivation to
`Combine Uehara or Jeon and Xiong with the Feasibility Study
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`3)
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`4)
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`Patentability
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`1)
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`“Independently Enabled or Disabled” Amplifier Stages
`a) Uehara Fails to Anticipate
`b)
`Jeon and Xiong Fail to Render Obvious
`2) The Petition Relies on an Overly Broad Interpretation of
`“Carrier Aggregation”
`Petitioner Fails to Establish that Uehara and Jeon/Xiong
`Disclose “Carrier Aggregation”
`Petitioner Fails to Sufficiently Articulate a Motivation to
`Combine Uehara or Jeon and Xiong with the Feasibility Study
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`3)
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`4)
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`5
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`Patent Owner Response, pp. 39-46.
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`“Independently Enabled or Disabled”
`1. An apparatus comprising:
`a first amplifier stage configured to be independently
`enabled or disabled, the first amplifier stage further
`configured to receive and amplify an input radio
`frequency (RF) signal and provide a first output RF
`signal to a first load circuit when the first amplifier
`stage is enabled, the input RF signal employing carrier
`aggregation comprising transmissions sent on multiple
`carriers at different frequencies to a wireless device, the
`first output RF signal including at least a first carrier of
`the multiple carriers; and
`a second amplifier stage configured to be independently
`enabled or disabled, the second amplifier stage further
`configured to receive and amplify the input RF signal
`and provide a second output RF signal to a second load
`circuit when the second amplifier stage is enabled, the
`second output RF signal including at least a second
`carrier of the multiple carriers different than the first
`carrier.
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`Intel 1001, 20:43-61, Fig. 6
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`“Independently Enabled or Disabled”
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`Ex. 2014 (Fay Depo), 32:8-23
`Intel 1001, 20:43-61, Fig. 6
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`Uehara’s Two Stages Are Not Independent
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`8
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`Ex. 1003 (Uehara), Fig. 1, ¶¶ [0031-32];
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`Uehara’s Two Stages Are Not Independent
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`Petition, p. 54
`Ex. 1003 (Uehara), ¶ 0039-40.
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`Petitioner’s New Argument Modifying Uehara
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`Petitioner Reply, pp. 14, 16
`Patent Owner Sur-Reply, pp. 18-22
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`Petitioner’s New Argument Modifying Uehara
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`Petitioner Reply, p. 14
`Patent Owner Sur-Reply, pp. 18-22
`Ex. 2024 (Decl. of Dr. Foty), ¶ 168
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`Patentability
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`1)
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`“Independently Enabled or Disabled” Amplifier Stages
`a) Uehara Fails to Anticipate
`b)
`Jeon and Xiong Fail to Render Obvious
`2) The Petition Relies on an Overly Broad Interpretation of
`“Carrier Aggregation”
`Petitioner Fails to Establish that Uehara and Jeon/Xiong
`Disclose “Carrier Aggregation”
`Petitioner Fails to Sufficiently Articulate a Motivation to
`Combine Uehara or Jeon and Xiong with the Feasibility Study
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`3)
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`4)
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`12
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`IPR2019-00048, Patent Owner Response, pp. 37-48.
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`Jeon Fails To Disclose
`“Independently Enabled Or Disabled”
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`13
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`IPR2019-00048, Ex. 1105 (Jeon), Fig. 6;
`IPR2019-00048, Patent Owner Resp., p. 38.
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`Xiong Fails To Disclose
`“Independently Enabled Or Disabled”
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`IPR2019-00048, Ex. 1106 (Xiong), ¶[0029], Fig. 3;
`IPR2019-00048, Patent Owner Resp., p. 41.
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`Xiong Also Fails To Disclose
`A First And Second “Amplifier Stage”
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`IPR2019-00048, Ex. 1106 (Xiong), Fig. 3.
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`IPR2019-00048, Ex. 1101 (’356 Patent), Fig. 6A.
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`IPR2019-00048, Ex. 2024 (Decl. of Dr. Foty), ¶ 161
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`Petitioner’s Alleged Motivation to Combine
`Jeon and Xiong is Pure Speculation
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`IPR2019-00048, Petition, pp. 47-48
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`Ex. 1105 (Jeon), p. 2660
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`Patentability
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`1)
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`“Independently Enabled or Disabled” Amplifier Stages
`a) Uehara Fails to Anticipate
`b)
`Jeon and Xiong Fail to Render Obvious
`2) The Petition Relies on an Overly Broad Interpretation of
`“Carrier Aggregation”
`Petitioner Fails to Establish that Uehara and Jeon/Xiong
`Disclose “Carrier Aggregation”
`Petitioner Fails to Sufficiently Articulate a Motivation to
`Combine Uehara or Jeon and Xiong with the Feasibility Study
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`3)
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`4)
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`Patent Owner Response, pp. 39-46.
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`Claim Construction – “Carrier Aggregation”
`1. An apparatus comprising:
`a first amplifier stage configured to be independently
`enabled or disabled, the first amplifier stage further
`configured to receive and amplify an input radio
`frequency (RF) signal and provide a first output RF
`signal to a first load circuit when the first amplifier
`stage is enabled, the input RF signal employing carrier
`aggregation comprising transmissions sent on multiple
`carriers at different frequencies to a wireless device, the
`first output RF signal including at least a first carrier of
`the multiple carriers; and
`a second amplifier stage configured to be independently
`enabled or disabled, the second amplifier stage further
`configured to receive and amplify the input RF signal
`and provide a second output RF signal to a second load
`circuit when the second amplifier stage is enabled, the
`second output RF signal including at least a second
`carrier of the multiple carriers different than the first
`carrier.
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`Intel 1001, 20:43-61, Fig. 6
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`Claim Construction – “Carrier Aggregation”
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`Patent Owner Response, pp. 11-12
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`Claim Construction – “Carrier Aggregation”
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`• Petitioner’s Construction Reads “Carrier Aggregation”
`Out of the Claims
`• Petitioner’s Construction Contradicts the Written
`Description
`• Petitioner’s Construction Violates the Doctrine of
`Prosecution History Disclaimer
`• Patent Owner Did Not Redefine “Carrier Aggregation”
`•
`“Carrier Aggregation” Has a Well Understood Meaning
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`Patent Owner Response, pp. 30-31;
`Patent Owner Sur-Reply, pp. 15-16
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`Petitioner’s Construction Reads “Carrier
`Aggregation” Out of the Claims
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`1. An apparatus comprising:
`a first amplifier stage configured to be independently enabled or
`disabled, the first amplifier stage further configured to receive and
`amplify an input radio frequency (RF) signal and provide a first output
`RF signal to a first load circuit when the first amplifier stage is
`enabled, the input RF signal employing carrier aggregation
`[simultaneous operation on multiple carriers] comprising
`transmissions sent on multiple carriers at different frequencies to a
`wireless device, the first output RF signal including at least a first
`carrier of the multiple carriers; and
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`Patent Owner Response, p. 30
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`
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`Petitioner’s Construction Reads “Carrier
`Aggregation” Out of the Claims
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`Intel Ex. 1015 (Amendment) at 2;
`Patent Owner Response, p. 26.
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`Petitioner’s Construction Reads “Carrier
`Aggregation” Out of the Claims
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`Ex. 2025, p. 4;
`Patent Owner Response, p. 30.
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`
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`Claim Construction – “Carrier Aggregation”
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`• Petitioner’s Construction Reads “Carrier Aggregation”
`Out of the Claims
`• Petitioner’s Construction Contradicts the Written
`Description
`• Petitioner’s Construction Violates the Doctrine of
`Prosecution History Disclaimer
`• Patent Owner Did Not Redefine “Carrier Aggregation”
`•
`“Carrier Aggregation” Has a Well Understood Meaning
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`24
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`Patent Owner Response, pp. 13-15, 30.
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`Petitioner’s Construction Contradicts
`the Written Description
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`25
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`Intel Ex. 1001, 3:39-49;
`Patent Owner Response, pp. 30-31.
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`
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`Claim Construction – “Carrier Aggregation”
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`• Petitioner’s Construction Reads “Carrier Aggregation”
`Out of the Claims
`• Petitioner’s Construction Contradicts the Written
`Description
`• Petitioner’s Construction Violates the Doctrine of
`Prosecution History Disclaimer
`• Patent Owner Did Not Redefine “Carrier Aggregation”
`•
`“Carrier Aggregation” Has a Well Understood Meaning
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`Patent Owner Response, pp. 25-28;
`Patent Owner Sur-Reply, pp. 11-14.
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`Patent Owner Narrowed Claims to Overcome Hirose
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`Intel Ex. 1015 (Amendment) at 2;
`Patent Owner Response, p. 26.
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`Intel Ex. 1014 (Office Action) at 4;
`Patent Owner Response, pp. 25-26.
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`Patent Owner Narrowed Claims to Overcome Hirose
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`Intel Ex. 1015 (Amendment) at 8;
`Patent Owner Response, p. 27.
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`Petitioner’s Proposed Construction Reads on Hirose
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`Petitioner Construction
`“carrier aggregation” means
`“simultaneous operation on
`multiple carriers”
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`Intel 1025 (Hirose), 1: 26-42, Fig. 2
`Intel Ex. 1015 (Amendment) at 8;
`Patent Owner Response, p. 25.
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`Petitioner’s Construction Violates the Doctrine of
`Prosecution History Disclaimer
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`“[C]laims that have been narrowed in order to obtain
`the issuance of a patent by distinguishing the prior art
`cannot be sustained to cover that which was previously
`by limitation eliminated from the patent.” Graham v.
`John Deere Co. of Kansas City, 383 U.S. 1, 33 (1966)
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`“[A]n amendment that clearly narrows the scope of a
`claim, such as by the addition of a new claim limitation,
`constitutes a disclaimer of any claim interpretation that
`would effectively eliminate the limitation or that would
`otherwise recapture the claim’s original scope.”
`Schindler Elevator Corp. v. Otis Elevator Co., 593 F.3d
`1275, 1285 (Fed. Cir. 2010)
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`Patent Owner Response, p. 25;
`Patent Owner Sur-Reply, p. 12.
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`
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`Claim Construction – “Carrier Aggregation”
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`• Petitioner’s Construction Reads “Carrier Aggregation”
`Out of the Claims
`• Petitioner’s Construction Contradicts the Written
`Description
`• Petitioner’s Construction Violates the Doctrine of
`Prosecution History Disclaimer
`• Patent Owner Did Not Redefine “Carrier Aggregation”
`•
`“Carrier Aggregation” Has a Well Understood Meaning
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`Patent Owner Response, pp. 12-23;
`Patent Owner Sur-Reply, pp. 2-6, 16-17.
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`Patent Owner Did Not Redefine “Carrier Aggregation”
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`“[A] claim term is only given a special definition different from
`the term’s plain and ordinary meaning if the ‘patentee…
`clearly set[s] forth a definition of the disputed claim term other
`than its plain and ordinary meaning.” Akamai Techs., Inc. v.
`Limelight Networks, Inc., 805 F.3d 1368, 1375 (Fed. Cir. 2015)
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`“When a patent acts as his own lexicographer in redefining the
`meaning of particular claim terms away from their ordinary
`meaning, he must clearly express that intent in the written
`description. We have repeatedly emphasized that the statement in
`the specification must have sufficient clarity to put one reasonably
`skilled in the art on notice that the inventor intended to redefine
`the claim term.” Merck & Co., Inc. v. Teva Pharm. USA, Inc., 395
`F.3d 1364, 1370 (Fed. Cir. 2005)
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`Patent Owner Sur-Reply, p. 3.
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`Patent Owner Did Not Redefine “Carrier Aggregation”
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`Intel 1001,1:32-40; 2:53-67.
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`Patent Owner Employed a Distinctive
`Format for Defining Terms
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`Intel 1001,2:9-11;
`Patent Owner Sur-Reply, p. 4.
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`
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`Claim Construction – “Carrier Aggregation”
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`• Petitioner’s Construction Reads “Carrier Aggregation”
`Out of the Claims
`• Petitioner’s Construction Contradicts the Written
`Description
`• Petitioner’s Construction Violates the Doctrine of
`Prosecution History Disclaimer
`• Patent Owner Did Not Redefine “Carrier Aggregation”
`•
`“Carrier Aggregation” Has A Well Understood Meaning
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`Patent Owner Response, pp. 15-23, 28-31;
`Patent Owner Sur-Reply, pp. 6-11.
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`“Carrier Aggregation” Has a Well Understood Meaning
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` Supported by the Intrinsic Record
`• The Specification Supports the Patent Owner’s
`Construction
`• The File History Supports the Patent Owner’s
`Construction
` Supported by Extrinsic Evidence
`•
`Intel Patents Support Patent Owner’s Construction
`• The Feasibility Study Supports Patent Owner’s
`Construction
`Industry Publications Support Patent Owner’s
`Construction
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`•
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`Patent Owner Response, pp. 12-23, 28-31.
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`“Carrier Aggregation” Has a Well Understood Meaning
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` Supported by the Intrinsic Record
`• The Specification Supports the Patent Owner’s
`Construction
`• The File History Supports the Patent Owner’s
`Construction
` Supported by Extrinsic Evidence
`•
`Intel Patents Support Patent Owner’s Construction
`• The Feasibility Study Supports Patent Owner’s
`Construction
`Industry Publications Support Patent Owner’s
`Construction
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`•
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`Patent Owner Response, pp. 12-23, 28-31.
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`The Specification Supports Patent Owner’s Construction
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`Intel Ex. 1001, 1:32-40, 2:53-67
`Patent Owner Response, pp. 12-15.
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`The Specification Supports Patent Owner’s Construction
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`Intel Ex. 1001, 2:53-67;
`Ex. 2026 (“3GPP TS 36.101”), p. 14;
`Patent Owner Response, pp. 13-15.
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`The File History Supports Patent Owner’s Construction
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`Patent Owner Response, pp. 15-16;
`Intel Ex. 1015 at 7.
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`The File History Supports Patent Owner’s Construction
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` Kaukovuori was relied
`on by the Examiner of
`the ‘356 Patent.
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`Patent Owner Response, pp. 16-17;
`Intel Ex. 1025 at 1:19-35.
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`“Carrier Aggregation” Has a Well Understood Meaning
`
` Supported by the Intrinsic Record
`• The Specification Supports the Patent Owner’s
`Construction
`• The File History Supports the Patent Owner’s
`Construction
` Supported by Extrinsic Evidence
`•
`Intel Patents Support Patent Owner’s Construction
`• The Feasibility Study Supports Patent Owner’s
`Construction
`Industry Publications Support Patent Owner’s
`Construction
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`•
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`Patent Owner Response, pp. 12-23, 28-31.
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`“Carrier Aggregation” Has a Well Understood Meaning
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`Patent Owner Response, p. 18-19;
`Ex. 2013, 3:19-28, 45-53.
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`“Carrier Aggregation” Has a Well Understood Meaning
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`Patent Owner Response, p. 19;
`Ex. 2018, 3:27-41.
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`“Carrier Aggregation” Has a Well Understood Meaning
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`Patent Owner Response, p. 20-21;
`Ex. 1004 (“Feasibility Study”), ¶ 5.1.
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`“Carrier Aggregation” Has a Well Understood Meaning
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`Patent Owner Response, p. 20;
`Ex. 2019, p. 6.
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`“Carrier Aggregation” Has a Well Understood Meaning
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`Patent Owner Response, p. 20;
`Ex. 2020, ¶ [0003].
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`“Carrier Aggregation” Has a Well Understood Meaning
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`Patent Owner Sur-Reply, p. 6.
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`Patentability
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`1)
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`“Independently Enabled or Disabled” Amplifier Stages
`a) Uehara Fails to Anticipate
`b)
`Jeon and Xiong Fail to Render Obvious
`2) The Petition Relies on an Overly Broad Interpretation of
`“Carrier Aggregation”
`Petitioner Fails to Establish that Uehara and Jeon/Xiong
`Disclose “Carrier Aggregation”
`Petitioner Fails to Sufficiently Articulate a Motivation to
`Combine Uehara or Jeon and Xiong with the Feasibility Study
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`3)
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`4)
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`IPR2019-00047, Patent Owner Response, pp. 46-48.
`IPR2019-00048, Patent Owner Response, pp. 48-50.
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`Uehara Discloses A “Dual Or Multi-Carrier” Signal,
`Not A Carrier Aggregated Signal
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`Ex. 1003 (Uehara), Fig. 3, ¶ [0047],
`cited by Petition, p. 51
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`The Examiner Considered Uehara During Prosecution
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`Ex. 2004 (IDS), p. 9;
`Patent Owner Response, p.34.
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`Jeon Discloses A “Dual Band” Signal,
`Not A Carrier Aggregated Signal
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`IPR2019-00048, Petition, p. 51.
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`Patentability
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`1)
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`“Independently Enabled or Disabled” Amplifier Stages
`a) Uehara Fails to Anticipate
`b)
`Jeon and Xiong Fail to Render Obvious
`2) The Petition Relies on an Overly Broad Interpretation of
`“Carrier Aggregation”
`Petitioner Fails to Establish that Uehara and Jeon/Xiong
`Disclose “Carrier Aggregation”
`Petitioner Fails to Sufficiently Articulate a Motivation to
`Combine Uehara or Jeon and Xiong with the Feasibility Study
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`3)
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`4)
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`53
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`Patent Owner Response, pp. 39-46.
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`
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`The Feasibility Study
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`Patent Owner Response, p. 38-39
`Intel Ex. 1304, ¶¶ 1, 5.1
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`Petitioner Has Provided No Reasoned
`Motivation to Combine
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`IPR2019-00047, Petition, p. 78;
`see also IPR2019-00048, Petition, p. 73.
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`Petitioner Has Provided No Reasoned
`Motivation to Combine
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`IPR2019-00047, Petition, p. 79;
`see also IPR2019-00048, Petition, p. 74.
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`The Feasibility Study Does Not Even Disclose An
`Amplifier Circuit
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`Patent Owner Response, pp. 55-56.
`Intel Ex. 1004, p. 26.
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`The Feasibility Study is Non-Analogous Art
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`Patent Owner Response, pp. 52-53;
`Patent Owner Sur-Reply, p. 24-26;
`Intel Ex. 1001, 1:16-17.
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`Case Nos. IPR2019-00047, -00048, -00049
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`Patent No. 9,154,356
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Backup Counsel:
`Lead Counsel:
`John V. Hobgood
`David L. Cavanaugh
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`Dated: March 27, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
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