`IPR2022-00605 – U.S. Patent No. 10,945,649
`(Claims 1-28)
`Before JEFFREY N. FREDMAN, RYAN H. FLAX, and CYNTHIA M. HARDMAN,
`Administrative Patent Judges
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`John Vandenberg & Derrick Toddy
`April 26, 2023
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`Topics
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`Rotor Shape and Position
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`II. Compression Spring Configuration
`III. Ground 2 Motivation to Combine
`IV. Patent Owner’s Objections to Petitioner’s
`Reply Arguments and Evidence
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`Rotor Shape and Position
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`[Ex. 1001, claims 1 (selected portions), 7, 11, and 18 (selected portion)]
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`1300 Embodiment
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`Ex. 1001, Figure 45
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`[POR at 18, citing Ex. 1001, FIG. 45 (annotated)]
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`Rotor Shape
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`[PO Sur-Reply at 16]
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`Rotor Shape
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`Rotor Position
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`[Ex. 1001, FIG. 44, shown in
`Pet. at 41, cited in Pet. at 9, 40]
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`[Pet. at 40, showing Ex. 1001, FIG. 38 (annotated)]
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`[Ex. 1001, FIG. 41, cited in Pet. at 9]
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`Rotor Position
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`“Compression spring configured to …”
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`“Compression spring configured to …”
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`POSITA
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`[Ex. 1001 at col. 22:29-36, cited in Pet. at 11, 16]
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`Ground 2: Claims 7, 11, 18-28
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`Motivation to Combine Yodfat’s Teachings
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`[Pet. at 90]
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`Motivation to Combine Yodfat’s Teachings
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`[Institution Decision at 38]
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`Motivation to Combine Yodfat’s Teachings
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`[Institution Decision at 40, citing POPR at 62, Ex. 2001, First Cima Dec., ¶¶ 125-26]
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`[Pet. at 88, showing Ex. 1008, Yodfat, FIG. 16 (annotated)]
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`Yodfat - “rotor … within the recess”
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`“It comprises a cylindrically symmetric portion.”
`“Sorry, just to be clear, so that flywheel, you would consider that to be a
`rotor?”
`“Yeah, at least it comprises one. In other words, it includes a cylindrically
`symmetric portion.”
`“There could be more to it?”
`“There could be more to it.”
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`[Ex. 1029, Cima Depo. Tr., 78:2-10, cited in Pet. Reply at 22]
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`“What would you understand the rotor to be in Yodfat?”
`“I would say those parts that had cylindrical symmetry could be considered
`a rotor.”
`“And we're going to get into Yodfat in more detail later, but those two parts you
`mentioned, the ratchet crank and the flywheel, those two parts both have
`cylindrical symmetry, as you understand it?”
`“They comprise cylindrical symmetry.”
`[Ex. 1029, Cima Depo. Tr., 94:11-20, cited in Ex. 1028, Fletcher Supp., ¶ 194]
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`Ground 1: Claim Elements Disclosed
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`Ground 1: Claims 1-6, 8-10, 12-17
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`[Ex. 1001, claim 1 (selected portions)]
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`“Rotor”
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`Gravesen, FIG. 9 (annotated)
`[Pet. at 20, showing Ex. 1004, Gravesen, FIG. 1 (annotated)]
`[Pet. at 42, showing Ex. 1004, Gravesen, FIG. 9 (annotated)]
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`“Torsion spring received within the rotor…”
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`[Pet. at 41, showing Ex. 1004, Gravesen, FIG. 12 (annotated); see also id. at 46, 47, 69, 70]
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`“Torsion spring received within the rotor…”
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`“The person skilled in the art would see that and know that there
`has to be two detents to hold the spring onto the lever.”
`[Ex. 1029, Cima Depo Tr. 121:15-17, cited in Pet. Reply at 8-9]
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`“So those would be part of the lever, those snaps?”
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`A. “Those would be part of the lever, right.”
`[Ex. 1029, Cima Depo. Tr. 121: 23-25, cited in Ex. 1028, Fletcher Supp., ¶ 96]
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`“[…] So normally those are two little pieces of plastic that, you know,
`like the wire goes in and they snap, they’re forced apart and then
`they snap closed”
`[Ex. 1029, Cima Depo. Tr. 121:18-21, cited in Pet. Reply at 8 and Ex. 1028, Fletcher Supp., ¶ 96]
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`“I guess a better way, it’s captured by the detents. You’ve seen
`these on plastic parts. They stick out a little bit and then you can
`push a wire into them and they snap close.”
`[Ex. 1029, Cima Depo. Tr. 126:1-5, cited in Ex. 1028, Fletcher Supp., ¶ 98]
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`Ground 1: Claims 7, 11, 18-28
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`[Ex. 1001, claims 7, 11, and 18 (selected portion)]
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`“recess”; “comprises a cylindrical shape”
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`[Pet. at 51, showing Ex. 1004, Gravesen,
`FIG. 9 (annotated); see also id. at 21, 58]
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`Gravesen’s FIG. 9 (annotated to show Gravesen’s
`suggested incorporation of elements from FIGS. 1-3)
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`Ground 1: Motivation and Reasonable
`Expectation of Success
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`Gravesen Combination
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`[Ex. 1004, Gravesen ¶ 50, cited in Pet. at 48, 58]
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`[Ex. 1004, Gravesen, FIG. 9]
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`[Ex. 1004, Gravesen, ¶ 67, cited in Pet. at 20, 21; see also Pet. at 27, 31, 48, 51, 63, 75]
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`Gravesen Combination
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`Gravesen and Brister Combination
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`[Ex. 1005, Brister, ¶ 251, cited in Pet. at 4, 15, 23, 24, 30]
`[Ex. 1005, Brister, FIGS. 7A-7D, cited in Pet. at 23, 29, 34, 56]
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`Patent Owner’s Objections to Petitioner’s
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`Petitioner’s Reply Arguments and Evidence
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`(Numbers below correspond to Patent Owner’s List of Allegedly Improper Reply Arguments and Evidence (“PO List”))
`A. Additional examples demonstrating POSITA’s understanding
`of “rotor” (PO List no. 2)
`B. POSITA’s understanding of Gravesen’s suggested combined
`embodiment (PO List nos. 3, 10)
`C. POSITA’s reasonable expectation of success in implementing
`Gravesen/Brister combination (PO List nos. 5-8)
`D. Gravesen’s other embodiments (PO List nos. 1, 4)
`E. Yodfat teaches the rotor limitations (PO List nos. 4, 9)
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`Additional Examples Demonstrating POSITA’s
`Understanding of “rotor” (PO List no. 2)
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`[Ex. 1028, Fletcher Supp. Dec., ¶¶ 81, 83, showing Ex. 1033,
`Fuhring, FIG. 1 (annotated), Ex. 1031, Kocher, FIG. 2 (annotated);
`see generally id., ¶¶ 67-85, cited in Pet. Reply at 6]
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`[POR at 17]
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`POSITA’s Understanding of Gravesen’s Suggested Combined
`Embodiment (spring “received within the rotor”) (PO List no. 3)
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`[Pet. Reply at 8, quoting POR at 61]
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`[Ex. 1028, Fletcher Supp. Dec., ¶ 96, quoting Ex. 1029, Cima Depo Tr., 121:15-25]
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`POSITA’s Understanding of Gravesen’s Suggested Combined
`Embodiment (base wall “blocks”) (PO List no. 10)
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`[Ex. 1028, Fletcher Supp., ¶ 22]
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`[POR at 51, showing
`Ex. 1004, Gravesen, FIG. 9
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`Gravesen’s suggested
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`elements from FIGS. 1-3)
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`(re-annotated by PO)]
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`Pet. 51 (annotated, Petitioner’s text
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`[POR at 48, showing Ex. 1004,
`Gravesen, FIGS. 1, 3 (annotated),
`citing Ex. 2024, Second Cima
`Dec., ¶ 139]
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`POSITA’s Reasonable Likelihood of Success in Implementing
`Gravesen/Brister Combination (PO List nos. 5-8)
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`[Pet. Reply at 13, quoting POR at 28]
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`[Pet. at 56, showing Ex. 1005, Brister, FIGS. 7A-7D (annotated)]
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`POSITA’s Reasonable Expectation of Success in Implementing
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`[Pet. at 55, quoting Ex. 1005, Brister, ¶ 0254]
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`POSITA’s Reasonable Expectation of Success in Implementing
`Gravesen/Brister Combination (PO List nos. 5-8) (continued)
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`[Pet. at 56, quoting Ex. 1005, Brister, ¶ 0309, and showing Brister, FIGS. 7A-7D (annotated)]
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`[POPR at 44, quoting Pet. at 55; similarly, see POR at 27]
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`POSITA’s Reasonable Likelihood of Success in Implementing
`Gravesen/Brister Combination (PO List nos. 5-8) (continued)
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`[Ex. 1028, Fletcher Supp., ¶¶ 152-53, citing
`POR at 23, cited in Pet. Reply at 16]
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`[Ex. 1003, Fletcher Dec., ¶ 114, quoting Ex. 1004, Gravesen, ¶ 0011,
`cited in Pet. at 51]
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`POSITA’s Reasonable Expectation of Success in Implementing
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`POSITA’s Reasonable Expectation of Success in Implementing
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`[Ex. 1028, Fletcher Supp., ¶ 159]
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`[Pet. Reply at 15, quoting Ex. 1005,
`Brister, ¶¶ 0196, 0254]
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`Brister, ¶ 0196, cited in Pet. at 79]
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`[Ex. 2024, Second Cima Dec., ¶ 78, citing Ex. 2028, “Video Animation” of
`Ex. 1005, Brister’s FIGS. 7A and 7B, cited in POR at 24]
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`Citation to Gravesen’s Other Embodiments (PO List nos. 1, 4)
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`[Pet. Reply at 2, 9-10]
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`Id., Fig. 6 (annotated); Cima Decl. ¶ 129.
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`[POR at 44, showing Ex. 1004, Gravesen, FIG. 6
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`Yodfat Teaches the Rotor Limitations (PO List nos. 4, 9)
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`[Pet. Reply at 23, citing Pet. at 87-88, which
`cites Ex. 1008, Yodfat, FIG. 16, ¶¶ 0121-24]
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`[POR at 73-74, citing Ex. 1008, Yodfat, FIGS. 16, 21d, ¶ 0121]
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`[Pet. Reply at 24, showing Ex. 1008, Yodfat, FIG. 16
`(annotated); see generally id. at 22-24]
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`Yodfat Teaches the Rotor Limitations (PO List nos. 4, 9)
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`[Pet. Reply at 24, citing Ex. 1029, Cima Depo. Tr.,
`93:17-24, 100:24-101:1, 105:4-10]
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`[POR at 71, quoting Pet. at 92]
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`[Pet. at 95, showing Ex. 1008, Yodfat, FIG. 16 (annotated),
`citing Ex. 1003, Fletcher Dec., ¶¶ 241-42]
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`Dr. Cima’s Testimony on Retaining a Sensor Under the Skin
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`“Would a POSITA understand that friction could similarly be used to retain a
`sensor under the skin?”
`“So when we talk about friction, we're talking about including not just friction in
`motion, but adhesion, things like that, suction. When you stick something into
`the skin, it's sort of elastic and it compresses at least the small body, and so
`to withdraw something like that, one needs to overcome that. And so
`depending on the nature of the materials, I guess their size, that sort of thing,
`and how you're protecting the device, any cannula or presumably sensor
`exterior to the body from other external forces, you potentially could use just
`that force to keep the cannula or presumably the sensor in place.”
`[Ex. 1029, Cima Depo. Tr., 184:14-185:6]
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`Q.
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`“And a POSITA would understand that you could use, for example, surface
`topography of the sensor to retain it, correct?”
`“Absolutely.”
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`[Ex. 1029, Cima Depo. Tr., 185:7-11 (objection omitted), cited in Reply at 15]
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`Dr. Fletcher’s Testimony on Position of Yodfat’s “Rotor”
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`“So you would agree with me that the ratchet crank is not within what you
`have identified as the recess in the figure on page 105, right?”
`“It is my understanding that ratchet crank 914, that particular component of
`what I believe is the full rotor, is not within the recess that I identified in that
`annotated figure 16 on page 105 of my declaration.”
`[Ex. 2051, Fletcher Second Depo. Tr., 27:24-28:11 (objection omitted)]
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`Dr. Fletcher’s Testimony on Connecting Gravesen’s Driving Spring
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`“You agree with me that there are lots of different ways that the driving
`spring 215 can be connected to lever 211, right?”
`“Yes. ... Well, as I stated in paragraph – state in paragraph 93, positioning the
`driving spring within the lever would be one of a finite number of solutions
`for coupling or, as Gravesen describes, whatever the word was that's on
`paragraph 68. Oh, it attaches it so that it acts upon the lever 211. So, yeah, I
`guess that would be my statement, in answer to your question.”
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`[Ex. 2031, Fletcher First Depo. Tr., 284:16-285:8 (objection and counsel interjection omitted)]
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`Dr. Fletcher’s Testimony on Connecting Gravesen’s Driving Spring
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`Q.
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`“As you have suggested in your second declaration, the detents would be on
`the outside of Gravesen's lever, correct?”
`“As I say in paragraph 98, if I am quoting Cima's deposition transcript correctly, he
`states they stick out a little bit and then you can push a wire into them and
`they snap close.” [sic]
`[Ex. 2051, Fletcher Second Depo. Tr., 222:3-13 (objection and counsel interjection omitted)]
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`Q.
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`“So you have no independent understanding of whether detents are on the
`outside of a lever, other than what Dr. Cima said?”
`“No, I could imagine a very similar structure but it's inlaid in -- into the
`surface of the lever.”
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`The undersigned certifies that on April 24, 2023, a complete copy of
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`PETITIONER’S DEMONSTRATIVES was served on counsel for Abbott
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`Diabetes Care Inc. via electronic mail as follows:
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`By: /Derrick W. Toddy/
`Derrick W. Toddy (Registration No. 74,591)
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