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`·2· · · · · · · ·DR. STEPHEN TALLON, having been
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`·7· · · · · Q.· ·Okay.· Great.· Good morning,
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`·8· ·Dr. Tallon.
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`·9· · · · · A.· ·Good morning.
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`10· · · · · Q.· ·So today, we're here for a
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`11· ·deposition related to three IPR proceedings
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`12· ·that are pending before the Patent Trial and
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`13· ·Appeals Board.· The first is IPR2020-01532 for
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`14· ·U.S. Patent 9,644,169.· Do you remember
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`15· ·submitting a declaration for that case?
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`16· · · · · A.· ·I do.
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`17· · · · · Q.· ·Okay.· And then the second is
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`18· ·IPR2020-1533 for U.S. Patent No. 9,816,046.
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`19· ·And do you remember submitting a declaration
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`20· ·for that case?
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`21· · · · · A.· ·I do.
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`22· · · · · Q.· ·And then the third is 2020-01534
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`23· ·for U.S. Patent 10,010,967.· And do you
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`24· ·remember submitting a declaration for that
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`25· ·case?
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`·2· · · · · · · · · · · MR. CHAKANSKY:· Mitch, I
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`·3· · · · · ·don't mean to interrupt, but I'm sorry
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`·4· · · · · ·I am.· Because there are three IPRs, if
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`·5· · · · · ·you can direct him with your questions,
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`·6· · · · · ·you know, where the question is to
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`·7· · · · · ·which IPR, it would be helpful.
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`·8· · · · · · · · · · · MR. JONES:· Yeah, we will.
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`·9· · · · · ·we will.
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`10· · · · · · · · · · · MR. CHAKANSKY:· Thank you.
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`11· ·BY MR. JONES:
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`12· · · · · Q.· ·Okay.· First, I'm going to start
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`13· ·off with some general questions, but yeah, when
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`14· ·we get down to specific declarations, I will
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`15· ·certainly direct him to those declarations.
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`16· · · · · · · · ·So the first thing I want to
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`17· ·start off with going over your background a
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`18· ·bit.· And so for the first, if you want to or
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`19· ·if you need to, I think we can start off with
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`20· ·your declaration for the '169 patent, which is
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`21· ·Exhibit 1006, and I believe you have your CV
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`22· ·attached to that.
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`23· · · · · A.· ·Correct.
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`24· · · · · Q.· ·Okay.· And you may not have to
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`25· ·refer to your CV for these questions, but if
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`·1· ·you want to, you can.· So all right.· So
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`·2· ·Mr. Tallon, do you have your bachelor's in
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`·3· ·chemical and process engineering, a master's in
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`·4· ·chemical and materials engineering, and a Ph.D.
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`·5· ·in chemical and materials engineering; is that
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`·6· ·correct?
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`·7· · · · · A.· ·Yes.
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`·8· · · · · Q.· ·And you're currently employed at
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`·9· ·Callaghan Innovation in New Zealand, correct?
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`10· · · · · A.· ·That's correct.
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`11· · · · · Q.· ·So could you explain just in
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`12· ·general what your role is at Callaghan
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`13· ·Innovation?
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`14· · · · · A.· ·So first, Callaghan Innovation is a
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`15· ·government -- a New Zealand government-owned
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`16· ·entity and the general purpose of Callaghan
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`17· ·Innovation is to support mainly New Zealand
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`18· ·industries to, you know, develop new
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`19· ·technologies, new products.· My particular role
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`20· ·at Callaghan Innovation, currently, I lead a
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`21· ·team of about eight or nine people and we work
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`22· ·in the -- we call ourselves the biotechnology
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`23· ·team.· We work primarily with helping companies
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`24· ·develop new food or health products.
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`25· · · · · Q.· ·And what's your role within the
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`·1· ·biotech team?
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`·2· · · · · A.· ·My role currently is, I'm the team
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`·3· ·leader of the group of nine people that I
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`·4· ·mentioned.
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`·5· · · · · Q.· ·And as part of that team, do each
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`·6· ·of the team members have different types of
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`·7· ·experience?
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`·8· · · · · A.· ·Yes, the team members all have
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`·9· ·their own particular experience, but the group
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`10· ·is largely in the sort of processing and
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`11· ·engineering skills area.· I also have two guys
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`12· ·in a workshop who report to me, so they do, you
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`13· ·know, their skills and specialties are in
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`14· ·machining of objects.· But other team members
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`15· ·have a similar sort of skill set and experience
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`16· ·to mine.
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`17· · · · · Q.· ·Okay.· So the members of the team,
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`18· ·is it fair to say that they're primarily
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`19· ·chemical engineers or engineers?
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`20· · · · · A.· ·Yes, chemical engineering, biotech
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`21· ·engineering.· That's within my team.· And I'm
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`22· ·also part of a wider group that has staff with
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`23· ·experience in, you know, lipid chemistry and
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`24· ·analysis.
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`25· · · · · Q.· ·And are they under a different team
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`·1· ·leader at Callaghan?
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`·3· · · · · Q.· ·Okay.· So is it fair to say that
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`·4· ·your group is primarily involved on the
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`·5· ·engineering side of developing processes for
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`·6· ·extraction of natural materials?
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`·7· · · · · A.· ·In very broad terms, yes.
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`·8· ·Experience is mainly working with biological
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`·9· ·materials.
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`10· · · · · Q.· ·And what type of, from an
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`11· ·engineering standpoint, what type of work do
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`12· ·you do with those biological materials?
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`13· · · · · A.· ·We do a fairly broad range of work.
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`14· ·Some of the work we do is operating a pilot
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`15· ·facility, so we have a fairly good collection
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`16· ·of different unit operations that would
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`17· ·typically be used for preparing health food
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`18· ·products.· And we use those facilities to test
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`19· ·out new ideas, test out new products.· But we
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`20· ·also do some basic work around characterizing
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`21· ·the materials, looking at how different
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`22· ·formulations work together, looking at the
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`23· ·stability of materials.
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`24· · · · · Q.· ·Okay.· And do the people within
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`25· ·your group, and that's the process engineering
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`·2· · · · · A.· ·My team is currently called the
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`·3· ·process engineering team.· The wider group that
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`·4· ·I'm part of we call the biotechnologies group.
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`·5· · · · · Q.· ·So within your process engineering
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`·6· ·team of which you're the team leader, do the
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`·7· ·members of that team do any biochemical
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`·9· · · · · A.· ·What do you mean by biochemical
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`10· ·analysis?
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`11· · · · · Q.· ·Do the members of the process
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`12· ·engineering team, do you do analysis of lipids
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`13· ·within the group?
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`14· · · · · A.· ·We, as part of our work, we
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`15· ·contract a lot of analysis.· The actual
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`16· ·preparing, so the actual technician that puts
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`17· ·the samples into a GC, those people report to
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`18· ·one of my colleagues, but we -- as part of
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`19· ·their work, we certainly do carry out a lot of
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`20· ·lipid analysis.
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`21· · · · · Q.· ·And so your group contracts, when
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`22· ·you need analysis of lipids done or biochemical
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`23· ·characterization of lipids done, you contract
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`24· ·that out to different groups at Callaghan?
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`25· · · · · · · · · · · MR. CHAKANSKY:· Objection,
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`·6· · · · · Q.· ·Okay.· So your process engineering
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`·7· ·team, when you develop a process or when you're
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`·8· ·working on a process for extraction of lipids,
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`·9· ·as part of that process, some of the time you
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`10· ·need an analysis of the lipids performed,
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`11· ·correct?
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`12· · · · · A.· ·That would be fair to say, yep, a
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`13· ·major component of what we do is understanding
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`14· ·the composition of the materials that we're
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`15· ·working with.
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`16· · · · · Q.· ·And when you need to understand the
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`17· ·compositions of the materials that you're
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`18· ·working with for the biochemical analysis of
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`19· ·those materials, do you contract with another
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`20· ·group at Callaghan Innovation to do that
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`21· ·analysis?
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`22· · · · · A.· ·It depends entirely on the
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`23· ·analysis.
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`24· · · · · Q.· ·And so what type of analysis do you
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`·2· ·we do have quite a strong experience in
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`·3· ·certainly lipid analysis, but also analysis of
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`·4· ·some of the other components.· Some analysis,
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`·5· ·for example, if we are looking at sort of ash
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`·6· ·or, you know, some mineral content of materials
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`·7· ·in some protein analysis, we have some good
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`10· · · · · · · · ·Within my process engineering
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`11· ·team, we do a range of the analysis we -- the
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`12· ·people that report to me do it, includes some
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`13· ·analysis of, you know, for example, water
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`14· ·content.
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`15· · · · · Q.· ·Okay.· Does anybody in your process
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`16· ·engineering group do gas chromatography?
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`17· · · · · A.· ·The GCs that we have within the --
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`18· ·just to be clear too, when you talk about
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`19· ·group, the biotechnology group is the wider
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`20· ·group that I'm part of.· If you are referring
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`21· ·specifically to the members of that group who
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`22· ·report to me as a manager, then perhaps you
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`23· ·could refer to that as, you know, the process
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`24· ·engineering team, if that's specifically who
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`25· ·you are referring to.
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`·1· · · · · Q.· ·Yes.· So with the process
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`·2· ·engineering team, do any members of that team
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`·4· · · · · A.· ·One of my team members has done
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`·5· ·some sample preparation in his use of GC, but
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`·6· ·primarily the GCs are done in an adjacent
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`·7· ·building and let's say the technicians who
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`·8· ·primarily run that GC report to one of my
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`10· · · · · Q.· ·And what colleague is that?
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`11· · · · · A.· ·Currently, that is a gentleman by
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`12· ·the name of Andrew Lewis.
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`13· · · · · Q.· ·And do any members of the process
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`14· ·engineering team do NMR analysis?
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`15· · · · · A.· ·No.· The NMR and in fact, the
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`16· ·gentleman I just mentioned, Andrew Lewis, is
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`17· ·one of the key operators of our NMR facility.
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`18· ·Also some other members of his team.
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`19· · · · · Q.· ·Do any members of the process
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`20· ·engineering team do thin layer chromatography
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`21· ·analysis?
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`22· · · · · A.· ·Not my team members.· We get our
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`23· ·colleagues to do that.
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`24· · · · · Q.· ·Okay.· Have you ever done a GC, a
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`25· ·gas chromatography analysis yourself?
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`·6· ·as a demonstration or an exercise, so I have
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`·7· ·been party to a TLC sort of loading up from
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`10· ·a routine basis?
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`11· · · · · A.· ·No, no, it's not my job to put
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`13· · · · · Q.· ·Okay.
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`14· · · · · A.· ·It's my job to interpret them and
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`15· ·make use of the information.
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`16· · · · · Q.· ·So as part of your work at
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`17· ·Callaghan Innovation, you develop processes for
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`18· ·extraction of natural materials, correct?
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`19· · · · · A.· ·Among other things, correct.
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`20· · · · · Q.· ·And as part of those duties, are
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`21· ·you involved in actually collecting the raw
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`22· ·materials?
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`23· · · · · A.· ·There have been times in the past,
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`24· ·yes, where I've personally collected materials.
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`25· · · · · Q.· ·And what materials would those be?
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`·3· ·the particular work that we were doing, but as
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`·5· ·recent work looking at, if you like, the sort
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`·7· ·process and some places, I've been the person
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`·9· ·the material that we're working with to do some
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`10· ·further processing on.
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`11· · · · · Q.· ·You went and picked it up, but you
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`12· ·weren't involved in actually producing the
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`14· · · · · · · · · · · MR. JONES:· Object to form.
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`15· · · · · · · · · · · THE WITNESS:· Not in that
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`16· · · · · ·particular case.· That was a material
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`17· · · · · ·generated by an existing industry
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`18· · · · · ·player and we were looking to work with
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`19· · · · · ·an established and representative
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`20· · · · · ·product, if that answers your question.
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`22· · · · · Q.· ·Have you ever been on a ship that
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`23· ·harvests marine materials?
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`24· · · · · A.· ·I have, yes.· It's an interest of
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`25· ·mine to go fishing.
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`·5· · · · · A.· ·Indeed, I generally do.
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`·6· · · · · Q.· ·And what would those be?
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`·7· · · · · A.· ·Mainly gut removal and descaling
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`·8· ·and finishing.
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`10· ·process as the team leader of the process
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`11· ·engineering team at Callaghan Innovation for
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`12· ·extracting a natural material from a fish that
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`13· ·you've caught?
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`14· · · · · A.· ·From the fish that I've personally
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`15· ·caught, no.
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`16· · · · · Q.· ·Okay.· Have you ever been on a
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`17· ·commercial fishing vessel that harvests marine
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`18· ·materials for commercial use?
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`19· · · · · A.· ·Just trying to think.· I have been
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`20· ·on -- I have been on larger commercial fishing
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`21· ·boats, but they -- still just for
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`22· ·recreational -- well, commercial, but
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`23· ·recreational fishing.
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`25· · · · · A.· ·Yeah, that's all I have to say.
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`·4· ·videos from on board the ships, but I've never
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`·5· ·personally been on one.
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`·6· · · · · Q.· ·And as part of your work at
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`·7· ·Callaghan Innovation, in the process
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`·8· ·engineering team, do you develop what could be
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`·9· ·termed extraction plants for clients?
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`10· · · · · A.· ·We do some elements of that.· We
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`11· ·provide, I guess, at the early stages, we do
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`12· ·some work with specification of equipment and
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`13· ·design recommendations and cost estimation.
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`14· ·And then at later stages, we do also -- we do
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`15· ·some work where we build equipment or processes
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`16· ·in-house and then migrate those to the client's
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`17· ·facilities to make use of.· In other cases, we
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`18· ·just provide designs and specifications for,
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`19· ·you know, for putting together off-the-shelf
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`20· ·components to put a process together.
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`21· · · · · Q.· ·And have you ever designed an
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`22· ·extraction plant for use on a ship?
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`23· · · · · A.· ·One that comes to mind was a piece
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`24· ·of work we did for a shipping company just
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`25· ·looking at some improvements to their
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`·2· ·the fish when it came on board.· So we had some
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`·4· ·things, I'm not sure exactly how they're used,
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`·5· ·but in principle, probably quite a number of
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`·6· ·the things we design conceptually could be used
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`·7· ·on a ship.
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`·8· · · · · Q.· ·And have you ever designed a plant
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`·9· ·for making krill meal for a ship?
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`10· · · · · A.· ·No.· The answer is no, I haven't
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`11· ·designed a krill meal process to operate on a
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`12· ·ship.· There are plenty of other people who can
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`13· ·and have done that.· It's a fairly
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`14· ·well-established process.
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`15· · · · · Q.· ·Okay.· So I would like to direct
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`16· ·your attention to your declaration,
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`17· ·Exhibit 1006, for the IPR2020-01532 for the
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`18· ·'169 patent.
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`19· · · · · A.· ·Okay.
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`20· · · · · Q.· ·And do you have that there on your
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`21· ·screen there then?
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`22· · · · · A.· ·Yup, I have that ready to go.
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`23· · · · · Q.· ·Okay.· Great.· So at pages 0004 to
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`24· ·006, those are part of the table of contents.
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`25· ·Do you see that?
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`·1· · · · · A.· ·I see that.
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`·2· · · · · Q.· ·And there's a listed there it says
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`·3· ·prior art and I think refers to page 91, do you
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`·4· ·see that?
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`·5· · · · · A.· ·I do.
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`·6· · · · · Q.· ·And then over the next couple of
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`·7· ·pages, there's a pretty long list of
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`·8· ·references.· My first question is a general
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`·9· ·question.· In preparing the opinion for --
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`10· ·sorry, strike that.· In preparing your
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`11· ·declaration for the '169 patent, did you rely
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`12· ·on any references that aren't listed or
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`13· ·discussed in Exhibit 1006?
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`14· · · · · A.· ·No, the opinion that is my
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`15· ·declaration relies only on the ones that are
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`16· ·listed, but that is consistent with my general
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`17· ·experience and understanding of, you know,
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`18· ·other literature as well.
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`19· · · · · Q.· ·And were the references cited in
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`20· ·your report provided to you by Rimfrost's
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`21· ·counsel?
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`22· · · · · A.· ·Well, I guess as you're aware,
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`23· ·there have been a number of similar IPRs that I
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`24· ·have been involved with and the list of
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`25· ·references used has grown over time.· But what
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`·1· ·do you mean by provided to me?· What's your
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`·2· ·actual question?
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`·3· · · · · Q.· ·Any of the references listed in the
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`·4· ·table of contents, did you do searches that
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`·5· ·identified those references?· And I'm
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`·6· ·specifically referring to the table of contents
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`·7· ·of Exhibit 1006 in the 01532 IPR.
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`·8· · · · · · · · · · · MR. CHAKANSKY:· Form
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`·9· · · · · ·objection.
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`10· · · · · · · · · · · THE WITNESS:· In terms of
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`11· · · · · ·how the list of references developed,
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`12· · · · · ·it will be a combination of things. I
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`13· · · · · ·have done my item section and I have
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`14· · · · · ·made use of references in search lists
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`15· · · · · ·in documents provided by Rimfrost.· But
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`16· · · · · ·at this stage, it would be hard for me
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`17· · · · · ·say specifically which of any of those
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`18· · · · · ·I've identified myself or which were
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`19· · · · · ·provided to me.
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`20· ·BY MR. JONES:
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`21· · · · · Q.· ·And you mentioned that the
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`22· ·references they are utilized in Exhibit 1006
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`23· ·are consistent with other references in the
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`24· ·literature; is that correct?
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`25· · · · · · · · · · · MR. CHAKANSKY:· Objection.
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`·1· · · · · ·Lack of foundation.
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`·2· · · · · · · · · · · THE WITNESS:· No, that's not
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`·3· · · · · ·what I said.
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`·4· ·BY MR. JONES:
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`·5· · · · · Q.· ·So you mentioned that there are
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`·6· ·other references that aren't included in your
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`·7· ·report?
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`·8· · · · · · · · · · · MR. CHAKANSKY:· Objection.
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`·9· · · · · ·Misstates his testimony.
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`10· · · · · · · · · · · THE WITNESS:· No, what I
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`11· · · · · ·said before was that the opinion in my
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`12· · · · · ·declaration doesn't rely on anything
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`13· · · · · ·outside of the listed references, but
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`14· · · · · ·just that my opinion is consistent with
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`15· · · · · ·my general understanding in addition to
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`16· · · · · ·the material that's in the declaration.
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`17· ·BY MR. JONES:
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`18· · · · · Q.· ·Okay.· Are there any other
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`19· ·references that should have been included in
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`20· ·your declaration?
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`21· · · · · A.· ·No.
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`22· · · · · Q.· ·Okay.· Well, other than references
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`23· ·cited in Exhibit 1006 for the 1532 IPR, are you
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`24· ·aware of any references on krill meal
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`25· ·production?
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`·1· · · · · A.· ·I would have to have a look back
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`·2· ·through the ones that were actually included to
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`·3· ·remind myself.· Would you like me to do that?
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`·4· · · · · Q.· ·Yeah, you can certainly refer to
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`·5· ·the references that are listed in the table of
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`·6· ·contents or any other place you need to in the
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`·7· ·declaration.
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`·8· · · · · A.· ·Can you remind what your question
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`·9· ·was?
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`10· · · · · Q.· ·Yeah.· So all of the references
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`11· ·cited in your declaration in Exhibit 1006 for
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`12· ·the 1532 IPR, are you aware of any other
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`13· ·references on krill meal production that were
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`14· ·not listed in your declaration?
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`15· · · · · · · · · · · MR. CHAKANSKY:· And you're
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`16· · · · · ·referring to Appendix E, which is the
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`17· · · · · ·list already referred to.
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`18· · · · · · · · · · · THE WITNESS:· Yes, it's a
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`19· · · · · ·difficult question to answer with any
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`20· · · · · ·specifics, but in general, I'm aware
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`21· · · · · ·of, gosh, you know, just about every
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`22· · · · · ·article that you read about krill
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`23· · · · · ·probably makes at least a reference to
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`24· · · · · ·krill meal.· It's a fairly common, you
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`25· · · · · ·know, component of a lot of processing
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`·1· · · · · ·steps or certainly a common component
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`·2· · · · · ·in the preparation of handling of
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`·3· · · · · ·krill, so in general, I would say
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`·4· · · · · ·there's a, you know, a substantial body
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`·5· · · · · ·of other references out there,
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`·6· · · · · ·including, I mean a number of the -- or
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`·7· · · · · ·many of the publications listed in the
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`·8· · · · · ·prior art, the said authors of those
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`·9· · · · · ·publications have written in some
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`10· · · · · ·cases, dozens of other publications.
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`11· · · · · ·And so the list of prior art there is
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`12· · · · · ·by no means an exhaustive list of
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`13· · · · · ·everything that's written on krill and
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`14· · · · · ·krill meal.
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`15· ·BY MR. JONES:
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`16· · · · · Q.· ·And can you recall any of those
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`17· ·specific references on krill meal production
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`18· ·that are not listed in your declaration?
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`19· · · · · A.· ·No specific ones come mind.
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`20· · · · · Q.· ·And what are those or you said no
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`21· ·specific ones?
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`22· · · · · A.· ·I'm sorry, I said no specific ones
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`23· ·come to mind right at the moment.
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`24· · · · · Q.· ·And other than the references cited
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`25· ·in your declaration, are you aware of any other
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`·1· ·references that address the storage of krill
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`·2· ·meal?
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`·3· · · · · A.· ·Again, I think the answer is
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`·4· ·probably similar.· It's my impression that a
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`·5· ·lot of publications probably will make
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`·6· ·reference to storage at least, at least
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`·7· ·implicitly, you know, any publication that
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`·8· ·talks about catching krill and/or further
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`·9· ·processing it, ultimately, it's going to take a
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`10· ·period of time just to get the entire harvest
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`11· ·done and it's going to take a certain amount of
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`12· ·time to get the material back to shore, if
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`13· ·further processing is being done onshore, so
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`14· ·implicit in a lot of references is a storage or
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`15· ·hold period of time.
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`16· · · · · · · · ·But, again, the list of prior art
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`17· ·we've used is -- well, it's what I've used to
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`18· ·base my opinion on and nothing specific comes
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`19· ·to mind to add to it at this stage.
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`20· · · · · Q.· ·And other than the references cited
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`21· ·in your declaration to Exhibit 1006 and in the
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`22· ·1532 IPR, are you aware of any other references
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`23· ·that address issues related to shipping of
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`24· ·krill meal?
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`25· · · · · A.· ·What do you mean by shipping?
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`·1· · · · · Q.· ·Transporting krill meal.
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`·2· · · · · A.· ·Do you mean after harvesting it or
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`·3· ·just putting it on a boat and transporting it
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`·4· ·from one place to another?
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`·5· · · · · Q.· ·Transporting it after harvest and
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`·6· ·production.
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`·7· · · · · A.· ·Again, nothing specific comes to
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`·8· ·mind, but it would be my impression that
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`·9· ·there's a -- there is an additional wide body
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`10· ·of material out there.
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`11· · · · · Q.· ·And is it fair to say you can't
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`12· ·recall if you consulted any of that wide body
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`13· ·of material in relation to this, to your
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`14· ·declaration, Exhibit 1006?
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`15· · · · · · · · · · · MR. CHAKANSKY:· Objection to
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`16· · · · · ·form.
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`17· · · · · · · · · · · THE WITNESS:· The answer to
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`18· · · · · ·that would be no, you know, these in
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`19· · · · · ·similar proceedings have been running
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`20· · · · · ·for a number of years and over that
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`21· · · · · ·time, I have read a number of
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`22· · · · · ·publications that are outside the prior
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`23· · · · · ·art list.· But no specific ones come to
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`24· · · · · ·mind that I feel are appropriate to
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`25· · · · · ·mention.
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`·1· ·BY MR. JONES:
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`·2· · · · · Q.· ·And then other the references cited
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`·3· ·in your report or in your declaration
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`·4· ·Exhibit 1006, in the 1532 IPR, are you aware of
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`·5· ·any other references that address issues
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`·6· ·related to the stability of krill meal?
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`·7· · · · · A.· ·Are you referring to anything
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`·8· ·specific when you say stability or just in
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`·9· ·general?
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`10· · · · · Q.· ·Just stability in the general
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`11· ·sense.
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`12· · · · · A.· ·So a similar answer, again, there's
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`13· ·a wide body of literature out there on krill.
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`14· ·Certainly the, you know, around stability of
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`15· ·the krill, the stability issues that needed to
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`16· ·be addressed were certainly well known right
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`17· ·back from the, you know, sort of 1960s and '70s
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`18· ·when they did a lot of krill harvesting, and
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`19· ·it's my impression that there's a lot of
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`20· ·literature out there.· But again, the list of
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`21· ·prior art that is in the declaration is --
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`22· ·well, it's sufficient for me to state my
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`23· ·opinion on.
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`24· · · · · Q.· ·So if you're referring to a product
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`25· ·as being stable, what's your understanding of
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`·1· ·what stability means with respect to -- strike
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`·2· ·that.
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`·3· · · · · · · · ·So if the word "stable" is used
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`·4· ·to describe a krill meal, what would that mean
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`·5· ·to you?
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`·6· · · · · A.· ·It would depend entirely on the
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`·7· ·context and what the krill meal was being used
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`·8· ·for, for example.
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`·9· · · · · Q.· ·Okay.· So other than the references
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`10· ·cited in Exhibit 1006 for the 1532 declaration,
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`11· ·are you aware of any other references that
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`12· ·discuss the stability of denatured krill
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`13· ·products?
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`14· · · · · A.· ·Again, I think the same as my
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`15· ·previous answers, I have a general expectation
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`16· ·that there is other literature out there, but
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`17· ·nothing that particularly comes to mind right
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`18· ·at the moment.
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`19· · · · · Q.· ·Okay.· I would like to direct your
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`20· ·attention to Exhibit 1006 from IPR2020-01533
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`21· ·for the '046 patent.
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`22· · · · · A.· ·Okay.
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`23· · · · · · · · · · · MR. CHAKANSKY:· His
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`24· · · · · ·declaration for the '046 patent?
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`25· · · · · · · · · · · MR. JONES:· Yes.
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`·1· ·BY MR. JONES:
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`·2· · · · · Q.· ·And I believe that has a pretty
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`·3· ·similar list of references through the
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`·4· ·declaration for the 1532 IPR and the '169
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`·5· ·patent, but again, on -- so with respect to the
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`·6· ·references cited in Exhibit 1006 for the 1533
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`·7· ·IPR, are you aware of any other references on
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`·8· ·krill meal production that you didn't cite in
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`·9· ·the declaration?
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`10· · · · · · · · · · · MR. CHAKANSKY:· Objection,
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`11· · · · · ·foundation.
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`12· · · · · · · · · · · THE WITNESS:· So you're
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`13· · · · · ·asking if I'm aware of other
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`14· · · · · ·publications that weren't listed in
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`15· · · · · ·the -- in my declaration, yes, there
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`16· · · · · ·are a lot of other publications that
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`17· · · · · ·weren't listed.
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`18· ·BY MR. JONES:
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`19· · · · · Q.· ·And so can you tell me the specific
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`20· ·publications that you're aware of that weren't
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`21· ·listed in your declaration?
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`22· · · · · A.· ·I don't know.· There are probably
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`23· ·billions of publications that exist.· The
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`24· ·declaration only has a few dozen.
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`25· · · · · Q.· ·Okay.· So I would like to direct
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`·1· ·your attention to Appendix E of Exhibit 1006
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`·2· ·for the 1533 IPR.· I believe it is at page 315
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`·3· ·of Exhibit 1006.
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`·4· · · · · · · · · · · MR. CHAKANSKY:· Is this the
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`·5· · · · · ·'046 patent, right?
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`·6· · · · · · · · · · · MR. JONES:· We're on the
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`·7· · · · · ·'046 patent, yes.
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`·8· · · · · · · · · · · THE WITNESS:· Can you remind
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`·9· · · · · ·me what page number?
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`10· · · · · · · · · · · MR. CHAKANSKY:· 315.
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`11· · · · · · · · · · · MR. JONES:· It's 0315.
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`12· · · · · · · · · · · THE WITNESS:· Okay.
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`13· ·BY MR. JONES:
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`14· · · · · Q.· ·Is that a list of the materials you
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`15· ·considered for your declaration?
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`16· · · · · A.· ·Yes.· Well, it's a list of the ones
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`17· ·that were included in the declaration.
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`18· · · · · Q.· ·Okay.· Other than the references
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`19· ·cited in Appendix E of Exhibit 1006, are you
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`20· ·aware of any other references that address
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`21· ·krill meal production?
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`22· · · · · A.· ·Yes.
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`23· · · · · Q.· ·And any specific ones come to mind?
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`24· · · · · A.· ·No.
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`25· · · · · Q.· ·And other than the references cited
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`·1· ·in Appendix E of Exhibit 1006 for the 1533 IPR,
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`·2· ·are you aware of any other references that
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`·3· ·address issues related to storage of krill
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`·4· ·meal?
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`·5· · · · · A.· ·I think that question is probably a
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`·6· ·subset of the previous one, so the answer is
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`·7· ·the same.
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`·8· · · · · Q.· ·And do any specific references come
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`·9· ·to mind?
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`10· · · · · A.· ·No, nothing specific.
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`11· · · · · Q.· ·And other than the references cited
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`12· ·in Appendix E of Exhibit 1006 for the 1533 IPR,
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`13· ·are you aware of any references that address
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`14· ·issues related to transport of krill meal?
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`15· · · · · A.· ·Yes, but nothing specific that I
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`16· ·will mention.
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`17· · · · · Q.· ·Other than the references cited in
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`18· ·Appendix E of Exhibit 1006 for the 1533 IPR,
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`19· ·are you aware of any other references that
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`20· ·address issues related to krill meal stability?
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`21· · · · · A.· ·Yes, but nothing specific to
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`22· ·mention.
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`23· · · · · Q.· ·Okay.· Let me know if you need to
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`24· ·take a break at all as we go through this.
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`25· · · · · · · · · · · MR. CHAKANSKY:· Well, Mitch,
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`·1· · · · · ·are you going to be asking the same
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`·2· · · · · ·questions about the other declaration?
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`·3· · · · · ·You may as well just get through it.
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`·4· · · · · · · · · · · MR. JONES:· No, not about
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`·5· · · · · ·that one.
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`·6· · · · · · · · · · · MR. CHAKANSKY:· Not about
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`·7· · · · · ·that one.
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`·8· · · · · · · · · · · THE WITNESS:· I'll tell you,
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`·9· · · · · ·if there's a break in what you're
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`10· · · · · ·discussing, maybe you could take five
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`11· · · · · ·minutes or just a couple --
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`12· · · · · · · · · · · MR. JONES:· Yes.· Is it okay
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`13· · · · · ·if we break?· Is the court reporter,
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`14· · · · · ·you okay if we break for five minutes
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`15· · · · · ·here?
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`16· · · · · · · · · · · THE STENOGRAPHER:· Yes.
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