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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC.,
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`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`RFCYBER CORP.,
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`Patent Owner.
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`Patent No. 9,189,787
`Filing Date: May 28, 2013
`Issue Date: November 17, 2015
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`Inventors: Liang Seng Koh, Futong Cho, Hsin Pan, and Fuliang Cho
`Title: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONDUCTING
`E-COMMENCE AND M-COMMENCE
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`__________________________________________________________________
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`PATENT OWNER’S PRELIMINARY RESPONSE
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`Case No. IPR2022-00412
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`__________________________________________________________________
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`I.
`INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................... 1
`THE ’787 PATENT ......................................................................................... 3
`II.
`III. THE ALLEGED PRIOR ART ........................................................................ 7
`A. Dua (U.S. Patent App. Pub. No. 2006/0165060) .................................. 7
`B.
`Philips (P5CT072 Secure Dual Interface PKI Smart Card
`Controller Short Form Specification) .................................................... 9
`GlobalPlatform ...................................................................................... 9
`C.
`IV. CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ............................................................................ 9
`V.
`LEVEL OF ORDINARY SKILL IN THE ART ............................................. 9
`VI. THE BOARD HAS TERMINATED THE SAMSUNG IPR THUS
`THERE IS NO INSTITUTED PROCEEDING FOR APPLE TO
`JOIN ............................................................................................................... 10
`VII. PETITIONER HAS NOT SHOWN A REASONABLE
`LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESS AS TO ANY CHALLENGED
`CLAIM........................................................................................................... 10
`A.
`Requirements for Showing Obviousness Under 35 U.S.C. § 103
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`Apple Fails to Show That the Limitation “a second interface
`configured to perform mobile commerce with a payment server
`via an application against the fund stored in the emulator” as
`Required by Claims 1-10 Would Be Obvious..................................... 11
`Apple Fails to Show That the Limitation “performing mobile
`commerce via a second interface with a payment server via an
`application against the fund stored in the emulator,” as
`Required by Claims 11-19 Would Be Obvious .................................. 13
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`D. Apple Fails to Show That the Limitations “a personalization
`process built on a first security channel so that the emulator is
`set to store a set of keys for subsequent data access
`authentication and the e-purse applet is configured to conduct a
`transaction with a network server over a second security
`channel”/“personalizing the emulator and the e-purse applet via
`a personalization process built on a first security channel so that
`the emulator is set to store a set of keys for subsequent data
`access authentication and the e-purse applet is configured to
`conduct a transaction with a network server over a second
`security channel” as required by all Challenged Claims Would
`Be Obvious .......................................................................................... 14
`1.
`Dua in View of Philips Does Not Disclose or Render
`Obvious the Limitation ............................................................. 15
`Dua in View of GlobalPlatform and Philips Does Not
`Render this Limitation Obvious Because a POSA
`Would Not Combine Dua with Global Platform ...................... 16
`VIII. THE PETITION SHOULD BE DENIED IN THE DISCRETION OF
`THE DIRECTOR UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 314(A) ........................................... 21
`A. No Stay of the Parallel District Court Litigation ................................ 22
`B.
`The Board’s Written Decision Deadline Will Come Long After
`the Trial Date ....................................................................................... 23
`Significant Investment by the Time of Institution Favors
`Discretionary Denial............................................................................ 24
`The District Court Litigation Involves the Same Claims and the
`Same Arguments ................................................................................. 25
`The Parallel District Court Litigation and the Petition Involve
`the Same Parties .................................................................................. 26
`Other Circumstances Favor Denial of Institution ............................... 26
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`IX. CONCLUSION .............................................................................................. 26
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`D.
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`2.
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`C.
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`TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
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`Cases
`Apple Inc. v. Fintiv, Inc.,
`IPR2020-00019, Paper 11 (P.T.A.B. Mar. 20, 2020) ............................... 2, 21, 25
`Belden Inc. v. Berk-Tek LLC,
`805 F.3d 1064 (Fed. Cir. 2015) .......................................................................... 18
`Cisco Sys., Inc. v. Ramot at Tel Aviv Univ. Ltd.,
`IPR2020-00122, Paper 15 (P.T.A.B. May 15, 2020) ......................................... 23
`Gen. Plastic Indus. Co. v. Canon Kabushiki Kaisha,
`IPR2016-01357, Paper 19 (P.T.A.B. Sept. 6, 2017) ........................................... 22
`Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas City,
`383 U.S. 1 (1966) ................................................................................................ 10
`KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex Inc.,
`550 U.S. 398 (2007) ............................................................................................ 11
`LG Elecs., Inc. v. Bell N. Research, LLC,
`IPR2020-00108, Paper 14 (P.T.A.B. May 20, 2020) ......................................... 10
`Lyft, Inc. v. Quartz Auto Techs., LLC,
`IPR2020-01450, Paper 7 (P.T.A.B. Mar. 4, 2021) ............................................. 19
`Next Caller Inc. v. TrustID, Inc.,
`IPR2019-00961, -00962, Paper 10, at 8-16 (P.T.A.B. Oct. 16,
`2019) ................................................................................................................... 23
`NHK Spring Co. v. Intri-Plex Techs., Inc.,
`IPR2018-00752, Paper 8 (P.T.A.B. Sept. 12, 2018) ........................................... 22
`Personal Web Techs., LLC v. Apple, Inc.,
`848 F.3d 987 (Fed. Cir. 2017) ............................................................................ 18
`Samsung Elecs. Am., Inc. v. Uniloc 2017 LLC,
`IPR2019-01218, Paper 7 (P.T.A.B. Jan. 7, 2020) .............................................. 23
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`Samsung Elecs. Co. v. RFCyber Corp.,
`IPR2021-00980, Paper No. 18 (P.T.A.B. Apr. 11, 2022) .................................. 10
`Supercell Oy v. Gree, Inc.,
`IPR2020-00513, Paper 11 (P.T.A.B. June 24, 2020) ......................................... 24
`Statutes
`35 U.S.C. § 103 ........................................................................................................ 10
`35 U.S.C. § 103(a) ..................................................................................................... 1
`35 U.S.C. § 314(a) ................................................................................... 2, 21, 22, 26
`35 U.S.C. § 314(b) ................................................................................................... 24
`35 U.S.C. § 316(a)(11) ............................................................................................. 23
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`LIST OF EXHIBITS
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`2002
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`2003
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`Exhibit No. Description
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`RFCyber Corp. v. Google LLC, et al., No. 2:20-cv-00274-JRG-
`RSP, Dkt. 263 (E.D. Tex. Feb. 10, 2022)
`RFCyber Corp. v. Google LLC, et al., No. 2:20-cv-00274-JRG-
`RSP, Dkt. 264 (E.D. Tex. Feb. 11, 2022)
`EMVCo, LLC, “A Guide To EMV Chip Technology, Version
`2.0”
`RFCyber Corp. v. Apple Inc., No. 6:21-cv-00916-ADA, Dkt. 29
`(W.D. Tex. Jan. 28, 2022)
`Apple’s Preliminary Invalidity Contentions, RFCyber Corp. v.
`Apple Inc., No. 6:21-cv-00916-ADA, dated March 1, 2022
`Exhibit C-2 to Apple’s Preliminary Invalidity Contentions,
`RFCyber Corp. v. Apple Inc., No. 6:21-cv-00916-ADA, dated
`March 1, 2022
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`2005
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`INTRODUCTION
`On January 14, 2022, Apple Inc. (“Apple” or “Petitioner”) filed a petition
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`requesting inter partes review (“IPR”) of U.S. Patent No. 9,189,787 (Ex. 1001, the
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`“’787 Patent”), challenging claims 1-19 (the “challenged claims”) as unpatentable
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`under (pre-AIA) 35 U.S.C. § 103(a). The Declaration of Gerald W. Smith, Ex. 1003,
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`(“Smith Declaration”) accompanied the Petition. Apple simultaneously filed a
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`Motion for Joinder with then-pending IPR2021-00980. Paper No. 3 (“Motion”). On
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`January 26, 2022, the Board issued a Notice of Filing Date Accorded for the petition
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`and set the time for filing patent owner’s preliminary response. Paper No. 4. On
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`April 11, 2022, the Board terminated IPR2021-00980 (the “Samsung IPR”) pursuant
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`to a joint motion between the parties to that proceeding. Apple is also a party to the
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`district court case captioned as RFCyber Corp. v. Apple, Inc., Case No. 2:21-cv-
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`00916-ADA (W.D. Tex.) (hereinafter, the “District Court Litigation” or “Texas
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`Action”), filed on September 7, 2021.
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`The Board should deny Apple’s Petition. At the outset, the Samsung IPR has
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`been terminated; thus there is no proceeding that Apple can join. And, as shown
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`below, Apple’s Petition cannot show a reasonable likelihood of success with respect
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`to any claim.
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`In particular, Apple fails to show that its proposed combination discloses or
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`renders obvious the key limitations:
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`payment server via an application against the fund stored in the
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`emulator”;
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` “performing mobile commerce via a second interface with a payment
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`server via an application against the fund stored in the emulator”; and
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` “a personalization process built on a first security channel so that the
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`emulator is set to store a set of keys for subsequent data access
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`authentication and the e-purse applet is configured to conduct a
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`transaction with a network server over a second security
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`channel”/“personalizing the emulator and the e-purse applet via a
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`personalization process built on a first security channel so that the
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`emulator is set to store a set of keys for subsequent data access
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`authentication and the e-purse applet is configured to conduct a
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`transaction with a network server over a second security channel.”
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`Moreover, Apple fails to show that a person of skill in the art would have
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`combined its references to arrive at Apple’s proposed combination.
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`Second, the Fintiv factors all favor denying this Petition in the discretion of
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`the Director under 35 U.S.C. § 314(a). The District Court in the pending litigation
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`between Petitioner and Patent Owner has set trial for June 2023, before this
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`proceeding will reach the projected statutory deadline for a Final Written Decision.
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`Moreover, the parties have begun the claim construction process, and they and the
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`District Court will have invested substantial resources in the overlapping issues
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`before an institution decision. Indeed, the Court’s schedule will see claim
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`construction completed before the institution decision.
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`Accordingly, the Board should deny institution.
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`II. THE ’787 PATENT
`The ’787 Patent claims mobile devices and methods of using mobile devices
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`in electronic and mobile commerce. ’787 Patent at 1:17-21. The inventors of the
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`’787 Patent realized that existing contactless cards were not effective for use in
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`electronic or mobile commerce “because stored values and transaction information
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`are stored in data storage of each tag that is protected by a set of keys.” Id. at 1:33-
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`37. Those keys “need to be delivered to the card for authentication before data can
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`be accessed during a transaction.” Id. at 1:37-39. “This constraint makes systems
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`using such technology difficult to be expanded to an open environment such as the
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`Internet for e-commerce and cellular networks for m-commerce as the key delivery
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`over a public domain network causes security concerns.” Id. at 1:39-43.
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`To solve these problems, the inventors of the ’787 Patent developed a system
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`for personalizing a card stored in a portable device. The system makes use of a
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`midlet that facilitates communication between the securely stored applets and
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`payment servers over a wireless network:
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`’787 Patent, Fig. 2 (showing midlet (in yellow), and applet (in green)).
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`The midlet facilitates this communication, for example, while the card is
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`being personalized. The entire process is protected by a three-tier security model:
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`“The three-tier security model 100 includes physical security 102, e-purse
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`security 104 and card manager security 106.” ’787 Patent at 3:58-60. The physical
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`security “refers to a security mechanism provided by a single functional card to
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`protect data stored on the card. The card may be hardware implemented or software
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`emulated running on a type of media.” Id. at 3:61-64. E-purse security “defines a
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`set of protocols that enable micro payment transactions to be carried out in both
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`wired and wireless environments.” Id. at 4:4-6. “During a transaction, the purse
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`uses a set of respective keys for encryption and MAC computation in order to secure
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`the message channel between the purse and the SAM or backend servers.” Id. at
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`4:9-13. “Card Manager Security 106, referring to a general security framework of a
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`preload operating system in a Smart card, provides a platform for PIN management
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`and security channels (security domains) for card personalization. This platform via
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`a card manager can be used to personalize a purse in one embodiment.” Id. at 4:19-
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`24.
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`A device that has been personalized using the three-tier security as above can
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`then perform e-commerce and m-commerce against a fund stored in the emulator,
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`using an NFC interface for e-commerce and a second interface for m-commerce. Id.
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`at 2:36-52, 5:1-15, Fig. 2.
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`III. THE ALLEGED PRIOR ART
`A. Dua (U.S. Patent App. Pub. No. 2006/0165060)
`U.S. Patent App. Pub. No. 2006/0165060 (Ex. 1004, “Dua”) is directed to a
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`system for “managing credentials through a wireless network.” Dua at Title,
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`Abstract. Dua was filed on January 21, 2005 and published on July 27, 2006. Dua.
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`Dua sought to solve difficulties with inputting credentials into a wireless device.
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`Dua at [0019]. To overcome these difficulties, Dua describes a system “through
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`the distribution of the appropriate credentials.” Id. at [0020], [0024].
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`Dua achieves its goals by using the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). Id. at
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`[0042]. Using SIP, each device, such as a portable phone, contains a wallet
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`application and is assigned an “E.164 phone number, Uniform Resource Identifier
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`(URI), or other type of unique address that can be resolved over the Internet.” Id.
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`Dua also describes a Wireless Credential Manager (WCM), that “maintains, controls
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`and distributes credentials.” Id. at [0043]. To provide credentials to the wireless
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`device, a card issuer sends a personalization file to the WCM, along with the device’s
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`phone number. Id. at [0057]. The WCM uses the phone number (or other unique
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`device identifier) to connect to the specific device using SIP. Id. at [0061]-[0062],
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`[0128]-[0182]. The communication may be secured using SIPS/TLS or another
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`method. Id. at [0131], [0180]. The WCM then provides the credentials to the
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`wireless device. Id. at [0180]. This use of SIP to “establish direct communication”
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`between the WCM and the device is “an important aspect of” Dua. Id. at [0178].
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`“The direct connection between the end-points using SIP offers a secure method,
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`without intermediary servers, by which to transmit confidential information.” Id.
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`Dua also describes “extensions.” Id. at [0289]. Dua’s extensions “‘extend’
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`the capability of the wallet platform by enabling a new set of features defined by the
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`credential issuer.” Id. Extensions may be preloaded or using the secure SIP
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`provisioning process for credentials. Id. at [0295], [0296].
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`B.
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`Philips (P5CT072 Secure Dual Interface PKI Smart Card
`Controller Short Form Specification)
`Ex. 1012 (“Philips”) purports to be a datasheet describing the P5CT072 Smart
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`Card Controller. Ex. 1012 at 1. Philips bears a revision date of October 4, 2004,
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`and states that it was “Published in the Netherlands,” but does not specify when it
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`was published or otherwise made available to the public. Id. at 12.
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`C. GlobalPlatform
`The GlobalPlatform Card Specification Version 2.1.1
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`(Ex. 1006,
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`“GlobalPlatform”) describes the “specifications that shall be implemented on
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`GlobalPlatform smart cards.” GlobalPlatform at 16. GlobalPlatform describes its
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`own security architecture and commands for use in installing and personalizing
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`applications on GlobalPlatform cards. GlobalPlatform at 65-67, 88-90.
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`IV. CLAIM CONSTRUCTION
`For the purposes of this Preliminary Response only, Patent Owner believes
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`that claim construction is not required to resolve any issues.
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`V. LEVEL OF ORDINARY SKILL IN THE ART
`For the purposes of this Preliminary Response only, Patent Owner utilizes
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`Petitioner’s proposed level of skill in the art— “a bachelor’s degree[] in computer
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`of professional experience relating to mobile payment technology.” Pet. at 11.
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`VI. THE BOARD HAS TERMINATED THE SAMSUNG IPR THUS
`THERE IS NO INSTITUTED PROCEEDING FOR APPLE TO
`JOIN
`On April 11, 2022, the Board terminated the Samsung IPR. Samsung Elecs.
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`Co. v. RFCyber Corp., IPR2021-00980, Paper No. 18 (P.T.A.B. Apr. 11, 2022).
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`With no active proceeding, Apple’s motion for joinder should be denied. See, e.g.,
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`LG Elecs., Inc. v. Bell N. Research, LLC, Case No. IPR2020-00108, Paper 14
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`(P.T.A.B. May 20, 2020) (denying motion for joinder after original proceeding was
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`terminated).
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`VII. PETITIONER HAS NOT SHOWN A REASONABLE
`LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESS AS TO ANY CHALLENGED
`CLAIM
`A. Requirements for Showing Obviousness Under 35 U.S.C.
`§ 103
`The question of obviousness is resolved on the basis of underlying factual
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`determinations, including: (1) the scope and content of the prior art, (2) any
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`differences between the claimed subject matter and the prior art, (3) the level of skill
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`in the art, and (4) where in evidence, so called secondary considerations. Graham
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`v. John Deere Co. of Kansas City, 383 U.S. 1, 17–18 (1966). A claim is only
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`unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103 if “the differences between the subject matter
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`sought to be patented and the prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole
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`ordinary skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains.” KSR Int’l Co. v.
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`Teleflex Inc., 550 U.S. 398, 406 (2007) (quoting 35 U.S.C. § 103).
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`B. Apple Fails to Show That the Limitation “a second interface
`configured to perform mobile commerce with a payment
`server via an application against the fund stored in the
`emulator” as Required by Claims 1-10 Would Be Obvious
`Claim 1 of the ’787 Patent (and therefore its dependent claims 2-10) requires
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`“a second interface configured to perform mobile commerce with a payment server
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`via an application against the fund stored in the emulator.” ’787 Patent at cl. 1. While
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`Apple states that “Dua in view of Phillips” discloses and renders obvious this
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`limitation (Pet. at 35), it fails to show that this limitation is disclosed or rendered
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`obvious by either or both references.
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`Apple spends little time on this limitation. It first states that “Dua’s devices
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`also include hardware for m-commerce, including hardware to facilitate SIP
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`communications with a remote server over a wireless network.” Pet. at 36 (citing
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`Dua at [0041]-[0042], [0323]. But neither Apple’s conclusory statement nor the
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`three cited paragraphs show that “facilitat[ing] SIP communications with a remote
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`server” is the same as performing mobile commerce as required. Paragraphs [0041]
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`and [0042] merely describe using wireless communications. Dua, [0041]-[0042].
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`Paragraph [0323] discusses “online purchases and banking” but does not describe
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`required by the claims.
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`Apple next argues that the limitation is met by a “MIFARE over-the-air
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`reload.” Pet. at 38. Dua is silent as to MIFARE; indeed, it does not mention
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`MIFARE at all. See generally Dua. Dua briefly mentions that an extension may be
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`needed for “an over-the-air reload tool” (Dua at [0293]), but it does not specify
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`whether the reload would be an “over-the-air reload via RF swipe,” which would
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`utilize the RFID interface (see Pet. at 38) or via some method using the cellular
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`interface. However, even if it were obvious to use MIFARE with Dua, an over-the-
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`air reload transaction would not be “against the fund stored in the emulator.” A
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`transaction “against” a fund (as opposed to “relating” to a fund) requires using that
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`fund to pay for the transaction. See, e.g., ’787 Patent, 4:4-6 (discussing “micro
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`payment transactions to be carried out in both wired and wireless environments”).
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`Neither Dua nor Phillips disclose using a stored MIFARE value to pay for an m-
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`commerce transaction. Neither Apple nor Mr. Smith attempt to show otherwise or
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`even substantively discuss that the transaction must be “against the fund stored in
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`the emulator.” See Pet. at 38-39; Ex. 1003, ¶¶ 169-73.
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`Since Apple has not shown that the limitation “a second interface configured
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`to perform mobile commerce with a payment server via an application against the
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`fund stored in the emulator” is disclosed or rendered obvious, it cannot show a
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`reasonable likelihood of prevailing with respect to claims 1-10.
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`C. Apple Fails to Show That the Limitation “performing mobile
`commerce via a second interface with a payment server via
`an application against the fund stored in the emulator,” as
`Required by Claims 11-19 Would Be Obvious
`Claim 11 and its dependent claims recite “performing mobile commerce via a
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`second interface with a payment server via an application against the fund stored in
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`the emulator.” Apple relies on the same evidence and argument for this limitation
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`as it does for “a second interface configured to perform mobile commerce with a
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`payment server via an application against the fund stored in the emulator” discussed
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`above. Pet. at 46. For the same reasons, Apple’s combination does not disclose
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`“performing mobile commerce . . . against the fund stored in the emulator” and
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`therefore does not render this limitation obvious.
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`Accordingly, Apple has not and cannot show a reasonable likelihood of
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`prevailing with respect to claims 11-19.
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`is set to store a set of keys for subsequent data access
`authentication and the e-purse applet is configured to
`conduct a transaction with a network server over a second
`security channel”/“personalizing the emulator and the e-
`purse applet via a personalization process built on a first
`security channel so that the emulator is set to store a set of
`keys for subsequent data access authentication and the e-
`purse applet is configured to conduct a transaction with a
`network server over a second security channel” as required
`by all Challenged Claims Would Be Obvious
`All of the challenged claims require the limitation “wherein . . . [the] e-purse
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`applet [is] are already personalized via a personalization process built on a first
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`security channel . . . and the e-purse applet is configured to conduct a transaction
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`with a network server over a second security channel” (’787 Patent at claim 1) or
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`“personalizing . . . the e-purse applet via a personalization process built on a first
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`security channel so that . . . the e-purse applet is configured to conduct a transaction
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`with a network server over a second security channel” (’787 Patent at claim 11).
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`Apple argues that this limitation is disclosed in two ways: i) via Dua in view of
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`GlobalPlatform and Philips (Pet. at 25-32); and ii) via Dua in view of Philips (Pet.
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`at 32-35). As discussed below, Dua in view of Philips does not disclose the
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`limitation and a POSA would not combine Dua with GlobalPlatform.
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`Dua in View of Philips Does Not Disclose or Render
`Obvious the Limitation
`Apple does not show that Dua in view of Philips discloses the limitation,
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`because Apple cannot show that the personalization process is “built on a first
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`security channel” and that the “e-purse applet is configured to conduct a transaction
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`with a network server over a second security channel.” According to Apple, Dua’s
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`extensions are the e-purse applets of the claims. Pet. at 32. Dua explains that
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`extensions are downloaded and personalized using Dua’s SIP-based provisioning
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`system. Dua, ¶¶ [0295] (“Extensions may reside . . . on a remote server, securely
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`accessible through the wallet application protocols”), [0296] (“The provisioning of
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`such an extension to a wireless device using a valid E.164 number of URI is also
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`possible.”).
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`Apple argues that the SIP provisioning system, if it uses TLS, is the first
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`security channel. Pet. at 33. Apple then argues that the SIP system can make use of
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`a “security channel ‘built on’ the TLS security channel using S/MIME.” Id. at 32.
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`But Apple, while quoting some sections of Dua explaining S/MIME, makes no effort
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`to show that, after the personalization process is complete, the extension would
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`conduct transactions with network servers via S/MIME. See id. Indeed, Apple
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`devotes its entire section to arguing that the credentials which are used, at most, to
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`personalize the extension would be transferred via S/MIME. See id. at 33-35. Thus,
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`to personalize the extension, and thus cannot be the second security channel over
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`which the extension should be configured to conduct a transaction with a network
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`server. Indeed, Apple does not even attempt to describe a network server with which
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`the extension would conduct a transaction. Apple does not argue that Philips
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`remedies these deficiencies.
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`Accordingly, Dua in view of Philips does not disclose or render obvious the
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`limitation.
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`2.
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`Dua in View of GlobalPlatform and Philips Does Not Render
`this Limitation Obvious Because a POSA Would Not
`Combine Dua with Global Platform
`Apple’s remaining arguments rely on replacing Dua’s SIP-based secure
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`provisioning process with GlobalPlatform’s process. A POSA would not make such
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`a replacement because Dua already provides security through SIPS/TLS and other
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`encryption methods. See supra III.A. Apple identifies no lack or flaw within Dua
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`that would necessitate replacing Dua’s security with GlobalPlatform’s security.
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`To manufacture a motivation to combine GlobalPlatform with Dua, Apple
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`relies on statements in Dua relating to compliance with payment standards, not card
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`management systems like GlobalPlatform. For example, Apple cites general
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`statements in Dua that “MasterCard and Visa have also been working jointly over
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`the last few years to develop specifications that define a set of requirements for
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`regardless of the manufacturer, the financial institution, or where the card is used.”
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`Pet. at 16 (quoting Dua at [0013]) (emphasis added).1 The specifications referred to
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`are the EMV Chip Specifications.2 As EMVCo. explains, “The EMV Chip
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`Specifications . . . are global payment industry specifications that describe the
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`requirements for interoperability between chip-based payment applications and
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`acceptance terminals to enable payment.” Ex. 2003 at 5. GlobalPlatform is not
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`related to interoperability between chip cards and terminals; it purports to provide a
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`“card management architecture.” Pet. at 13 (quoting Ex. 1006, p. 16). Accordingly,
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`a POSA would look to EMV, not GlobalPlatform, when considering the
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`specifications to which Dua refers.
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`Apple further argues that a POSA would combine GlobalPlatform with Dua
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`based on an out-of-context quote: “[The] wallet application should meet standards
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`defined by card organizations.” Pet. at 17 (quoting Dua, [0525]). But the relevant
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`sentence reads, in full, “EMV-Compliant—The wallet application should meet
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`standards defined by card organizations.” As explained above, Dua specifically
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`1 The Petition cites to Dua, [0014], but that paragraph relates to smart cards
`becoming the “dominant technology for conducting financial transactions. Dua,
`[0014]. It does not discuss “credit card organizations ‘working jointly.’”
`2 EMV stands for Europay, Mastercard and Visa (Ex. 2003 at 5.)
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`process payments. See also Dua, [0398] (noting “EMV ‘chip & PIN’” transactions.
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`Apple finally argues that Dua’s reference to JAVA would lead a POSA to
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`combine Dua with GlobalPlatform. First, Apple states, with no supporting evidence,
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`that references to Java means that Dua is discussing JavaCard. Pet. at 17. Dua
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`never mentions “JavaCard.” Apple’s expert also does not support the notion that a
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`POSA would look to a JavaCard upon reviewing Dua; instead, Mr. Smith avers that
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`Dua uses the “Java 2 Platform, Mobile Edition (J2ME)” as the operating system for
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`the “mobile phone.” Ex. 1003, ¶ 118. But Dua never states that the smart card would
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`have a J2ME operating system, or any operating system at all. See generally Dua.
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`Instead, Dua states that J2ME may be used to create the wallet application—it says
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`nothing about any smart card operating system. Dua, [0500]. Indeed, Dua mentions
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`another alternate operating system and API. Dua, [0501] (discussing the use of
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`Symbia OS v7.0s). In sum, Apple does not provide a motivation to combine Dua
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`with GlobalPlatform. The mere existence of GlobalPlatform is not enough to
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`provide a motivation; Apple needs to show a reason for a POSA to actually choose
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`to use GlobalPlatform. Personal Web Techs., LLC v. Apple, Inc., 848 F.3d 987, 993-
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`94 (Fed. Cir. 2017) (holding that testimony that references could be combined was
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`“not enough: it does not imply a motivation to pick out those two references and
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`combine them to arrive at the claimed invention”); Belden Inc. v. Berk-Tek