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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`____________
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`____________
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`APPLE INC.,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`MAXELL, LTD.,
`Patent Owner
`____________
`
`IPR2020-00407 – Patent 6,748,317
`IPR2020-00408 – Patent 6,430,498
`IPR2020-00409 – Patent 6,580,999
`____________
`
`SUPPLEMENTAL DECLARATION OF JACOB ROBERT MUNFORD
`
`IPR2020-00409
`Apple Inc. EX1054 Page 1
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`

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`I have been asked to address Patent Owner’s argument that a “Do Not
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`Circulate” stamp on the 25th page (Ex. 1009, 38) of App. AB01 to my original
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`declaration means this resource “was not meant for public use.” Paper 6, 26-27.
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`Based on my experience with such stamps and my personal experience accessing
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`AB01 as a member of the public, it is my opinion that Patent Owner is incorrect.
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`In my experience as a librarian, stamping “Do Not Circulate” on a reference
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`indicates only that some restrictions are placed on the permitted transactions. Based
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`on my personal experience accessing AB01, the stamp in question does not mean
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`the reference is inaccessible to the public, but instead that it cannot be removed from
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`the premises. The sticker receipt on the 3rd page of AB01 (Ex. 1009, 16) indicates I
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`requested this volume as of November 18, 2019 and the book was pulled from the
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`archival shelf a few hours later. I made that request via their public catalog. For my
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`specific transaction, I was informed that AB01 would be held in a special collections
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`room, but that the book could not leave the library. The staff did not restrict my
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`ability to handle the book or make reproductions within the library.
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`It is my opinion that, for AB01 specifically, the “Do Not Circulate” stamp is
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`directly related to the “Storage Facility” notice, indicated on the 3rd page of AB01
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`(Ex. 1009, 16). Books held in off-site archives often have specific restrictions to
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`facilitate long-term preservation. Consistent with this well-accepted practice, the
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`library allowed me to access and photocopy the reference, but not remove it.
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`IPR2020-00409
`Apple Inc. EX1054 Page 2
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`

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`Dated: 6/3/2020
`
`Jacob Robert Munford
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`
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`IPR2020-00409
`Apple Inc. EX1054 Page 3
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