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`Civil No. 0:20-cv-00358 ECT/HB
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`Plaintiff,
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`Defendant.
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`Tennant Company,
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`CASE 0:20-cv-00358-ECT-HB Doc. 66 Filed 04/13/21 Page 1 of 14
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA
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`Oxygenator Water Technologies, Inc.,
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`EXHIBIT A TO THE JOINT PATENT CASE STATUS REPORT AND
`CLAIM CONSTRUCTION STATEMENT
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`Pursuant to the Pretrial Case Management Order (ECF No. 43, as modified by
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`ECF No. 62), Plaintiff Oxygenator Water Technologies, Inc. (“OWT”) hereby provides
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`Exhibit A to the Parties Joint Patent Case Status Report and Claim Construction
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`Statement. In this exhibit, OWT identifies: (1) all references from the specification or
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`prosecution history it intends to use to support its constructions; (2) any extrinsic
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`evidence it intends to use to support its proposed construction or oppose the other party’s
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`proposed construction; and (3) every witness, including experts, it proposes to call to
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`offer testimony relating to claim construction; and for each expert, a summary of the
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`opinion to be offered in sufficient detail to permit a meaningful deposition of that expert.
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`In addition to the below identified extrinsic evidence, OWT may offer expert testimony
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`concerning general principles of electrolysis and the design, structure, and operation of
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`electrolysis equipment.
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`OWT makes these disclosures based on all of the disclosures Defendant Tennant
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`Company (“Tennant”) has provided in this lawsuit to date, and in particular based on (1)
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`Tennant’s Interrogatory Responses; (2) Tennant’s Claim Chart (including all
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`supplemental charts); (3) Tennant’s Prior Art Chart and Invalidity Statement, and
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`specifically the charts included with the Prior Art Chart and Invalidity Statement (see
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`OWT’s Amended Reduction of Asserted Claims and Responsive Prior Art Chart and
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`Invalidity Statement at 1-2); and (4) Tennant’s Amended Proposed Claim Terms for
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`Construction and Extrinsic Evidence. OWT reserves the right to modify or supplement
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`its proposed constructions in connection with any new positions or contentions provided
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`by Tennant during the course of this litigation, based upon information acquired during
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`discovery, in response to Tennant’s proposed constructions, as a result of the meet and
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`confer process, or where good cause otherwise exists.
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`OWT also reserves the right to propose constructions and identify responsive
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`intrinsic and extrinsic evidence upon receiving more detail about Tennant’s proposed
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`constructions and the arguments that support those constructions during claim
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`construction briefing, in particular if those constructions and argument differ in any way
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`from the ones identified by Tennant in its previous disclosures or during the meet and
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`confer process. As one example, Tennant agreed not to request the Court find any claim
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`terms indefinite during claim construction proceedings. (ECF No. 64 at 3 n. 1.) To the
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`extent Tennant attempts to renege on that agreement, OWT will need to supplement these
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`disclosures.
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`Finally, to the extent Tennant takes any additional positions in any Inter Partes
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`Review proceeding that are in any way inconsistent from the positions it advances during
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`Claim Construction proceedings in this Court, OWT reserves the right to rely on those
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`inconsistent positions.
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`Date: April 13, 2021
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`/s/ Nathan D. Louwagie
`Philip P. Caspers (#0192569)
`J. Derek Vandenburgh (#0224145)
`Aaron W. Pederson (#0386953)
`Nathan D. Louwagie (#0397564)
`CARLSON, CASPERS, VANDENBURGH &
`LINDQUIST, P.A.
`225 South Sixth Street, Suite 4200
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`Phone: (612) 436-9600
`Facsimile: (612) 436-9605
`pcaspers@carlsoncaspers.com
`dvandenburgh@carlsoncaspers.com
`apederson@carlsoncaspers.com
`nlouwagie@carlsoncaspers.com
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff Oxygenator Water
`Technologies, Inc.
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`Exhibit A
`OWT’s Proposed Constructions and Evidence
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`Intrinsic Evidence
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`Extrinsic Evidence1
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`The intrinsic record for the patents-in-suit,
`including:
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`1. ‘415 Patent, Claims 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 29; ‘092 Patent, Claims 13, 27, 60; ‘665 Patent, Claims 13, 55: “water”
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`OWT’s
`construction
`An aqueous
`medium that can
`support the
`electrolysis of
`water.
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` The claims, including e.g., claim 13 of the
`’415 patent.
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`Dr. Ralph White will testify as to the general
`knowledge in the art of the relationship between total
`dissolved solids, resistance, and conductivity in an
`aqueous medium and how these properties effect
`electrolysis. Dr. White will explain that it was well
`known that pure water has a very high resistance such
`that is would not conduct electricity well and
`therefore would not support electrolysis. Dr. White
`will testify as to how one skilled in the art would
`interpret the language of col. 4, ll. 22-26 of the
`specification within the context of the claims,
`specification, and prosecution history. Dr. White will
`testify that a POSA would understand col. 4, ll. 22-26
`of the specification to generally indicate that the
`aqueous medium that is used should support
`electrolysis of water. Dr. White will testify that a
`POSA would recognize that the value with units
`identified at col. 4, ll. 22-23 (“resistance less than one
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` The specification, including e.g.,
`Abstract, col. 12, ll. 20 through col. 2, ll.
`62; col. 3, ll. 20-27, 37-42; col. 4, ll. 9-26;
`col. 5, ll. 21-25; col. 6, ll. 26-31; col. 7, ll.
`20 through col. 10, ll. 17.
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` The prosecution history, including e.g.,
`OWT0001960, OWT0001981-90,
`OWT0002008, OWT0002027-44,
`OWT0002159.
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`1 OWT relies on the disclosures Tennant made in its March 30, 2021 Amended Proposed Claim Terms for Construction and
`Extrinsic Evidence. To the extent Tennant relies on any extrinsic evidence not identified in the chart accompanying that
`disclosure, OWT reserves the right to introduce expert testimony from Dr. White responding to that extrinsic evidence.
` The specification for each of the patents-in-suit are the same. Pin cites to the specification are citations to the ’415 patent.
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`ohm per square centimeter”) contains an error. He
`will testify that the POSA would not understand col.
`4, ll. 22-26 to provide any sort of strict numerical
`boundary. Dr. White will discuss references that
`corroborate his understanding of the art. See e.g.
`Fundamentals of Electrochemistry (OWT001789503);
`An Experimental Study on the Effect of Electrolytic
`Concentration (OWT0017879); Investigation of
`electrical conductivity of different water liquids and
`electrolyte solutions (OWT0018617); Electrical
`Conductivity Protocol (ASP_OWT000001); Water
`Cell Functionality (ASP_OWT000012);
`TC00016871; TC00017832; TC00033231; Russ
`Pilkki email of 8/2/2012 (ASP_OWT000015);
`TC00075327; TC00045209; OWT0081879;
`OWT0081896.
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`Tennant’s IPR Petitions and the Declarations of Dr.
`Tremblay supporting those petitions, including e.g. -
`602 petition at 29, 34-35, 45, 52 54-57, 60-61; Ex.
`1003 at ¶¶ 36-37, 70-71; -625 petition at 30, 33-34,
`62, 64-65; Ex. 1013 at ¶¶ 36, 89, 104.4
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`3 OWT identifies the beginning bates number for each item of extrinsic evidence. It intends to rely on the entirety of each
`identified document.
` OWT identifies Tennant’s IPR Petitions and Supporting Declarations but does not take a position at this time about
`whether they should be considered intrinsic or extrinsic evidence.
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`Intrinsic Evidence
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`Extrinsic Evidence
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`2. ‘415 Patent, Claim 13: “conductivity produced by the presence of dissolved solids such that the water supports plant
`or animal life”
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`OWT’s
`construction
`Plain and ordinary
`meaning.
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`The intrinsic record for the patents-in-suit,
`including:
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`Dr. Ralph White will testify that a POSA would
`understand the plain and ordinary meaning of this
`claim term as it is used in the context of the patent-in-
`suit. Dr. White will testify that a POSA would not
`understand this term to be limited to water with more
`than 2000 ppm for a number of reasons including that
`water with less than 2000 ppm supports plant and
`animal life.
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`See e.g. Fundamentals of Electrochemistry
`(OWT00178950); An Experimental Study on the
`Effect of Electrolytic Concentration (OWT0017879);
`Investigation of electrical conductivity of different
`water liquids and electrolyte solutions
`(OWT0018617); Electrical Conductivity Protocol
`(ASP_OWT000001); Water Cell Functionality
`(ASP_OWT000012); TC00016871; TC00017832;
`TC00033231; Russ Pilkki email of 8/2/2012
`(ASP_OWT000015); TC00075327; TC00045209;
`OWT0081879; OWT0081896.
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`Tennant’s IPR Petitions and the Declarations of Dr.
`Tremblay supporting those petitions, including e.g. -
`602 petition at 29, 34-35, 45, 52 54-57, 60-61; Ex.
`1003 at ¶¶ 36-37, 70-71; -625 petition at 30, 33-34,
`62, 64-65; Ex. 1013 at ¶¶ 36, 89, 104.
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` The claims, including e.g., claim 13 of the
`’415 patent.
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` The specification, including e.g.,
`Abstract, col. 1, ll. 20 through col. 2, ll.
`62; col. 3, ll. 20-27, 37-43; col. 4, ll. 22-
`26; col. 5, ll. 21-25; col. 6, ll. 26-31; col.
`7, ll. 20 through col. 10, ll. 17.
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` The prosecution history, including e.g.,
`OWT0001960, OWT0001981-94,
`OWT0002008, OWT0002027-44,
`OWT0002159.
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`3. ‘665 Patent, Claim 55: “aqueous medium”
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`OWT’s
`construction
`Plain and ordinary
`meaning.
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`Intrinsic Evidence
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`Extrinsic Evidence
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`The intrinsic record for the ’665 patent,
`including:
` The claims
` The specification, including e.g., col. 1, ll.
`34-58; col. 4, ll. 22-26.
` The prosecution history
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`4. ‘415 Patent, Claim 13: “oxygenated aqueous composition"
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`OWT’s
`construction
`Plain and ordinary
`meaning.
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`Intrinsic Evidence
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`Extrinsic Evidence
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`TC00016871; TC00017832; TC00018330;
`TC00043228.
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`The intrinsic record for U.S. Patent No.
`RE45,415, including:
` The claims
` The specification, including e.g., Fig. 8;
`col. 1, ll. 23-col. 2, ll. 62; col. 2, ll. 66-col. 3,
`ll. 43; col. 3, ll. 60; col. 4, ll. 19-26; col. 6, ll.
`8-43; col. 7, ll. 23 through col. 8, ll. 36; col.
`9, ll. 7-67; col. 10, ll. 9-18.
` The prosecution history, including e.g.,
`OWT0001981-94, OWT0002040-41
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`5. ‘415 Patent, Claims 13, 26: “tubular housing"
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`OWT’s
`construction
`Plain and ordinary
`meaning. The
`term does not
`require a circular
`cross section.
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`Intrinsic Evidence
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`Extrinsic Evidence
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`The intrinsic record for U.S. Patent No.
`RE45,415, including:
` The claims, including the claims of the
`related patent e.g. Claim 20 of the ’092
`patent.
` The specification, including e.g., col. 3:25-
`33
` The prosecution history, including e.g.,
`OWT0001910
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`6. ‘415 Patent, Claim 13: “flowing water … through an electrolysis emitter"
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`OWT’s
`construction
`Moving water
`through an
`electrolysis emitter
`by means other
`than electrolysis.
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`Intrinsic Evidence
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`Extrinsic Evidence
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`Tennant’s IPR Petitions and the Declarations of Dr.
`Tremblay supporting those petitions, including e.g. -
`602 petition at 29, 41; Ex. 1046; Ex. 1012; -625
`petition at 62; Ex. 1105.
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`The intrinsic record for U.S. Patent No.
`RE45,415, including:
` The claims, including those claims that
`were cancelled during reissue
` The specification, including e.g.,
`Abstract; col. 1, ll. 23-30; col. 2, ll. 60-62;
`col. 3, ll. 25-43; col. 3, ll. 46-59; col. 9, ll. 5
`through col. 10, ll. 5; Figs. 7A, 7B
` The prosecution history, including e.g.,
`OWT0001902-1916, OWT0001988,
`OWT0002038-42, OWT0002190
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`7. ‘092 Patent, Claim 13: “a flow-through oxygenator"
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`OWT’s
`construction
`An oxygenator
`configured to
`connect to a source
`of flowing water.
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`Intrinsic Evidence
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`Extrinsic Evidence
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`The intrinsic record for U.S. Patent No.
`RE45,415, including:
` The claims, including those claims that
`were cancelled during reissue
` The specification, including e.g.,
`Abstract; col. 1, ll. 23-30; col. 2, ll. 60-62;
`col. 3, ll. 25-43; col. 3, ll. 46-59; col. 9, ll. 5
`through col. 10, ll. 5; Figs. 7A, 7B
` The prosecution history, including e.g.,
`OWT0001902-1916, OWT0001988,
`OWT0002038-42, OWT0002190
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`8. ‘665 Patent, Claim 13: “deliver electrical current to the electrodes while water flows through the tubular housing"
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`OWT’s
`construction
`Deliver electrical
`current to the
`electrodes while
`moving water
`through the
`electrolysis emitter
`by means other
`than electrolysis.
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`Intrinsic Evidence
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`Extrinsic Evidence
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`The intrinsic record for the ’665 patent
`including:
` The claims, including those claims that
`were cancelled during reissue
` The specification, including e.g.,
`Abstract; col. 1, ll. 23-30; col. 2, ll. 60-62;
`col. 3, ll. 25-43; col. 3, ll. 46-59; col. 9, ll. 5
`through col. 10, ll. 5;; Figs. 7A, 7B
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` The prosecution history, including e.g.,
`OWT0001902-1916, OWT0001988,
`OWT0002038-42, OWT0002190
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`9. ‘092 Patent, Claim 13: “passing water through the tubular housing”
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`Intrinsic Evidence
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`Extrinsic Evidence
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`OWT’s
`construction
`Moving water
`through an
`electrolysis emitter
`by means other
`than electrolysis.
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`The intrinsic record for the ’092 patent,
`including:
` The claims, including those claims that
`were cancelled during reissue
` The specification, including e.g.,
`Abstract; col. 1, ll. 23-30; col. 2, ll. 60-62;
`col. 3, ll. 25-43; col. 3, ll. 46-59; col. 9, ll. 5
`through col. 10, ll. 5; Figs. 7A, 7B
` The prosecution history, including e.g.,
`OWT0001902-1916, OWT0001988,
`OWT0002038-42, OWT0002190
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` 10a. ‘415 Patent, Claim 13: “an electrical power source”
` 10b. ‘092 Patent, Claims 13, 27; ‘665 Patent, Claim 13: “a power source”
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`OWT’s
`construction
`Electrical and
`mechanical
`equipment and
`their
`interconnections
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`Intrinsic Evidence
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`Extrinsic Evidence
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`The intrinsic record for the patents-in-suit,
`including:
` The claims,
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`Dr. Ralph White will testify that the terms “electrical
`power source” and “power source” in the context of
`electrolysis are understood by a POSA to encompass the
`combination of components that provide electrical power
`to an electrode, and that this term would not be limited to
`the battery. He will testify that line power, batteries, and
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`used to generate
`and/or convert
`power.
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` The specification, including e.g., col. 2, ll.
`3-9; col. 3, ll. 25-36, col. 5, ll. 35-38; col. 10,
`ll. 20-45.
` The prosecution history, including e.g.,
`OWT0001908
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`electrical power supplies are all used to provide electrical
`power for electrolysis.
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`The New IEEE Standard Dictionary of Electrical and
`Electronics Terms (OWT0018615)
`McGraw-Hill Electronics Dictionary
`(OWT0018623); TC00016871; TC00043582;
`Gensys Brochure (OWT81871).
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`Tennant’s IPR Petitions and the Declarations of Dr.
`Tremblay supporting those petitions, including e.g.
`Ex. 1103 at ¶¶ 50, 119, 123; Ex. 1003 at ¶ 50.
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`11. ’415 Patent, Claims 13, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25; ’092 Patent, Claim 26: “nanobubbles”
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`OWT’s
`construction
`A bubble with a
`diameter less than
`that necessary to
`break the surface
`tension of water.
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`Intrinsic Evidence
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`Extrinsic Evidence
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`TC00017832; TC00016871.
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`The intrinsic record for the patents-in-suit,
`including:
` The claims,
` The specification, including e.g., col. 3, ll.
`1-3; col. 4, ll. 12-15; col. 4, ll. 4:30-38;
`col. 5:44-6:2
` The prosecution history, including e.g.
`OWT0002040-41
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`12. ’415 Patent, Claim 25: “incapable of breaking the surface tension of the water”
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`OWT’s
`construction
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`Intrinsic Evidence
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`Extrinsic Evidence
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`Plain and ordinary
`meaning.
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`The intrinsic record for U.S. Patent No.
`RE45,415, including:
` The claims
` The specification, including e.g., col. 3, ll.
`1-3; col. 4, ll. 30-38
` The prosecution history, including e.g.,
`OWT0001991-92, OWT0002040-41
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`TC00017832; TC00016871
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`13. ’415 Patent, Claim 19: “the microbubbles and nanobubbles remain in the water at least in part for a period up to
`several hours”
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`OWT’s
`construction
`The microbubbles
`and nanobubbles
`remain in the water
`at least in part for
`at least several
`hours.
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`Intrinsic Evidence
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`Extrinsic Evidence
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`Merriam Webster (OWT0081903)
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`The intrinsic record for U.S. Patent No.
`RE45,415, including:
` The claims
` The specification, including e.g., col. 3, 1-
`3; col. 4, ll. 30-41; col. 5, ll. 8-10
` The prosecution history, including e.g.,
`OWT0001981-94, OWT0002040-41
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`14. ’415 Patent, Claim 20: “wherein the period for which the microbubbles and nanobubbles at least in part remain in the
`water is determined by containing the water with microbubbles and nanobubbles in a two and one half gallon
`aquarium reservoir container”
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`Intrinsic Evidence
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`Extrinsic Evidence
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`The intrinsic record for U.S. Patent No.
`RE45,415, including:
` The claims
` The specification, including e.g., col. 3, 1-
`3; col. 4, ll. 30-41; col. 5, ll. 8-10
` The prosecution history, including e.g.,
`OWT0002040-41
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`Tennant’s IPR Petitions and the Declarations of Dr.
`Tremblay supporting those petitions, including e.g. -
`602 petition at 37, 48-50, Ex. 1003 at ¶ 69; -625
`petition at 35-36, 67; Ex. 1103 at ¶ 35, 91, 106.
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`OWT’s
`construction
`Plain and ordinary
`meaning. This
`claim identifies
`physical properties
`of the
`microbubbles and
`nanobubbles and
`identifies a test
`methodology for
`determining
`whether the
`microbubbles and
`nanobubbles have
`that physical
`property.
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`15. ‘665 Patent, Claim 61: “a first anode electrode portion that is non parallel to a second anode electrode portion”
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`OWT’s
`construction
`Plain and ordinary
`meaning.
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`Intrinsic Evidence
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`Extrinsic Evidence
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`The intrinsic record for the ’665 patent,
`including:
` The claims, including those of other
`patents in the patent family such as e.g.
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`claims 25, 34, 46, 58, 66, 75, and 83 of
`the ’092 patent
` The specification,
` The prosecution history
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`16. ‘415 Patent, Claim 13: “tubular flow axis from the inlet to the outlet”
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`OWT’s
`construction
`Plain and ordinary
`meaning, which is:
`a main line of flow
`through the tubular
`housing from the
`inlet to the outlet.
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`Intrinsic Evidence
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`Extrinsic Evidence
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`The intrinsic record for U.S. Patent No.
`RE45,415, including:
` The claims
` The specification, including e.g., col.
`3:25-33
` The prosecution history, including e.g.
`OWT0002016
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`Dr. Ralph White will testify that a POSA would
`understand the term tubular flow axis from the inlet
`to the outlet and would understand that the phrase
`does not require that the water flow in a straight line.
`Dr. White will testify that a POSA would understand
`that water flowing through an electrolytic system
`rarely flows in a completely straight line because the
`electrodes distort the direction of the flow. Dr. White
`will further testify that a POSA would understand
`that the tubular flow axis was the main line of flow
`through the tubular housing. Dr. White will rely on
`Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, cited
`by Tennant.
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`Tennant’s IPR Petitions and the Declarations of Dr.
`Tremblay supporting those petitions, including e.g.
`IPR2021-00602, Paper 1 at 44; Ex. 1003 at ¶ 63.
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