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` BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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` APPLE INC,
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` Petitioner,
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` COREPHOTONICS, LTD.,
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` Patent Owner.
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` Case No. IPR2020-00877
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` U.S. Patent No. 10,288,840
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` Case No. IPR2020-00878
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` U.S. Patent No. 10,330,897
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` Case No. IPR2020-00906
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` U.S. Patent No. 10,225,479
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` Deposition of JOSÉ SASIÁN, Ph.D.
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` Friday, May 28, 2021
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`Reported by:
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`Pamela Harrison
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` VIDEO RECORDED VIDEOCONFERENCE
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`DEPOSITION OF JOSÉ SASIÁN, PhD, located in Tucson,
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`Arizona, taken on behalf of Patent Owner
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`Corephotonics, Ltd., on the 28th day of May 2021,
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`before Pamela Harrison, RPR, CRR, CRC,
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`MO-CCR #557, IL-CSR #084-003684.
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` A P P E A R A N C E S:
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`FOR THE PETITIONER: (Via remote)
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` STEPHANIE SIVINSKI, ESQ.
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` MICHAEL S. PARSON, ESQ.
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` JORDAN MAUCOTEL, ESQ.
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` Haynes and Boone, LLP
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` 2323 Victory Avenue, Suite 700
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` Dallas, TX 75219
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` 214.651.5078
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` stephanie.sivinski@haynesboone.com
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` michael.parsons.ipr@haynesboone.com
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` jordan.maucotel.ipr@haynesboone.com
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`FOR THE PATENT OWNER: (Via remote)
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` NEIL RUBIN, ESQ.
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` Russ August & Kabat
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` 12424 Wilshire Blvd., 12th Floor
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` Los Angeles, CA 90025
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` 310.826.7474
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` Nrubin@raklaw.com
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`THE VIDEOGRAPHER: (Via remote)
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` I N D E X
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` APPEARANCES 3
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`EXAMINATION OF JOSÉ SASIÁN, PHD:
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` Questions by Mr. Rubin 10
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` CERTIFICATE 138
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` ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF DEPONENT 139
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` ERRATA 140
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` LAWYER'S NOTES 141
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` DEPOSITION EXHIBITS
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` NUMBER DESCRIPTION MARKED
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` (No exhibits proffered.)
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` PREVIOUSLY MARKED EXHIBITS
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` NUMBER DESCRIPTION MARKED
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` 1001 US Patent Number 10,330,897 B2 86
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` 1003 Declaration of José Sasián, 42
` Ph.D. under 37 C.F.R. § 1.68,
` APPL-1003 ('840 patent)
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` Declaration of José Sasián, 95
` Ph.D. under 37 C.F.R. § 1.68
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` 1005 US Patent 7,859,588 B2 65
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` US Patent Number 9,128.267 B2, 127
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` 1011 Patent Number 7,561,191 17
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` 1012 English translation of the 62
` Kawamura patent, APPL-1012
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` 1013 Declaration of José Sasián, 51
` PhD, under 37 C.F.R. § 1.68 in
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` 1015 Translated version of Japanese 108
` Patent 2013-106289, APPL-1015
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` 1021 Declaration of José Sasián, 48
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` Support of Petition
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` Support of Petitioner’s Reply,
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` 2004 Excerpts from "Introduction to 119
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` THE VIDEOGRAPHER: Good morning. We are
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`on the record. Today's date is May 28, 2021. The
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`time is 9:09 a.m. Pacific Time.
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` This is the video-recorded deposition of
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`Dr. José Sasián in the matter of Apple
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`Incorporated versus Corephotonics, Limited. This
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`is in the United States Patent and Trademark
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`Office, Case Numbers IPR2020-00877, IPR2020-00878,
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`and IPR2020-00906.
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` This deposition is taking place via web
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`videoconference with all attendants --
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`participants attending remotely. The videographer
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`is Kevin Crowley, representing TransPerfect. The
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`court reporter is Pamela Harrison.
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` Counsel, could you please identify
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`yourselves and whom you represent, beginning with
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`the questioning attorney, followed by the reporter
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`swearing in the witness. Thank you.
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` MR. RUBIN: Good morning. This is Neil
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`Rubin of Russ August & Kabat representing the
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`patent owner, Corephotonics, Limited.
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` MS. SIVINSKI: Good morning. Stephanie
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`Sivinski with Haynes and Boone. I represent Apple
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`Inc., the petitioner. And with me today are my
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`colleagues Michael Parsons and Jordan Maucotel,
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`also with Haynes and Boone.
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` THE REPORTER: Will counsel please
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`stipulate that in lieu of formally swearing in the
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`witness, I will instead ask the witness to
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`acknowledge that his testimony will be true under
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`the penalties of perjury, that counsel will not
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`object to the admissibility of the transcript
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`based on proceeding in this way, and that the
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`witness has verified that he is, in fact, José
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` Counsel?
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` MS. SIVINSKI: We will stipulate.
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` MR. RUBIN: And we will stipulate as
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` THE REPORTER: Doctor, would you please
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`raise your right hand.
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` Do you hereby acknowledge that your
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`testimony will be true under the penalties of
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`perjury?
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` THE WITNESS: Yes.
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` THE REPORTER: Thank you.
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` Counsel, you may proceed.
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`of lawful age, having been first duly sworn to
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`testify the truth, the whole truth, and nothing
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`but the truth says in reply to oral
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`interrogatories propounded as follows, to wit:
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` EXAMINATION
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`QUESTIONS BY MR. RUBIN:
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` Q. Good morning, Mr. Sasián.
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` A. Good morning, Mr. Rubin.
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` Q. So you've been deposed a number of times
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`before; is that right?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And at least one of those depositions in
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`the past couple of months was taken by me and was
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`done over Zoom, correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. All right. And so you're familiar with
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`the deposition process; is that right?
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` A. I have some familiarity with it.
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` Q. And you're familiar with the Zoom
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`software and comfortable being deposed over Zoom?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. As comfortable as anyone is in a
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`your testimony or my questions with anyone else;
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`do you understand that?
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` A. Yes.
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` MS. SIVINSKI: Just to clarify, issues
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` A. Yes, I am aware of.
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`QUESTIONS BY MR. RUBIN:
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` Q. And so you understand you're not allowed
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`while we're on the record, correct?
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`regarding what is happening in this deposition.
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`Though if in the break time I check my email, is
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`that okay?
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` Q. So I have no problem with you checking
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`your email during the break as long as that email
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`has nothing to do with the deposition.
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` Is that all right?
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` A. Yes. Thank you.
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` Q. All right. And so during breaks, you
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`their questions.
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` Do you understand that?
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`one is when the record stops, and another when we
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` Q. All right. So let me -- let me try to
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`make this a little bit simpler.
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`asking you questions and we go off the record, you
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` A. Yes. I agree with that.
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` Q. All right. Thank you.
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` Is there any reason that you're aware of
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`today that you can't give your full and complete
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` A. At this moment, I don't have any reason
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`not to do so.
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` Q. Okay. So you're not suffering from any
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`illness or taking any medication that would affect
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`answer questions?
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` A. No.
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` Q. All right. And you're -- well, let me
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` Do you have any questions about the
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`deposition process before we proceed?
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` A. No. I think -- I believe I understand
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` Q. And do you have any notes or other
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`in the computer, there are folders with my
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`declarations and supporting documents, but I will
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`not touch those unless you direct me to do so.
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` Q. Okay.
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` A. I have created a folder to download the
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` Q. Okay. So using the chat function in
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`notices, which you don't need to download, unless
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`you'd like to. But I would like you right now to
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`download the last three documents.
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` A. Okay. I have them now.
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` Q. So you should see on your screen now one
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`IPR2020-00877; do you see that?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Okay. So as you know, there are three
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`that are the subject of today's deposition. Those
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` And you submitted a declaration in each
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`one of those three IPRs; is that right?
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` A. I don't recall the -- or I don't go by
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`the numbers you mentioned. I recall the documents
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`I submitted as related to the '897, '840, and
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`'470, and '479 patents.
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` Q. Okay. Okay. Well, I will -- I will try
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`to make it -- so I probably for the -- to make the
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`exhibits, identify the IPR that they were
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`introduced in using the last three digits of the
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`IPR number. So that would be 877, 878, and 906.
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` Just so you know, the reason I'm doing
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`try to make it clear which patent the IPR that
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`using the patent number '840, '897 or '479.
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`Hopefully, that won't be confusing. If at any
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`point you are confused about what proceeding a
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`document comes from, let me know, okay?
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` A. Thank you.
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` Q. So in front of us on the screen is your
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`declaration from the 00877 IPR, which concerns the
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`'840 patent, okay?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And to be clear, this is your reply
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`declaration or your declaration in support of
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`Apple's reply, okay?
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` All right. So then the -- another
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`is Exhibit 1037 from the 00878 IPR, which is the
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`IPR concerning the '897 patent, okay?
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` And then on the screen now is
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`IPRs concerning the '479 patent.
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` Do you see that?
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` I should remind that occasionally, the
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`Please work with me, and I'll be back, just in
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`case the internet stops here briefly.
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` A. No. No.
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` Q. Okay.
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` A. I haven't had any problems in the last
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`each, are you aware of any errors in any of these
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` A. There might be a clerical error on the
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`IPR-878 regarding a reference to Dr. Milster
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` Q. Do you recall where in that declaration
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`that error was?
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` A. I think it's paragraph 18.
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` Q. Is this the paragraph you had in mind?
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` A. Okay. Let me open it.
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` Actually, it's paragraph 21.
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` Q. Okay.
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` A. The last reference in that paragraph
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` Q. Okay. Do you know what the correct
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`citation to Dr. Milster would be?
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` A. Not at this moment.
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` Q. Okay. So I'd like to turn to your
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`al., US Patent Number 7,561,191.
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` Do you see that on the screen?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And you recall offering opinions about
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` A. Yes.
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` MS. SIVINSKI: Neil, just so the record
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` MR. RUBIN: That's exactly right, and I
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` Q. Okay. So see on -- at the bottom of
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`Column 11, in May, starting at line 66, it says
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`"In a preferred embodiment, the image sensors 12
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`and 14 are single-chip color Megapixel CCD
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`sensors, using the well-known Bayer color filter
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`pattern to capture color images."
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` Do you see that?
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` A. Could you please say again the column
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`and lines?
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` Q. So what I read is from Column 11,
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`line 66, through Column 12, line 1.
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`the document? Okay.
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` Q. Does that help?
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` A. Yeah, it helps on the Column 11.
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` Q. And really, what I'm -- what I'm going
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` Do you see that?
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` Okay. So would you agree that CCD
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` A. They can be fabricated in a silicon
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`chip, yes, in a silicon wafer.
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` Q. All right. And are you aware of any
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` Are you aware of any other way that
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`megapixel CCD sensors are made other than as
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`silicon chips fabricated on a silicon wafer?
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` A. It might be possible to fabricate them
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`semiconductors other than silicon?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Are you aware of any examples of a
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` A. Other than silicon?
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` Q. So my question was -- so I take it that
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` A. I don't understand the question. Could
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` Q. Okay. So earlier, I asked a question
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Are you aware of any way of making a
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` A. Not at this moment.
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` Q. All right. Now, the May patent also
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`correct?
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` A. Yes, I agree.
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` Q. So when May says that Sensors 12 and 14
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`12 or 14 are printed circuit boards, correct?
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`that would be miniature in size because of the
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` Q. So is it your -- withdrawn.
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` Are you saying that it's impossible to
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` A. No, I'm not saying that it's impossible.
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`reference that show such a chip mounted on a PC
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`board that gives examples of how such a chip is
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`mounted on a circuit board. And I have
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`board to make the connections and perhaps add some
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` Q. So on your screen now, you should see
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`Figures 24A and 24B from the May patent,
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`Exhibit 1011.
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` Do you see that?
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` Q. And these figures show us what the
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` Do you see that?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And it's your opinion that that
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`right?
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` A. Could you please send to me that
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`reference to review it, please?
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` Q. Yes. So it's already in the chat
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`function. You can go ahead and download it if
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` A. Okay. Just a second, please.
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` I am having a little bit of problem
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`here. Just a second.
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` Okay. I am trying to get there, but I'm
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` Q. Do you have a copy of this on your local
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` A. I have downloaded -- I have downloaded,
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`but the problem is that somehow, I couldn't access
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` It's open now. And let me scroll down.
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` On Column 23, line about 48, it reads
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`sensor 614 and 618 are mounted to the
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`flex connector 626."
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` So I believe -- I believe that -- or I
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` Q. Okay. So the substrate 620 in May you
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`also mounted on it; is that -- am I understanding
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`that correctly?
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` A. In addition, the flex cable that clearly
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`those embodiments is shown as having a substrate
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`that the sensor is mounted on; would you agree?
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` A. Well, I don't agree that -- well, it's
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` Q. Okay. But the embodiments that are
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` A. I would call them camera assemblies.
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` Q. Okay. But in Figure 10A, for example,
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`Element 12 is the sensor; is that right?
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` A. Well, it could be.
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` Q. Okay. So let's turn to Column 7.
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`sensor 14."
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` Do you see that?
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` A. Yes.
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`second zoom lens 4 with an image sensor 16."
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` Do you see that?
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` A. Yes.
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`and 16 -- are image sensors, right?
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` Q. Sure. What I just read from May was in
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`Column 7, and specifically lines 16 through 18,
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` A. Thank you. Let me go through them.
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` Could you please repeat the question?
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` Q. So my question was: In Figure 10, you'd
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` A. I need to review my 877 declaration so I
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` Q. Are you asking for a copy of it or --
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` A. No.
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` Q. -- you're asking for your reply
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` A. It's my reply declaration --
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` Q. Okay.
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` A. -- that you put in the chat function and
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` Q. Are you asking me permission to review?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. You can review.
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` A. Thank you.
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` Q. Yeah. I guess, just generally, you can
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` A. Thank you.
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` Q. -- would be helpful.
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` Q. Okay. So my question was whether the --
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` Q. Okay.
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` Q. Please go ahead.
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` A. I was answering.
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`sensors, but they also -- the image sensors could
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`be also located beneath the Lenses 2 and 3. I
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`think that is my understanding.
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` Q. All right. So I'd like to turn back