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`·1· · · · UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`·3· · · · BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`·5· · · · · · · · · · BOSE CORPORATION,
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`·6· · · · · · · · · · · Petitioner,
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`·7· · · · · · · · · · · · · ·v.
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`·8· · · · · · · · · · KOSS CORPORATION,
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`·9· · · · · · · · · · · Patent Owner.
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`11· · · · · · · · ·Case No. IPR2021-00297
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`12· · · · · · · · · Patent No. 10,368,155
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`17· · · · ·DEPOSITION OF JOSEPH C. MCALEXANDER, III
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`18· · · · · · · · · ·Conducted Remotely
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`19· · · · · · · · · · ·November 11, 2021
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`20· · · · · · · · ·9:15 a.m. to 11:19 a.m.
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`24· Reporter:· Laurie J. Berg, CCR, RPR, CRR, CLR, CER
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`·1· · · · · A P P E A R A N C E S
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`·3· ·Michael N. Rader, Esquire
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`·4· ·Gregory S. Nieberg, Esquire
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`·5· ·WOLF, GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C.
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`·6· ·600 Atlantic Avenue
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`·7· ·Boston, Massachusetts· 02210
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`·8· ·617.720.3500
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`·9· ·michael.rader@wolfgreenfield.com
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`10· ·gregory.nieberg@wolfgreenfield.com
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`11· ·(Present via videoconference.)
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`12· ·COUNSEL FOR PETITIONER
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`14· ·Mark G. Knedeisen, Esquire
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`15· ·Michelle L. Weaver, Esquire
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`16· ·K&L GATES LLP
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`17· ·K&L Gates Center
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`18· ·210 Sixth Avenue
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`19· ·Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania· 15222-2618
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`20· ·412.355.6500
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`21· ·mark.knedeisen@klgates.com
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`22· ·michelle.weaver@klgates.com
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`23· ·(Present via videoconference.)
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`24· ·COUNSEL FOR PATENT OWNER
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`·1· · · · · · · · · · · · I N D E X
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`·3· DEPONENT:· JOSEPH C. MCALEXANDER, III
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`·4· · · · · · ·(Present via videoconference.)
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`·5· EXAMINATION· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·PAGE
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`·6· (BY ATTORNEY RADER)· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 7
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`·7· (BY ATTORNEY KNEDEISEN)· · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·79
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`·9· · · · · · · · · · ·E X H I B I T S
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`10· NO.· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·PAGE
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`11· Exhibit 1101· Final Written Decision, Honeywell
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`12· · · · · · · · International, Inc. v. Allure Energy,
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`13· · · · · · · · Inc., Case IPR2015-01253 (28 pages)· ·29
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`14· Exhibit 1102· Final Written Decision, Silergy
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`15· · · · · · · · Corporation v. Monolithic Power
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`16· · · · · · · · Systems, Inc., Case IPR2015-00803
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`17· · · · · · · · (46 pages)· · · · · · · · · · · · · · 68
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`18· Exhibit 1103· Final Written Decision, Silergy
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`19· · · · · · · · Corporation v. Monolithic Power
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`20· · · · · · · · Systems, Inc., Case IPR2015-00804
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`21· · · · · · · · (27 pages)· · · · · · · · · · · · · · 71
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`22· Exhibit 1104· Final Written Decision, Gordon*Howard
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`23· · · · · · · · Associates, Inc. v. LunarEye, Inc.,
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`24· · · · · · · · Case IPR2014-01213 (31 pages)· · · · ·76
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`·1· · · · · · · · · · ·E X H I B I T S
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`·8· · P R E V I O U S L Y - M A R K E D· E X H I B I T S
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`·9· BOSE EXHIBIT NO.
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`10· Exhibit 1001· United States Patent US 10,368,155 B2,
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`11· · · · · · · · Jul. 30, 2019, Koss et al.
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`12· Exhibit 1016· United States Patent Application
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`13· · · · · · · · Publication US 2007/0165875 A1,
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`14· · · · · · · · Jul. 19, 2007, Rezvani et al.
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`15· Exhibit 1020· United States Patent Application
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`16· · · · · · · · Publication US 2008/0076489 A1,
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`17· · · · · · · · Mar. 27, 2008, Rosener et al.
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`18· Exhibit 1021· United States Patent US 7,457,649 B1,
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`19· · · · · · · · Nov. 25, 2008, Wilson
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`20· Exhibit 1022· United States Patent Application
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`21· · · · · · · · Publication US 2003/0223604 A1,
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`22· · · · · · · · Dec. 4, 2003, Nakagawa
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`·3· NO.
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`·4· Exhibit 2023· Declaration of Joseph C. McAlexander
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`·5· · · · · · · · III, August 27, 2021, KOSS-2023
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`·6· · · · · · · · IPR2021-00297 (68 pages)
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`·8· · · · · ·D O C U M E N T S· R E V I E W E D
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`·9· DESCRIPTION
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`10· · · · · · · · Paper No. 02, Petition for Inter Partes
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`11· · · · · · · · Review, 12/07/2020
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`·1· · · · · · · · · P R O C E E D I N G S
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`·3· · · · · · · · MADAM COURT REPORTER:· This is Laurie
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`·4· Berg.· I am a Registered Professional Reporter and a
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`·5· Certified Realtime Reporter with the National Court
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`·6· Reporters Association, a Certified eDepoze Reporter,
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`·7· as well as a Certified Court Reporter with the State
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`·8· of New Hampshire.· I am a Notary Public in the State
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`·9· of New Hampshire and the Commonwealth of
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`10· Massachusetts.
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`11· · · · · ·The attorneys participating in this
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`12· proceeding acknowledge that I am not physically
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`13· present in the proceeding room, nor am I physically
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`14· present with the witness, and that I will be reporting
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`15· this proceeding remotely via videoconference.
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`16· · · · · ·They further acknowledge that, in lieu of an
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`17· oath administered in person, the witness will verbally
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`18· declare his testimony in this matter under the penalty
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`19· of perjury.
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`20· · · · · ·The parties and their counsel consent to this
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`21· arrangement and waive any objections to this manner of
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`22· reporting the proceeding.
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`23· · · · · ·Will the attorneys now please indicate your
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`·1· the record, after which I will swear in the witness
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`·2· and we may begin.
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`·3· · · · · · · · MR. RADER:· My name is Michael Rader from
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`·4· Wolf, Greenfield on behalf of Bose.· My colleague Greg
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`·5· Nieberg from Wolf, Greenfield is also on the line, and
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`·6· we agree.
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`·7· · · · · · · · MR. KNEDEISEN:· This is Mark Knedeisen
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`·8· from K&L Gates, Michelle Weaver is here with me, we
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`·9· represent the Patent Owner, and we agree.
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`10· · · · · · · · (Deponent sworn.)
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`11· · · · · · · · MADAM COURT REPORTER:· Thank you very
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`12· much.· You may proceed.
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`16· · · · · ·having been satisfactorily identified and
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`17· duly sworn remotely by the Notary Public, was examined
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`18· and testified as follows:
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`19· · · · · · · · · · DIRECT EXAMINATION
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`20· · · · · ·BY MR. RADER:
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`21· · · Q.· ·Mr. McAlexander, I understand you have a
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`22· Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from
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`23· North Carolina State University?
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`24· · · A.· ·Yes.· Yes, sir, that's correct.
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`·1· · · Q.· ·Okay.· What year did you receive that degree?
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`·2· · · A.· ·1969.
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`·3· · · Q.· ·Okay.· And then, your declaration said that
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`·4· you also studied neuroscience at the University of
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`·5· Texas; is that right?
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`·6· · · A.· ·Yes.· Yes, that's correct.
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`·7· · · Q.· ·And when did you do that?
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`·8· · · · · · · · THE DEPONENT:· (Coughs.)· Excuse me.
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`·9· · · A.· ·It was 1976 to 1978.
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`10· · · Q.· ·Did you receive a degree in neuroscience?
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`11· · · A.· ·No, I did not.
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`12· · · Q.· ·Okay.· Do you have any post-high school
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`13· degrees other than your bachelor's degree from the --
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`14· North Carolina State University?
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`15· · · A.· ·No, I do not.
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`16· · · Q.· ·Okay.· I understand from your declaration
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`17· that you have experience designing circuits; is that
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`18· right?
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`19· · · A.· ·Yes, that's correct.
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`20· · · Q.· ·And you've also designed random access
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`21· memories, charged coupled devices and shift registers?
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`22· · · A.· ·I have, yes.
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`23· · · Q.· ·Have you ever designed a headphone?
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`24· · · A.· ·Not a headphone, no.
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`·1· · · Q.· ·Have you ever worked for a company that
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`·2· designed or made headphones?
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`·3· · · A.· ·No, I have not.
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`·4· · · Q.· ·Other than litigation consulting, have you
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`·5· ever done any professional work for a company that
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`·6· designs or makes headphones?
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`·7· · · A.· ·They may, but I have not worked on any
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`·8· specific projects that are related to the headphone.
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`·9· · · Q.· ·Okay.· Do you know what a diotic headphone
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`10· is?
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`11· · · · · · · · MR. RADER:· And that's spelled
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`12· D-I-O-T-I-C.
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`13· · · A.· ·No.
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`14· · · Q.· ·And do you know what a dichotic headphone is?
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`15· · · · · · · · MR. RADER:· D-I-C-H-O-T-I-C.
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`16· · · A.· ·No.
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`17· · · Q.· ·Do you know what a supra-aural earphone is?
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`18· · · · · · · · MR. RADER:· S-U-P-R-A, dash, A-U-R-A-L.
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`19· · · A.· ·I know what the aural ear -- earphone is, one
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`20· that fits in that particular part of the year.· Supra
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`21· -- I -- I do not -- I can't define it specifically,
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`22· no.
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`23· · · Q.· ·Okay.· Do you know what a circum-aural
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`24· earphone is?
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`·1· · · · · · · · MR. RADER:· C-I-R-C-U-M, dash, A-U-R-A-L.
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`·2· · · A.· ·Well, a circum goes around.· It goes around
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`·3· the particular ear area.
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`·4· · · Q.· ·Okay.· And what is a monaural earphone?
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`·5· · · · · · · · MR. RADER:· M-O-N-A-U-R-A-L.
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`·6· · · A.· ·That is only receiving one frequency or one
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`·7· -- one particular channel.
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`·8· · · Q.· ·Okay.· All right.· Let's talk about
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`·9· networking for a moment.
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`10· · · · · ·What -- what professional experience do you
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`11· have with computer networking?
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`12· · · A.· ·I have a number of patents in the -- the
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`13· Wi-Fi space and -- and other wireless mechanisms.· So
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`14· I have -- I have networking experience in GPS,
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`15· conversion of GPS into CDMA.· CDMA also -- I -- I've
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`16· also got experience in conversion into -- to paging,
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`17· as well as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.· So I've got
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`18· experience in -- in that, based upon the patents that
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`19· I have and the contracts that I had established with
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`20· those patents.· I --
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`21· · · Q.· ·Are those -- sorry, I don't want to interrupt
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`22· you.· Go ahead.
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`23· · · A.· ·No.· No, you go ahead.· You go ahead and ask
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`24· the question.
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`·1· · · Q.· ·I was just going to ask you, the -- the
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`·2· patents that you were referring to in your answer a
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`·3· moment ago, are those patents on which you are a named
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`·4· inventor?
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`·5· · · A.· ·Yes, that's correct.
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`·6· · · Q.· ·I understand you're being paid an hourly rate
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`·7· for your work on this matter?
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`·8· · · A.· ·Yes, that's correct.
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`·9· · · Q.· ·What is your hourly rate?
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`10· · · A.· ·Five hundred seventy-five dollars.
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`11· · · Q.· ·I take it you -- you carefully studied the --
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`12· the patent that's being challenged here at U.S. Patent
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`13· Number 10,368,155?
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`14· · · A.· ·Yes, I did.
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`15· · · Q.· ·Do you recall that patent discussing three
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`16· different earphone form factors, the in-ear, on-ear
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`17· and over-ear form factors?
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`18· · · A.· ·Yes.
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`19· · · · · · · · MR. KNEDEISEN:· Objection to form.
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`20· · · A.· ·Yes, the -- all three were discussed.
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`21· · · Q.· ·Okay.· And are you familiar with those three
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`22· earphone form factors?
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`23· · · A.· ·Yes.
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`24· · · · · · · · MR. KNEDEISEN:· Objection to form.
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`·1· · · · · · · · MR. RADER:· All right.· I'm going to
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`·2· introduce the first exhibit now, Exhibit 1022.
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`·4· · · · · ·BY MR. RADER:
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`·5· · · Q.· ·If you go into the official exhibits folder,
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`·6· you should see Exhibit 1022, which is the Nakagawa
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`·7· reference.
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`·8· · · · · ·Please let me know when -- when you have that
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`10· · · A.· ·(Deponent viewing exhibit.)· I have it open.
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`11· · · Q.· ·Okay.· And I know we got instructions from
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`13· · · · · ·Are you -- are you able to use the arrows to
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`14· -- to scroll through the reference?
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`15· · · A.· ·(Deponent viewing exhibit.)· It appears the
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`16· arrows go left to right.· Yes, I -- I have that
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`18· · · Q.· ·Okay.· And the Nakagawa reference,
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`19· Exhibit 1022, is -- is another document that you
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`20· studied in the course of your work on the case?
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`21· · · A.· ·Yes, that's correct.
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`22· · · Q.· ·Of the three earphone form factors we just
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`23· mentioned from the '155 patent, which of those three
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`24· form factors does the Nakagawa reference disclose?
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`·3· two earpieces.· Now, whether or not that fits in the
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`·4· -- in the outer part of the ear or whether it fits
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`·5· inside, it's -- it's impossible to say.· It's -- it's
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`·6· a diagram.· But it does not show any indication of
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`·8· · · Q.· ·So is there any indication from the drawings
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`·9· or the text in Nakagawa whether the earphones that it
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`10· discloses are in-ear, over-ear or on-ear?
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`11· · · · · · · · MR. KNEDEISEN:· Objection; form.
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`12· · · A.· ·I thought I had answered that question.
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`13· · · · · ·But the only thing that -- that is shown
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`14· diagrammatically is the reference to what is shown
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`15· as 111.· And 111 represents a -- a wired attachment of
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`16· -- of the earpieces that goes back into the -- to the
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`17· black box.· It's called the wireless audio output
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`18· apparatus.· And the only identification they -- they
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`19· give in the patent, as I recall, to the 111, it's just
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`20· identified as a headphone, but without any description
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`21· as to more than what it is.
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`22· · · · · ·But, as I said, symbolically, the only thing
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`·1· to a -- a person that's flying on an airplane.
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`·2· · · Q.· ·So it doesn't tell you whether it's in-ear,
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`·3· over-ear or on-ear; is that right?
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`·4· · · · · · · · MR. KNEDEISEN:· Objection to form.
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`·5· · · A.· ·Well, there's certainly less -- less --
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`·6· there's a lack of specificity.· It's just something
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`·7· that's wired into an apparatus, and they -- I don't
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`·8· recall it giving any more specificity than that.
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`·9· · · Q.· ·Okay.· All right.· We can -- we can close
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`10· Nakagawa for now.
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`11· · · · · ·Do you recall in your declaration using the
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`12· phrase "completely wireless design"?
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`13· · · A.· ·I recall referring to something that is
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`14· completely wireless as compared to something that is a
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`15· -- that is -- is attached to some part that's worn by
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`16· the user, yes.
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`17· · · Q.· ·Okay.· And so maybe you -- you've partially
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`18· answered the next question, but just to make sure,
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`19· when you use the phrase "completely wireless design"
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`20· in your declaration, what -- what do you mean by that?
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`21· · · · · · · · MR. KNEDEISEN:· Objection to form.
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`22· · · A.· ·Well, what I'm referring to there, is -- is
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`23· more in line with what the -- what the Koss patent
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`24· requires.· And that is a -- a wireless apparatus, a
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`·1· wireless -- see, what the claim -- if I looked at the
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`·2· claim, for instance, it would be a -- a -- a headphone
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`·3· assembly, and in that headphone assembly, the wireless
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`·4· components are a part of that headphone assembly.
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`·5· · · · · ·It's differentiated from, for instance, the
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`·6· prior art, where you had a -- a earbud or some type of
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`·7· attachment that would be wire -- wired and then
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`·8· connected through wires to a -- a portable device that
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`·9· you would wear, put in your pocket or affix to your
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`10· belt.· And -- and that's what I mean when I say
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`11· "wearing something."· And so that would be the prior
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`12· art.
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`13· · · · · ·So the wireless -- the completely wireless
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`14· would be one in which the headphone itself contains
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`15· all of what's required for the communication.
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`16· · · · · · · · MR. RADER:· All right.· Let me introduce
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`17· another document.
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`18· · · · · ·(Pause.)
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`19· · · · · ·BY MR. RADER:
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`20· · · Q.· ·I have now introduced Exhibit 1020, which is
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`21· the Rosener reference.
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`22· · · · · ·Let me know when you've got that up.
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`23· · · A.· ·(Deponent viewing exhibit.)· All right. I
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`24· have the Rosener reference, which ends in 6489, patent
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`·2· · · Q.· ·Okay.· Great.· And this is another reference
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`·3· that you studied in your work on the case?
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`·4· · · A.· ·Yes, it is.
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`·5· · · Q.· ·All right.· Do you agree that Rosener
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`·6· discloses earbuds?
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`·7· · · A.· ·Yes.
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`·8· · · Q.· ·Okay.· And those earbuds are not connected to
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`·9· one another by a wire; is that right?
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`10· · · A.· ·Well, it discloses some earbuds that are --
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`11· that are connected by a wire.· It's because it goes
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`12· through some representation of the prior art as well.
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`13· · · Q.· ·But does Rosener disclose, on the front page,
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`14· earbuds that are not connected to one another by a
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`15· wire?
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`16· · · A.· ·(Deponent viewing exhibit.)· Yes, Rosener
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`17· does.
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`18· · · Q.· ·And -- and, in that same depiction, the
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`19· earbuds are also not connected to any other device by
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`20· a wire; is that right?
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`21· · · A.· ·(Deponent viewing exhibit.)· It appears that
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`22· way, yes.
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`23· · · Q.· ·Would you agree that Rosener discloses a
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`24· completely wireless design?
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`·1· · · A.· ·Rosener -- Rosener discloses a type of a
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`·2· wireless design.
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`·3· · · Q.· ·And when you use the phrase "completely
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`·4· wireless design" in your declaration, would that
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`·5· accurately describe the earbuds in Rosener?
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`·6· · · · · · · · MR. KNEDEISEN:· Objection; form.
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`·7· · · A.· ·In a general sense, it is a -- it is
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`·8· wireless.· In terms of whether or not it is a
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`·9· completely wireless, according to the claim invention
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`10· of Koss, the answer is no.
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`11· · · Q.· ·And why is that answer no?
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`12· · · A.· ·I think my declaration expresses that.· But
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`13· there are multiple different things that -- that do
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`14· not take place or -- or are not covered within the
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`15· Rosener -- Rosener reference that are not consistent
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`16· with emulating or providing all of what is required by
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`17· the Koss claims.
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`18· · · · · · · · MR. RADER:· All right.· Let me introduce
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`19· the Wilson reference.
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`20· · · · · ·(Pause.)
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`21· · · · · ·BY MR. RADER:
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`22· · · Q.· ·All right.· I've introduced Exhibit 1021,
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`23· which is the Wilson reference.
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`24· · · · · ·Let me know when you have that.
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`·1· · · A.· ·(Deponent viewing exhibit.)· Okay.· I have
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`·2· the Wilson reference in front of me.
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`·3· · · Q.· ·Okay.· Would you agree that Wilson discloses
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`·4· two earphones that are connected to one another?
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`·5· · · · · · · · MR. KNEDEISEN:· Objection to form.
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`·6· · · A.· ·Yes.· I would agree with that.
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`·7· · · Q.· ·All right.· Does Wilson disclose a completely
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`·8· wireless design?
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`·9· · · A.· ·In the general sense -- let me look at the a
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`10· -- succeeding pages here.
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`11· · · · · · · · MR. KNEDEISEN:· Objection to form.
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`12· · · A.· ·(Deponent viewing exhibit.)· I would say yes,
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`13· he -- the same answer as I gave previously.· This --
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`14· this particular patent, the Wilson patent, does
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`15· describe a type of a wireless design.· Specifically, I
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`16· believe, he refers to it as a wireless headset.
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`17· · · · · · · · MR. RADER:· All right.· I'd like to
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`18· introduce now a copy of the petition.
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`19· · · · · ·(Pause.)
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`20· · · · · ·BY MR. RADER:
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`21· · · Q.· ·Let me know when you're able to open the
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`22· petition up.
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`23· · · A.· ·(Deponent viewing exhibit.)· I have the
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`24· petition in front of me.
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`·1· · · Q.· ·Okay.· If you could, turn to page
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`·2· Romanette iv in the table of contents.
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`·3· · · · · · · · MR. KNEDEISEN:· What page is that?
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`·4· · · · · · · · MR. RADER:· It's the small four -- the
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`·5· small I and small V.· I called it a Romanette. I
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`·6· don't know if that's the right term, but...
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`·7· · · A.· ·It sounds good.
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`·8· · · Q.· ·Okay.· Are you there?
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`·9· · · A.· ·(Deponent viewing exhibit.)· All right.· I'm
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`10· on that table of contents page, it starts with
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`11· Number 3, Ground 2C.
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`12· · · Q.· ·Okay.· Right.· So, toward the bottom of the
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`13· page, do you see that, in the petition, Ground 3A
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`14· involves a -- a combination of the Nakagawa reference
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`15· that we looked at and the Wilson reference that we
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`16· looked at?· Do you recall that?
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`17· · · A.· ·Yes, I do.
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`18· · · Q.· ·And Wilson is the one where the earphones are
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`19· connected to one another?
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`20· · · · · · · · MR. KNEDEISEN:· Objection to form.
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`21· · · A.· ·That -- that is correct.
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`22· · · Q.· ·All right.· Now, if you could advance two
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`23· pages to Page vi in the table of contents --
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`24· · · A.· ·(Deponent complied.)· Okay.· I'm there.
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`·1· · · Q.· ·-- at the top of the page, you see that
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`·2· Ground 3B involves the combination of Nakagawa and
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`·3· Rosener.
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`·4· · · · · ·Do you recall that?
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`·5· · · A.· ·Yes, I do.
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`·6· · · Q.· ·Okay.· And Rosener is the reference that
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`·7· discloses the earbuds that are not connected to one
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`·8· another or any other device with a wire; is that
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`·9· right?
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`10· · · A.· ·That is --
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`11· · · · · · · · MR. KNEDEISEN:· Objection to form.
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`12· · · A.· ·-- that is correct.
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`13· · · · · · · · MR. RADER:· Okay.· All right.· Now I'd
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`14· like to introduce your declaration.
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`15· · · · · ·(Pause.)
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`16· · · · · ·BY MR. RADER:
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`17· · · Q.· ·All right.· Let me know when you've got your
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`18· declaration up.
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`19· · · A.· ·(Deponent viewing exhibit.)· Okay.· I've got
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`20· it in front of me.
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`21· · · Q.· ·Okay.· If you could just turn to your table
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`22· of contents, if you would.
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`23· · · A.· ·(Deponent complied.)· Okay.· I have that in
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`24· front of me, Page 2.
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`·1· · · Q.· ·Okay.· So do you see Section VI of your table
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`·2· of contents?
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`·3· · · A.· ·(Deponent viewing exhibit.)· Yes, I do.
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`·4· · · Q.· ·All right.· So Section VI of -- of your
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`·5· declaration addresses whether Claim 1 of the '155
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`·6· patent would have been obvious in view of the
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`·7· Nakagawa-Rosener combination; is that right?
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`·8· · · · · · · · MR. KNEDEISEN:· Objection to form.
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`·9· · · A.· ·That is correct.
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`10· · · Q.· ·Okay.· And that was Ground 3B in the petition
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`11· that we just looked at?
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`12· · · A.· ·That -- that is correct.· That is the heading
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`13· that was used.
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`14· · · Q.· ·Okay.· So --
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`15· · · A.· ·I do know -- I do know -- recall doing the
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`16· section, and also -- I did address also the Wilson
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`17· combination.
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`18· · · Q.· ·All right.· So even though it's not
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`19· referenced here with a heading, it's your belief that
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`20· your declaration addresses Ground 3A also?
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`21· · · A.· ·Yes.
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`22· · · · · · · · MR. KNEDEISEN:· Objection to form.
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`23· · · · · · · · MADAM COURT REPORTER:· Sir, did you
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`24· answer?· Because if you did, I did not hear you.
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`·1· · · · · · · · THE DEPONENT:· Yes.
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`·2· · · · · · · · MADAM COURT REPORTER:· Thank you.
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`·3· · · · · · · · THE DEPONENT:· Yes, and yes, I answered.
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`·4· · · · · · · · MADAM COURT REPORTER:· Okay.
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`·5· · · · · ·BY MR. RADER:
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`·6· · · Q.· ·All right.· Let's turn to -- if you could,
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`·7· flip ahead to Paragraph 34 of your declaration, which
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`·8· starts on Page 16 of the PDF.· But it's -- it's
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`·9· labeled in your declaration Page 14, but I'm -- I'm
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`10· looking specifically at Paragraph 34.
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`11· · · · · ·Let me know when you're there.
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`12· · · A.· ·(Deponent viewing exhibit.)· All right.· I'm
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`13· on Paragraph 34.
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`14· · · Q.· ·Now, you say that, "A POSITA," P-O-S-I-T-A,
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`15· "would not have been motivated to combine Nakagawa and
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`16· Wilson to achieve a completely wireless design."
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`17· · · · · ·Do you see that?
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`18· · · A.· ·(Deponent viewing exhibit.)· I do.
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`19· · · Q.· ·And then, in the next sentence you note that:
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`20· Nakagawa's design utilizes a -- a wired connection
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`21· between the headphones and the audio output apparatus,
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`22· right?
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`23· · · A.· ·(Deponent viewing exhibit.)· That is what I
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`24· stated, yes.
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`·1· · · Q.· ·All right.· And then the next sentence, which
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`·2· starts at the bottom of Page 14 and goes to the top of
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`·3· Page 15, you say, "Incorporating a battery from Wilson
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`·4· or Rosener into the Nakagawa design does not convert
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`·5· the Nakagawa design into a completely wireless
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`·6· design;" is that right?
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`·7· · · A.· ·(Deponent viewing exhibit.)· That's correct.
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`·8· · · Q.· ·Now, in the petition, Ground 3B involving
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`·9· Rosener addresses incorporating not just the battery,
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`10· but all of the relevant components into each earbud,
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`11· doesn't it?
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`12· · · · · · · · MR. KNEDEISEN:· Objection to form.
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`13· · · A.· ·Can you refer to where the pet -- are you
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`14· talking about in the petition?
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`15· · · Q.· ·Yeah.
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`16· · · A.· ·All right.· Can you refer to me where?
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`17· · · Q.· ·Sure.
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`18· · · · · · · · MR. RADER:· Let's pull up the petition.
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`19· · · · · ·(Pause.)
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`21· · · Q.· ·Okay.· So if you turn -- if you use the
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`22· little blue box on the left and type in "93," that
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`23· will take you to Page 75 of the petition.
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`24· · · A.· ·(Deponent viewing exhibit.)· Okay.· I -- I
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`·1· have that in front of me.· Thank you.
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`·2· · · Q.· ·Okay.· So can you see that this -- at the top
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`·3· of the page is the section where the petition
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`·4· discusses Rosener for -- for purposes of Ground --
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`·5· Ground 3B?
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`·6· · · A.· ·(Deponent viewing exhibit.)· Yes, I do.
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`·7· · · Q.· ·All right.· It says, "As relevant to
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`·8· Ground 3B, Rosener teaches that wireless earphones can
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`·9· be improved by using two completely wireless earbuds,
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`10· each with a processor, antenna, communication circuit,
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`11· and battery."
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`12· · · · · ·Do you see that?
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`13· · · A.· ·(Deponent viewing exhibit.)· I see that, yes.
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`14· · · Q.· ·Okay.· And then the next paragraph, it goes
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`15· on to say, "POSAs," persons of ordinary skill in the
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`16· art, "would have had reason to implement Nakagawa's
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`17· headset using Rosener