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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC.,
`Petitioner,
`v.
`PARUS HOLDINGS, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR2020-00686 & IPR2020-00687
`U.S. Patent No. 7,076,431 & 9,451,084
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`DECLARATION OF BENEDICT OCCHIOGROSSO IN SUPPORT OF
`PATENT OWNER’S SUR-REPLY TO PETITIONER’S REPLY TO
`PATENT OWNER’S RESPONSE TO INTER PARTES REVIEW OF U.S.
`PATENT NOS. 7,076,431 & 9,451,084
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`Parus Exhibit 2027
`Apple Inc. v. Parus Holdings, Inc.
`IPR2020-00686
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`Case No. IPR2020-00686 & -00687
`U.S. Patent Nos. 7,076,431 & 9,451,084
`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................... 1
`OPINIONS ....................................................................................................... 1
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`Case No. IPR2020-00686 & -00687
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`I, Benedict Occhiogrosso, hereby declare the following:
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`INTRODUCTION
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`I have been asked to respond to new opinions that Dr. Terveen offered
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`in his supplemental declaration. (Ex. 1040). This supplemental declaration directly
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`rebuts these new opinions. All of my opinions expressed in my original declaration
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`(Ex. 2025) remain the same. References to opinions of the ’431 Patent below are
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`intended as equally applicable to the ’084 Patent.
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`II. OPINIONS
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`Ladd does not disclose speech recognition that converts speech to text
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`and then compares the converted text to vocabulary or grammar in order to recognize
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`the speech inputs as Dr. Terveen now contends. (Ex. 1040, ¶¶ 2-9). Instead, Ladd
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`discloses speech recognition that compares recorded audio speech inputs with
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`speech patterns.
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`For example, Ladd indicates that the automatic speech recognition
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`(“ASR”) unit “identifies a selected speech pattern of the inputs, [and] the ASR
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`unit 254 sends an output signal to implement the specific function associated with
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`the recognized voice pattern.” (Ex. 1004, 9:36-39 (emphasis added)). Ladd further
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`indicates that the detection unit “records the audio inputs from the user and
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`compares the audio inputs to the vocabulary or grammar stored in the database
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`server unit.” (Ex. 1004, 10:12-15 (emphasis added)). These disclosures from Ladd,
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`which Dr. Terveen identify as describing speech recognition in Ladd, demonstrate
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`to me that Ladd discloses speech recognition that directly compares audio inputs,
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`not text, to a vocabulary or grammar in order to identify a selected speech pattern of
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`the inputs.
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`I declare that all statements made herein of my knowledge are true, and that
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`all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true, and that
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`these statements were made with the knowledge that willful false statements and
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`the like so made are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under Section
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`1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code.
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