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3Shape A/S 3shape

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3Shape A/S v. Align Technology, Inc.

IPR2019-00163 | Patent Trial and Appeal Board

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Filed Nov. 8, 2018

Terminated June 9, 2020

Judges Brian McNamara, Elizabeth Roesel, and Neil Powell

Case Type Inter Partes Review

Status Final Written Decision

Challenged Patent 14/511,091

Patent No. 9,101,433 assignments

Tech Center 2800

Art Unit 2877

Last Updated: 3 hours ago

Filing Date	#	Filing and Exhibits
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6/9/2020	06-09-2020-Board	Event: Final Written Decision (No Claims Cancelled) Board Termination Decision Document 37: Termination Decision Document
4/13/2020	04-13-2020-Board	Board Order 36: Order Denying Patent Owner's Motion to Stay or Terminate
4/7/2020	04-07-2020-Board	Board Hearing Transcript 35: Hearing Transcript
3/17/2020	03-17-2020-Petitioner	Petitioner Opposition 34: Petitioners' Opposition to Patent Owner's Motion to Stay or Terminate
3/13/2020	03-13-2020-Petitioner	Petitioner Notice 33: Petitioners' Updated Mandatory Notice
3/10/2020	03-10-2020-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Motion 32: Patent Owner¿¿¿s Motion to Stay or Terminate the Proceeding
3/4/2020	03-04-2020-Petitioner	Petitioner Other (Not for motions) 30: Petitioners' Demonstratives for Oral Hearing
3/4/2020	03-04-2020-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Exhibit List 31: Patent Owner's Updated Exhibit List Patent Owner Exhibit 2046: EX2046 - Patent Owner's Demonstratives
3/3/2020	03-03-2020-Petitioner	Petitioner Reply 29: Petitioners' Reply to Opposition to Motion to Exclude Evidence
2/26/2020	02-26-2020-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Notice 28: Patent Owner's Updated Mandatory Notices
2/25/2020	02-25-2020-Petitioner	Petitioner Notice 27: Petitioners' Updated Mandatory Notice
2/25/2020	02-25-2020-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Opposition 26: Patent Owner's Opposition to Petitioners' Motion to Exclude
2/18/2020	02-18-2020-Petitioner	Petitioner Motion 24: Petitioners' Motion to Exclude Evidence
2/18/2020	02-18-2020-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Reply 25: Patent Owner's Sur-Reply to Petitioners Reply Patent Owner Exhibit 2045: EX2045 - Schaafsma Transcript
2/12/2020	02-12-2020-Board	Board Other (Not for motions) 23: Oral Hearing 37 C.F.R. sec. 42.70
1/30/2020	01-30-2020-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Notice 21: Patent Owner's Notice of Deposition of David Schaafsma, Ph.D. Patent Owner Notice 22: Notice of Stipulation to Move Due Date 3
1/28/2020	01-28-2020-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Oral Hearing Request 19: Patent Owner¿¿¿s Request for Oral Argument
1/28/2020	01-28-2020-Petitioner	Petitioner Oral Hearing Request 20: Petitioner's Request for Oral Argument IPR2019-00163 (US 9,101,433)
1/13/2020	01-13-2020-Petitioner	Petitioner Exhibit List 17: 1-13-2020 Petitioners' Exhibit List as of January 13, 2020 - IPR2019-00163 (US 9,101,433) Petitioner Reply 18: Petitioners' Reply to Patent Owner's Response Petitioner Exhibit 1017: Exhibit 1017 - US6525828 Petitioner Exhibit 1063: Exhibit 1063 - Rajadhayaksha Petitioner Exhibit 1076: Exhibit 1076 - Aikens depo exhibit 228 Patent Petitioner Exhibit 1077: Exhibit 1077 - Aikens depo exhibit 228 IPR Petition Petitioner Exhibit 1078: Exhibit 1078 - Aikens depo exhibit 228 Declaration of Dave Aikens Petitioner Exhibit 1079: Exhibit 1079 - Aikens depo exhibit 207 Patent Petitioner Exhibit 1080: Exhibit 1080 - Aikens depo exhibit 207 IPR Petition Petitioner Exhibit 1081: Exhibit 1081 - Aikens depo exhibit 207 Declaration of Dave Aikens Petitioner Exhibit 1082: Exhibit 1082 - Aikens depo exhibit 456 Patent Petitioner Exhibit 1083: Exhibit 1083 - Aikens depo exhibit 456 IPR Petition Petitioner Exhibit 1084: Exhibit 1084 - Aikens depo exhibit 456 Declaration of Dave Aikens Petitioner Exhibit 1085: Exhibit 1085 - Aikens depo exhibit 433 Patent Petitioner Exhibit 1086: Exhibit 1086 - Aikens depo exhibit 433 IPR Petition Petitioner Exhibit 1087: Exhibit 1087 - Aikens depo exhibit 433 Declaration of Dave Aikens Petitioner Exhibit 1088: Exhibit 1088 - Aikens depo exhibit 228 POR Petitioner Exhibit 1089: Exhibit 1089 - Aikens depo exhibit 228 Declaration of Dr. Chandrajit Bajaj Petitioner Exhibit 1090: Exhibit 1090 - Aikens depo exhibit K. Guttag et al Petitioner Exhibit 1091: Exhibit 1091 - Aikens depo exhibit EP 0 665 686A2 Petitioner Exhibit 1092: Exhibit 1092 - Aikens depo exhibit Image Processing Equipment Article by Gove Petitioner Exhibit 1093: Exhibit 1093 - Aikens depo exhibit National Semiconductor Corporation Digital Image Processor Data Sheet (October 2002) Petitioner Exhibit 1094: Exhibit 1094 - Aikens depo exhibit 486 Patent Petitioner Exhibit 1095: Exhibit 1095 - Aikens depo exhibit 539 Patent Petitioner Exhibit 1096: Exhibit 1096 - Aikens depo exhibit EP 0 837 659 with Certified English Translation Petitioner Exhibit 1097: Exhibit 1097 - Aikens Transcript 11-21-2019 with Errata Petitioner Exhibit 1098: Exhibit 1098 - Sonka depo exhibit 228 Declaration of Dr. Milan Sonka Petitioner Exhibit 1099: Exhibit 1099 - Sonka Transcript 12-5-2019 with Errata Petitioner Exhibit 1114: Exhibit 1114 - Schaafsma Declaration IPR2019-00163 (US 9,101,433) Petitioner Exhibit 1115: Exhibit 1115 - Schaafsma CV Petitioner Exhibit 1116: Exhibit 1116 - Shieh US5784434 Petitioner Exhibit 1117: Exhibit 1117 - Moermann US4575805 Petitioner Exhibit 1118: Exhibit 1118 - Lieber 2004 Petitioner Exhibit 1119: Exhibit 1119 - Fairchild CCD and Image Processing 1981 Petitioner Exhibit 1120: Exhibit 1120 - Tiziani 2000 Petitioner Exhibit 1121: Exhibit 1121 - Leith 1980 Petitioner Exhibit 1122: Exhibit 1122 - Wang 1998 Petitioner Exhibit 1123: Exhibit 1123 - Seachman US5307175 Petitioner Exhibit 1124: Exhibit 1124 - Yang 1981 Petitioner Exhibit 1125: Exhibit 1125 - Jovanovski Petitioner Exhibit 1126: Exhibit 1126 - Sekar and Periasamy 2003 with online supplemental material Petitioner Exhibit 1127: Exhibit 1127 - Podoleanu US6769769 Petitioner Exhibit 1128: Exhibit 1128 - Segura Petitioner Exhibit 1130: Exhibit 1130 - Kino US 5,022,743 Petitioner Exhibit 1131: Exhibit 1131 - Dabbs US 5,161,053 Petitioner Exhibit 1132: Exhibit 1132 - Sheppard 2004 Petitioner Exhibit 1133: Exhibit 1133 - Hamamatsu Data Sheet C7780-10
11/6/2019	11-06-2019-Petitioner	Petitioner Notice of Deposition 15: Notice of Deposition of Dave Aikens Petitioner Notice of Deposition 16: Notice of Deposition of Milan Sonka
9/26/2019	09-26-2019-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Response 14: Patent Owner's Response Patent Owner Exhibit 2014: EX2014 - Dianat Transcript Patent Owner Exhibit 2015: EX2015 - Scientific Charge-Coupled Devices (CCD book) Patent Owner Exhibit 2016: EX2016 - Initial Determination ITC 337-TA-1091-2019-0715 (Public Version) Patent Owner Exhibit 2017: EX2017 - US2015164335A1- Van Der Poel Patent Owner Exhibit 2019: EX2019 - AMERICAN HERITAGE-1997 Patent Owner Exhibit 2020: EX2020 - Molecular Expressions - Science, Optics, and You - Light and Color - Reflection of Light Patent Owner Exhibit 2021: EX2021 - McGraw Hill Dictionary of Scientific Terms - Definition of Various Terms Patent Owner Exhibit 2022: EX2022 - YourDictionary.com Definition of Color (Archived October 14, 2007) Patent Owner Exhibit 2023: EX2023 - JP2004029373A (Okamoto) Patent Owner Exhibit 2024: EX2024 - HENKEL-A Comparison of Fixed Prostheses Patent Owner Exhibit 2025: EX2025 - Shalini Govil Pai - Learning Computer Graphics Patent Owner Exhibit 2026: EX2026 - Kurazume 2002 Patent Owner Exhibit 2027: EX2027 - FACT AND ARTEFACT IN CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY (1997) Patent Owner Exhibit 2028: EX2028 - Manders - Chromatic shift in multicolour confocal microscopy (1997) Patent Owner Exhibit 2030: EX2030 - Malacara and Malacara Patent Owner Exhibit 2031: EX2031 - Maximum Power of Refractive Patent Owner Exhibit 2032: EX2032 - A Walther The Perils of Symmetry Patent Owner Exhibit 2033: EX2033 - DERENIAK-Geometrical and Trigonometric Optics-CH11 Patent Owner Exhibit 2034: EX2034 - Fundamentals of Optics Jenkins and White, Fourth Edition Patent Owner Exhibit 2035: EX2035 - Born and Wolf Patent Owner Exhibit 2036: EX2036 - Clark and Bareau 2006 IODC paper Patent Owner Exhibit 2038: EX2038 - Milan Sonka CV Patent Owner Exhibit 2039: EX2039 - Dave Aikens CV Patent Owner Exhibit 2040: EX2040 - GOODMAN-General Priciples of Geometric Optics Patent Owner Exhibit 2041: EX2041 - Sonka Declaration Patent Owner Exhibit 2042: EX2042 - Aikens Declaration Patent Owner Exhibit 2043: EX2043 - Smith Patent Owner Exhibit 2044: EX2044 - Sohail Dianat Deposition Errata
9/18/2019	09-18-2019-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Notice 13: Notice of Stipulation to Move Due Dates 1-3
8/26/2019	08-26-2019-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Notice 12: Notice of Stipulation to Move Due Dates 1-3
7/24/2019	07-24-2019-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Notice of Deposition 11: Patent Owner¿¿¿s Notice of Deposition of Sohail Dianat, Ph.D.
6/20/2019	06-20-2019-Petitioner	Petitioner Objection 10: Petitioners' Objections to Evidence
6/11/2019	06-11-2019-Board	Event: Petition Institution (Granted) Board Institution Decision 8: Decision Instituting Inter Partes Review Board Order 9: Scheduling Order Board Exhibit 3001: Your Dictionary
4/24/2019	04-24-2019-Patent_Owner	Event: Preliminary Response Patent Owner Preliminary Response 7: Patent Owner's Preliminary Response Patent Owner Exhibit 2001: Ex.2001 - Complainant Align Technology Post-Hearing Brief (Public) Patent Owner Exhibit 2002: Ex.2002 - Complainant Responsive Post-Hearing Brief (Public) Patent Owner Exhibit 2003: Ex.2003 - 20160022389 to Esbech Patent Owner Exhibit 2004: Ex.2004 - Amending the Procedural Schedule Patent Owner Exhibit 2005: Ex.2005 - JP2004029373A to Okamoto Patent Owner Exhibit 2006: Ex.2006 - Respondent's 3Shape Initial Post-Hearing Brief (Public) Patent Owner Exhibit 2007: Ex.2007 - Complainant Align Technology Pre-Hearing Brief (Public) Patent Owner Exhibit 2008: Ex.2008 - Henkel Patent Owner Exhibit 2009: Ex.2009 - Mack Patent Owner Exhibit 2010: Ex.2010 - Mackay Patent Owner Exhibit 2011: Ex.2011 - '228 Patent Patent Owner Exhibit 2012: Ex.2012 - '228 File History Patent Owner Exhibit 2013: Ex.2013 - Sachdeva '068
1/24/2019	01-24-2019-Board	Board Notice of Filing Date Accorded to Petition 6: Notice of Accord Filing Date
11/28/2018	11-28-2018-Patent_Owner	Patent Owner Power of Attorney 4: Patent Owner Power of Attorney Patent Owner Mandatory Notice 5: Patent Owner Mandatory Notices
11/8/2018	11-08-2018-Petitioner	Event: Petition Petitioner Petition 1: IPR Petition US 9101433 (IPR2019-00163) Petitioner Power of Attorney 2: 3Shape AS Power of Attorney US9101433 Petitioner Power of Attorney 3: 3Shape Inc Power of Attorney US9101433 Petitioner Exhibit 1001: Exhibit 1001 - USPN9101433 Petitioner Exhibit 1002: Exhibit 1002 - File History US 9,101,433 Petitioner Exhibit 1003: Exhibit 1003 - Babayoff - WO0008415A1 Petitioner Exhibit 1004: Exhibit 1004 - Okamoto_JP2001082935A Petitioner Exhibit 1005: Exhibit 1005 - Engelhardt et al.-US6263234 Petitioner Exhibit 1006: Exhibit 1006 - Sachdeva - US20040197727A1 Petitioner Exhibit 1007: Exhibit 1007 - Lehmann - 6575751 Petitioner Exhibit 1008: Exhibit 1008 - Murljacic - 5766006 Petitioner Exhibit 1009: Exhibit 1009 - US3013467 Petitioner Exhibit 1010: Exhibit 1010 - Cha - 3D profilometry using a dynamically configurable confocal microscope Petitioner Exhibit 1011: Exhibit 1011 - US5754298 Petitioner Exhibit 1012: Exhibit 1012 - US20020057438A1 Petitioner Exhibit 1013: Exhibit 1013 - Pulli - Surface Reconstruction and Display from Range and Color Data Petitioner Exhibit 1014: Exhibit 1014 - US5864640 Petitioner Exhibit 1018: Exhibit 1018 - U.S. Provisional Application No. 60580108 Petitioner Exhibit 1019: Exhibit 1019 - U.S. Provisional Application No. 60580109 Petitioner Exhibit 1021: Exhibit 1021 - File History of U.S. Patent No. 7,319,529 Petitioner Exhibit 1022: Exhibit 1022 - US7511829 Petitioner Exhibit 1023: Exhibit 1023 - File History of U.S. Patent No. 7,511,829 Petitioner Exhibit 1024: Exhibit 1024 - Dianat Declaration US9101433 (IPR2019-00163) Petitioner Exhibit 1025: Exhibit 1025 - Sohail Dianat CV Petitioner Exhibit 1036: Exhibit 1036 - Stipulation and Proposed Order for Stay 17-1649 Dkt No 20 Petitioner Exhibit 1038: Exhibit 1038 - ITC1091 3Shape Opening Claim Construction Brief Petitioner Exhibit 1048: Exhibit 1048 - 1091 Align's Initial Claim Construction Brief Petitioner Exhibit 1049: Exhibit 1049 - 2018-04-27 3Shape's Rebuttal Claim Construction Brief - 1091 ITC Petitioner Exhibit 1050: Exhibit 1050 - 2018-04-27 Align's Responsive Claim Construction Brief Petitioner Exhibit 1051: Exhibit 1051 - 2018-05-29 Joint Agreed and Disputed Claim Constructions Petitioner Exhibit 1052: Exhibit 1052 - Protective Order-1091 Petitioner Exhibit 1053: Exhibit 1053 - Order Granting in part Addendum to PO Petitioner Exhibit 1054: Exhibit 1054 - Mueller US7098435 Petitioner Exhibit 1055: Exhibit 1055 - Geng US7099732 Petitioner Exhibit 1056: Exhibit 1056 - Babayoff US6697164 Petitioner Exhibit 1058: Exhibit 1058 - 1649 Doc No. 1 Complaint Petitioner Exhibit 1059: Exhibit 1059 - 1091 Order Scheduling Prehearing Conference re asserted claims Petitioner Exhibit 1060: Exhibit 1060 - Constans 2004 Petitioner Exhibit 1062: Exhibit 1062 - Hibbs 2004 Petitioner Exhibit 1064: Exhibit 1064 - Paddock 1999 Petitioner Exhibit 1065: Exhibit 1065 - Paddock 2002 Petitioner Exhibit 1066: Exhibit 1066 - Cogswell 1994 Petitioner Exhibit 1067: Exhibit 1067 - Cogswell 1990 Petitioner Exhibit 1068: Exhibit 1068 - Docket Sheet (17-1649) Petitioner Exhibit 1071: Exhibit 1071 - WO1988007695A1 Petitioner Exhibit 1073: Exhibit 1073 - Zavislan US6263233 Petitioner Exhibit 1074: Exhibit 1074 - US6181474 Petitioner Exhibit 1075: Exhibit 1075 - American Heritage College Dictionary

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