UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`PEAG LLC (d/b/a JLab Audio), AUDIO PARTNERSHIP LLC and
`AUDIO PARTNERSHIP PLC (d/b/a Cambridge Audio),
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`VARTA MICROBATTERY GMBH,
`Patent Owner.
`____________
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`Case No. IPR2020-01214
`U.S. Patent No. 9,799,913 B2
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`PATENT OWNER’S REVISED CONTINGENT MOTION TO AMEND
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`I.
`II.
`III.
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`B.
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`C.
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`INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................... 1
`STATEMENT OF RELIEF REQUESTED .................................................... 3
`PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS OF 37 C.F.R. § 42.121 ......................... 3
`A.
`The Number of Substitute Claims is Reasonable
`37 C.F.R. § 42.121(a)(3) ....................................................................... 4
`The Amendments Are Responsive
`37 C.F.R. § 42.121(a)(2)(i) ................................................................... 5
`The Amendments Are Non-Broadening
`37 C.F.R. § 42.121(a)(2)(ii) .................................................................. 6
`The Amendments Are Supported
`37 C.F.R. § 42.121(a)(2)(ii) ................................................................ 10
`IV. DISCUSSION OF THE PRELIMINARY GUIDANCE .............................. 17
`V.
`PATENTABILITY OF THE SUBSTITUTE CLAIMS ................................ 17
`Person of Ordinary Skill in the Art (POSA) ....................................... 18
`A.
`B.
`Claim Construction ............................................................................. 18
`C.
`Substitute Independent Claim 9 .......................................................... 19
`1.
`The Combination of Kobayashi and
`Knowledge of a POSA .............................................................. 20
`The Combination of Kaun, Kobayashi and
`Knowledge of a POSA .............................................................. 21
`The Combination of Kannou, Kaun, and Kwon or Kawamura 23
`3.
`Substitute Independent Claims 12 and 14 ........................................... 24
`D.
`Dependent Claims 10, 11, 13, 15, and 16 ........................................... 25
`E.
`VI. DUTY OF CANDOR .................................................................................... 25
`VII. CONCLUSION .............................................................................................. 25
`APPENDIX A ....................................................................................................... A-1
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`D.
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`2.
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`TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
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`Cases 
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`Aqua Prods., Inc. v. Matal,
`872 F.3d 1290 (Fed. Cir. 2017) ............................................................................ 17
`In re Cuozzo Speed Techs., LLC,
`793 F.3d 1268 (Fed. Cir. 2015) ....................................................................... 7, 10
`In re Fine,
`837 F.2d 1071 (Fed. Cir. 1988) ............................................................................ 25
`In re Freeman,
`30 F.3d 1459 (Fed. Cir. 1994) ................................................................................ 7
`Lectrosonics, Inc. v. Zaxcom, Inc.,
`IPR2018-01129, -01130, Paper 15 (PTAB Feb. 25, 2019) 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 17, 18,
`25
`Tillotson Ltd. v. Walbro Corp.,
`831 F.2d 1033 (Fed. Cir. 1987) .............................................................................. 7
`Vas-Cath Inc. v. Mahurkar,
`935 F.2d 1555 (Fed. Cir. 1991) ............................................................................ 10
`Statutes 
`35 U.S.C. § 103 ................................................................................................... 5, 25
`35 U.S.C. § 112 ................................................................................................... 6, 10
`35 U.S.C. § 316 ............................................................................................... 3, 4, 25
`35 U.S.C. § 371 ........................................................................................................ 10
`Regulations 
`37 C.F.R. § 1.121 .................................................................................................. A-1
`37 C.F.R. § 42.11 ..................................................................................................... 25
`37 C.F.R. § 42.121 ............................................................................ 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 25
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`Exhibit
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`EXHIBIT LIST
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`Description
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`2001 Email Chain dated April 27, 2020
`2002 First Amended Consolidation Order, 2:20-cv-00051-JRG, Dkt. 021
`(E.D. Tex., May 7, 2020)
`2003 Discovery Order, 2:20-cv-00051-JRG, Dkt 051 (E.D. Tex., June 10,
`2020)
`2004 Docket Control Order, 2:20-cv-00051-JRG, Dkt. 054 (E.D. Tex., June
`11, 2020)
`2005 Defendants’ Opposed Motion to Stay, 2:20-cv-00051-JRG, Dkt. 064
`(E.D. Tex., Aug. 20, 2020)
`2006 Plaintiff’s Opposition to Defendants’ Motion to Stay, 2:20-cv-00051-
`JRG, Dkt. 65 (E.D. Tex., Sept. 3, 2020)
`2007 Order Denying Stay, 2:20-cv-00051-JRG, Dkt. 68 (E.D. Tex., Oct. 7,
`2020)
`2008 Complaint for Patent Infringement, 2:20-cv-00138-JRG Dkt. 001 (E.D.
`Tex., May 4, 2020)
`2009 Complaint for Patent Infringement, 2:20-cv-00071-JRG, Dkt. 001 (E.D.
`Tex., March 4, 2020)
`2010 Answer to Complaint for Patent Infringement, 2:20-cv-00051-JRG, Dkt.
`26 (E.D. Tex., May 13, 2020)
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`2011
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`Joint Motion for Entry of Docket Control Order, 2:20-cv-00051-JRG,
`Dkt. 045, (E.D. Tex., June 8, 2020)
`2012 Defendants’ P.R. 3-3 Invalidity Contentions, 2:20-cv-00051-JRG, (E.D.
`Tex., July 10, 2020)
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`2013 U.S. Publication No. 2003/0013007 to Kaun (“Kaun ’007”)
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`Exhibit
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`Description
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`IPR2020-01214
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`2014 Reserved
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`2015 Reserved
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`2016 Reserved
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`2017 Reserved
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`2018 Reserved
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`2019 Reserved
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`2020 Reserved
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`2021 Reserved
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`2022 Reserved
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`2023 Reserved
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`2024 Reserved
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`2025
`IEC-62133-2 Standard
`2026 Button Cell, WIKIPEDIA (Dec. 3, 2020, 11:24 AM),
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Button_cell
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`2027 Button Cell Battery Safety Act, S. 1165, 112th Cong. (2011)
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`2028 FIG. 11 of U.S. Publication No. 2005/0233212 to Kaun
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`2029
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`Rolled-Ribbon Cell Design, Rolled-Ribbon Battery Company,
`http://www.rolled-ribbon.com/downloads/D-
`RRBC_Cell%20Design_20190827_11x17.pdf (last visited Mar. 28,
`2021)
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`2030 William H. Gardner Deposition Testimony – Days 1-2 (Mar. 3-4, 2021)
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`Description
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`2031
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`Iain Martin, The Tiny Batter Powering AirPods Built a $1.9 Billion
`Fortune, FORBES (Apr. 9, 2020),
`https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2020/04/09/how-a-tiny-battery-
`thanks-apple-built-a-new-19-billion-fortune/?sh=6aabf9063d72
`2032 Originally Filed Disclosure of U.S. Patent Application No. 13/146,669
`(U.S. Patent No. 9,153,835) Extracted from the Prosecution File History
`2033 Originally Filed Disclosure of U.S. Patent Application No. 14/827,387
`(U.S. Patent No. 9,496,581) Extracted from the Prosecution File History
`2034 Originally Filed Disclosure of U.S. Patent Application No. 15/283,568
`(U.S. Patent No. 9,799,913) Extracted from the Prosecution File History
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`2035 Reserved
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`2036 Reserved
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`2037
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`2038
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`Table of Corresponding Disclosures in U.S. Patent Application Nos.
`13/146,669 (U.S. Patent No. 9,153,835);14/827,387 (U.S. Patent No.
`9,496,581); and 15/283,568 (U.S. Patent No. 9,799,913)
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`Response to Office Action and Verified English Translation of Portion
`of PCT/EP2010/000787 Extracted from the Prosecution File History of
`U.S. Patent Application No. 14/827,387 (U.S. Patent No. 9,496,581)
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`2039 Reserved
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`2040 Reserved
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`2041 Disclosure Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.11 for U.S. Patent No. 9,799,913
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`2042 Reserved
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`2043 Declaration of Martin C. Peckerar, Ph.D.
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`2044 Curriculum Vitae of Martin C. Peckerar, Ph.D.
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`2045 Declaration of Philipp Miehlich
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`Exhibit
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`Description
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`2046 Declaration of Dr. Hans Jürgen Lindner
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`2047 Excerpt of http://rolled-ribbon.com/technology.html
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`2048 Reserved
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`2049 Reserved
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`2050 Supplemental Declaration of Martin C. Peckerar, Ph.D.
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`2051 William H. Gardner Deposition Testimony – Day 3 (Jul. 28, 2021)
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`2052 Reserved
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`2053
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`Updated Table of Corresponding Disclosures in U.S. Patent Application
`Nos. 13/146,669 (U.S. Patent No. 9,153,835);14/827,387 (U.S. Patent
`No. 9,496,581); and 15/283,568 (U.S. Patent No. 9,799,913)
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`2054 Reserved
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`2055 Reserved
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`2056 Reserved
`2057 Updated Disclosure Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.11 for U.S. Patent No.
`9,799,913
`2058 Excerpt from Prosecution History of U.S. Patent Application No.
`13/146,669
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`2059
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`International Publication Number WO 2019/010419 of Application No.
`PCT/EP2010/000787
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION
`VARTA Microbattery GmbH (“Patent Owner”) submits this Revised
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`Contingent Motion to Amend in response to the Board’s Preliminary Guidance
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`(“PG”) dated July 21, 2021, Paper 25. Patent Owner includes revised contingent
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`substitute claims for U.S. Patent No. 9,799,913 (“the ’913 patent”) that even
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`further patentably distinguish the references advanced by Petitioner by including,
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`for example, the following features (underlined text reflects added limitations,
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`strikethrough text indicates deletions):
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`(1) “a housing cup including a flat bottom area and a cup casing extending
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`along an axial direction and a housing top including a flat top area and a top
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`casing extending along the axial direction, the housing cup and the housing
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`top separated from one another by an electrically insulating seal and which
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`form a button cell housing with a flat bottom area and a the flat top area
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`parallel to it the flat bottom area”;
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`(2) “wherein the cup casing partially overlaps the top casing in an
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`overlapping area, the top casing is disposed radially inward of the cup casing
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`in the overlapping area, and the housing cup and the housing top are held
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`together by a force-fitting connection”; and
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`(3) “wherein the cup casing includes a first part proximal to the flat bottom
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`area and a second part disposed in the overlapping area, the first part of the
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`cup casing being disposed radially inward with respect to the second part.”
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`(collectively referred to as “the new housing cup and top features” below). The
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`button cell recited in the contingent substitute claims provides highly efficient use
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`of battery real estate and includes a highly reliable interconnection between
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`internal components and the housing. These features provide a battery with both
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`excellent energy density and reliable charge-discharge cycling stability.
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`The number of substitute claims is reasonable, and the proposed
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`amendments are not broadening. This Revised Contingent Motion details support
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`for the new claim features. Although Patent Owner does not bear the burden of
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`proof, Patent Owner offers comments on patentability to aid the Board in
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`evaluating these contingent substitute claims. The ’913 claims, and specifically the
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`features defined by these substitute claims, are not taught or suggested by the prior
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`art asserted by Petitioner. The substitute claims are therefore patentable, not only
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`for the reasons articulated in Patent Owner’s Response and Sur-Reply, but for the
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`additional reasons discussed below. Should an original claim of the ’913 patent be
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`found unpatentable, this Revised Contingent Motion should be considered and
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`granted.
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`II.
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`STATEMENT OF RELIEF REQUESTED
`To the extent the Board finds any of original claims 1–8 unpatentable in this
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`proceeding, Patent Owner respectfully requests that the Board consider this
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`Revised Contingent Motion and grant entry of corresponding substitute claims 9–
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`16. See Appendix A and Table (below). Substitute claims 9–16 are proposed on a
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`contingent basis, and should therefore only be entered as to any corresponding
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`original claim found unpatentable.
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`Original ’913 Patent
`Claim
`1
`2
`3
`4
`5
`6
`7
`8
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`Contingent Substitute
`Claim
`9
`10
`11
`12
`13
`14
`15
`16
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`III. PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS OF 37 C.F.R. § 42.121
`“Before considering the patentability of any substitute claims, … the Board
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`first must determine whether the motion to amend meets the statutory and
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`regulatory requirements set forth in 35 U.S.C. § 316(d) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.121.”
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`Lectrosonics, Inc. v. Zaxcom, Inc., IPR2018-01129, -01130, Paper 15 at 4 (PTAB
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`Feb. 25, 2019). In particular, the substitute claims must be: (1) presented in a
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`claim listing; (2) reasonable in number; (3) responsive to a ground of
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`unpatentability involved in the trial; (4) non-broadening; and (5) supported by the
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`written description. Id. at 4–8.
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`Patent Owner’s claim listing is attached hereto as Appendix A. See 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.121(b). The claim listing includes all issued claims 1–8 (designated as
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`“original”) and the proposed contingent substitute claims 9–16, as well as an
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`annotated version of the substitute claims applying Petitioner’s element labelling
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`with additional elements as appropriate for the amendments made in the substitute
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`claims. For the reasons stated below, the statutory and regulatory requirements for
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`a motion to amend are met.
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`A. The Number of Substitute Claims is Reasonable
`37 C.F.R. § 42.121(a)(3)
`“There is a rebuttable presumption that a reasonable number of substitute
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`claims per challenged claim is one (1) substitute claim.” Lectrosonics, Paper 15 at
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`4. Patent Owner proposes eight contingent substitute claims (claims 9–16), each of
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`which corresponds to a challenged claim (original claims 1–8, respectively).
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`Because there is a one-to-one relationship between the challenged original claims
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`and the contingent substitute claims, this is presumptively a reasonable number.
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`Id. at 4–5; 37 C.F.R. § 42.121(a)(3); see also 35 U.S.C. § 316(d)(1)(B).
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`B.
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`The Amendments Are Responsive
`37 C.F.R. § 42.121(a)(2)(i)
`The amendments made in the contingent substitute claims are responsive to
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`the grounds of unpatentability under Section 103 involved in this proceeding. In
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`particular, Kobayashi and Kaun (either alone, in combination, or in view of the
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`general knowledge of a person of ordinary skill in the art (“POSA”)) fail to
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`disclose or render obvious a button cell having the combination of features recited
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`in revised substitute independent claims 9, 12, and 14 including, for example, the
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`new housing cup and top features identified above in the Introduction (Section I).
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`These features are present in all of the other substitute claims which all depend
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`from one of substitute claims 9, 12, and 14. See Section V (below) for additional
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`details concerning how the revised substitute claims patentably distinguish over the
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`references Petitioner relies upon in this proceeding.
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`Because substitute claims 9–16 each add novel and nonobvious feature
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`combinations that further distinguish Kobayashi and Kaun, which formed the basis
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`for instituting this proceeding, (Paper 8 at 6–7, 47), they are therefore responsive.
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`See Appendix A; Section V (below); see also Lectrosonics, Paper 15 at 6–7
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`(stating that “a proposed substitute claim adding a novel and nonobvious feature or
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`combination to avoid the prior art in an instituted ground of unpatentability” will
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`meet the requirements of § 42.121(a)(2)(i) and (ii)). These features also patentably
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`distinguish Kannou and Kawamura, which Petitioner raised for the first time in
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`their Opposition (Paper 22).
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`In addition to including additional features that are not disclosed in
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`references Petitioner relies upon, the substitute claims include amendments that re-
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`define the invention to even more clearly point out and distinctly claim the subject
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`matter regarded as the invention under Section 112 without broadening the scope
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`of the substitute claims relative to their corresponding original claims. This is
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`permissible because “[t]he rule does not require … that every word added to or
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`removed from a claim in a motion to amend be solely for the purpose of
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`overcoming an instituted ground.” Lectrosonics, Paper 15 at 5. Rather, “once a
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`proposed claim includes amendments to address a prior art ground in the trial, a
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`patent owner also may include additional limitations to address [other] potential …
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`issues,” including potential Section 112 issues. Id. at 5–6.
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`C. The Amendments Are Non-Broadening
`37 C.F.R. § 42.121(a)(2)(ii)
`The substitute claims do not seek to enlarge the scope of the original claims.
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`Instead, they are narrower. Each substitute independent claim is non-broadening
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`because novel and nonobvious feature combinations have been added thereto that
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`distinguish the prior art underlying the grounds advanced in this proceeding. See
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`Lectrosonics, Paper 15 at 7. In particular, the substitute claims comply with the
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`broadening bar in 37 C.F.R. § 42.121(a)(2)(ii) because the proposed substitute
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`claims do not encompass any button cell that would not have been covered by the
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`original claims. In re Cuozzo Speed Techs., LLC, 793 F.3d 1268, 1283 (Fed. Cir.
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`2015) (citing Tillotson Ltd. v. Walbro Corp., 831 F.2d 1033, 1037 n.2 (Fed. Cir.
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`1987); In re Freeman, 30 F.3d 1459, 1464 (Fed. Cir. 1994)).
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`Because the substitute independent claims are narrower than the original
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`independent claims, the substitute dependent claims are necessarily narrower than
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`the corresponding original dependent claims. The minor typographical
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`modifications and changes in dependency implemented in these claims do not
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`broaden the scope of the claims of the challenged patent. Moreover, several of the
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`dependent claims have been further narrowed by including additional features.
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`Proposed Substitute Claim 9 (independent). Substitute independent claim 9
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`is directed to a button cell and includes all of the features of original claim 1, but
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`also adds additional features. Substitute claim 9 now specifies, e.g., the new
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`housing cup and top features identified above in the Introduction (Section I).
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`Substitute claim 9 includes other additional features such as, e.g., the electrode-
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`separator assembly is a “rechargeable lithium-ion” type and the “metal foil output
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`conductors” each have a “flat portion extending in a radial direction perpendicular
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`to the axial direction and resting flat between an end face one of the upper or lower
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`end faces of the spiral winding and the flat top area or the flat bottom area,
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`respectively, and to which it the respective flat portion is connected via a weld.”
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`Substitute claim 9 also includes amendments directed to more clearly reciting the
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`limitations in original claim 1 that do not broaden the substitute claim.
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`Proposed Substitute Claim 12 (independent). Substitute independent claim
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`12 is directed to a button cell and includes all of the features of original claim 4,
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`but also adds additional features not found therein. For example, substitute claim
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`12 now recites the new housing cup and top features also found in revised
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`substitute claim 9. Substitute claim 12 includes other additional features such as,
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`e.g., that the electrode-separator assembly is a “rechargeable lithium-ion” type and
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`that “a metal foil output conductor [comprises] a foil a flat portion extending in a
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`radial direction perpendicular to the axial direction and resting flat between an end
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`face one of the lower and upper end faces of the spiral winding and the flat top or
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`the flat bottom area or the flat top area, to which it is the flat portion being
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`connected to the first of the flat bottom area or the flat top area via a weld.”
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`Substitute claim 12 also includes amendments directed to more clearly reciting the
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`limitations in original claim 4 and that do not act to broaden the substitute claim.
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`Proposed Substitute Claim 14 (independent). Substitute independent claim
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`14 is directed to a button cell and includes all of the features of original claim 6,
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`but also adds additional features not found therein. For example, substitute claim
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`14 now also recites the new housing cup and top features found in revised
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`substitute claim 9. Substitute claim 14 includes other additional features such as,
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`e.g., that the electrode-separator assembly is a “rechargeable lithium-ion” type and
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`that “a metal foil output conductor [comprises] a foil a flat portion extending in a
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`radial direction perpendicular to the axial direction and resting flat between an end
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`face one of the upper and lower end faces of the spiral winding and the first of the
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`flat top bottom area or the flat bottom top area, the flat portion being to which it is
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`connected to the first of the flat bottom area or the flat top area via a weld.”
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`Substitute claim 14 also includes amendments directed to more clearly reciting the
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`limitations in original claim 6 and that do not act to broaden the substitute claim.
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`Proposed Substitute Claims 10, 11, 13, 15, and 16 (dependent). Substitute
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`dependent claims 10, 11, 13, 15, and 16 correspond to original dependent claims 2,
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`3, 5, 7, and 8, respectively. See Appendix A. The substitute dependent claims 10,
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`11, 13, 15, and 16 are also non-broadening because they add novel and nonobvious
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`feature combinations (at least by virtue of being dependent from one of substitute
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`independent claims 9, 12, and 14) that distinguish the cited prior art. See Appendix
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`A; Section V (below); see also Lectrosonics, Paper 15 at 7. The deletion of “thin
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`plastic disc[s]” from substitute dependent claims 11 and 13 is non-narrowing
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`because this feature is expressed in original claims 3 and 5, respectively, as being
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`in the alternative to a plastic film (e.g., original claim 3 — “a plastic film or a thin
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`plastic disc”). The removal of an alternate feature does not enlarge the scope of
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`these substitute claims because they do not encompass any button cell that would
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`not have been covered by the corresponding original claims. See Cuozzo Speed
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`Techs., LLC, 793 F.3d at 1283.
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`D. The Amendments Are Supported
`37 C.F.R. § 42.121(a)(2)(ii)
`The revised substitute claims do not introduce any new subject matter.
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`“[T]he Board requires that a motion to amend set forth written description support
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`in the originally filed disclosure of the subject patent for each proposed substitute
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`claim.” Lectrosonics, Paper 15 at 7 (citing 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.121(b)(1),
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`42.121(b)(2)). The ’913 patent issued from U.S. Patent Application No.
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`15/283,568, which is a continuation application of U.S. Patent Application No.
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`14/827,387 (now U.S. Patent No. 9,496,581) which in turn is a divisional of U.S.
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`Patent Application No. 13/146,669 (now U.S. Patent No. 9,153,835). Ex. 1001, at
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`1–2. As shown in the table below, each limitation of the substitute claims is
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`disclosed in the specification and/or figures of U.S. Patent Application No.
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`13/146,669 (“the ’669 application”), as filed on July 28, 2011, and for which a
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`Section 371(c) filing date was given on September 7, 2011. See Vas-Cath Inc. v.
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`Mahurkar, 935 F.2d 1555, 1564 (Fed. Cir. 1991) (“[D]rawings alone may be
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`sufficient to provide the ‘written description of the invention’ required by § 112,
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`first paragraph.”). Exhibit 2053 sets forth a correspondence of the equivalent
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`disclosure found in the child applications.
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`9 [pre]
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`S1–4, ¶¶ [0002]–[0009]; S4, ¶ [0015]; FIG. 5.
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`9[a]
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`S1, ¶ [0002]; S4, ¶¶ [0009], [0015]; S5, ¶¶ [0016], [0017];
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`S12, ¶ [0048]–S13, ¶ [0051]; S15, ¶ [0056]–S16, ¶ [0061];
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`S21, ¶¶ [0084]–[0086]; FIG. 5.
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`9[b]
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`S1, ¶ [0002]; S2, ¶ [0004]; S3, ¶ [0007];
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`S4, ¶¶ [0009], [0013]–[0015]; S5, ¶ [0018]; S6, ¶ [0021];
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`S8, ¶ [0031]–S9, ¶ [0036]; S11, ¶ [0046]; S20, ¶¶ [0082], [0083];
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`S21, ¶ [0087]; FIGS 3a, 3b, 43, and 5.
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`9[c]
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`S4, ¶¶ [0009], [0015]; S5, ¶ [0019]; S6, ¶ [0020]; S7, ¶ [0023];
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`S21, ¶ [0087]; FIG. 5.
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`9[d]
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`S4, ¶¶ [0013], [0015]; S6–7, ¶ [0022]; S7, ¶¶ [0023], [0026];
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`S17, ¶ [0068]; S20, ¶ [0082]; S21, ¶ [0087]; FIGS. 3a, 3b, and 5.
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`1 See the annotated listing of substitute claims in Appendix A for the
`correspondence between elements and claim language of the substitute claims.
`2 Citations are to Exhibit 2032, which contains the “Clean Copy” of the substitute
`specification in the preliminary amendment at 57–79 filed with the original
`application on July 28, 2011, and the original figures filed on July 28, 2011, at 28–
`30. “S[number]” refers to the page of the substitute specification in Exhibit 2032.
`3 With respect to each citation to FIG. 4 of the ’669 application, reference is also
`made to replacement FIG. 4 submitted on May 2, 2014. See Ex. 2058 at 8.
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`9[e]
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`S4, ¶¶ [0014], [0015]; S7, ¶ [0024]; S10, ¶¶ [0039]–[0041];
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`S11, ¶¶ [0043], [0044]; S18, ¶ [0075]; S20, ¶ [0083];
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`S21–22, ¶ [0088]; FIGS. 43 and 5.
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`See also Ex. 2059 at 25 (specification p. 23), lines 16–26
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`(German language version of S21–22, ¶ [0088]); Ex. 2038 at 5–6
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`(verified English translation of same).
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`9[f]
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`S4, ¶ [0014]; S10–11, ¶ [0042]; S11, ¶ [0045]; S18, ¶ [0075];
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`S20, ¶ [0083]; S21–22, ¶ [0088]; FIG. 43.
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`9[g]
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`S4, ¶ [0015]; S12, ¶ [0048]; S12–13, ¶ [0050]; S13, ¶ [0051];
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`S14, ¶¶ [0052]–[0054]; S14–15, ¶ [0055]; S15, ¶ [0060];
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`S16, ¶ [0061]; S18, ¶ [0075]; S21, ¶ [0086]; FIG. 5.
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`9[h]
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`S4, ¶ [0014]; S12–13, ¶ [0050]; S16, ¶¶ [0062]–[0064];
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`S18, ¶ [0075]; FIG. 43.
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`10 [pre]
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`See support for Claim 9 (Elements 9[pre]–9[h]) above.
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`10[a]
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`S4, ¶ [0014]; S10–11, ¶ [0042]; S11, ¶ [0045]; S18, ¶ [0075];
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`S20, ¶ [0083]; S21–22, ¶ [0088]; FIG. 43.
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`11[pre]
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`See support for Claim 10 (Elements 10[pre]–10[a]) above.
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`11[a]
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`S10–11, ¶ [0042]; S11, ¶ [0045]; S18, ¶ [0075]; S21–22, ¶
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`[0088].
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`12 [pre]
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`S1–4, ¶¶ [0002]–[0009]; S4, ¶ [0015]; FIG. 5.
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`12[a]
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`S1, ¶ [0002]; S4, ¶¶ [0009], [0015]; S5, ¶¶ [0016], [0017];
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`S12, ¶ [0048]–S13, ¶ [0051]; S15, ¶ [0056]–S16, ¶ [0061];
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`S21, ¶¶ [0084]–[0086]; FIG. 5.
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`12[b]
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`S1, ¶ [0002]; S2, ¶ [0004]; S3, ¶ [0007];
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`S4, ¶¶ [0009], [0013]–[0015]; S5, ¶ [0018]; S6, ¶ [0021];
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`S8, ¶ [0031]–S9, ¶ [0036]; S11, ¶ [0046]; S20, ¶¶ [0082], [0083];
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`S21, ¶ [0087]; FIGS 3a, 3b, 43, and 5.
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`12[c]
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`S4, ¶¶ [0009], [0015]; S5, ¶ [0019]; S6, ¶ [0020]; S7, ¶ [0023];
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`S21, ¶ [0087]; FIG. 5.
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`12[d]
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`S4, ¶¶ [0013], [0015]; S6–7, ¶ [0022]; S7, ¶¶ [0023], [0026];
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`S17, ¶ [0068]; S20, ¶ [0082]; S21, ¶ [0087]; FIGS. 3a, 3b, and 5.
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`12[e]
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`S4, ¶¶ [0014], [0015]; S7, ¶ [0024]; S10, ¶¶ [0039]–[0041];
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`S11, ¶¶ [0043], [0044]; S18, ¶ [0075]; S20, ¶ [0083];
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`S21–22, ¶ [0088]; FIGS. 43 and 5.
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`See also Ex. 2059 at 25 (specification p. 23), lines 16–26
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`(German language version of S21–22, ¶ [0088]); Ex. 2038 at 5–6
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`(verified English translation of same).
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`12[f]
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`S4, ¶ [0014]; S10–11, ¶ [0042]; S11, ¶ [0045]; S18, ¶ [0075];
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`S20, ¶ [0083]; S21–22, ¶ [0088]; FIG. 43.
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`12[g]
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`S4, ¶ [0015]; S12, ¶ [0048]; S12–13, ¶ [0050]; S13, ¶ [0051];
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`S14, ¶¶ [0052]–[0054]; S14–15, ¶ [0055]; S15, ¶ [0060];
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`S16, ¶ [0061]; S18, ¶ [0075]; S21, ¶ [0086]; FIG. 5.
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`12[h]
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`S4, ¶ [0014]; S12–13, ¶ [0050]; S16, ¶¶ [0062]–[0064];
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`S18, ¶ [0075]; FIG. 43.
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`13 [pre]
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`See support for Claim 12 (Elements 12[pre] and 12[h]) above.
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`13[a]
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`S10–11, ¶ [0042]; S11, ¶ [0045]; S18, ¶ [0075];
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`S21–22, ¶ [0088].
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`14[pre]
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`S1–4, ¶¶ [0002]–[0009]; S4, ¶ [0015]; FIG. 5.
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`14[a]
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`S1, ¶ [0002]; S4, ¶¶ [0009], [0015]; S5, ¶¶ [0016], [0017];
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`S12, ¶ [0048]–S13, ¶ [0051]; S15, ¶ [0056]–S16, ¶ [0061];
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`S21, ¶¶ [0084]–[0086]; FIG. 5.
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`14[b]
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`S1, ¶ [0002]; S2, ¶ [0004]; S3, ¶ [0007];
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`S4, ¶¶ [0009], [0013]–[0015]; S5, ¶ [0018]; S6, ¶ [0021];
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`S8, ¶ [0031]–S9, ¶ [0036]; S11, ¶ [0046]; S20, ¶¶ [0082], [0083];
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`S21, ¶ [0087]; FIGS 3a, 3b, 43, and 5.
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`14[c]
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`S4, ¶¶ [0009], [0015]; S5, ¶ [0019]; S6, ¶ [0020]; S7, ¶ [0023];
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`S21, ¶ [0087]; FIG. 5.
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`14[d]
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`S4, ¶¶ [0013], [0015]; S6–7, ¶ [0022]; S7, ¶¶ [0023], [0026];
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`S17, ¶ [0068]; S20, ¶ [0082]; S21, ¶ [0087]; FIGS. 3a, 3b, and 5.
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`14[e]
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`S4, ¶¶ [0014], [0015]; S7, ¶ [0024]; S10, ¶¶ [0039]–[0041];
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`S11, ¶¶ [0043], [0044]; S18, ¶ [0075]; S20, ¶ [0083];
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`S21–22, ¶ [0088]; FIGS. 43 and 5.
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`See also Ex. 2059 at 25 (specification p. 23), lines 16–26
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`(German language version of S21–22, ¶ [0088]); Ex. 2038 at 5–6
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`(verified English translation of same).
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`14[f]
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`S4, ¶ [0014]; S10–11, ¶ [0042]; S11, ¶ [0045]; S18, ¶ [0075];
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`S20, ¶ [0083]; S21–22, ¶ [0088]; FIG. 43.
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`14[g]
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`S4, ¶ [0015]; S12, ¶ [0048]; S12–13, ¶ [0050]; S13, ¶ [0051];
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`S14, ¶¶ [0052]–[0054]; S14–15, ¶ [0055]; S15, ¶ [0060];
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`S16, ¶ [0061]; S18, ¶ [0075]; S21, ¶ [0086]; FIG. 5.
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`S4, ¶ [0014]; S12–13, ¶ [0050]; S16, ¶¶ [0062]–[0064];
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`S18, ¶ [0075]; FIG. 43.
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`15 [pre]
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`See support for Claim 14 (Elements 14[pre]–14[h]) above.
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`15[a]
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`S4, ¶ [0014]; S10–11, ¶ [0042]; S11, ¶ [0045]; S18, ¶ [0075];
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`S20, ¶ [0083]; S21–22, ¶ [0088]; FIG. 43.
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`16 [pre]
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`See support for Claim 15 (Elements 15[pre]–15[a]) above.
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`16[a]
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`S10–11, ¶ [0042]; S11, ¶ [0045]; S18, ¶ [0075];
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`S21–22, ¶ [0088].
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`In response to Petitioner’s argument concerning the table of citations Patent
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`Owner provided in the original Contingent Motion to Amend (Paper 15), the Board
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`“[declined] to adopt a per se rule that string citations, in general, are not sufficient
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`for a patent owner to meet its burden … under 37 C.F.R. § 42.121(a)(2)(ii).” PG at
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`5. Patent Owner submits that the foregoing differentiated citations to specific
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`paragraphs and figures of the ’669 application for each annotated claim element of
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`each proposed substitute claim, particularly in view of the discussion found in Dr.
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`Peckerar’s Supplemental Declaration, Ex. 2050, ¶¶ 35–37, makes evident that there
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`is written description support for each substitute claim.
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`IV. DISCUSSION OF THE PRELIMINARY GUIDANCE
`With particular reference to the inclusion in the original substitute claims of
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`a “radial seal” (claim element 12[a]) and “a metal foil output conductor …
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`comprising a bend portion … and a flat portion” (claim elements 9[e], 12[e], and
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`14[e]), which were discussed in the Board’s PG at 5–13, the Board’s preliminary,
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`non-binding view was that Patent Owner had not shown support for the “radial
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`seal” limitation, PG at 6, and that Petitioner had shown the newly asserted Kannou
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`combination disclosed original claim elements 9[e], 12[e], and 14[e] and rendered
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`original substitute claim 9–16 obvious, PG at 12–13. Patent Owner respectfully
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`disagrees strongly with these preliminary views and does not acquiesce in any way
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`to them. Nonetheless, Patent Owner has removed the express recitation of su