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`·6· ·GLOBAL CORPORATION,
`· · ·ASSA ABLOY GLOBAL SOLUTIONS, INC.,
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`10· ·CPC PATENT TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD.,
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`13· · · · · · · · ·REMOTE DEPOSITION OF
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`·4· ·MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS
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`·2· · · · · · ·(Witness sworn.)
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`·3· ·SAMUEL RUSS, PH.D.,
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`·9· · · ·Q.· · Good morning, Dr. Russ.
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`10· · · ·A.· · Good morning.
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`11· · · ·Q.· · Can you please state your full name
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`12· ·for the record.
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`13· · · ·A.· · Samuel Hardie Russ.· That's
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`14· ·H-A-R-D-I-E.
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`15· · · ·Q.· · Have you ever had your deposition
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`16· ·taken before?
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`17· · · ·A.· · Yes, I have.
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`18· · · ·Q.· · Approximately how many times?
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`19· · · ·A.· · I would say approximately 40 times.
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`20· · · ·Q.· · Okay.· So, you are probably pretty
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`21· ·familiar with the deposition process, but I
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`22· ·will just briefly express a few ground rules
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`23· ·that you probably know well.
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`24· · · · · · ·The first is that we should do our
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`25· ·best not to talk over one another so that the
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`·2· ·court reporter can accurately record what
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`·3· ·each person is saying.· Does that sound all
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`·4· ·right?
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`·5· · · ·A.· · Yes.
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`·6· · · ·Q.· · If you don't understand a question,
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`·7· ·would you please let me know?· Otherwise, I
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`·8· ·will assume that you do understand the
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`·9· ·question.· Is that okay?
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`10· · · ·A.· · Yes.
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`11· · · ·Q.· · Because this is a virtual
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`12· ·deposition, I'm going to -- when I introduce
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`13· ·exhibits, these will be the same exhibit
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`14· ·numbers as in the IPR proceedings, and so,
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`15· ·they're documents you're probably familiar
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`16· ·with, but my plan is to upload those exhibits
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`17· ·into the chat window.
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`18· · · ·A.· · Okay.
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`19· · · ·Q.· · And you would be able to download
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`20· ·them and access them in order to refer to
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`21· ·them.· Does that sound okay?
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`22· · · ·A.· · That sounds okay.· And also, just
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`23· ·for the record, I have clean unmarked copies
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`24· ·of my two declarations, and a clean unmarked
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`25· ·copy of the Bianco reference, the '705
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`·2· ·patent, and the Mathiassen reference, and to
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`·3· ·be clear, just for the record, a clean
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`·4· ·unmarked copy of the list of exhibits.
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`·5· · · ·Q.· · Okay.· So, all of the materials you
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`·6· ·have in front of you are clean and unmarked;
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`·7· ·is that correct?
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`·8· · · ·A.· · Yes.
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`·9· · · ·Q.· · And they are all materials that are
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`10· ·of record in the IPR proceedings, as far as
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`11· ·you are aware?
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`12· · · ·A.· · Yes.· Yes.· In fact, they bear
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`13· ·exhibit labels for the IPR.
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`14· · · ·Q.· · Great.· I think those will come in
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`15· ·handy as well, because I assume those are the
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`16· ·key exhibits that I will be referring to.
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`17· ·So, you can refer to either the paper copies
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`18· ·that you have or the electronic copies that I
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`19· ·will put in the chat.· Does that sound all
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`20· ·right?
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`21· · · ·A.· · That sounds good.· Thank you.
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`22· · · ·Q.· · Are you aware of any reason that
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`23· ·you are not able to give full and truthful
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`24· ·answers to my questions today?
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`25· · · ·A.· · No, I am not aware of any.
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`·2· · · ·Q.· · What did you do to prepare for this
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`·3· ·deposition?
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`·4· · · ·A.· · I read my declarations.· I looked
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`·5· ·through the references.· I spoke with counsel
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`·6· ·yesterday.· Again, just to review the
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`·7· ·testimony that was contained in these
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`·8· ·declarations.
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`10· ·counsel yesterday to prepare for this
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`11· ·deposition.· Did you meet with counsel any
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`12· ·other days to prepare for this deposition?
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`13· · · ·A.· · Not that I recall.
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`14· · · ·Q.· · Did you meet with anyone other than
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`15· ·your counsel to prepare for this deposition?
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`16· · · ·A.· · No.
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`17· · · ·Q.· · Approximately how much time did you
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`18· ·spend meeting with counsel, if you recall?
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`19· · · ·A.· · It was on the order of a few hours.
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`20· · · ·Q.· · Today we will be addressing your
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`21· ·declaration in connection with three
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`22· ·related IPRs, which are IPR 2022-01006,
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`23· ·IPR 2022-01045, and IPR 2022-01089.
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`24· · · · · · ·Is it your understanding that you
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`25· ·submitted declarations in each of these three
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`·2· ·IPRs?
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`·3· · · ·A.· · Yes.
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`·4· · · ·Q.· · I'm going to put those three
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`·5· ·declarations into the chat, if I can here.
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`·6· · · · · · ·My understanding is that your
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`·7· ·declarations are designated as Exhibit 2031
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`·8· ·in each of the IPR proceedings.· Is that your
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`·9· ·understanding as well?
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`10· · · ·A.· · Yes.
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`11· · · ·Q.· · There are two IPRs relating to the
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`12· ·'208 patent.· Is that your understanding?
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`13· · · ·A.· · Yes.
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`14· · · ·Q.· · Are the two declarations that you
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`15· ·submitted for the IPRs on the '208 patent of
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`16· ·identical content?
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`17· · · ·A.· · My recollection is that they are of
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`18· ·substantial identical content.
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`19· · · ·Q.· · Your declaration in connection with
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`20· ·the IPR for the '705 patent -- strike that.
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`21· · · · · · ·Is your declaration in connection
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`22· ·with the IPR for the '705 patent different
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`23· ·from your declarations in connection with the
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`24· ·IPRs on the '208 patent?
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`25· · · ·A.· · It's different to the extent that
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`·2· ·the claim language is different.· And so,
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`·3· ·obviously, the analysis of the claim language
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`·4· ·is going to be different because the claim
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`·5· ·language is different.· I mean, you know, I
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`·6· ·think it's fair to acknowledge there is
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`·7· ·clearly some similarities between the two,
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`·8· ·but the claim language is different, so the
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`·9· ·substance of the report is different in a few
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`10· ·places.
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`11· · · ·Q.· · Thank you.
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`12· · · · · · ·And your declarations for all three
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`13· ·IPRs share many of the same central arguments
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`14· ·regarding the prior art; is that correct?
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`15· · · ·A.· · That's correct.
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`16· · · ·Q.· · I believe my questions today will
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`17· ·focus largely on the central arguments in
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`18· ·your declarations that are common to both of
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`19· ·the patents and all three IPRs.· However, if
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`20· ·there are any differences, we can focus on
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`21· ·them, but I expect my questions will
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`22· ·generally apply across both patents and all
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`23· ·three of your declarations.· Does that sound
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`24· ·all right?
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`25· · · ·A.· · That sounds all right.· And if I
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`·2· ·have any questions about that during
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`·3· ·questioning, I will be sure to bring them up.
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`·4· ·That sounds like a fair characterization,
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`·5· ·yes.
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`·6· · · ·Q.· · Thank you.
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`·7· · · · · · ·I'm going to ask a few questions
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`·8· ·relating to your background in the
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`·9· ·declarations.· Again, I think these are
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`10· ·common to all three of your declarations, but
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`11· ·for convenience, I will refer to your
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`12· ·declaration in connection with the '705
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`13· ·patent.
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`14· · · ·A.· · Okay.
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`15· · · ·Q.· · In paragraph 10 of your
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`16· ·declaration, you detail some experience you
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`17· ·had as a staff electrical engineer and matrix
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`18· ·manager at Checkmate, now Ingenico.· Do you
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`19· ·see that?
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`20· · · ·A.· · I do.
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`21· · · ·Q.· · And in that paragraph you mentioned
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`22· ·that you managed the hardware design team
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`23· ·that completed the design of the
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`24· ·eN-Touch 1000 payment terminal.· Do you see
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`25· ·that?
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`·2· · · ·A.· · Yes.· And we pronounce that
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`·3· ·eN-Touch 1000, although I'm glad you cleared
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`·4· ·that up for the record.· It's E-N hyphen
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`·5· ·Touch 1000 in this writing.
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`·6· · · · · · ·And then to be clear, yes, I see
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`·7· ·where I -- I did manage the design of that
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`·8· ·product, yes.
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`·9· · · ·Q.· · Also included in this paragraph
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`10· ·ten, you mentioned that the eN-Touch 1000 has
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`11· ·biometric security applications.· Do you see
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`13· · · ·A.· · Well, I think what I am saying in
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`14· ·that sentence is that the capacitive
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`15· ·touchscreen technology has biometric security
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`16· ·applications.
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`17· · · ·Q.· · A capacitive touchscreen can be
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`18· ·used as a biometric sensor; correct?
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`19· · · ·A.· · That's correct.
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`20· · · ·Q.· · Can you please explain what the
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`21· ·biometric security applications were in
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`22· ·connection with the eN-Touch 1000?
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`23· · · ·A.· · Well, again, the sentence may be
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`24· ·inartfully worded.· I'm saying that the
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`25· ·capacitive touchscreen technology has
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`·2· ·biometric security applications.· Now, the
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`·3· ·eN-Touch 1000 could capture human signatures
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`·4· ·and transmit them, but at least the software
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`·5· ·that was in the eN-Touch 1000 at the time of
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`·6· ·development merely captured the signature and
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`·7· ·did not try to do any analysis on it.
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`·8· · · · · · ·But again, the sentence is drawn to
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`·9· ·the fact that capacitive touchscreen
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`10· ·technology has biometric security
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`11· ·applications.
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`12· · · ·Q.· · So, the capacitive touchscreen of
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`13· ·the eN-Touch 1000 was designed to capture
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`14· ·human signatures?
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`15· · · ·A.· · Yes.
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`16· · · ·Q.· · When capturing human signatures,
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`17· ·would the capacitive touchscreen of the
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`18· ·eN-Touch 1000 be acting as a biometric
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`19· ·sensor?
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`20· · · ·A.· · Again, it was not programmed to do
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`21· ·so when we were developing it, but it could
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`22· ·have been reprogrammed to do so later, for
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`23· ·example, to capture timing information.
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`24· · · ·Q.· · As far as you know, was the
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`25· ·capacitive touchscreen of the eN-Touch 1000
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`·2· ·ever used to act as a biometric sensor?
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`·3· · · ·A.· · Not to my knowledge.
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`·4· · · ·Q.· · Do you have any specific work or
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`·5· ·research experience with fingerprint readers?
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`·6· · · ·A.· · Not with -- the closest work I have
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`·7· ·done in connection with fingerprint readers
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`·8· ·is again in the development of capacitive
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`·9· ·technology, but not with fingerprint readers
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`10· ·directly.
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`11· · · ·Q.· · And that closest work that you have
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`12· ·done in connection with capacitive
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`13· ·touchscreens, does that refer to the work you
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`14· ·did on the eN-Touch 1000?
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`15· · · ·A.· · It refers to the work I did on the
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`16· ·eN-Touch 1000 and lectures that I give in my
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`17· ·embedded systems class on capacitive
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`18· ·touchscreen technology, and the work I did to
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`19· ·prepare for those lectures, of course.
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`20· · · ·Q.· · You have no work experience
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`21· ·developing fingerprint readers; is that
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`22· ·correct?
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`23· · · ·A.· · Not developing fingerprint readers
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`24· ·per se, but I am expert in the technology
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`25· ·associated with it.
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`·2· · · ·Q.· · Do you have any work or research
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`·3· ·experience developing any other types of
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`·4· ·biometric devices or sensors?
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`·5· · · ·A.· · Well, as I think my CV summary
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`·6· ·explains in my report, I have experiences
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`·7· ·with a lot of the technologies associated
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`·8· ·with biometric systems, including
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`·9· ·cryptographic protection, physical access,
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`10· ·device access security, and so, I have worked
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`11· ·with technologies that surround the
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`12· ·biometric, if you will, ecosystem, but in
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`13· ·terms of biometric fingerprint capture or
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`14· ·anything like that, no.
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`15· · · ·Q.· · I would like to turn to
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`16· ·paragraph 29 of your declaration, which sits
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`17· ·under the heading "Level of Skill in the
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`18· ·Art."
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`19· · · ·A.· · Okay.
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`20· · · ·Q.· · In paragraph 29 of your
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`21· ·declaration, you state:· "I understand that
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`22· ·the Board adopted the following level of
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`23· ·ordinary skill in the art in the ongoing IPR
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`24· ·concerning the '705 patent that was filed by
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`25· ·Apple."
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`·2· · · ·A.· · Yes.
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`·3· · · ·Q.· · Do you see that?
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`·4· · · ·A.· · Yes.
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`·5· · · ·Q.· · And in your declarations for these
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`·6· ·three IPR proceedings, you applied this
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`·7· ·definition of a person of ordinary skill in
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`·8· ·the art; is that correct?
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`·9· · · ·A.· · Yes.
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`10· · · ·Q.· · In paragraph 30 of your
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`11· ·declaration, you set forth a set of claim
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`12· ·constructions relating to the IPR concerning
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`13· ·the '705 patent filed by Apple; is that
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`14· ·correct?
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`15· · · ·A.· · Yes.
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`16· · · ·Q.· · And your understanding is that the
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`17· ·Board adopted these claim constructions in
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`18· ·connection with the Apple IPRs on the subject
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`19· ·patents; is that correct?
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`20· · · ·A.· · Yes, that is my understanding.
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`21· · · ·Q.· · Is it your opinion that the Board
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`22· ·has adopted any of these particular
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`23· ·constructions in the IPRs for the '705 and
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`24· ·'208 patents in the IPRs for which you
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`25· ·submitted declarations?
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`·2· · · ·A.· · I don't recall at the moment
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`·3· ·whether they have or not.
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`·4· · · ·Q.· · You applied the constructions you
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`·5· ·found in the Apple IPR proceedings in your
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`·6· ·opinions relating to the '705 and '208
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`·7· ·patents; correct?
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`·8· · · ·A.· · Correct.
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`10· ·point of novelty of the '705 and '208
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`11· ·patents?
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`12· · · · · · ·MR. RYAN:· Objection to form.
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`13· · · ·A.· · Well, I mentioned this in passing,
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`14· ·for example, in paragraph 99 of my report.
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`15· ·Let me restate that.
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`16· · · · · · ·I give one example of that in
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`17· ·paragraph 99 of my report, where I mention
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`18· ·that "the Petitioners have pointed to no
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`19· ·prior art wherein duration is measured in
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`20· ·connection with a fingerprint or any other
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`21· ·physical biometric attribute.· The first
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`22· ·mention of this novel approach in the entire
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`23· ·record is in the application for the '705
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`24· ·patent itself."
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`25· · · · · · ·So, I believe that that is one
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`·2· ·point of novelty with regard to the '705
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`·3· ·patent.
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`·4· · · ·Q.· · Are you aware of any other points
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`·5· ·of novelty in connection with the '705
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`·6· ·patent?
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`·7· · · ·A.· · Unless there is an opinion in here
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`·8· ·that I don't recall at the moment, that I --
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`·9· ·I don't have any other opinions on that
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`10· ·subject at the moment.
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`11· · · ·Q.· · And would your answers be the same
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`12· ·for the '208 patent?
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`13· · · ·A.· · Yes, they would.
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`14· · · ·Q.· · Referring to your declaration
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`15· ·beginning on paragraph 33, you provide
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`16· ·opinions on the appropriate construction for
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`17· ·the term "biometric signal"; is that correct?
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`18· · · ·A.· · That's correct.
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`19· · · ·Q.· · You opine that at the relevant time
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`20· ·period, there were two primary types of
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`21· ·biometric identification, and those are
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`22· ·physical biometrics and behavioral
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`23· ·biometrics; is that correct?
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`24· · · ·A.· · Yes.
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`25· · · · · · ·And to be clear, in paragraph 36 I
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`·2· ·call them physical attributes and behavioral
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`·3· ·attributes, but yes.
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`·4· · · ·Q.· · Your opinion is that the term
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`·5· ·"biometric signal" in the '705 and '208
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`·6· ·patents is limited to physical biometrics
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`·7· ·only and excludes behavioral biometrics; is
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`·8· ·that correct?
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`·9· · · ·A.· · I think that is a fair summary,
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`10· ·yes.
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`11· · · ·Q.· · When interpreting the scope of a
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`12· ·claim limitation, what is your understanding
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`13· ·of the circumstances in which it is proper to
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`14· ·read a limitation from the specification into
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`15· ·the claim?
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`16· · · · · · ·MR. RYAN:· Objection.· Form.
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`17· · · ·A.· · Well, when determining the
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`18· ·construction of a claim term, I find it
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`19· ·helpful to start with the claim itself and
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`20· ·see if there is any internal structure of the
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`21· ·claim that helps define the claim term, and
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`22· ·then it helps to turn to the specification
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`23· ·and see how it uses the term, and in this
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`24· ·case, the specification I think actually
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`25· ·provides very clear guidance as to how the
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`·2· ·term is meant to be used, and let's see.· In
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`·3· ·fact, I cite it.· In the '705, it's found in
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`·4· ·1:29 through 33, where it says an "example of
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`·5· ·a biometric signal is a fingerprint.· Other
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`·6· ·physical attributes that can be used
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`·7· ·include," and so the specification, I think,
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`·8· ·in this case is quite clear that that's what
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`·9· ·the term "biometric signal" refers to.
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`10· · · ·Q.· · Outside of the context of the '705
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`11· ·and '208 patents, do you agree that the term
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`12· ·biometric signal would include both physical
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`13· ·and behavioral biometric signals?
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`14· · · ·A.· · I think the way I would put it is,
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`15· ·the field of biometrics generally includes
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`16· ·both.· You know, Bianco, for example, says
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`17· ·there is two basic categories of biometric
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`18· ·measurements, and Currie, the Currie article
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`19· ·that I cited in paragraph 37 talks about
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`20· ·physiological biometrics and behavioral
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`21· ·biometrics.
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`22· · · · · · ·So, I think it's safe to say that
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`23· ·the art referred to both generally, but there
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`24· ·is a distinction to be made between what
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`25· ·Currie calls physiological and behavioral
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`·2· ·aspects.· So, it's important -- because there
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`·3· ·is this clear distinction in the art, it's
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`·4· ·very important to be clear what the
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`·5· ·individual reference is actually referring
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`·6· ·to.
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`·7· · · ·Q.· · Outside of the context of the '705
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`·8· ·and '208 patents, would you agree that a
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`·9· ·behavioral biometric signal is a type of
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`10· ·biometric signal?
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`11· · · · · · ·MR. RYAN:· Objection.· Form.
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`12· · · ·A.· · I would say that, for example,
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`13· ·citing the Currie article, that behavioral
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`14· ·biometrics are distinct from physiological
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`15· ·biometrics.
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`16· · · ·Q.· · But both are types of biometrics;
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`17· ·correct?
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`18· · · ·A.· · They are two broad categories of
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`19· ·biometrics, yes.
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`20· · · ·Q.· · In the '705 and '208 patents, are
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`21· ·you aware of anyplace that the patent
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`22· ·applicant explicitly disclaimed or disavowed
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`23· ·any types of biometric signals from the scope
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`24· ·of the claims?
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`25· · · ·A.· · Well, the patent -- the passage
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`·2· ·that I cited, which is 1:29 through 33 of the
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`·3· ·'705 patent, says:· "One example of a
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`·4· ·biometric signal is a fingerprint."· And then
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`·5· ·it says:· "Other physical attributes that can
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`·6· ·be used to provide biometric signals
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`·7· ·include," so, there is a pretty clear
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`·8· ·indication, or actually in my mind there is a
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`·9· ·very clear indication in the specification
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`10· ·that it is drawn to physical attributes as
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`11· ·opposed to behavioral ones.
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`12· · · · · · ·So, that's evidence at least of a
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`13· ·focus on physical attributes as opposed to
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`14· ·behavioral.
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`15· · · ·Q.· · Aside from this focus on physical
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`16· ·attributes, are you aware of anywhere in the
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`17· ·specification that clearly excluded other
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`18· ·types of biometric signals from the scope of
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`19· ·the claims?
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`20· · · · · · ·MR. RYAN:· Objection.· Form.
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`21· · · ·A.· · I'm not -- I mean, I have a
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`22· ·two-part answer to that.· I mean, I'm not
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`23· ·aware of any, but I don't think I need any,
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`24· ·because it literally says "physical
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`25· ·attributes," and so, that's the exact words
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`·2· ·from the patent, and so, it looks like the
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`·3· ·patent is drawn as physical attributes and
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`·4· ·not behavioral ones.
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`·5· · · ·Q.· · Would it be fair to say that all of
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`·6· ·the examples of biometric signals that you
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`·7· ·found in the patent are examples of physical
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`·8· ·attributes and not behavioral attributes?
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`·9· · · ·A.· · Well, a two-part answer to that.
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`10· ·First, you know, I clearly explain, I
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`11· ·believe, in the report that voice is in a
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`12· ·unique category, because some experts in the
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`13· ·field consider it physical, some consider it
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`14· ·behavioral, and some consider it both.
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`15· · · · · · ·So, leaving voice outside for the
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`16· ·moment, again, the patent is drawn to
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`17· ·physical attributes, and that seems that that
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`18· ·is pretty clearly then how the -- what is
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`19· ·clearly the category of biometrics that the
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`20· ·patent is drawn to.
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`21· · · ·Q.· · If you looked at the claims of the
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`22· ·'705 and '208 patents without any reference
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`23· ·to the specification of those patents, would
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`24· ·you be able to limit the term "biometric
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`25· ·signal" to physical attributes as opposed to
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`·2· ·behavioral attributes?
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`·3· · · · · · ·MR. RYAN:· Objection.· Form.
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`·4· · · ·A.· · Well, I sort of -- I don't know how
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`·5· ·to answer that question, because that's not
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`·6· ·the proper way to construe terms in a claim,
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`·7· ·and so, it's -- you know, it sounds like, you
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`·8· ·know, the question almost amounts to, setting
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`·9· ·aside the rules for interpreting a claim, how
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`10· ·would you interpret the claim, and I imagine
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`11· ·you did not mean it that way, but that's why
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`12· ·I am not able to give a direct answer to that
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`13· ·question.
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`14· · · ·Q.· · Okay.· You referred to the rules
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`15· ·for interpreting a claim.· Is it your
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`16· ·understanding that where all examples of a
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`17· ·claim element in the specification
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`18· ·consistently describe a physical attribute,
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`19· ·that it is therefore appropriate to limit the
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`20· ·term "biometric signal" to a physical
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`21· ·attribute?
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`22· · · · · · ·MR. RYAN:· Objection.· Form.
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`23· · · ·A.· · Well, I have a two-part answer to
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`24· ·that.· For the first part, I think it's a
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`25· ·fair way to interpret the claim, because
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`·2· ·that's how the specification defines the term
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`·3· ·that is used in the claim.
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`·4· · · · · · ·And secondly, again, I'm applying
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`·5· ·the Court's construction here, which I think
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`·6· ·I'm not only allowed to do, I think I'm
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`·7· ·responsible for doing.
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`·8· · · · · · ·And I guess the third part of my
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`·9· ·two-part answer -- sorry -- is, now that I
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`10· ·think about it for a second, to be clear, I
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`11· ·do agree with the Court's construction for
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`12· ·the reasons outlined in my report.· So, I
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`13· ·agree with their construction, I am applying
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`14· ·their construction, and I am using the
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`15· ·specification to define the, or give -- yeah,
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`16· ·to define the terms that are used in the
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`17· ·claim.
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`18· · · ·Q.· · Your position is that in the IPR
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`19· ·proceedings for which you are offering an
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`20· ·opinion, the Board has construed the term
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`21· ·"biometric signal"?
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`22· · · ·A.· · What I describe here in the report
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`23· ·is a construction that was issued in
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`24· ·connection with an IPR that was filed by
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`25· ·Apple.· Now we're in front of the same
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`·2· ·adjudicating body, so I think it's reasonable
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`·3· ·to use their construction again in this
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`·4· ·matter.
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`·5· · · · · · ·I don't currently recall whether or
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`·6· ·not they have issued a construction in this
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`·7· ·matter, but I think it's reasonable to --
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`·8· ·since the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
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`·9· ·adopted this construction, I think it's
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`10· ·reasonable for me to apply it.
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`11· · · · · · ·And again, to be clear, as I make
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`12· ·clear in paragraph 32, I do agree with this
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`13· ·construction.· To the extent that an
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`14· ·independent opinion is needed from me, I do
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`15· ·agree with this construction.
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`16· · · ·Q.· · Are you aware of anywhere in the
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`17· ·claims of the '705 and '208 patents
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`18· ·themselves that require the biometric signal
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`19· ·to be a physical attribute?
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`20· · · ·A.· · Well, again, I don't know that it's
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`21· ·proper to just look to a claim itself to see
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`22· ·how terms in the claim are defined or used,
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`23· ·so I'm not sure how to answer that question.
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`24· · · ·Q.· · Are you aware of any specific
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`25· ·recitation in the claim language itself that
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`·2· ·limits the biometric signal to be a physical
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`·3· ·attribute?
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`·4· · · ·A.· · Overlooking the plain declaration
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`·5· ·in the specification, and even distinctions
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`·6· ·drawn in the art cited by the petitioner,
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`·7· ·such as Bianco, there is nothing in the claim
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`·8· ·itself that says that, but it doesn't need
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`·9· ·to, because it is clearly defined in the
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`10· ·specification.
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`11· · · ·Q.· · And the clear definition of the
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`12· ·term "biometric signal" that you are
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`13· ·referring to is the excerpt you cited in
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`14· ·paragraph 33 of your declaration; is that
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`15· ·correct?
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`16· · · ·A.· · Yes.
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`17· · · ·Q.· · And --
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`18· · · ·A.· · And I'm also making -- excuse me.
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`19· ·I'm sorry to interrupt, Counsel, but I just
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`20· ·want to give you a complete answer.
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`21· · · · · · ·I'm also making reference to the
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`22· ·distinction drawn in the Bianco reference.
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`23· · · ·Q.· · The Bianco reference clearly
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`24· ·explains that biometric signals include two
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`25· ·different categories of biometric signals;
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`·2· ·correct?
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`·3· · · ·A.· · Yes.· And importantly, it makes
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`·4· ·clear that there are two different
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`·5· ·categories.
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`·6· · · ·Q.· · Does the Bianco reference in your
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`·7· ·opinion exclude one of those two categories
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`·8· ·from the term "biometric signal"?
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`·9· · · ·A.· · I don't recall at the moment, but I
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`10· ·do know that it draws two distinct
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`11· ·categories.
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`12· · · ·Q.· · Do you recall whether the Bianco
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`13· ·reference disparages or otherwise expresses a
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`14· ·preference for one of the two categories of
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`15· ·biometric signals over the other?
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`16· · · · · · ·MR. RYAN:· Objection.· Form.
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`17· · · ·A.· · Well, my recollection is that the
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`18· ·petition relies on the behavioral
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`19· ·characteristic aspect of Bianco.· I don't
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`20· ·recall at the moment what Bianco says about
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`21· ·physical characteristics.
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`22· · · ·Q.· · I would like to refer to the '705
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`23· ·and '208 patents, which share a
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`24· ·specification.· So, I'm going to upload
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`25· ·Exhibit 1001 into the chat window, and you
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`·2· ·let me know when you have Exhibit 1001, which
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`·3· ·is a copy of the '705 patent.
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`·4· · · ·A.· · All right.· I'm downloading it now,
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`·5· ·and I also have a clean paper copy as well.
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`·6· · · ·Q.· · Throughout the specification, there
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`·7· ·is a reference to a biometric signal 102, and
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`·8· ·I can point you to some examples.· For
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`·9· ·example, column eight, the second full
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`10· ·paragraph and third full paragraph refer to
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`11· ·the biometric signal 102.
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`12· · · · · · ·Do you see that?
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`13· · · ·A.· · Yes.
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`14· · · ·Q.· · Columns five and six of the patent,
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`15· ·there is reference to a request 102.
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`16· · · ·A.· · Yes.
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`17· · · ·Q.· · Is it your understanding that the
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`18· ·patent specification uses the terms
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`19· ·"request 102" and "biometric signal 102"
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`20· ·interchangeably?
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`21· · · ·A.· · Offhand and loosely speaking, I
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`22· ·would say that that is correct.
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`23· · · ·Q.· · In column five of the patent
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`24· ·specification, there is a sentence that
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`25· ·begins in the last full paragraph of column
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`·2· ·five, which reads:· "The code entry
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`·3· ·module 103 includes a biometric sensor 121,
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`·4· ·and the request 102 takes a form which
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`·5· ·corresponds to the nature of the sensor 121
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`·6· ·in the module 103."
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`·7· · · · · · ·Do you see that?
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`·8· · · ·A.· · Yes.
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`10· ·"Thus, for example, if the biometric
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`11· ·sensor 121 in the code entry module 103 is a
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`12· ·fingerprint sensor, then the request 102
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`13· ·typically takes the form of a thumb press on
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`14· ·the sensor panel (not shown) on the code
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`15· ·entry module 103."
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`16· · · · · · ·Do you see that?
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`17· · · ·A.· · Yes.
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`18· · · ·Q.· · Do you interpret these disclosures
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`19· ·in the patent specification to mean that the
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`20· ·biometric signal is the signal that is
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`21· ·receivable by the particular biometric se