IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`C.A. No. 6:21-CV-00331-ADA
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`Judge: Honorable Alan D. Albright
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`IGT and IGT CANADA SOLUTIONS ULC,
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`Plaintiffs,
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`v.
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`ZYNGA INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`IGT’S PROPOSED CLAIM CONSTRUCTIONS
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`Pursuant to the Court’s Scheduling Order (Dkt. 21), plaintiffs IGT and IGT Canada
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`Solutions ULC (together, “IGT”) hereby provide proposed claim constructions for the terms IGT
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`identified for construction on September 14, 2021, and for the terms Defendant Zynga Inc.
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`(“Zynga”) identified for construction on September 14 and September 24, 2021.1
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`Fact discovery has not yet begun and IGT’s investigation is ongoing. Additionally, Zynga
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`has yet to provide “technical documents, including software where applicable, sufficient to show
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`the operation of the accused product(s)” as required by the Court’s Order Governing Proceedings
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`– Patent Case (“OGP”, signed June 24, 2021) and by the Court’s Scheduling Order (Dkt. 21). As
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`set forth in IGT’s September 17 and September 22 letters to Zynga, Zynga’s production of
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`technical documents remains deficient. Further, despite representing on the first page of its
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`Preliminary Invalidity Contentions (dated September 1, 2021) that “Zynga is prepared to produce
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`source code sufficient to show the operation of the accused products,” Zynga has not yet made any
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`1 Prior to the Court’s Scheduling Order, the parties agreed via email to identify terms for
`construction on September 14, 2021. Both parties identified terms for construction on that day.
`However, on September 24, 2021, Zynga modified certain terms it previously identified for
`construction. IGT’s proposed claim constructions reflect Zynga’s modified terms.
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`Zynga Ex. 1007, p. 1
`Zynga v. IGT
`IPR2022-00200
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`source code available to IGT, let alone source code sufficient to show the operation of the accused
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`products.
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`IGT expressly reserves the right to revise, amend, and/or supplement its proposed claim
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`constructions, including after Zynga provides discovery or any other pertinent information
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`including source code or additional technical documents, after the Court provides its Claim
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`Construction Order, or for any other reason(s) contemplated by the Federal Rules of Civil
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`Procedure, the Court’s Local Rules, or as allowed by the Court.
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`IGT further notes that Zynga has identified 62 terms2 for construction across IGT’s six
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`asserted patents. For cases involving more than five patents, the Court’s OGP provides a
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`“presumed limit” of 12 terms, which is the “maximum number of terms that each side may request
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`the Court to construe without further leave of Court.” (OGP at 3.) Solely to avoid a dispute at this
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`stage of the proceedings, IGT has addressed all of the terms Zynga identified for construction.
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`IGT does not concede that Zynga’s identification of 62 terms was proper or justified, and IGT
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`expects that Zynga will comply with the Court’s OGP and reduce its number of proposed terms to
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`the presumed limit prior to claim construction briefing. IGT reserves all rights and is not bound
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`by the positions offered herein in any forum for any terms that Zynga originally identified for
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`construction and later drops or withdraws from Markman consideration.
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`2 While Zynga’s September 14 Disclosure of Proposed Claim Terms for Construction enumerates
`50 claim terms for construction, Zynga improperly combines multiple terms in an apparent effort
`to decrease the total number of terms identified. IGT’s chart below addresses each of Zynga’s
`identified claim terms individually.
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`2
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`Zynga Ex. 1007, p. 2
`Zynga v. IGT
`IPR2022-00200
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`I.
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`IGT’S PROPOSED CLAIM CONSTRUCTIONS FOR THE TERMS IGT
`IDENFITIED FOR CONSTRUCTION
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`A.
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,266,212
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`# Terms
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`Claim(s)
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`IGT’s Proposed Construction
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`1
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`“gaining machine”
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`31, 35
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`“gaming machine”
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`2
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`“call hack”
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`36
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`“call back”
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`II.
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`IGT’S PROPOSED CLAIM CONSTRUCTIONS FOR THE TERMS ZYNGA
`IDENTIFIED FOR CONSTRUCTION
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`A.
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,708,791
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`# Terms
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`Claim(s)
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`IGT’s Proposed Construction
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`1
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`2
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`3
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`“determine instances of probable
`collusion between players”
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`“analyzing, by the at least one
`game server, the game play data to
`determine individual players’
`typical gaming styles”
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`“providing playing card hands as a
`single image of fanned-out playing
`cards”
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`4
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`“displayed as one image”
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`1
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`1
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`5
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`7
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`B.
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`U.S. Patent No. 9,159,189
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`# Terms
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`Claim(s)
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`IGT’s Proposed Construction
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`1
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`“establishing”
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`2
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`“re-established”
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`3
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`“communications link”
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`1, 10
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`1, 10
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`1, 10
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`4
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`“communications link failure”
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`1, 10
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`3
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`Zynga Ex. 1007, p. 3
`Zynga v. IGT
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`# Terms
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`Claim(s)
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`IGT’s Proposed Construction
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`5
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`“stationary gaming terminal”
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`1, 10
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`6
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`“conveying to the player that the
`game is presently occurring”
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`7
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`“award”
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`1, 10
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`1, 10
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`C.
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,168,089
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`# Terms
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`Claim(s)
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`IGT’s Proposed Construction
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`1
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`“gaming machine”
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`2
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`“gaming software”
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`All
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`All
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`3
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`“software3 authorization agent”
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`All
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`4
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`“gaming software transaction
`request”
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`5
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`“approves”
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`6
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`“approval”
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`7
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`8
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`9
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`“validating the gaming software
`download request”
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`“the gaming transaction
`information”
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`“sending the gaming software
`transaction request to a gaming
`software authorization agent”
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`84
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`84
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`85
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`28
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`31
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`84
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`3 In its September 24, 2021 email modifying the terms it originally identified for construction,
`Zynga identified the term “gaming authorization agent.” However, no such term or phrase appears
`in the ’089 Patent. IGT assumes Zynga meant to identify “software authorization agent,” and IGT
`has addressed that term based on that assumption. If IGT’s assumption is incorrect, IGT invites
`Zynga to promptly clarify its modified identification of this term.
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`4
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`Zynga Ex. 1007, p. 4
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`# Terms
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`Claim(s)
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`IGT’s Proposed Construction
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`10 “receiving an approval of the
`gaming software transaction request
`from the gaming software
`authorization agent”
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`11 “terminating the transfer of the
`gaming software”
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`12 “wherein the gaming software
`transaction information is one or
`more of a one or more of”
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`85
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`86
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`92
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`D.
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,303,473
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`# Terms
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`1
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`“slots”
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`2
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`“website server”
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`Claim(s)
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`IGT’s Proposed Construction
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`1, 2, 28, 30
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`1, 6, 9–21, 32, 36 No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`3
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`“said second game being different
`from said first game”
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`1
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`4
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`“first gaming server”
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`1–3, 8, 9, 16, 31
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`5
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`“second gaming server”
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`1, 8, 9, 16, 31
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`6
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`7
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`8
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`“to determine whether to select said
`first gaming server or said second
`gaming server based on said game
`selection received from said one
`remote player device”
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`1
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`“to determine whether to select a
`first gaming server or a second
`gaming server based on said game
`selection”
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`9, 16
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`“that determines whether to select a
`first gaming computer or second
`gaming computer based on said
`game selection”
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`22
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`5
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`Zynga Ex. 1007, p. 5
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`# Terms
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`Claim(s)
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`IGT’s Proposed Construction
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`27
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`29
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`37
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`1, 9
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`22
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`9
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`“determining whether to select a
`first gaming computer or a second
`gaming computer based on said
`game selection received”
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`10 “determining whether to select a
`first gaming apparatus or a second
`gaming apparatus based on said
`game selection data”
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`11 “transmitting said game display
`data from said gaming server to
`said website computing apparatus”
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`12 “said controller (of said website
`server) being programmed to cause
`player data received from said one
`remote player device to be stored in
`memory”
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`13 “a second computer program
`portion stored in said memory that
`causes game selection data
`representing a game selection that
`is received from said remote player
`device to be stored in memory”
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`14 “authorized sender”
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`7, 15, 21, 26
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`15 “first gaming computer”
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`22, 27
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`16 “second gaming computer”
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`22, 27
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`17 “website computing apparatus”
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`27, 29, 31–37
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`18 “first gaming apparatus”4
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`29, 31
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`4 In its original identification of claim terms for construction on September 14, 2021, Zynga
`identified the term “gaming apparatus” for construction, which appears in asserted claims 29, 31,
`33, 34, 36, 37. In its September 24, 2021 email, Zynga modified its identification to substitute
`“first gaming apparatus” and “second gaming apparatus” in place of “gaming apparatus.” The
`modified terms only appear in asserted claims 29 and 31. IGT therefore takes no position on
`“gaming apparatus” as that term appears in asserted claims 33, 34, 36, or 37.
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`6
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`Zynga Ex. 1007, p. 6
`Zynga v. IGT
`IPR2022-00200
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`# Terms
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`Claim(s)
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`IGT’s Proposed Construction
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`19 “second gaming apparatus”
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`29, 31
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`20 “wherein said first game and said
`second game are the same type of
`game”
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`4, 12, 18, 24
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`E.
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,795,064
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`# Terms
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`Claim(s)
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`IGT’s Proposed Construction
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`1
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`“processor”
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`2
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`“plurality of instructions”
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`3
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`4
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`5
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`“track information associated with
`the identified player”
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`“determine, based at least in part
`on the first set of tracked
`information, a first message”
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`“determine, based at least in part
`on the second set of tracked
`information, a second, different
`message”
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`6
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`“output device”
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`7
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`“data network”
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`9
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`9
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`9
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`9
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`9
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`9
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`17
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`F.
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,266,212
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`# Terms
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`Claim(s)
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`IGT’s Proposed Construction
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`1
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`“communication bus”
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`2
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`“gaming machine”
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`3
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`“publishing”
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`24, 31
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`24, 31
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`24, 31
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`7
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`Zynga Ex. 1007, p. 7
`Zynga v. IGT
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`# Terms
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`Claim(s)
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`IGT’s Proposed Construction
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`No construction necessary
`(plain and ordinary meaning)
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`4
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`“high-level function”
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`5
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`“node”
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`6
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`“subscribe”
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`7
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`“accepting the subscription
`request”
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`24, 31
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`24, 31
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`24, 31
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`24, 31
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`8
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`“initiating a gaming session”
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`24, 31
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`9
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`“call backs”
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`10 “execution of the [first] high-level
`function”
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`11 “a step of the first gaming machine
`performing a call back upon
`receiving the request to consume
`or execute the high-level function”
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`12 “a step of the node performing a
`call back upon receiving the
`request to consume or execute the
`high-level function”
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`24, 31
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`24, 31
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`29
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`36
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`8
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`Zynga Ex. 1007, p. 8
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`Dated: September 29, 2021
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By:
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` /s/ Leif R. Sigmond Jr.
`Deron R. Dacus
`State Bar No. 00790553
`The Dacus Firm, P.C.
`821 ESE Loop 323
`Suite 430
`Tyler, TX 75701
`Telephone: 903-705-1117
`Facsimile: 903-581-2543
`ddacus@dacusfirm.com
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`Leif R. Sigmond Jr.
`Illinois State Registration No. 6204980
`Baker & Hostetler LLP
`One North Wacker Drive
`Suite 4500
`Chicago, IL 60606-2841
`Telephone: 312-416-6275
`Facsimile: 312-416-6201
`LSigmond@bakerlaw.com
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`Attorneys for IGT and IGT Canada
`Solutions ULC
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`Zynga Ex. 1007, p. 9
`Zynga v. IGT
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on September 29, 2021, I caused the foregoing document to be served
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`by electronic mail on the following counsel of record for defendant:
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`Zynga/IGT_Service@orrick.com
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`Robert L. Uriarte
`ruriarte@orrick.com
`Li Shen
`lshen@orrick.com
`Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
`1000 Marsh Road
`Menlo Park, CA 94025-1015
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`Clement Seth Roberts
`croberts@orrick.com
`Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
`405 Howard Street
`San Francisco, CA 94105-2669
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`Sten Jensen
`sjensen@orrick.com
`Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
`1152 15th Street, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005-1706
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`Mark D. Siegmund
`mark@waltfairpllc.com
`Law Firm of Walt, Fair PLLC
`1508 North Valley Mills Drive
`Waco, TX 76710
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` /s/ Leif R. Sigmond Jr.
`Leif R. Sigmond Jr.
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`Zynga Ex. 1007, p. 10
`Zynga v. IGT
`IPR2022-00200
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