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`APPLE INC., )
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` Petitioner, ) Case IPR2021-00305
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` ) Patent 10,506,325
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`vs. )
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` ) Case IPR2021-00381
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`KOSS CORPORATION, ) Patent 10,491,982
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` Patent Owner. )
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` The Zoom deposition of JOSEPH McALEXANDER,
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` III, taken before Richard Derrick Ehrlich,
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` Registered Merit Reporter, Certified Realtime
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` Reporter, taken pursuant to the United States Patent
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` and Trademark Office Rules, commencing at 9:00 a.m.,
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`APPLE 1028
`Apple v. Koss
`IPR2021-00592
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` A P P E A R A N C E S
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`On behalf of Apple Inc.:
` Doug Winnard
` Jennifer Hartjes
` GOLDMAN ISMAIL TOMASELLI BRENNAN & BAUM LLP
` 200 South Wacker Drive
` 22nd Floor
` Chicago, IL 60606
` dwinnard@goldmanismail.com
` jhartjes@goldmanismail.com
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` Ryan Chowdhury
` FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
` 1000 Main Avenue, SW
` Suite 1000
` Washington, D.C. 20024
` rchowdhury@fr.com
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`On behalf of Koss Corporation:
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` Mark G. Knedeisen
` Lauren Murray
` K&L GATES LLP
` 210 Sixth Avenue
` Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2613
` mark.knedeisen@klgates.com
` lauren.murray@klgates.com
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`Exam by Mark Knedeisen 209
`Exam by Doug Winnard 211
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` E X H I B I T S
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`Exhibit No. 1 - 14
`Declaration of Joseph C. McAlexander III,
`November 17, 2021
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`Exhibit No. 2 - 39
`Patent No. 10,469,934 B2
`Exhibit No. 3 - 45
`Patent No. 8,401,219 B2
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`Exhibit No. 4 - 71
`Patent No. 2008/0076489 A1
`Exhibit No. 5 - 127
`Patent No. 2006/0166716 A1
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`Exhibit No. 6 - 138
`Patent No. 7,881,745 B1
`Exhibit No. 7 - 147
`Patent No. 7,551,940 B2
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`Exhibit No. 8 - 170
`Patent Owner Response
`Exhibit No. 9 - 174
`Wireless Headphones and Data Transmission Method
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`Exhibit No. 10 - 198
`Plaintiff Koss Corporation's Preliminary
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`Exhibit No. 11 - 219
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`Declaration of Joseph C. McAlexander III,
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`Patent No. 2007/0033197 A1
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`Patent No. 2011/0289229 A1
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`Petition for Inter Partes Review of United
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`States Patent No. 10,298,451 Pursuant to 35
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` JOSEPH McALEXANDER, DEPONENT, SWORN
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`BY MR. WINNARD:
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`Q Hi, Mr. McAlexander. I'm Doug Winnard. I'm an
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` attorney for Apple.
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` You understand you're here today in
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` connection with IPR proceedings between Apple
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` and Koss Corporation, correct?
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`A Yes, that's correct.
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`Q You understand that those IPR proceedings for
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` today's deposition are IPR2021-00592 and
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` IPR2021-00600.
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` Do you have that understanding, sir?
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`A I do, yes.
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`Q Starting with the first of those, IPR2021-592,
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` you understand that IPR relates to
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` U.S. Patent 10,469,934, right?
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`A Yes, that's correct. I have that understanding.
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`Q If I refer to that -- the patent as the '934
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` patent, you'll understand that that's the patent
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`A Yes.
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`Q Mr. McAlexander, you submitted a report in
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` connection with the 592 IPR, right?
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`A That is correct.
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`Q Do you have a copy of that report in front of
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`A I do.
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`Q Do you have any other papers in front of you?
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`A I have for -- with regard to the 592 case, I
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` my declaration, I printed off a copy of the '934
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` Exhibit 1004. I have also a copy of Apple 1005,
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`Q Do any of the documents that you've just
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`A No, sir. No notes.
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`Q There's no annotations of any kind that you've
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`A No, sir.
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`Q If you go ahead and look at the Exhibit Share
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`A Yes, I have it up.
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`Q Do you see that?
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`A Yes.
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`Q You can take a minute to look at it, but my
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`A Yes, that is correct.
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`Q Does Exhibit 1 contain all of the opinions that
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`A As to the time of the writing of that particular
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`Q Is that also true as of today?
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`A I do not know what questions or what testimony
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` record before the IPR would include whatever
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`Q I understand that. I just mean separate from
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`A Not as of this time, no.
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`Q At the end of your report, you declare that all
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`A Yes, that's correct.
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`Q Before we begin, are there any corrections or
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`A In reading through the deposition -- I mean the
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`Q Okay. Just for the record, can you state your
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`A Joseph Colby McAlexander, III.
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`Q And a few moments ago, you were sworn in by the
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`A Yes, that's correct.
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`Q You understand that you are under oath today as
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`A Yes.
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`Q Is there any reason you would be unable to give
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`A No.
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`Q You're not on any medication that might make it
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` hard for you to hear or understand my questions?
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`A Say that again.
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`Q If I ask a question and you answer it, I'll
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`A That is fair, yes.
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`Q If you don't understand the question or you need
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`A I certainly will.
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`Q And, Mr. McAlexander, I understand you've
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`A Yes.
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`Q About how many depositions have you testified
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`A About 185.
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`Q Give or take two or three maybe?
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`A Give or take two or three. That might be
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`Q Okay. So you know the ground rules pretty well.
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`A That's fair.
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`Q You and I are speaking over Zoom. Beside the
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`A I have Internet Explorer running. And when I
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`Q Okay. Would you be --
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`A All of those are minimized. I'm not looking at
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`A Sure.
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`Q I appreciate that.
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`A All right. It is closed.
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`Q Thank you, sir.
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`A I do, but it's muted.
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`Q Okay. If at any point -- can I ask you that you
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`A Well, I have medical issues with my wife. So
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`Q You'll swear to that on the record today?
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`A That's what I stated, yes.
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`Q Thank you. I appreciate that.
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` You testified, I think, you've been deposed
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`A Correct.
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`Q In how many of those 185 depositions did the
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` technology relate to headphones in particular?
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`A Probably maybe 10 or 12.
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`Q And of those 10 or 12, how many relate to your
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`A I don't remember exactly how many I've had with
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`A One-E-Way.
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`Q Any others?
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`A That's the only other ones that I can recall
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`Q Did the technology in One-E-Way relate to
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`A It did.
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`Q Did the technology in One-E-Way relate to
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`A It includes that, yes. Can.
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`Q And I use the term "earphone" and "earbud." Do
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`A Well, I gave you an answer based upon that
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`A I don't recall exactly. It was subsequent to
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`Q Who contacted you?
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`A Mark Knedeisen.
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`Q And what services were you asked to perform in
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`A Initially it's just familiarization with the
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`Q And you prepared the declaration or report
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` connection with the '934 patent, right?
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`A Yes, that's correct.
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` (Exhibit No. 1 marked.)
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`BY MR. WINNARD:
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`Q How did you prepare that report?
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`A How did I prepare the report?
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`Q Yes.
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`A I reviewed the patent in particular,
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`Q Did you write your report yourself?
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`A I wrote -- I wrote parts of it with counsel. I
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`Q Which portions did you write yourself?
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`A Well, I contributed to the writing throughout
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` invention, my background and qualifications, I
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`Q Did you memorialize the content of the
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` THE WITNESS: I'm trying to see how to
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`A Yes.
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`Q Does page 4 list all of the materials that you
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`A Well, I looked at the Apple website just looking
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` AirPods. I looked at the Koss website. I would
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`Q You also mentioned reviewing Koss's website?
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`A I did.
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`Q What information were you looking for on Koss's
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`A That generally was done many months prior to
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`Q What information was relevant to your opinions
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` THE WITNESS: Well, again, they have
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` earbuds. So generally information available
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` that they provide that links to some of these
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`BY MR. WINNARD:
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`Q Your declaration that's marked as Exhibit 1 does
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` one of the materials you reviewed, right?
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`A That is correct. And I stated that earlier.
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`Q Did you review any other file histories in the
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` same family as the '934 patent as part of your
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`A Not as I recall as a part of preparing my work
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` for Exhibit 1. I certainly reviewed the file
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`Q And sticking to page 4 of Exhibit 1, in
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` by it, and I agree with its analysis and
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` conclusions regarding the non-obviousness of the
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` Do you see that?
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`A Yes, I do.
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`Q Is it your testimony that you agree with all of
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` the IPR filed on the '934 patent?
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`A I stated that I read the response that was
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`Q Aside from the documents identified in
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` else in the report, did you review any other
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` the time the '934 patent was filed?
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`A In connection with the '934 for purposes of this
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` declaration, no.
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`Q You did not review any treatises to get a better
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` time the '934 patent was filed, right?
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`A Well, just so that we are clear, are you talking
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` about the date the patent was filed or its
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` priority date, which is many years before that?
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`Q I'm talking about the effective filing date, the
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` date that you used in the 2008, 2009 time frame.
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`A Okay. The effective. All right. Thank you
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` very much for the clarification.
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`Q And throughout if I say "filing date" and don't
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`A Yeah, that's fair. I just want to make sure it
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` You know, other than looking at
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`Q And none of that material includes treatises
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` regarding the state of art -- the art in 2008,
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` 2009 time frame, right?
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` MR. KNEIDEISEN: Objection. Form.
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` THE DEPONENT: Treatises meaning articles
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` the answer is I don't believe so.
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` Obviously, the patents that -- the patent
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`Q You don't cite anywhere in your report any
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` art relevant to the '934 patent as of the 2008,
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` 2009 time frame, right?
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`A Correct.
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`Q Are you being compensated in connection with
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` your work in these proceedings?
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`A Yes.
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`Q Is that compensation at your standard consulting
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`A Yes.
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`Q What is that rate?
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`A 575 an hour.
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`Q How many hours have you spent -- did you spend
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`A I would estimate 15 to 20 -- 20 hours probably.
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`Q If you turn back to Exhibit 1. And I'll take
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` you up to page 3 of 87. I believe it's the
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` first substantive page of the report.
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` Do you see that?
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`A Page 3?
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`Q I think there's a couple different numbering.
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`A Thank you. All right. I'm there.
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`Q And there's a Section 1, Background and
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` Qualifications.
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` Do you see that?
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`A Yes.
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`Q And you set out your Background and
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` your report, right?
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`A Yes.
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`Q Paragraphs 3 through 10 of your report don't
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` of headphones, right?
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`A Not specifically to the design of headphones,
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` no.
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`Q If you had experience specific to the design of
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`A Well, I had experience in -- and I listed a
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` of headphones but not the actual design of
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`Q Right. So my question is specific to the design
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` of headphones. You did not list any experience
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`A Well, again, I want to make sure we're clear on
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` So they are relevant to that, but if you're
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` no.
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`Q Have you ever designed a headphone?
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`A No.
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`Q Have you ever designed a wireless earphone?
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`A No.
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`Q Have you ever designed a wireless earbud?
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`A No.
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`Q Have you ever built a headphone?
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`A Yes.
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`Q When did you build that headphone?
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`A That was a number of years ago as a part of one
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` of the installations that I did at a particular
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`Q What company was that?
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`A It was a church and designing the entire
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` acoustic and video and microphone system. And
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` then we provided, as a part of that, an ear -- a
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` mechanism that's a tailored mechanism that they
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`Q Have you ever built a wireless headphone?
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`A No.
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`Q Have you ever built a wireless earphone?
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`A No.
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`Q Have you ever built a wireless earbud?
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`A No.
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`Q Have you ever supervised the design of a
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`A No.
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`Q Have you ever supervised the design of a
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`A No.
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`Q Have you ever supervised others in building a
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`A No.
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`Q Have you ever supervised others in the
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`A No.
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`Q Do you have any experience specific to the
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` independent data streams?
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`A Say that again, please.
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`Q Do you have any experience specific to the
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`A No.
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`Q If the person of ordinary skill in the art were
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` right?
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`A I would have expertise that goes beyond what
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` is -- what that requires. If it's specific to
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` you know, we've already gone through that and
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` transceiver and all -- and the makeup of
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` processing and firmware. I've got experience in
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`Q Just to make the record clear, if the level of
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` MR. KNEIDEISEN: Objection.
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` THE DEPONENT: I believe I've answered that
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`Q Okay. We can turn to -- back to Exhibit 1. And
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` And let me know when you're there.
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`A Okay.
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`Q In paragraph 17, you're describing certain
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` disclosures in the '934 patent; fair?
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`A Fair.
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`Q And in particular, you're talking -- you refer
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` on chip, or SoC.
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` Do you see that?
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`A Yes.
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`Q You agree that the '934 patent did not invent
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` the system on chip or SoC, right?
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`A It described it in how it can be instantiated
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`Q SoCs were well known in the art as of 2008,
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` right?
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`A As of 2008, they were known, yes.
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`Q SoCs had existed for decades before 2008, right?
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`A In rudimentary form.
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`Q Do you recall when SoCs were first introduced?
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`Q When you say "finding a home," you mean that
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`A No, not necessarily commonly used, but it was --
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` it's something that the state of the art allowed
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`Q SoCs were used in mobile devices as of the
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`A In some form, yes.
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`Q What devices or types of devices used SoCs as of
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`A I can't define the exact time. Certainly by
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` 2010, SoCs were becoming used within cellular --
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` small cellular phone technology. I don't know
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`Q Prior to 2005?
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`A I can't precisely say that.
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`Q Did you do any research to determine when SoCs
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