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`By:
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`Filed on behalf of:
`Patent Owner Masimo Corporation
`Joseph R. Re (Reg. No. 31,291)
`Stephen W. Larson (Reg. No. 69,133)
`Jarom D. Kesler (Reg. No. 57,046)
`Jacob L. Peterson (Reg. No. 65,096)
`William R. Zimmerman (admitted pro hac vice)
`Jeremiah S. Helm, Ph.D. (admitted pro hac vice)
`KNOBBE, MARTENS, OLSON & BEAR, LLP
`2040 Main Street, Fourteenth Floor
`Irvine, CA 92614
`Tel.: (949) 760-0404
`Fax: (949) 760-9502
`E-mail: AppleIPR2020-1520-265@knobbe.com
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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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`MASIMO CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2020-01520
`U.S. Patent 10,258,265
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`PATENT OWNER’S SUR-REPLY TO REPLY
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION .................................................................................... 1
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`II. ARGUMENT ............................................................................................ 2
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`A. Grounds 1A-1E ............................................................................... 2
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`1.
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`Petitioner’s New Evidence And Arguments Address
`An Argument Masimo Never Made .................................... 2
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`b)
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`The Principle Of Reversibility Is Irrelevant To
`Petitioner’s Proposed Combination ........................... 7
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`Petitioner’s Other New Theories Are Similarly
`Misplaced ................................................................. 10
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`2.
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`3.
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`Petitioner Does Not Establish A Motivation To
`Modify Aizawa’s Sensor To Include Both Multiple
`Detectors And Multiple LEDs ........................................... 15
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`Ground 1B: Ohsaki Would Not Have Motivated A
`POSITA To Add A Convex Protrusion To Aizawa’s
`Sensor ................................................................................. 17
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`B. Grounds 2A-2C ............................................................................ 21
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`A POSITA Would Not Have Added A Convex
`Surface To Mendelson-1988’s Sensor ............................... 21
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`Petitioner’s Proposed Combination Does Not Include
`A “Cover” .......................................................................... 21
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`Petitioner’s Proposed Combination Does Not Include
`The Claimed “Circular Wall” That “Creates A Gap
`Between The Surface And The Light Permeable
`Cover” ................................................................................ 24
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`Petitioner Still Identifies No Motivation To Change
`The Shape Of Mendelson-1988’s Packaging..................... 24
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`Petitioner Uses Nishikawa As Far More Than A
`“Supporting Reference” ..................................................... 25
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`III. CONCLUSION ....................................................................................... 26
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`TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
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`Page No(s).
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`DePuy Spine, Inc. v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc.,
`567 F. 3d 1314 (Fed. Cir. 2009)....................................................................................... 20
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`Phillips v. AWH Corp.,
`415 F.3d 1303 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (en banc) ....................................................................... 22
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`EXHIBIT LIST
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`Exhibit No.
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`Description
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`2001
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`2002
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`2003
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`2004
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`2005
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`2006
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`2007
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`2008
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`2009
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`2010
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`2011
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`2012
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`2013
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`Declaration of Jeremiah S. Helm in Support of Pro Hac Vice
`Motion
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`Declaration of William R. Zimmerman in Support of Pro Hac
`Vice Motion
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`Reserved
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`Declaration of Dr. Vijay K. Madisetti
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`Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Vijay K. Madisetti
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`Deposition Transcript of Dr. Thomas W. Kenny in Apple Inc. v.
`Masimo Corp., IPR2020-01520, IPR2020-01537, IPR2020-01539
`(April 22, 2021)
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`Deposition Transcript of Dr. Thomas W. Kenny in Apple Inc. v.
`Masimo Corp., IPR2020-01520, IPR2020-01537, IPR2020-01539
`(April 23, 2021)
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`Deposition Transcript of Dr. Thomas W. Kenny in Apple Inc. v.
`Masimo Corp., IPR2020-01536, IPR2020-01538 (April 24, 2021)
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`Deposition Transcript of Dr. Thomas W. Kenny in Apple Inc. v.
`Masimo Corp., IPR2020-01536, IPR2020-01538 (April 25, 2021)
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`Frank H. Netter, M.D., Section VI Upper Limb, Atlas of Human
`Anatomy (2003), Third Edition (“Netter”)
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`Declaration of Dr. Thomas W. Kenny in Apple Inc. v. Masimo
`Corp., IPR2020-01536
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`Webster, Design of Pulse Oximeters (1997)
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`Reserved
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`Exhibit No.
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`Description
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`Reserved
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`Deposition Transcript of Dr. Thomas W. Kenny in Apple Inc. v.
`Masimo Corp., IPR2020-01520, IPR2020-01536, IPR2020-
`01537, IPR2020-01538, IPR2020-01539 (September 18, 2021)
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`I.
`INTRODUCTION
`Rather than substantively rebut Masimo’s arguments, Petitioner concocts
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`arguments Masimo never made and then spends many pages of briefing attempting
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`to disprove those arguments. Petitioner asserts numerous new optics theories in an
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`attempt to show a convex surface does not direct “all” light to a single point in the
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`“center.” Reply 19.1 Masimo never made such an argument.
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`Rather, Masimo argued that a convex surface condenses relatively more light
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`towards a more central location as compared to a flat surface. There should be no
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`dispute on this issue. Petitioner and its declarant repeatedly admitted that a convex
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`surface would direct light away from the periphery and towards a more central
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`position. Yet, Petitioner proposed adding a convex surface above peripherally
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`located detectors, arguing a POSITA would make the addition to improve optical
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`signal strength. Masimo explained that, consistent with Petitioner’s admissions, a
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`POSITA would not have been motivated to direct light away from peripherally
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`located detectors. None of Petitioner’s new arguments persuasively rebut this. The
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`Board should affirm the patentability of all challenged claims.
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`1 All emphasis is added unless otherwise noted
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`II. ARGUMENT
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`A. Grounds 1A-1E
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`Petitioner’s New Evidence And Arguments Address An Argument
`Masimo Never Made
`Petitioner mischaracterizes Masimo’s position as contending Inokawa’s lens
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`would direct “all” light “only at a single point at the center….” Reply 3. However,
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`Petitioner never quotes any such Masimo argument because none exists. Masimo
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`clearly and repeatedly argued “that a POSITA would have understood that
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`Inokawa’s convex shape would direct incoming light towards the center of the
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`sensor.” Patent Owner Response (“POR”) 18; see also id. 2, 14-17, 23, 24, 27.
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`Masimo’s declarant, Dr. Madisetti, likewise repeatedly testified that Inokawa’s lens
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`directs light “to a more central location as a result of passing through the convex
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`surface.” Ex. 2004 ¶54; see also id., e.g. ¶¶34, 43, 49, 51, 52, 55.2 Masimo and Dr.
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`Madisetti explained that a convex surface condenses relatively more light towards a
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`more central location as compared to a flat surface. See, e.g., Ex. 2004 ¶67 (“Taken
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`as a whole, a POSITA would have understood that a convex surface results in an
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`overall redirection of incoming light towards the center of the underlying sensor and
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`2 Indeed, when asked, Dr. Kenny could identify no testimony from Dr.
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`Madisetti stating that all light was directed to center. See, e.g., Ex. 2027 63:7-64:6,
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`94:20-96:1, 96:18-97:7.
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`away from the periphery of the underlying sensor.”); POR 15 (“There can be no
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`legitimate dispute that Petitioner’s proposed convex lens would direct light toward
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`the center.”).
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`Petitioner nonetheless strenuously argues that Inokawa’s “lens cannot focus
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`all incoming light at a single point,” Reply 7, a position Masimo never took. Indeed,
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`Petitioner spends thirteen pages attacking this argument with illustrations attempting
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`to show that not all light would be directed to a center point.3 See, e.g., Reply 7-19.
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`Petitioner’s arguments entirely miss the point. The issue is not whether a convex
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`surface will direct all light toward a center point. The issue is whether a convex
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`surface (as compared to a flat surface) will direct more light to Aizawa’s peripherally
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`located detectors—the entire basis of Petitioner’s proposed motivation to combine
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`the cited references. Pet. 13-15.
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`3 While Petitioner suggests its new technical illustrations clarify its original
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`positions (Reply 14), Petitioner’s arguments are instead new positions found
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`nowhere in the petition. Indeed, despite Dr. Kenny testifying that his figures were
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`not meant to be precision drawings or convey any particular shape (Ex. 2006 51:14-
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`52:16), Dr. Kenny’s “clarif[ication]” now finds notable precision in his figures and
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`adds orthogonal lines to allegedly evidence additional light capture. Ex. 1047 ¶21.
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`There can be no legitimate dispute that a convex surface directs light centrally
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`(and away from the periphery). This is a straightforward optics principle. Indeed,
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`Petitioner repeatedly admitted that a convex surface would direct light away from
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`the periphery and towards a more central position. POR 15-18. Dr. Kenny clearly
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`explained: “the incoming light is ‘condensed’ toward the center.” Ex. 1003 ¶119;
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`see also id. ¶200. Petitioner and Dr. Kenny even illustrated that a POSITA would
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`have understood that a convex surface redirects light to a more central location
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`compared to a flat surface.
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`Petitioner’s Illustration Of Change In Light Direction Due To Convex Surface
`(Purple) Compared To Flat Surface (Green) (Pet. 39, citing Ex. 1003 ¶119)
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`On reply, Petitioner claims its illustrations were “merely simplified diagrams” and
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`“illustrate…one example scenario (based on just one ray and one corpuscle).” Reply
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`18-19. But the petition made no such distinction. Instead, Petitioner’s illustrations
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`addressed a claim limitation regarding the “mean path length of light traveling to
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`the…detectors,”—not any individual ray. Pet. 39; Ex. 1001 Claim 12. Dr. Kenny
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`clearly stated Inokawa’s convex surface (1) “provides a condensing function by
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`refracting the light passing through it,” (2) that “such refraction of the incoming
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`reflected light can shorten the path of the light,” (3) “because the incoming light is
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`‘condensed’ toward the center.” Ex. 1003 ¶119. A POSITA would have believed
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`that condensing light towards the center reduces the optical signal strength at
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`peripheral detectors.
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`After recognizing the fundamental error in its proposed combination,
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`Petitioner now attempts to rewrite its petition and argue “a POSITA would
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`understand that Inokawa’s lens improves ‘light concentration at pretty much all of
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`the locations under the curvature of the lens’….” Reply 3 (quoting Ex. 2006 164:8-
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`16). As supposed support, Petitioner quotes a single sentence of Dr. Kenny’s
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`deposition testimony. Ex. 2006 164:8-16. Dr. Kenny admitted, however, that this
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`cited opinion was not in his declaration. Id. 170:22-171:5. Instead, Dr. Kenny’s
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`declaration opined that “the modified cover will allow more light to be gathered and
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`refracted toward the light receiving cavities of Aizawa….” Ex. 1003 ¶97; see also
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`Ex. 2006 166:10-17. But as Masimo explained, Aizawa’s light-receiving cavities
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`are peripherally located and a convex surface would direct light away from them.
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`Petitioner’s entire motivation to combine was based on the fundamental error
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`that a convex surface would increase optical signal strength by focusing incoming
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`light at peripherally located detectors. Pet. 13-15. Dr. Kenny shifted to arguing
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`“light concentration” would somehow increase at “all of the locations” only upon
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`realizing Petitioner’s proposed combination would otherwise make no sense.
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`During his deposition, in an attempt to avoid Petitioner’s error, Dr. Kenny would not
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`even agree Inokawa’s lens provides a condensing function by refracting light that
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`passes through it. See Ex. 2027 181:9-182:5. In doing so, Dr. Kenny rejected the
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`fundamental optics principle that supported Petitioner’s original arguments. See,
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`e.g., Pet. 38 (“the lens/protrusion of Inokawa…serves a condensing function and
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`thus, as with any other lens, refracts light passing through it”).
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`Petitioner similarly asserts that “Inokawa generally discloses a ‘lens [that]
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`makes it possible to increase the light-gathering ability’ of a reflectance-type pulse
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`sensor.” Reply 2 (quoting Ex. 1008 ¶[0015]) (brackets in original). Based on this
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`assertion, Petitioner argues that Inokawa would improve light-gathering at all
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`locations, regardless of the location of the LEDs and detectors. Reply 3-4. But
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`Petitioner contradicts its own declarant’s deposition testimony. Dr. Kenny testified
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`Inokawa’s benefit would not be clear if Inokawa’s LEDs and detectors were moved:
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`I think one of ordinary skill in the art would understand
`that in Inokawa, the objective is to concentrate light at the
`detector, which is in the center axis of the drawing and
`that the lens is capable of providing that benefit. If we’re
`going to move the lenses and the LEDs and detectors
`around and ask different questions, it isn’t so obvious that
`Inokawa is specifically considering those scenarios. It’s a
`little more hypothetical.
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`Ex. 2006 86:19-87:6. Dr. Kenny also confirmed that a convex surface would direct
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`light toward the center of the underlying sensor. See, e.g., Ex. 2006 202:11-204:20.
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`Petitioner does not even attempt to explain this testimony.
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`a)
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`The Principle Of Reversibility Is Irrelevant To Petitioner’s
`Proposed Combination
`Petitioner next asserts yet another new theory. Specifically, Petitioner points
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`to the principle of reversibility. Reply 4. Petitioner claims that “[f]ar from being a
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`new theory, this core concept forms the basis of all Aizawa-based combinations.”
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`Id. 6. As support, Petitioner quotes a declaration from a different IPR proceeding
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`that used the word “reversibility” when providing a background discussion of
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`Aizawa. Id. 6 (quoting Ex. 1048 ¶79). Nowhere did Dr. Kenny previously analyze
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`or espouse the principle of reversibility now asserted by Petitioner. Indeed,
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`Petitioner’s cited sentence does not even discuss optics. Petitioner’s new theory is
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`improper, denying Masimo of the opportunity to respond with expert testimony, and
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`should be rejected.
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`Petitioner’s new theory is also irrelevant. Petitioner employs the theory to
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`argue the path of a reflected light ray would trace an identical route forward and
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`backwards. Reply 4. This argument assumes ideal conditions that are not present
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`when tissue scatters and absorbs light. Even Petitioner admits that tissue randomly
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`scatters and absorbs light rays, which would cause forward and reverse light paths
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`to be unpredictable and very likely different. See id. 7 (stating a POSITA would
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`have understood reflectance-type sensors measure “random” light that was
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`“reflected, transmitted, absorbed, and scattered by the skin and other tissues and the
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`blood before it reaches the detector”); Ex. 2027 29:11-30:7, 31:8-32:3, 38:17-42:6.
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`Petitioner never explains how the principle of reversibility could apply to such
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`“random” light.
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`Indeed, Dr. Kenny testified that “light backscattered from the tissue can go in
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`a large number of possible directions, not any single precise direction.” Ex. 2027
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`17:12-18; see also id. 17:19-19:2 (reiterating random path and absorbance), 38:17-
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`40:13, 40:14-42:6 (“Every photon tracing that particular path…would have a
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`potentially different interaction with the tissue and it would be scattered, potentially,
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`in a different direction than the photon arriving before and after it.”). In contrast,
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`the principle of reversibility provides that “a ray going from P to S [in one direction]
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`will trace the same route as one going from S to P [the opposite direction]” assuming
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`there is no absorption or scattering. Ex. 1040 at 51 (illustrating diffuse reflection),
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`53 (defining principle of reversibility), 207 (principle of reversibility requires no
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`absorption). Indeed, Dr. Kenny testified that the principle of reversibly applies to a
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`light ray between two points and admitted it does not apply to randomly scattered
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`light in bulk. Ex 2027 207:9-208:22. In that circumstance, Dr. Kenny merely
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`testified that light “can go” or “could go” along the same path. Id. 207:17-209:21,
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`210:8-211:6. That hardly supports Petitioner’s argument that light will necessarily
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`travel the same paths regardless of whether the LEDs and detectors are reversed.
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`Petitioner accordingly misapplies the principle of reversibility to the proposed
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`combination. Indeed, the principle of reversibility does not even address the relevant
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`comparison: whether a convex surface—as compared with a flat surface—would
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`collect and focus additional light on Aizawa’s peripherally located detectors. See
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`Ex. 2027 212:3-14. Petitioner attempts to use the theory of reversibility to argue
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`that one could simply reverse the LEDs and detectors in Inokawa’s sensor and obtain
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`the same benefit of Inokawa’s convex lens. Reply 5-7. However, the principle of
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`reversibility does not indicate that one could reverse sensor components and still
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`obtain the same benefit from a lens as opposed to a flat surface. As discussed, Dr.
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`Kenny specifically testified that the benefit of Inokawa’s lens would not be
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`“obvious” if one moves the “LEDs and detectors around….” Ex. 2006 86:19-87:6.4
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`4 Contrary to Petitioner’s argument, Reply 6, Dr. Madisetti did not “express
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`ignorance” of Fermat’s principle: his testimony referred to “a stationary OPL,” an
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`undefined term in the passage about which he was asked. Ex. 1041 89:12-19.
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`Indeed, Dr. Madisetti’s earlier testimony cited “Fermat’s law.” Id. 33:17-34:13.
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`b)
`Petitioner’s Other New Theories Are Similarly Misplaced
`Petitioner next asserts a number of other new theories found nowhere in the
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`petition. First, Petitioner asserts that “Inokawa’s lens provides at best a slight
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`refracting effect, such that light rays that otherwise would have missed the detection
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`area are instead directed toward that area as they pass through the interface provided
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`by the lens.” Reply 13. But that directly undermines Petitioner’s provided
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`motivation to combine. The petition argued that a “POSITA would have looked to
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`Inokawa to enhance light collection efficiency, specifically by modifying the light
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`permeable cover of Aizawa to include a convex protrusion that acts as a lens.” Pet.
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`14. Petitioner’s assertion that “Inokawa’s lens provides at best a slight refracting
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`effect” trivializes Petitioner’s proposed motivation and undermines its petition.
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`Second, Petitioner argues that “due to its protruded shape, Inokawa’s lens
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`‘provides an opportunity to capture some light that would otherwise not be
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`captured.’” Reply 14 (quoting Ex. 2006 204:21-205:12). But Dr. Kenny confirmed
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`this new theory is not in his declaration. Ex. 2006 207:11-208:1. Dr. Kenny also
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`admitted that the convex shape in Petitioner’s proposed combination is a new
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`creation found nowhere in any of the cited references. Ex. 2027 223:6-224:1;
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`compare Ex. 1047 ¶¶20-22 with Ex. 1007 Fig. 2.
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`Dr. Kenny was unable to support this new theory with any evidence. Ex. 2007
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`294:17-298:10. Dr. Kenny testified, “I’m sure there are journal articles that describe
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`the effect,” but he could not identify any when asked (Ex. 2007 295:5-11) and
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`Petitioner cites none in the reply.
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`Third, Petitioner attempts to distinguish Figure 14B in Masimo’s patent as
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`showing the impact of a convex surface on collimated light, as opposed to diffuse
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`backscattered light. Reply 16. But Masimo’s patent makes no such distinction. See
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`POR 15-17. Moreover, Dr. Kenny admitted “one of ordinary skill in the art would
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`expect a diffuse light source encountering a convex lens of the sort that we’re
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`contemplating today, would lead to convergence of the light on the opposite side of
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`the lens, in general” and that there would be “a convergence of most of the light
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`rays.” Ex. 2007 423:7-424:18.
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`Fourth, Petitioner cites yet another new figure to argue that “even for
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`collimated light, focusing of light at the center only occurs if the light beam happens
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`to be perfectly aligned with the axis of symmetry of the lens.” Reply 18-19. Again,
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`Masimo never argued that all incoming light would be focused to a center point in
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`the sensor. Moreover, Petitioner maintains the backscattered light at issue would
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`not be “collimated” and would instead be diffuse light that enters the lens from many
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`directions. Reply 4, 16; Ex. 2027 37:21-38:16. Light entering the lens from all
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`angles would, on average, result in more light directed towards the center and less
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`light at the periphery—as compared to a flat cover or no cover. See, e.g., Ex. 2004
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`Moreover, Petitioner ignores the structure of Petitioner’s combination.
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`Petitioner’s figure (below, left) attempts to show that the green rays will converge at
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`a focal point away from the center of the lens.
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`Petitioner’s “focal” figure (left, Reply 18)
`Petitioner’s “focal” figure (center, Reply 18) (annotated by Masimo)
`Petitioner’s proposed combination (right, Pet. 15)
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`Unlike Petitioner’s figure, however, Petitioner’s proposed combination (above,
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`center) places detectors near the cover. As shown (above, center), examining the
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`light paths at points near the cover (as shown by the dotted line) reveals that the left
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`green ray diverges to the right and closer to the center of the lens. The right green
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`ray diverges to the left and closer to the center of the lens. Thus, Petitioner’s own
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`figure explains how a convex surface directs light toward the center in Petitioner’s
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`Fifth, Petitioner embraces Dr. Kenny’s new deposition theory that a convex
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`lens would “allow the detector to capture light that otherwise would have been
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`missed by the detectors.” Reply 20. Petitioner suggests that a convex surface would
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`direct some light from the far left and far right edge of the sensor to the peripheral
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`detectors. Id. 20. Petitioner illustrates its theory as follows:
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`Id. Even if that theory had merit, it would be unavailing because it fails to consider
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`the greater decrease in light at the detectors due to light redirection to a more central
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`location. See Ex. 2027 19:16-21:8. As Mendelson-1988 explained, and Dr. Kenny
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`confirmed, the circle of backscattered light’s intensity “decreases in direct
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`proportion to the square of the distance between the photodetector and the LEDs.”
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`Ex. 1015 at 2; Ex. 2027 49:17-50:13, 57:10-22. Thus, any purported signal obtained
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`from light redirected from the sensor’s edge would be relatively weak and fail to
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`make up for the much greater loss of signal strength when light is redirected away
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`from the detectors and towards a more central position. See id. Thus, Petitioner’s
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`new theory fails to show a POSITA would have been motivated to arrive at
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`Indeed, while Petitioner asserts numerous new and complex optical theories,
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`Petitioner never explains why or how a POSITA would have known or considered
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`those theories, much less arrived at Masimo’s claims. Petitioner never disputes that
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`its level of skill (1) requires no coursework, training or experience with optics or
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`optical physiological monitors; (2) requires no coursework, training or experience in
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`physiology; and (3) focuses on data processing and not sensor design. POR 3-4.5
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`Rather than consider Petitioner’s various complex theories, a POSITA would have
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`understood and applied the straightforward understanding that a convex surface
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`condenses light toward the center, precisely as Petitioner advocated in its petition.
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`In fact, if anything, Petitioner’s new arguments emphasizing the complexity
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`of optics undermine Petitioner’s obviousness arguments. Id. 27-30. As Dr. Kenny
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`explained, light rays only “reach the [peripherally located] detectors [in Aizawa] if
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`they somehow find those tapered openings, but not if they pass-through any part of
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`this holder [surrounding the detectors].” Ex. 2006 257:11-18; Ex. 2027 73:13-74:14,
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`76:13-21. Petitioner fails to show its various new and complex theories would have
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`motivated a POSITA to arrive at Petitioner’s flawed combination.
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`5 Despite testifying there are “thousands of textbooks” describing lens design,
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`Dr. Kenny cited none in his declarations. Ex. 2027 109:4-110:12, 112:16-113:5.
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`Petitioner Does Not Establish A Motivation To Modify Aizawa’s
`Sensor To Include Both Multiple Detectors And Multiple LEDs
`Petitioner next argues a POSITA would have added a second LED to
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`Aizawa’s sensor. Reply 21. As a preliminary matter, even if a POSITA added a
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`second LED, Petitioner’s proposed combination of Aizawa and Inokawa would still
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`not meet all claim limitations. POR 34. As Masimo explained, Petitioner’s resulting
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`sensor would—consistent with both references—include only a single centrally
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`located detector. Id. 34-36. In contrast, the claims at issue require both multiple
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`emitters and multiple detectors in the same sensor device. See, e.g., Ex. 1001 Claims
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`1, 26. Petitioner’s reply does not acknowledge or address this failing.
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`Regardless, Petitioner’s asserted motivations for adding additional emitters
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`are unpersuasive. Petitioner’s first purported motivation is “[t]he added ability to
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`measure body movement.” Pet. 18. As Petitioner now concedes, however, Aizawa’s
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`sensor already monitors body motion, so the extra emitter adds no functionality.
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`Reply 21; POR 36. Thus, adding another LED would unnecessarily increase
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`complexity while adding no new functionality. Petitioner criticizes Aizawa’s
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`disclosure for not explaining how it uses the computed motion signal. Reply 21.
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`But Inokawa likewise provides no details regarding how it uses the motion signal.
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`See, e.g., Ex. 1008 ¶[0059]. Petitioner claims Inokawa’s approach is “more reliable”
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`than Aizawa’s. Reply 21 (citing Pet. 17, Ex. 1003 ¶77). But Petitioner cites nothing
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`in Inokawa that suggests Inokawa’s approach is superior to Aizawa’s. There would
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`have been no reason for a POSITA to replace Aizawa’s approach with Inokawa’s.
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`Petitioner’s second purported motivation for adding more LEDs is to provide
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`LED-based data transmission. Pet. 20-21. But Inokawa transmits pulse rate data
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`only “when the pulse sensor ... is mounted onto” a cumbersome “base device.” See,
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`e.g., Ex. 1008 Abstract; POR 37-38. Petitioner’s proposed modification requires
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`that a user (1) stop data collection, (2) remove the sensor, and (3) attach the sensor
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`to a “base device.” POR 37-38. In contrast, Aizawa’s sensor already includes a
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`transmitter
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`that allows real-time collection and display of physiological
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`measurements—a key goal of Aizawa’s system. Ex. 2007 402:6-11; Ex. 1003 ¶101;
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`Ex. 1006 ¶¶[0004], [0015]. While Petitioner suggests its proposed modification
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`might “improve accuracy,” Petitioner provides no evidence that Aizawa’s existing
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`approach suffered from accuracy problems. Reply 22-23. Petitioner’s combination
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`thus eliminates Aizawa’s real-time data display functionality while adding no
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`credible additional benefit. POR 37-38.
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`Petitioner next relies on a non-ground reference, Nanba (Ex. 1010), to assert
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`that additional LEDs would provide more reliable measurements. See Pet. 18; Ex.
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`1003 ¶77 (citing Ex. 1010 8:45-50); Reply 21 (citing Ex. 1003 ¶77). But Nanba’s
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`pulse wave sensor only uses a single LED emitter—not two different LEDs at two
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`different wavelengths, as Dr. Kenny erroneously asserts. Ex. 1010 8:45-50; Ex.
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`1003 ¶77. Thus, Nanba’s sensor—like Aizawa’s—would use a single emitter to
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`monitor motion. See, e.g., Ex. 1010 1:65-2:12 (apparatus for “detecting vital
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`functions such as a cough or yawn” and monitoring “a motion artifact” during “a
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`pulse wave”). Nanba would not motivate a POSITA to add an additional emitter.
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`Moreover, Petitioner does not dispute its proposed modifications would cause
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`additional problems, including additional costs, energy use, and thermal problems.
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`Petitioner asserts a POSITA “is fully capable of employing inferences and creative
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`steps.” Reply 23. But Petitioner provides no evidence of what those inferences are
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`or what those creative steps might be, much less why they would lead to Masimo’s
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`claimed invention. As previously explained, a POSITA would have expected that
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`placing LEDs in close proximity—as in Petitioner’s proposed combination—could
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`cause detrimental results. POR 39. A POSITA would not have been motivated to
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`make Petitioner’s proposed modifications.
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`3. Ground 1B: Ohsaki Would Not Have Motivated A POSITA To
`Add A Convex Protrusion To Aizawa’s Sensor
`Ground 1B argues that Ohsaki would have further motivated a POSITA to add
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`a convex surface to “prevent slippage of Aizawa’s device.” Pet. 51. But Ohsaki
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`does not address or correct the fundamental problem with Petitioner’s proposed
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`combination discussed above: Like Inokawa, Ohsaki’s cover would direct light
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`away from Aizawa’s peripherally located detectors. Ex. 2004 ¶92. A mere desire
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`to prevent “slipp[age]” would not motivate a POSITA to create a flawed sensor.
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`Moreover, a POSITA would not have believed Ohsaki’s longitudinal cover
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`would benefit Aizawa’s circular sensor. Ex. 2004 ¶95. Ohsaki indicates that its
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`sensor—including its longitudinal cover with a convex surface—must have an
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`elongated shape oriented with the longitudinal direction of the user’s arm. Ex. 1014
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`¶[0019]; Ex. 1004 ¶93. In contrast, Aizawa’s sensor uses a circular arrangement
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`of detectors disposed around a central emitter. Ex. 1006 ¶¶[0009], [0027], [0036];
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`Ex. 2004 ¶94. Aizawa specifically distinguishes its sensor from linear sensors such
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`as Ohsaki’s, stating, “the photodetectors…should not be disposed linearly.” See,
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`e.g., Ex. 1006 ¶[0027].
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`A POSITA would not have been motivated to add Ohsaki’s longitudinal cover
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`to Aizawa’s circular sensor to “prevent slippage,” as Petitioner asserts. Pet. 51.
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`Ohsaki teaches that its longitudinal cover must be oriented with the longitudinal
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`direction of the user’s arm to prevent slippage. Ex. 1014 ¶[0019]; Ex. 1004 ¶93.
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`Petitioner apparently makes Ohsaki’s longitudinal cover circular so that it fits over
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`Aizawa’s circular sensor. Pet. 50-51; POR 40-43. That removes the very shape and
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`functionality Oshaki teaches is important to prevent slippage. Ex. 1004 ¶¶93-95.
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`Indeed, Ohsaki teaches that its longitudinal cover must be oriented with the
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`longitudinal direction of the user’s arm. Ex. 1014 ¶[0019]; Ex. 1004 ¶93. Dr.
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`Kenny admitted that a circular structure has no longitudinal directionality. Ex. 2008
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`165:20-166:5.
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`Ohsaki also indicates that its convex surface prevents slipping only on the
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`backhand side (i.e., watch-side) of the user’s wrist. Id. ¶[0024]. Ohsaki’s sensor
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`has “a tendency to slip off” if positioned on