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`VS.
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` IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
` SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
`_____________________________
`BELL NORTHERN RESEARCH, LLC )
` Plaintiff,
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` ) 3:18-cv-01784-CAB-BLM
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`COOLPAD TECHNOLOGIES, INC., )
`AND YULONG COMPUTER
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`COMMUNICATIONS,
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` Defendants.
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`BELL NORTHERN RESEARCH, LLC, )
` Plaintiff, )
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` ) 3:18-cv-01786-CAB-BLM
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`ZTE CORPORATION,
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`ZTE (USA) INC.,
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`ZTE (TX), INC.,
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` Defendants.
`_____________________________)
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`VS.
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` HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL
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` ORAL AND VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION OF
` MARK N. HORENSTEIN, Ph.D.
` JANUARY 8, 2020
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`REPORTED BY:
`CHRISTY R. SIEVERT, CSR, RPR
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`SAMSUNG EXHIBIT 1031
`Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. v. Bell Northern Research, LLC
`IPR2019-01365
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` DEPOSITION of MARK N. HORENSTEIN, Ph.D.,
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`produced as a witness at the instance of the
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`Defendant, and duly sworn, was taken in the
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`above-styled and numbered cause on the 8th day of
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`January, 2020, from 8:35 a.m. to 5:05 p.m., before
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`Christy R. Sievert, CSR, RPR, in and for the State
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`of Texas, reported by machine shorthand, at the
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`offices of Skiermont Derby, 1601 Elm Street, Suite
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` A P P E A R A N C E S
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`FOR THE PLAINTIFF:
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` MS. SADAF R. ABDULLAH
` MR. JOSEPH M. RAMIREZ
` Skiermont Derby, LLP
` 1601 Elm Street, Suite 4400
` Dallas, Texas 75201
` Phone: 214-978-6615
` E-mail: sabadullah@skiermontderby.com
` jramirez@skiermontderby.com
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`FOR THE DEFENDANTS COOLPAD TECHNOLOGIES, INC., AND
`YULONG COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS:
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` MR. JAMES Y. HURT
` Perkins Coie
` 11452 El Camino Real, Suite 300
` San Diego, California 92130
` Phone: 858-720-5780
` E-mail: jhurt@perkinscoie.com
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`FOR THE DEFENDANTS ZTE CORPORATION, ZTE (USA) INC.,
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` MR. THOMAS DAMARIO
` McDermott, Will & Emery
` 444 West Lake Street, Suite 4000
` Chicago, Illinois 60606
` Phone: 312-372-2000
` E-mail: tdamario@mwe.com
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`ALSO PRESENT:
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` LUIS ACEVEDO, Videographer
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`Appearances................................... 3
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`Exhibits.................................... 5-6
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`Proceedings................................... 7
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`MARK N. HORENSTEIN, Ph.D.:
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` Examination by Mr. Hurt..................... 8
` Examination by Mr. DaMario................ 292
` Examination by Ms. Abdullah............... 306
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`Changes and Signature................... 309-310
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`Reporter's Certification................ 311-312
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` E X H I B I T S
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`NUMBER DESCRIPTION PAGE
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`Exhibit 1 Resumé 12
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`Exhibit 2 Google Scholar 12
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`Exhibit 3 U.S. Patent No. 7,319,889 B2 132
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`Exhibit 4 U.S. Patent No. 8,204,554 B2 132
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`Exhibit 5 Expert Report of Mark N. 205
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`Exhibit 6 U.S. Patent Application 215
` Publication No. US2004/0225904 A1
` DEFBNRPA_000006780 - 6786
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`Exhibit 7 Japanese Unexamined Patent 227
` Application Publication
` No. 2000-106598
` DEFBNRPA_000002277 - 2281
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`Exhibit 8 U.S. Patent No. 5,881,377 240
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`Exhibit 9 Japanese Unexamined Patent 255
` Application Publication
` No. H11-220432
` DEFBNRPA_000002292 - 2297
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`Exhibit 10 U.S. Patent No. 5,864,316 258
` DEFBNRPA_000009499 - 9523
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`Exhibit 11 U.S. Patent No. 6,246,862 B1 260
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`Exhibit 12 U.S. Patent Application 269
` Publication No. U.S. 2005/003793 A1
` DEFBNRPA_00015949 - 15954
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`Exhibit 13 Microelectronic Circuits 271
` and Devices, Second Edition
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`Exhibit 14 A Symbolic Analysis of Relay 73
` and Switching Circuits
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`Exhibit 15 Drawing 132
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`Exhibit 16 Molecular Sensors and 153
` Nanodevices
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`Exhibit 17 Mini Laser Range Finder 185
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`Exhibit 18 U.S. Patent No. 7,039,435 B2 294
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`Exhibit 19 European Patent Application 298
` No. EP 1 091 498 A1
` DEFBNRPA_000002339 - 2348
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`Exhibit 20 Application for United States 299
` Letters Patent
` DEFBNRPA_000015181 - 15209
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`Exhibit 21 U.S. Patent No. 5,390,338 300
` DEFBNRPA_000009492 - 9498
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` THE VIDEOGRAPHER: We're on the
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`record for the deposition of Dr. Mark Horenstein.
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`The time is 8:35 a.m. on January 8, 2020, in the
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`matter of Coolpad Technologies, Inc., et al., vs.
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`ZTE Corporation, et al., Civil Action
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` The court reporter is Christy Sievert.
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`The videographer is Luis Acevedo. Both are
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` Will counsel please state their
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`appearances for the record.
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` MR. HURT: James Hurt from Perkins
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`Coie on behalf of the Coolpad defendants, Coolpad
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`Technologies, Incorporated, and Yulong Computer
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`Communications.
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` I would like to clarify for the record
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`Research, LLC, vs. Coolpad Technologies
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`Incorporated, et al.
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` MS. ABDULLAH: Sadaf Abdullah from the
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`law firm Skiermont Derby on behalf of the plaintiff,
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`Bell Northern Research, and on behalf of the
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` And I would like to further clarify
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` MR. DAMARIO: Tom DaMario from
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` MARK N. HORENSTEIN, Ph.D.
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` having been first duly sworn,
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` testified as follows:
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` EXAMINATION
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`BY MR. HURT:
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` Q. Good morning.
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` A. Good morning.
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` Q. Can you please state and spell your name
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` A. Mark, M-a-r-k, Horenstein,
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`H-o-r-e-n-s-t-e-i-n.
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` Q. Have you been deposed before?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Approximately, how many times?
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` A. About 35 times.
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` Q. So you're pretty familiar with the ground
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`rules, so I'm just going to go over this real
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` A. Yes.
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And you understand that your testimony
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Is there any reason why you can't provide
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` A. No.
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` Q. If you don't understand a question, please
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` A. Yes.
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Let me know if you need to take a break and
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` A. Understood.
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. So I understand that you were deposed
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`yesterday by Mr. DaMario. Is that correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. So I apologize, I wasn't here for that
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` A. Okay.
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` Q. All right. So I had the court reporter
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`what's Exhibit 1 and 2.
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` (Exhibit Nos. 1 - 2 identified.)
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`BY MR. HURT:
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` Q. Have you seen these documents before?
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` A. I have seen Exhibit 1, which is a copy of
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`my resumé. I have not seen Exhibit 2.
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` Q. Okay. What does Exhibit 1 appear to be?
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` A. As I said, it's a recent copy of my resumé.
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` Q. Is it an accurate reproduction of your
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` A. As far as I know.
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` Q. Okay. And Exhibit 2 you said you've never
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` A. (Reviews document.)
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` Okay. I've gone through the document, but
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`I forgot what your question was, if you had one.
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` A. Okay.
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` Q. Does Exhibit 2 appear to be an accurate
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` A. No.
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` Q. And what is inaccurate with respect to
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` A. Some of the publications that appear are
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`Unfortunately, I don't control that.
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` A. That's right.
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` Q. I would like to switch gears a little bit.
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` You attended Massachusetts Institute of
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` A. For my bachelor's degree, yes.
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` Q. What did you study while you were there?
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` A. I studied electrical engineering.
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` Q. Such as?
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` A. They can -- they -- the topics include
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`electrical circuits, electronics, advanced
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`At that time, it was just computer programming, not
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`a master's of science in electrical engineering in
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` A. Yes.
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` A. I did not.
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` A. Yes.
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` A. I, again, focused on applied
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`electromagnetics with a minor in solid state devices
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` A. I did.
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` A. I'm familiar with the concept.
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`architecture.
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` A. I see.
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` A. They did not exist in the time frame of my
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`study sensors?
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` A. Sensors? Yes.
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` Q. When?
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` A. Generally part of the curriculum, in
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`should say I have a strong background in radio
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`wireless as we know it today in the form of WiFi did
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`not yet exist when I was earning my degrees.
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`example, AM modulation, FM modulation and the
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`various forms of digital modulation?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. At any time during your education did you
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` A. I studied VLSI design postgraduate.
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` Q. And what does VLSI stand for?
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` A. Very large scale integrated circuits.
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` Q. And what does that mean to you?
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`large number of transistors has changed over the
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`years?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Are you familiar with Moore's Law?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. What is Moore's Law?
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` A. Moore's Law states that the size of a -- of
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`a single transistor on an IC -- I'm not sure I know
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`it exactly, but it's like halved every two years, or
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`the number of the transistors you can fit onto an
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`area of a silicon chip has doubled approximately
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`every two years.
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` Q. Do you happen to know what technology node
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`we're currently at?
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` A. I did because I recently had to reference
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`it, but I don't remember it today.
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`outside scope.
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` A. There has been speculation that it will
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` Q. I would agree with that.
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` At any time during your education, did you
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`study software?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. What types of software?
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`course, there were no portable computers. The IBM
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`mainframe and the primary language used in those
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`days was FORTRAN.
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` Q. FORTRAN 45?
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` A. I don't remember the suffix.
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` Q. Do you ever recall programming in FORTRAN
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`45?
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` A. I may or may not. I don't know the -- as I
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`thesis. So that was a span of at least six years.
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` A. The name sounds familiar, but I don't
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` Q. He's the inventor of Pascal. He taught at
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`the university that I went to. Just curious.
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` A. Okay.
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` Q. I want to take care of a couple house
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`cleaning items. During the day I'm likely to use
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`plaintiff in this case?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. If I use the three digit '889, you'll
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`understand that to refer to U.S. Patent
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`No. 7,318,889, yes?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And if I use the three digit '554 patent,
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`you'll understand I'm referring to U.S. Patent
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`No. 8,204,554, yes?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And if I use the three digit '435 number,
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`you'll understand that I'm referring to the U.S.
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`Patent 7,039,435, yes?
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` A. Yes.
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`both U.S. Patent No. 7,318,889 and U.S. Patent
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`No. 8,204,554, yes?
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` A. Correct, yes.
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` Q. Are you currently employed?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. By whom are you employed?
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` A. Boston University.
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` Q. And what are your current responsibilities?
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` A. Research, teaching and
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`administration/service.
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` Q. How long have you been in that role?
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` A. As a professor?
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` Q. Yes.
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` A. Since the year 2000. So that would be
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`20 years, approximately.
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` Q. Have you always been a professor at Boston
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`University?
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` A. No.
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` Q. What were you prior to that?
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` A. I was an associate professor from 1985 to
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`2000 and an assistant professor from 1979 to 1985.
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`graduate programs and research from 1999 to 2007.
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`Corporation, approximately 1978 to 1979.
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` Q. Are your responsibilities materially
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`different from being an assistant professor to an
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`commensurate with the promotion.
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`professor to the professor position?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. So you started doing research as an
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`assistant professor in 1979, correct?
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` A. What do you mean by "started doing
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`research"?
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` Q. Well, you said that when I asked what your
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`you did research and teaching administration, or
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`something to that extent; is that right?
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` A. I did say that.
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`speaks for itself. It entails identifying problems
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`support students to work on the project, writing
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`papers if solutions to problems are found or new
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`discoveries are made. But just to be clear, I
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` Q. Understood. Understood. Very good.
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` Do you have any direct reports in your
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`role as professor at Boston University?
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` A. What do you mean by "direct reports"?
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` Q. Do you have, like, a management chain? Do
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`you have people that you directly supervise?
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` A. That I supervise?
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` Q. Yes.
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` A. I do.
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` Q. Do you write performance reviews for those
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`people?
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` A. I do.
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`for?
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`electronics teaching lab. And just as a point of
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`information, I was asked a similar question
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`yesterday, and I forgot that one supervisor- --
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`supervisory role, so I omitted it from my list of
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`reports. And of course, I also supervise graduate
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`Boston University?
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` A. No.
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`students, are you responsible for writing
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`towards graduation?
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` A. No.
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`committees?
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` A. Yes.
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`committees, do you have a say as to whether or not
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`they're going to be awarded their Ph.D.?
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` A. Of course.
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` Q. Who do you currently report to?
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` A. I'm not sure.
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` Q. Do you have a boss at Boston University?
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`it's a little unclear.
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` Q. But you -- I generally understand that in
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`given pretty free rein to do as they want as long as
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`they are furthering the educational message of the
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`university. Would you agree with that statement?
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` MS. ABDULLAH: Objection; form.
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` A. That's an accurate statement.
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` MS. ABDULLAH: Objection; outside
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`scope.
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` You can answer.
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` A. I'm not sure.
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`BY MR. HURT:
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` Q. Fair enough.
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` Are classes currently in session at Boston
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`University?
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` A. No.
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` Q. When do classes start?
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` A. Roughly the third week in January.
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` Q. You're a teaching professor at Boston
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`University, yes?
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` A. No.
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` Q. Do you teach classes at Boston University?
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` Q. Are you going to be teaching a class in the
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` A. No.
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` Q. How often do you teach classes at Boston
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`University?
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` A. Generally every semester.
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` Q. Is there a reason why you're not teaching
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And what is that reason?
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` A. I'll be on sabbatical next semester.
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` Q. Very good. Do you have anything planned
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`for sabbatical? Anything interesting?
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` A. I am going to continue with my research
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`endeavors and not be distracted by teaching
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`responsibilities.
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` A. I'm not saying it's an unpleasant
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