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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC.
`Petitioner
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`GESTURE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Inter Partes Review Case No. IPR2021-00922
`U.S. Patent No. 8,553,079
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`DECLARATION OF DR. BENJAMIN B. BEDERSON
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`I, Benjamin B. Bederson, hereby declare the following:
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`BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS
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`1. My name is Benjamin B. Bederson, Ph.D and I am over 21 years of age
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`and otherwise competent to make this Declaration. I make this Declaration based on
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`facts and matters within my own knowledge and on information provided to me by
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`I have been retained by counsel for Petitioner as a technical expert in the
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`above-captioned case. Specifically, I have been asked to render certain opinions in
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`regard to the IPR petition with respect to U.S. Patent No. 8,553,079 (the “’079
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`Patent”). I understand that the Challenged Claims are claims 1-30. My opinions are
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`limited to those Challenged Claims.
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`3. My compensation in this matter is not based on the substance of my
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`opinions or the outcome of this matter. I have no financial interest in Petitioner. I am
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`being compensated at an hourly rate of $600 for my analysis and testimony in this
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`In writing this declaration, I have considered my own knowledge and
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`experience, including my work experience in the field of electrical and computer
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`engineering; my experience in teaching this area; and my experience working with
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`others involved in this field, including in both the design and analysis of multimedia-
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`focused communication systems and subsystems. In reaching my opinions in this
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`matter, I have also reviewed the following references and materials:
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`• The ’079 Patent (Ex. 1001)
`• The ’079 Patent File History (Ex. 1002)
`• U.S. Patent No. 6,144,366 (“Numazaki”) (Ex. 1004)
`• U.S. Patent No. 5,900,863 (“Numazaki ’863”) (Ex. 1005)
`• U.S. Patent No. 6,064,354 (“DeLuca”) (Ex. 1006)
`• U.S. Patent No. 6,008,018 (“DeLeeuw”) (Ex. 1007)
`• U.S. Patent No. 6,191,773 (“Maruno”) (Ex. 1008)
`• “CCD and CMOS Imaging Array Technologies,” Stuart Taylor, Xerox
`Research Centre Europe, 1998 (Ex. 1011)
`• Any additional background materials cited below
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`A. Educational Background
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`I received a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science with a
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`minor in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (“RPI”) in
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`1986. I received a Master of Science degree and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from
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`New York University (“NYU”) in 1989 and 1992, respectively.
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`B.
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`Professional Experience
`Since 1998, I have been a Professor of Computer Science at the
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`University of Maryland (“UMD”), where I have joint appointments at the Institute
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`for Advanced Computer Studies and the College of Information Studies (Maryland’s
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`“iSchool”), and am currently Professor Emeritus. I was also Associate Provost of
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`Learning Initiatives and Executive Director of the Teaching and Learning
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`Transformation Center from 2014 to 2018. I am a member and previous director of
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`the Human-Computer Interaction Lab (“HCIL”), the oldest and one of the best
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`known Human-Computer Interaction research groups in the country. I was also co-
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`founder and Chief Scientist of Zumobi, Inc. from 2006 to 2014, a Seattle-based
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`startup that is a publisher of content applications and advertising platforms for
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`smartphones. I am also co-founder and co-director of the International Children’s
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`Digital Library (“ICDL”), a web site launched in 2002 that provides the world’s
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`largest collection of freely available online children’s books from around the world
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`with an interface aimed to make it easy for children and adults to search and read
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`children’s books online. I am also co-founder and prior Chief Technology Officer of
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`Hazel Analytics, a data analytics company whose product sends alerts in warranted
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`circumstances. In addition, I have for more than 25 years consulted for numerous
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`companies in the area of user interfaces, including Logitech, Microsoft, the Palo Alto
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`Research Center, Sony, Lockheed Martin, Hillcrest Labs, and NASA Goddard Space
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`Flight Center.
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`For more than 30 years, I have studied, designed, and worked in the
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`field of computer science and human-computer interaction. My experience includes
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`30 years of teaching and research, with research interests in human-computer
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`interaction and the software and technology underlying today’s interactive
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`computing systems. This includes the design and implementation of image sensing
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`and image processing systems as well as software applications on mobile devices,
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`including smart phones and PDAs, such as my work on DateLens, LaunchTile, and
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`StoryKit described below. My consulting included helping companies apply my
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`work on “zoomable user interfaces” to their consumer-facing audio/video access
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`software.
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`In 1992, I completed my Ph.D. dissertation at New York University
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`titled “A Miniature Space-Variant Active Vision System: Cortex-I” (Ex. 1015)1 in
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`which I worked with both CMOS and CCD image sensors and wrote image
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`processing software using those sensors. As depicted in the VLSI circuit layout
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`image below, I designed a custom CMOS image sensor with a radial pixel layout.
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`Figure 2.1 from my dissertation show the result of images taken with a camera I built
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`using that image sensor. I then built a custom CCD-based camera by manufacturing
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`a lens that I attached directly to a commercially available CCD sensor that is shown
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`1 Ex. 1015 is a pre-publication version of my thesis, which does not include the
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`In 1995, I built an “audio augmented reality” system2 that identified
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`which piece of art a person was standing in front of. This worked by installing
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`infrared transmitters in the ceiling above each piece of art which was identified by
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`an infrared receiver controlled by a microcontroller. As depicted in Figure 1 below,
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`2 Benjamin B. Bederson. 1995. Audio augmented reality: a prototype automated tour
`guide. In Conference Companion on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI
`'95), I. Katz, R. Mack, and L. Marks (Eds.). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 210-211.
`DOI=http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/223355.223526 (Ex. 1016).
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`a person wearing the receiver walked around, the microcontroller they were carrying
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`would identify the code from the transmitter they were standing under.
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`10. At UMD, my research is in the area of Human-Computer Interaction
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`(“HCI”), a field that relates to the development and understanding of computing
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`systems to serve users’ needs. Researchers in this field are focused on making
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`universally usable, useful, efficient and appealing systems to support people in their
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`wide range of activities. My approach is to balance the development of innovative
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`technology that serves people’s practical needs. Example systems following this
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`approach that I have built include PhotoMesa (software for end users to browse
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`personal photos), DateLens (2002 software for end users to use their mobile devices
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`to efficiently access their calendar information), LaunchTile (2005 “home screen”
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`software for mobile devices to allow users to navigate apps in a zoomable
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`environment), SpaceTree (2001 software for end users to efficiently browse very
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`large hierarchies), ICDL (as described above), and StoryKit (a 2009 iPhone app for
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`children to create stories).
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`11. LaunchTile led to my creation of Zumobi in 2006, where I was
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`responsible for investigating new software platforms and developing new user
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`interface designs that provide efficient and engaging interfaces to permit end users
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`to access a wide range of content on mobile platforms (including the iPhone and
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`Android-based devices). For example, I designed and implemented software called
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`“Ziibii,” a “river” of news for iPhone, software called “ZoomCanvas,” a zoomable
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`user interface for several iPhone apps, and iPhone apps including “Inside Xbox” for
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`Microsoft and Snow Report for REI. At the International Children’s Digital Library
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`(ICDL), I have since 2002 been the technical director responsible for the design and
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`implementation of
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`the web site, www.childrenslibrary.org
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`www.icdlbooks.org). In particular, I have been closely involved in designing the
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`user interfaces as well as the software architecture for the web site since its inception
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`in 2002.
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`12. Beginning in the mid-1990s, I have been responsible for the design and
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`implementation of numerous other web sites in addition to the ICDL. For example,
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`I designed and built my own professional web site when I was an Assistant Professor
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`of Computer Science at the University of New Mexico in 1995 and have continued
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`to design, write the code for, and update both that site (which I moved to the
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`University of Maryland in 1998, currently at http://www.cs.umd.edu/~bederson/) as
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`well
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`as
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`numerous
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`project
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`web
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`sites,
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`such
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`Pad++,
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`http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/pad++/. I received the Janet Fabri Memorial Award for
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`Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation for my Ph.D. work in robotics and computer
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`vision. I have combined my hardware and software skills throughout my career in
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`Human-Computer Interaction research, building various interactive electrical and
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`mechanical systems that couple with software to provide an innovative user
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`experience.
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`13. My work has been published extensively in more than 160 technical
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`publications, and I have given about 100 invited talks, including 9 keynote lectures.
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`I have won a number of awards including the Brian Shackel Award for “outstanding
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`contribution with international impact in the field of HCI” in 2007, and the Social
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`Impact Award in 2010 from Association for Computing Machinery’s (“ACM”)
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`Special Interest Group on Computer Human Interaction (“SIGCHI”). ACM is the
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`primary international professional community of computer scientists, and SIGCHI
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`is the primary international professional HCI community. I have been honored by
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`both professional organizations. I am an “ACM Distinguished Scientist,” which
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`“recognizes those ACM members with at least 15 years of professional experience
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`and 5 years of continuous Professional Membership who have achieved significant
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`accomplishments or have made a significant impact on the computing field.” I am a
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`member of the “CHI Academy,” which is described as follows: “The CHI Academy
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`is an honorary group of individuals who have made substantial contributions to the
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`field of human-computer interaction. These are the principal leaders of the field,
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`whose efforts have shaped the disciplines and/or industry, and led the research
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`and/or innovation in human-computer interaction.” The criteria for election to the
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`CHI Academy are: cumulative contributions to the field; impact on the field through
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`development of new research directions and/or innovations; and (3) influence on the
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`work of others.
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`I have appeared on radio shows numerous times to discuss issues
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`relating to user interface design and people’s use and frustration with common
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`technologies, web sites, and mobile devices. My work has been discussed and I have
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`been quoted by mainstream media around the world over 120 times, including by
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`the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Newsweek, the
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`Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the Independent, Le Monde, NPR’s All Things
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`Considered, New Scientist Magazine, and MIT’s Technology Review.
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`I have designed, programmed, and publicly deployed dozens of user-
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`facing software products that have cumulatively been used by millions of users. My
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`work is cited in patents by several major companies, including Amazon, Apple,
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`Facebook, Google, and Microsoft. I am the co-inventor of 12 U.S. patents and 18
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`interfaces/experience with some directed to mobile devices, including U.S. Patent
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`No. 9,778,810 (issued 2017), entitled “Techniques to modify content and view
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`content on mobile devices.”
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`16. My curriculum vitae, which includes a more detailed summary of my
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`background, experience, and publications, is attached as Appendix A.
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`II. LEGAL FRAMEWORK
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`A. Obviousness
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`I am a technical expert and do not offer any legal opinions. However,
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`counsel has informed me as to certain legal principles regarding patentability and
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`related matters under United States patent law, which I have applied in performing
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`my analysis and arriving at my technical opinions in this matter.
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`18.
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`I have been informed that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”)
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`now applies the claim construction standard applied by Article III courts (i.e., the
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`Phillips standard) regardless of whether a patent has expired. I have been informed
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`that under the Phillips standard, claim terms are to be given the meaning they would
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`have to a person having ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention, taking
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`into consideration the patent, its file history, and, secondarily, any applicable
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`extrinsic evidence (e.g., dictionary definitions). In my analyses below, I have applied
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`the plain and ordinary meaning pursuant to the Phillips standard.
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`invention if the differences between the invention and the prior art are such that the
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`subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the time the invention was
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`made to a person having ordinary skill in the art. I have been informed that a
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`conclusion of obviousness may be founded upon more than a single item of prior art.
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`I have been further informed that obviousness is determined by evaluating the
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`following factors: (1) the scope and content of the prior art, (2) the differences
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`between the prior art and the claim at issue, (3) the level of ordinary skill in the
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`pertinent art, and (4) secondary considerations of non-obviousness. In addition, the
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`obviousness inquiry should not be done in hindsight. Instead, the obviousness
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`inquiry should be done through the eyes of a person having ordinary skill in the
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`relevant art at the time the patent was filed.
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`20.
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`In considering whether certain prior art renders a particular patent claim
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`obvious, counsel has informed me that I can consider the scope and content of the
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`prior art, including the fact that one of skill in the art would regularly look to the
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`disclosures in patents, trade publications, journal articles, industry standards,
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`product literature and documentation, texts describing competitive technologies,
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`requests for comment published by standard setting organizations, and materials
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`from industry conferences, as examples. I have been informed that for a prior art
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`reference to be proper for use in an obviousness analysis, the reference must be
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`“analogous art” to the claimed invention. I have been informed that a reference is
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`analogous art to the claimed invention if: (1) the reference is from the same field of
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`endeavor as the claimed invention (even if it addresses a different problem); or (2)
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`the reference is reasonably pertinent to the problem faced by the inventor (even if it
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`is not in the same field of endeavor as the claimed invention). In order for a reference
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`to be “reasonably pertinent” to the problem, it must logically have commended itself
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`to an inventor’s attention in considering his problem. In determining whether a
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`reference is reasonably pertinent, one should consider the problem faced by the
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`inventor, as reflected either explicitly or implicitly, in the specification. I believe that
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`all of the references that my opinions in this IPR are based upon are well within the
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`range of references a person having ordinary skill in the art would consult to address
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`the type of problems described in the Challenged Claims.
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`21.
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`I have been informed that, in order to establish that a claimed invention
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`was obvious based on a combination of prior art elements, a clear articulation of the
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`reason(s) why a claimed invention would have been obvious must be provided.
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`Specifically, I am informed that, under the U.S. Supreme Court’s KSR decision, a
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`combination of multiple items of prior art renders a patent claim obvious when there
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`was an apparent reason for one of ordinary skill in the art, at the time of the invention,
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`to combine the prior art, which can include, but is not limited to, any of the following
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`rationales: (A) combining prior art methods according to known methods to yield
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`predictable results; (B) substituting one known element for another to obtain
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`predictable results; (C) using a known technique to improve a similar device in the
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`same way; (D) applying a known technique to a known device ready for
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`improvement to yield predictable results; (E) trying a finite number of identified,
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`predictable potential solutions, with a reasonable expectation of success; (F)
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`identifying that known work in one field of endeavor may prompt variations of it for
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`use in either the same field or a different one based on design incentives or other
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`market forces if the variations are predictable to one of ordinary skill in the art; or
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`(G) identifying an explicit teaching, suggestion, or motivation in the prior art that
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`would have led one of ordinary skill to modify the prior art reference or to combine
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`the prior art references to arrive at the claimed invention.
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`I am informed that the existence of an explicit teaching, suggestion, or
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`motivation to combine known elements of the prior art is a sufficient, but not a
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`necessary, condition to a finding of obviousness. This so-called “teaching
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`suggestion-motivation” test is not the exclusive test and is not to be applied rigidly
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`in an obviousness analysis. In determining whether the subject matter of a patent
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`claim is obvious, neither the particular motivation nor the avowed purpose of the
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`patentee controls. Instead, the important consideration is the objective reach of the
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`claim. In other words, if the claim extends to what is obvious, then the claim is
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`invalid. I am further informed that the obviousness analysis often necessitates
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`consideration of the interrelated teachings of multiple patents, the effects of demands
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`known to the technological community or present in the marketplace, and the
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`background knowledge possessed by a person having ordinary skill in the art. All of
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`these issues may be considered to determine whether there was an apparent reason
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`to combine the known elements in the fashion claimed by the patent.
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`I also am informed that in conducting an obviousness analysis, a precise
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`teaching directed to the specific subject matter of the challenged claim need not be
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`sought out because it is appropriate to take account of the inferences and creative
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`steps that a person of ordinary skill in the art would employ. The prior art considered
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`can be directed to any need or problem known in the field of endeavor at the time of
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`invention and can provide a reason for combining the elements of the prior art in the
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`manner claimed. In other words, the prior art need not be directed towards solving
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`the same specific problem as the problem addressed by the patent. Further, the
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`individual prior art references themselves need not all be directed towards solving
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`the same problem. I am informed that, under the KSR obviousness standard, common
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`sense is important and should be considered. Common sense teaches that familiar
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`items may have obvious uses beyond their primary purposes.
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`I also am informed that the fact that a particular combination of prior art
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`elements was “obvious to try” may indicate that the combination was obvious even
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`if no one attempted the combination. If the combination was obvious to try
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`likely the result of ordinary skill and common sense rather than innovation. I am
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`further informed that in many fields it may be that there is little discussion of obvious
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`techniques or combinations, and it often may be the case that market demand, rather
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`than scientific literature or knowledge, will drive the design of an invention. I am
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`informed that an invention that is a combination of prior art must do more than yield
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`predictable results to be non-obvious.
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`I am informed that for a patent claim to be obvious, the claim must be
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`obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention. I am
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`informed that the factors to consider in determining the level of ordinary skill in the
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`art include (1) the educational level and experience of people working in the field at
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`the time the invention was made, (2) the types of problems faced in the art and the
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`solutions found to those problems, and (3) the sophistication of the technology in the
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`field.
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`I am informed that it is improper to combine references where the
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`references teach away from their combination. I am informed that a reference may
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`be said to teach away when a person of ordinary skill in the relevant art, upon reading
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`the reference, would be discouraged from following the path set out in the reference,
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`or would be led in a direction divergent from the path that was taken by the patent
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`applicant. In general, a reference will teach away if it suggests that the line of
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`development flowing from the reference’s disclosure is unlikely to be productive of
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`the result sought by the patentee. I am informed that a reference teaches away, for
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`example, if (1) the combination would produce a seemingly inoperative device, or
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`(2) the references leave the impression that the product would not have the property
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`sought by the patentee. I also am informed, however, that a reference does not teach
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`away if it merely expresses a general preference for an alternative invention but does
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`not criticize, discredit, or otherwise discourage investigation into the invention
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`claimed.
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`I am informed that even if a prima facie case of obviousness is
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`established, the final determination of obviousness must also consider “secondary
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`considerations” if presented. In most instances, the patentee raises these secondary
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`considerations of non-obviousness. In that context, the patentee argues an invention
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`would not have been obvious in view of these considerations, which include: (a)
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`commercial success of a product due to the merits of the claimed invention; (b) a
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`long-felt, but unsatisfied need for the invention; (c) failure of others to find the
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`solution provided by the claimed invention; (d) deliberate copying of the invention
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`by others; (e) unexpected results achieved by the invention; (f) praise of the
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`invention by others skilled in the art; (g) lack of independent simultaneous invention
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`within a comparatively short space of time; (h) teaching away from the invention in
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`the prior art.
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`relevant if the offering party establishes a connection, or nexus, between the
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`evidence and the claimed invention. The nexus cannot be based on prior art features.
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`The establishment of a nexus is a question of fact. While I understand that the Patent
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`Owner here has not offered any secondary considerations at this time, I will
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`supplement my opinions in the event that the Patent Owner raises secondary
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`considerations during the course of this proceeding.
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`III. OPINION
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`A. Level of a Person of Ordinary Skill in the Art
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`I was asked to provide my opinion as to the level of skill of a person
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`having ordinary skill in the art (“PHOSITA”) of the ’079 Patent at the time of the
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`claimed invention, which counsel has told me to assume is November 9, 1998. In
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`determining the characteristics of a hypothetical person of ordinary skill in the art of
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`the ’079 Patent, I considered several factors, including the type of problems
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`encountered in the art, the solutions to those problems, the rapidity with which
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`innovations are made in the field, the sophistication of the technology, and the
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`education level of active workers in the field. I also placed myself back in the time
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`frame of the claimed invention and considered the colleagues with whom I had
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`In my opinion, a PHOSITA at the time of the claimed invention of the
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`’079 Patent would have had at least a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or
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`equivalent with at least one year of experience in the field of human computer
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`interaction. Additional education or experience might substitute for the above
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`requirements. Such a PHOSITA would have been capable of understanding the ’079
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`patent and the prior art references discussed herein.
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`31. Based on my education, training, and professional experience in the field
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`of the claimed invention, I am familiar with the level and abilities of a person of
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`ordinary skill in the art at the time of the claimed invention. Additionally, I met at
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`least these minimum qualifications to be a person having ordinary skill in the art as
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`of the time of the claimed invention of the ’079 Patent.
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`B. Description of the Alleged Invention of the ’079 Patent
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`32. The ’079 Patent generally relates to allowing users to interact with a
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`computer through gestures (e.g., specific hand movements) that are detected by one
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`or more cameras and converted into commands by the computer. Fig. 2 depicts one
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`arrangement described by the ’079 Patent in which a user’s hand is illuminated by
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`light sources, its positioning and movements are detected by cameras, and the user
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`is able to command action in a computer application through gestures:
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`’079 Patent at Fig. 2. In this figure, light source 122 “can be used to illuminate the
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`finger that typically looks bright under such illumination.” Id. at 3:1-3. A number of
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`optional camera locations are depicted for capturing positioning and movement of
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`the user’s finger, including 100, 101, 105, 106, 108, and 109. Id. at 2:39-53. The
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`’079 Patent refers to the space within which the user performs gestures as “work
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`volume 170.” Id. at 3:4-8.
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`33. As depicted in Fig. 2, the described invention may “determine the
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`pointing direction vector 160 of the user’s finger (for example pointing at an object
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`displayed on screen 107), or the position and orientation of an object held by the
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`user.” Id. at 2:54-58. Other gestures such as pinch or grip motions can also be used
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`to interact with a computer application. Id. at 2:58-64. Finally, although the system
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`can simply detect the user’s finger alone, objects such as ring 208 may also be used
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`to assist in detecting the position and movement of a user’s finger. Id. at 2:65-3:3.
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`C. Opinions Related to Numazaki
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`i. Overview of Numazaki (Ex. 1004)
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`applications directed to users interacting with a computer via gestures. In the
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`Numazaki’s First Embodiment—Two-Camera Gesture Detection
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`In its first embodiment, Numazaki describes a two-camera structure for
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`detecting a user’s gestures. Namely, Numazaki purports to have improved upon prior
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`methods by using a controlled light source to illuminate the target object (e.g., the
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`user’s hand), a first camera unit (referred to by Numazaki as a “photo-detection
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`unit”), and a second camera unit. Numazaki at 11:9-23. This arrangement is
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`Id. at Fig. 2. A timing control unit is used to turn lighting unit 101 on (i.e.,
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`illuminating the target object) when the first camera unit is active and off when the
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`second camera unit is active. Id. at 11:20-32. The result of this light control is the
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`first camera unit captures an image of the target object illuminated by both natural
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`light and the lighting unit 101 and the second camera unit captures an image of the
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`target object illuminated by only natural light. Id. at 11:33-39. The difference
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`between the two images—obtained by difference calculation unit 111—represents
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`the “reflected light from the object resulting from the light emitted by the lighting
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`unit 101.” Id. at 11:43-51. This information is then used by feature data generation
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`unit 103 to determine gestures, pointing, etc. of the target object that may be
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`converted into commands executed by a computer. Id. at 10:57-66.
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`36. The “photo-detection units” depicted in Fig. 2 and described in
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`Numazaki are “camera units.” Each performs the basic function of a “camera,” which
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`is to capture image information based on light captured by the sensors’ pixels.
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`Further, Numazaki notes that these units can be “CMOS sensors” or “CCD image
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`sensors.” Id. at 15:24-16:19. These were two widely recognized technologies used
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`to implement imaging sensors for cameras. See, e.g., “CCD and CMOS Imaging
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`Array Technologies,” Stuart Taylor, Xerox Research Centre Europe, 1998 (Ex.
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`1011) (discussing the history of CCD and CMOS imaging technologies, concluding
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`Numazaki’s Second Embodiment—Hand-Based Gesture Detection
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`37. Numazaki’s second embodiment focuses on a user’s hand as the target
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`object such that a user can control the computing device using gestures. Id. at 17:18-
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`22 (“When the hand is used as the target object, it is possible to capture the
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`information on a position and a shape of the hand without a contact, so that it is
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`possible to utilize the present invention as a means for inputting information from a
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`human being to a machine.”). In one example, Numazaki describes a process by
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`which a user’s finger tip position is identified and tracked such that “the cursor on
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`the screen can be controlled” by the user’s gestures. Id. at 26:8-67. Numazaki
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`38. Numazaki’s third embodiment is “another exemplary case of the feature
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`data generation unit