`
`Walmart Inc., et al.,
`v.
`Caravan Canopy International, Inc.
`
`Case No. IPR2020-01026
`Patent No. 5,944,040
`Issue Date: August 31, 1999
`Title: Collapsible Tent Frame
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`Exhibit 2034
`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`1
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`Table of Contents
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`• Overview
`• Petitioner’s Grounds 1-7 Fail To Provide All Claimed Features
`• Claim Construction
`• Grounds 1-7 would not provide all claimed features
`• Petitioner Sets Forth No Sufficient Motivation To Combine The References
`• Increased Headroom
`• Shed Rainwater
`• Reduced Sagging/Improved Appearance
`• Arranging Old Elements
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`2
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`The ’040 Patent
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`Ex. 1001, 3:29-37
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`POR, 23-24
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`Ex. 2029, ¶152
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`3
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`The ’040 Patent
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`• The ’040 patent is described and
`claimed as a stressed tent using the
`roof as the tension member.
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`Claim 1
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`Ex. 1003, ¶44
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`Ex. 2029, ¶124
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`POR, 11-12; Sur-Reply, 1-2
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`4
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`Table of Contents
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`• Overview
`• Petitioner’s Grounds 1-7 Fail To Provide All Claimed Features
`• Claim Construction
`• Grounds 1-7 would not provide all claimed features
`• Petitioner Sets Forth No Sufficient Motivation To Combine The References
`• Increased Headroom
`• Shed Rainwater
`• Reduced Sagging/Improved Appearance
`• Arranging Old Elements
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`5
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`“a center pole constructed for stretching and sustaining a tent’s roof
`when a tent is pitched with the tent frame.”
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`Patent Owner’s Proposal
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`Petitioner’s Initial Proposal
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`Petitioner’s Reply
`Proposal
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`Plain and ordinary meaning:
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`a center pole configured to make the
`tent roof taut and to hold up the tent
`roof when the tent is pitched with the
`tent frame. (POR, 9-12).
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`“made to heighten and hold up the
`tent covering” (Pet., 32).
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`“stretching” means “extending
`and spreading out” (Reply, 12).
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`6
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`“a center pole constructed for stretching and sustaining a tent’s roof
`when a tent is pitched with the tent frame.”
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`“a center pole constructed for stretching and sustaining a tent’s roof when a tent is pitched with the tent frame.”
`Ex. 1001, claim 1
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`“The center pole provides tension and support to heighten and hold up the tent covering.”
`Pet., 32-33
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`Sur-Reply, 4-5
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`7
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`“a center pole constructed for stretching and sustaining a tent’s roof
`when a tent is pitched with the tent frame.”
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`Ex. 1016, p. 4
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`Ex. 1025, ¶45
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`POR, 11; Sur-Reply, 5
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`Ex. 1003, ¶44
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`8
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`“a center pole constructed for stretching and sustaining a tent’s roof
`when a tent is pitched with the tent frame.”
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`Ex. 1018, p. 11
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`POR, 9
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`9
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`“a center pole constructed for stretching and sustaining a tent’s roof
`when a tent is pitched with the tent frame.”
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`“a center pole constructed for stretching and sustaining a tent’s roof when a tent is pitched with the tent frame.”
`Ex. 1001, claim 1
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`“The center pole provides tension and support to heighten and hold up the tent covering.”
`Pet., 32-33
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`Sur-Reply, 4-5
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`10
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`“a center pole constructed for stretching and sustaining a tent’s roof
`when a tent is pitched with the tent frame.”
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`Claim 1 as filed
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`Amendment “to more particularly
`point out and distinctly claim the
`present invention”
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`Ex. 1002, p. 61
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`Claim 1 as issued
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`Ex. 1002, p. 10
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`Ex. 1002, p. 59
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`Ex. 1001, claim 1
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`POR, 12
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`11
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`“a center pole constructed for stretching and sustaining a tent’s roof
`when a tent is pitched with the tent frame.”
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`“a center pole constructed for stretching and sustaining a tent’s roof when a tent is pitched with the tent frame.”
`Ex. 1001, claim 1
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`“The center pole provides tension and support to heighten and hold up the tent covering.”
`Pet., 32-33
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`“extending and spreading out”
`Reply, 12
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`Sur-Reply, 5
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`12
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`“a center pole constructed for stretching and sustaining a tent’s roof
`when a tent is pitched with the tent frame.”
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`Ex. 1016, p. 4
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`Ex. 1025, ¶45
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`Sur-Reply, 5
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`Pet., 33
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`13
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`“a center pole constructed for stretching and sustaining a tent’s roof
`when a tent is pitched with the tent frame.”
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`Ex. 2033, 26:19-27:8
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`Ex. 2033, 27:10-20
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`Sur-Reply, 5
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`14
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`“a center pole constructed for stretching and sustaining a tent’s roof
`when a tent is pitched with the tent frame.”
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`“a center pole constructed for stretching and sustaining a tent’s roof when a tent is pitched with the tent frame.”
`Ex. 1001, claim 1
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`“The center pole provides tension and support to heighten and hold up the tent covering.”
`Pet., 32-33
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`“extending and spreading out”
`Reply, 12
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`Sur-Reply, 5
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`15
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`Table of Contents
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`• Overview
`• Petitioner’s Grounds 1-7 Fail To Provide All Claimed Features
`• Claim Construction
`• Grounds 1-7 would not provide all claimed features
`• Petitioner Sets Forth No Sufficient Motivation To Combine The References
`• Increased Headroom
`• Shed Rainwater
`• Reduced Sagging/Improved Appearance
`• Arranging Old Elements
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`16
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`Grounds 1-7 Generally
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`• Stretching (tensioning) requires two opposite, balancing
`forces.
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`•
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`In the context of the ’040 patent, the balancing forces
`are:
`(1) the center pole (e.g., 50); and
`(2) the tent frame (e.g., side poles 10/connectors 60).
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`• Dr. Klopp agrees:
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`POR, 12
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`Ex. 1003, ¶44
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`Ex. 2029, ¶124
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`17
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`Yang (Grounds 1-3)
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`Ex. 1004
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`18
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`Yang (Grounds 1-3)
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`Yang fails to describe:
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`• The roof being stretched.
`• The roof being secured to the
`frame.
`• When the roof is placed on the
`tent frame (e.g., during
`assembly of the tent frame or
`after).
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`POR, 15-16
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`19
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`Tsai (Grounds 4-7)
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`Tsai fails to describe:
`• A roof.
`• A roof being stretched.
`• A roof being secured to the
`frame.
`• How or when a roof is placed
`on the tent frame (e.g.,
`during assembly of the tent
`frame or after).
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`POR, 45-48; Sur-Reply, 22
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`20
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`Tsai (Grounds 4-7)
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`Losi describes:
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`POR, 45-48; Sur-Reply, 22
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`21
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`Ex. 2015, 1:29-33, 55-58
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`Tsai (Grounds 4-7)
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`Reply, 14
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`Sur-Reply, 23
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`Ex. 2007, p. 11
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`22
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`Tsai (Grounds 4-7)
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`Losi describes:
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`Ex. 2015, 2:44-55
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`POR, 16-17, 45-46; Sur-Reply, 22
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`23
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`Grounds 1-7
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`Yang & Tsai
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`’040 Patent
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`Freestanding Tent
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`Stressed Tent
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`POR, 16; Ex. 2029, ¶203
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`24
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`Grounds 1-7
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`Freestanding Tent With Extended Center Pole
`(not secured at point A)
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`Stressed Tent With Extended Center Pole
`(secured at point A)
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`POR, 19-20; Sur-Reply, 10; Ex. 2029, ¶¶161-62.
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`25
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`Grounds 4-7
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`Losi informs the results of Petitioner’s proposed
`modification(s) of Tsai:
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`POR, 26, 33-34, 42
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`26
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`Ex. 2015, 1:29-33, 55-58
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`Grounds 1-7
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`Reply, 14
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`Reply, 15
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`Reply, 17
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`Sur-Reply, 7-12
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`27
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`Grounds 1-7
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`Ex. 1003, ¶44
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`Sur-Reply, 4, 11
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`28
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`Grounds 2 & 5
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`Pet., 30
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`Petition
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`Pet., 49
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`Sur-Reply, 20-21, 23-24
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`Reply
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`Reply, 26
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`Reply, 33-34
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`29
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`Grounds 6 & 7
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`Reply
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`Reply, 34-35
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`Petition
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`Pet., 75-76
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`POR, 57-60; Sur-Reply, 24
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`30
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`Table of Contents
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`• Overview
`• Petitioner’s Grounds 1-7 Fail To Provide All Claimed Features
`• Claim Construction
`• Grounds 1-7 would not provide all claimed features
`• Petitioner Sets Forth No Sufficient Motivation To Combine The References
`• Increased Headroom
`• Improved Rainwater Shedding
`• Reduced Sagging/Improved Appearance
`• Arranging Old Elements
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`31
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`Motivation: Increased Headroom
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`Pet., 36
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`Ex. 1003, ¶72
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`Pet., 40
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`Sur-Reply, 14
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`32
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`Motivation: Increased Headroom
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`POR, 22-24
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`33
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`Ex. 2029, ¶152
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`Motivation: Increased Headroom
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`’040 Patent
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`Lynch
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`Ex. 1001, 1:53-64
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`Ex. 1007, 1:57-62 (cited at Pet., 55)
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`Losi
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`Ex. 2015, 1:50-53
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`POR, 22-24
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`34
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`Motivation: Increased Headroom
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`Reply, 19
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`Sur-Reply, 14
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`35
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`Motivation: Increased Headroom
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`Yang
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`Tsai
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`Sur-Reply, 15
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`36
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`Table of Contents
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`• Overview
`• Petitioner’s Grounds 1-7 Fail To Provide All Claimed Features
`• Claim Construction
`• Grounds 1-7 would not provide all claimed features
`• Petitioner Sets Forth No Sufficient Motivation To Combine The References
`• Increased Headroom
`• Improved Rainwater Shedding
`• Reduced Sagging/Improved Appearance
`• Arranging Old Elements
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`37
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`Motivation: Improved Rainwater Shedding
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`Pet., 36
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`POR, 25-27; Sur-Reply, 15-16
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`Ex. 1003, ¶72
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`38
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`Motivation: Improved Rainwater Shedding
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`Yang
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`Ex. 1004, 6
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`Ex. 2030, 7
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`POR, 24-27
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`39
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`Motivation: Improved Rainwater Shedding
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`Tsai/Losi
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`POR, 26-27
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`40
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`Ex. 2015, 1:29-33, 55-58
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`Ex. 2015, 2:44-55
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`Motivation: Improved Rainwater Shedding
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`Ex. 1003, ¶44
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`POR, 26-27; Sur-Reply, 16-17
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`Ex. 2029, ¶161
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`41
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`Motivation: Improved Rainwater Shedding
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`Petition
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`Pet., 36
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`Reply
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`Sur-Reply, 16
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`Reply, 21
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`42
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`Table of Contents
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`• Overview
`• Petitioner’s Grounds 1-7 Fail To Provide All Claimed Features
`• Claim Construction
`• Grounds 1-7 would not provide all claimed features
`• Petitioner Sets Forth No Sufficient Motivation To Combine The References
`• Increased Headroom
`• Improved Rainwater Shedding
`• Reduced Sagging/Improved Appearance
`• Arranging Old Elements
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`43
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`Motivation: Reduced Sagging/Improved Appearance
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`Ex. 2015, 1:29-33, 55-58
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`POR, 26-27; Sur-Reply, 16-17
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`44
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`Table of Contents
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`• Overview
`• Petitioner’s Grounds 1-7 Fail To Provide All Claimed Features
`• Claim Construction
`• Grounds 1-7 would not provide all claimed features
`• Petitioner Sets Forth No Sufficient Motivation To Combine The References
`• Increased Headroom
`• Improved Rainwater Shedding
`• Reduced Sagging/Improved Appearance
`• Arranging Old Elements
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`45
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`Motivation: Arranging Old Elements
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`Yang & Tsai
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`’040 Patent
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`POR, 16, 31, 46, 51; Sur-Reply, 18-19, 24
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`46
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`Motivation: Arranging Old Elements
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`Yang
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`Tsai
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`47
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`Motivation: Arranging Old Elements
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`Ex. 1025, ¶45
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`Ex. 2033, 49:23-24
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`Sur-Reply, 19
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`48
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`Motivation: Arranging Old Elements
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`Sur-Reply, 19
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`Patent Owner's Demonstrative Exhibit - Not Evidence
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`49
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`Ex. 2033, 50:14-51:12
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