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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`DEFENDANTS’ STIPULATION REGARDING INVALIDITY CONTENTIONS
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`Civil Action No.: 2:21-cv-310 -JRG
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`Plaintiff,
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`TQ DELTA, LLC,
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`v.
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`COMMSCOPE HOLDING COMPANY,
`INC., COMMSCOPE, INC., ARRIS US
`HOLDINGS, INC., ARRIS SOLUTIONS,
`INC., ARRIS TECHNOLOGY, INC., and
`ARRIS ENTERPRISES, LLC,
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`Defendants.
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`Commscope, Inc. - Exhibit 1035
`Commscope, Inc. v. TQ Delta LLC
`IPR2022-00833
`Page 1 of 6
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`Case 2:21-cv-00310-JRG Document 197 Filed 07/07/22 Page 2 of 6 PageID #: 6728
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`Defendants Commscope Holding Company, Inc., Commscope, Inc., ARRIS US Holdings,
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`Inc., ARRIS Solutions, Inc., ARRIS Technology, Inc., and ARRIS Enterprises, LLC, (collectively,
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`“Defendants”) submit this stipulation regarding invalidity contentions.
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`On December 31, 2021, Defendant CommScope, Inc. (“CommScope”) filed petition
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`number IPR2022-00352 with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (the “Board”) requesting inter
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`partes review (“IPR”) of U.S. Patent No. 8,462,835 (the “’835 Patent”); on January 28, 2022,
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`CommScope filed petition number IPR2022-00470 with the Board requesting IPR of U.S. Patent
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`No. 10,567,112 (the “’112 Patent”); on March 28, 2022, CommScope filed petition number
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`IPR2022-00697 with the Board requesting IPR of U.S. Patent No. 8,468,411 (the “’411 Patent”);
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`on April 22, 2022, CommScope filed petition number IPR2022-00833 with the Board requesting
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`IPR of U.S. Patent No. 9,485,055 (the “’055 Patent”); on May 5, 2022, CommScope filed petition
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`number IPR2022-00809 with the Board requesting IPR of U.S. Patent No. 9,094,348 (the “’348
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`Patent”); on May 20, 2022, CommScope filed petition number IPR2022-01012 with the Board
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`requesting IPR of U.S. Patent No. 10,833,809 (the “’809 Patent).
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`The Petitions assert the following grounds of invalidity:
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`IPR2022-00352 on the ’835 Patent
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`Ground Claims
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`Basis of Unpatentability
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`8–10, 15, 24–26, 31 Anticipated under 35 U.S.C. § 102 over G.992.1 ITU-T
`Recommendation (“G.992.1”)
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`8–10, 15, 24–26, 31 Obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over SC-060 ITU-T
`SG15/Q4 Contribution (“SC-060”)
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`8–10, 15, 24–26, 31 Obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over G.992.1 in view of SC-
`060
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`8–10, 15, 24–26, 31 Obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over G.992.1 in view of U.S.
`Patent Pub. No. 2002/0172188
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`2
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`3
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`4
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`Commscope, Inc. - Exhibit 1035
`Commscope, Inc. v. TQ Delta LLC
`IPR2022-00833
`Page 2 of 6
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`Case 2:21-cv-00310-JRG Document 197 Filed 07/07/22 Page 3 of 6 PageID #: 6729
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`IPR2022-00470 on the ’112 Patent
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`Ground Claims
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`Basis of Unpatentability
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`1
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`2
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`3
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`1, 3-5, 7, 8, 10-12,
`14
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`Anticipated under 35 U.S.C. § 102 over G.992.1
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`1, 3-5, 7, 8, 10-12,
`14
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`Obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over U.S. Patent No.
`7,428,669 in view of G.992.1
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`1, 3-5, 7, 8, 10-12,
`14
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`Anticipated under 35 U.S.C. § 102 over U.S. Patent No.
`7,428,669
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`IPR2022-00697 on the ’411 Patent
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`Ground Claims
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`Basis of Unpatentability
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`1
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`2
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`1, 2, 9, 10, 11, 17,
`18, 19, 25
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`ITU-T
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`Obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over
`Recommendation G.993.2 (“G.993.2”) in view of ITU-T
`SG15/Q4 Contribution BI-089 (“BI-089”)
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`1, 2, 9, 10, 11, 17,
`18, 19, 25
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`Obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over U.S. Patent Application
`Publication No. 2003/0021338
`in view of
`ITU-T
`Recommendation G.993.1 (“G.993.1”) in view of BI-089
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`IPR2022-00833 on the ’055 Patent
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`Ground Claims
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`Basis of Unpatentability
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`1, 5, 10, 11, 15, 20 Obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over U.S. Patent Application
`Publication No. 2005/0036497
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`1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11,
`14, 15, 17, 19, 20
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`Obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Reynders, D. and
`Wright, E., “Practical TCP/IP and Ethernet Networking,”
`2003 (“Reynders”)
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`1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11,
`14, 15, 17, 19, 20
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`Obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over RFC 791, “Internet
`Protocol,” Information Sciences Institute, Sept. 1981 in view
`of RFC 793, “Transmission Control Protocol,” Information
`Sciences Institute, Sept. 1981 in view of RFC 768, “User
`Datagram Protocol,” Information Sciences Institute, Aug.
`1980
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`2
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`Commscope, Inc. - Exhibit 1035
`Commscope, Inc. v. TQ Delta LLC
`IPR2022-00833
`Page 3 of 6
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`Case 2:21-cv-00310-JRG Document 197 Filed 07/07/22 Page 4 of 6 PageID #: 6730
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`IPR2022-00809 on the ’348 Patent
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`Ground Claims
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`Basis of Unpatentability
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`1
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`2
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`1-4, 6, 7, 9-12, 14,
`15, 17-20, 2224, 26,
`and 28
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`1-4, 6, 7, 9-12, 14,
`15, 17-20, 2224, 26,
`and 28
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`Obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over G.993.2 in view of U.S.
`Patent No. 7,103,096
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`Obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over G.993.2 in view of U.S.
`Patent No. 7,103,096 in view of Reynders
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`IPR2022-01012 on the ’809 Patent
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`Ground Claims
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`Basis of Unpatentability
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`1
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`2
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`1-28
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`1-28
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`Obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over G.993.2 in view of U.S.
`Patent Application Publication No. 2002/0108081 in view of
`U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2005/0053093
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`Obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over G.993.2 in view of U.S.
`Patent Application Publication No. 2002/0108081 in view of
`Reynders
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`Defendants hereby stipulate that if the Board institutes IPR in IPR2022-00352, IPR2022-
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`00470, IPR2022-00697, IPR2022-00833, IPR2022-00809, and/or IPR2022-01012, they will not
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`pursue in this case the specific grounds identified above in connection with the referenced patent(s)
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`and claim(s) as originally issued on the instituted IPR petition(s), or any other ground for a given
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`patent for which the Board institutes that was raised or reasonably could have been raised in an
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`IPR.
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`This stipulation is not intended, and should not be construed, to limit Defendants’ ability
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`to assert invalidity of the asserted claims of the ’835 Patent, ’112 Patent, ’411 Patent, ’055 Patent,
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`’348 Patent, and ’809 Patent in this case on any other ground (e.g., invalidity under §§ 102 or 103
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`based on any product prior art, or under §§ 101 or 112), regardless of whether IPR is instituted,
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`and Defendants expressly reserve all rights thereto.
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`Commscope, Inc. - Exhibit 1035
`Commscope, Inc. v. TQ Delta LLC
`IPR2022-00833
`Page 4 of 6
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`Case 2:21-cv-00310-JRG Document 197 Filed 07/07/22 Page 5 of 6 PageID #: 6731
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`Dated this 7th day of July, 2022
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /s/ Eric H. Findlay
`Eric H. Findlay
`State Bar No. 00789886
`Brian Craft
`State Bar No. 04972020
`FINDLAY CRAFT, P.C.
`102 N. College Ave, Ste. 900
`Tyler, TX 75702
`903-534-1100 (t)
`903-534-1137 (f)
`efindlay@findlaycraft.com
`bcraft@findlaycraft.com
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`Douglas J. Kline
`GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
`100 Northern Avenue
`Boston, MA 02210
`P: (617) 570-1000
`F: (617) 523-1231
`dkline@goodwinlaw.com
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`Brett Schuman
`Rachel M. Walsh
`GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
`Three Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor
`San Francisco, CA 94111
`P: (415) 733-6000
`F: (415) 677-9041
`bschuman@goodwinlaw.com
`rwalsh@goodwinlaw.com
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`Andrew Ong
`GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
`601 Marshall St.
`Redwood City, CA 94063
`P: (650) 752-3100
`F: (650) 853-1038
`aong@goodwinlaw.com
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`Attorneys for Defendants
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`Commscope, Inc. - Exhibit 1035
`Commscope, Inc. v. TQ Delta LLC
`IPR2022-00833
`Page 5 of 6
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`Case 2:21-cv-00310-JRG Document 197 Filed 07/07/22 Page 6 of 6 PageID #: 6732
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on July 7, 2022, I electronically filed the foregoing notice with the
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`Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing via
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`electronic mail to all counsel of record.
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`/s/ Eric H. Findlay
`Eric H. Findlay
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`Commscope, Inc. - Exhibit 1035
`Commscope, Inc. v. TQ Delta LLC
`IPR2022-00833
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