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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`PARUS HOLDINGS, INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`Civil Action No. 6:21-cv-00968-ADA
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`vs.
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`APPLE INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`JURY TRIAL
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`PARUS HOLDINGS, INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`Civil Action No. 6:21-cv-00571-ADA
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`vs.
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`GOOGLE LLC,
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`Defendant.
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`PARUS HOLDINGS, INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`vs.
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`MICROSOFT CORPORATION,
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`Defendant.
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`PARUS HOLDINGS, INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`vs.
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`JURY TRIAL
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`Civil Action No. 6-21-cv-00570-ADA
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`JURY TRIAL
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`Civil Action No. 6:21-cv-01073-ADA
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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD. AND
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.,
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`JURY TRIAL
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`Defendant.
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`JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION STATEMENT
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`Petitioner’s Ex. 1023, Page 1
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`Case 6:21-cv-01073-ADA-DTG Document 78 Filed 09/01/22 Page 2 of 7
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`Pursuant to the Court’s Scheduling Order (Dkt. No. 72 in 6:21-cv-00968-ADA (“Parus v.
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`Apple”); Dkt. No. 61 in 6:21-cv-00571-ADA (“Parus v. Google”); Dkt. No. 77 in 6:21-cv-00570-
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`ADA (“Parus v. Microsoft”); and Dkt. No. 75 in 6:21-cv-01073-ADA (“Parus v. Samsung”)),
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`Plaintiff Parus Holdings Inc. (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants Apple Inc., Google LLC, Microsoft
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`Corporation, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and Samsung Electronics America, Inc., (collectively
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`“Defendants”) submit this Joint Claim Construction Statement for the asserted claims of United
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`States Patent No. 6,721,705 (“the ’705 Patent”), United States Patent No. 8,185,402 (“the ’402
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`Patent”), United States Patent No. 7,386,455 (“the ’455 Patent”), United States Patent No.
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`7,881,941 (“the ’941 Patent”), United States Patent No. 7,516,190 (“the ’190 Patent”), and United
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`States Patent No. 9,769,314 (“the ’314 Patent”)
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`The chart below identifies: the disputed claims terms for each patent; the claims in which
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`each disputed claim term appears in which patent; which party or parties proposed each claim term
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`for construction; and each party or parties’ proposed constructions for each disputed claim term.
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`TABLE OF DISPUTED CLAIM TERMS FOR CONSTRUCTION
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`Terms Governed by the Parties’ Joint Motion to Facilitate Claim Construction1
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`Claims(s)
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`’455: 1, 16
`’941:1
`’402:1
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`voice enabled device
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`U.S. PATENT NOS. 8,185,402; 7,386,455 AND 7,881,941
`Term(s)
`Plaintiff’s
`Proposed
`Defendants’ Proposed
`Construction
`Construction
`a wired or wireless voice
`wireline or wireless
`communication device
`telephone, IP phone,
`associated with audio
`wireless PDA, or other
`input (e.g., a
`wireless device
`microphone) and audio
`output (e.g., a speaker)
`capabilities
`engine capable of
`recognizing spoken
`audible inputs that need
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`speaker-independent
`’455: 1, 9,
`speech recognition
`16
`engine
`’941: 1, 9
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`1 The Parties have filed a Joint Motion to Facilitate Claim Construction (Parus v. Microsoft, Dkt.
`No. 69; Parus v. Google, Dkt. No. 52; Parus v. Apple, Dkt. No. 63; Parus v. Samsung, Dkt. No.
`59) to incorporate briefing from the prior Parus litigations before this Court.
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`speech recognition
`engine that recognizes
`spoken words without
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`2
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`Petitioner’s Ex. 1023, Page 2
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`Case 6:21-cv-01073-ADA-DTG Document 78 Filed 09/01/22 Page 3 of 7
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`’402: 1, 9
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`adapting to individual
`speakers or using
`predefined voice patterns
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`not be trained to
`recognize the voice
`patterns of an individual
`user
`U.S. PATENT NOS. 6,721,705; 8,185,402; 7,881,941; 7,516,190 AND 9,769,314
`’705: 1, 2
`web site
`Plain and ordinary
`collection of linked and
`’941: 1-9,
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`meaning
`related web pages for
`14-15
`website
`browsing by a user with a
`’402: 1-9,
`web browser
`14-15
`’190: 1-2, 4-
`6, 15-16,
`18-19
`’314: 2, 7,
`12, 14, 18,
`20, 23-24
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`Newly-Briefed Terms
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`Claims(s)
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`Term(s)
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`U.S. PATENT NO. 6,721,705
`Plaintiff’s Proposed
`Construction
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`Defendants’ Proposed
`Construction
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`Defendants’ Proposed Claim Terms
`’705: 1, 3
`interactive voice response
`application
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`Plain and ordinary
`meaning
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`a computer application
`that operates through the
`telephone system in
`which a telephone caller
`interacts with a voice
`menu
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`[All Defendants] 2
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`U.S. PATENT NOS. 6,721,705 AND 8,185,402
`rank number
`Plain and ordinary
`a number that is used to
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`meaning
`create an order for web
`ranking
`sites from highest to
`lowest based on at least
`responsiveness to the
`current voice command
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`[Microsoft]
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`’705: 1, 2
`’402: 3-5, 7,
`9, 14-15
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`2 Defendants identify which Defendants are joining in proposing the construction of the identified
`claim term. Each Defendant seeks construction only as to the terms they have asked to be
`construed and for the claims that they are alleged to infringe.
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`Petitioner’s Ex. 1023, Page 3
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`Case 6:21-cv-01073-ADA-DTG Document 78 Filed 09/01/22 Page 4 of 7
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`’314: 1, 6,
`11
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`’190: 1, 6,
`16
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`Preambles
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`U.S. PATENT NOS. 6,721,705; 8,185,402; 7,881,941; 7,516,190 AND 9,769,314
`’705: 1, 2, 3
`content descriptor file
`a content descriptor is
`a file that specifies where
`’402: 2, 9
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`information used to
`to extract data from the
`’941: 2, 9
`content file
`properly extract the
`accessed web page
`’190: 6
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`information requested.
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`’314: 1, 5,
`content descriptor
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`content file = content
`6, 10, 11,
`content file = content
`descriptor file
`14, 18, 19,
`descriptor file
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`[All Defendants]
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`U.S. PATENT NOS. 7,516,190 AND 9,769,314
`Preambles
`Not limiting
`Limiting
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`[Google; Apple]
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`Limiting
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`[Google; Apple]
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`uniform resource locator
`(URL) address, provided
`by a user, indicating a
`pre-selected web site
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`[Apple]
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`’190: 1, 6,
`16
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`’190: 6, 16
`’314: 1, 6,
`11, 19
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`URL indicating a pre-
`selected web site
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`uniform resource locator
`address for said [pre-
`selected] web site
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`uniform resource locater
`[sic] address for said [pre-
`selected] web site
`a recognition grammar
`corresponding to each said
`instruction set
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`speech-recognition
`grammar… assigned to a
`desired search
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`speech recognition
`grammar… associated
`with the desired
`information
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`Not limiting
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`Plain and ordinary
`meaning
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`The Court’s prior
`construction as to
`“recognition
`grammar”; plain and
`ordinary meaning as to
`“corresponding to,”
`“assigned to,” and
`associated with”
`terms.
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`recognition grammar
`having a user-defined
`correspondence to each
`said instruction set
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`speech-recognition
`grammar…assigned by a
`user to a desired search
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`speech-recognition
`grammar…associated by
`the user with the desired
`information
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`[Apple]
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`Petitioner’s Ex. 1023, Page 4
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`Case 6:21-cv-01073-ADA-DTG Document 78 Filed 09/01/22 Page 5 of 7
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`By: /s/ John B. Campbell
`John B. Campbell
`Texas State Bar No. 24036314
`jcampbell@mckoolsmith.com
`Caroline Burks
`Texas State Bar No. 24126000
`cburks@mckoolsmith.com
`MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
`303 Colorado Street, Suite 2100
`Austin, Texas 78701
`Telephone: (512) 692-8700
`Facsimile: (512) 692-8744
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`Casey L. Shomaker
`Texas State Bar No. 24110359
`cshomaker@McKoolSmith.com
`MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
`300 Crescent Court, Suite 1500
`Dallas, TX 75201
`Telephone: (214) 978-4000
`Facsimile: (214) 978-4044
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`Alan P. Block Admitted Pro Hac Vice
`California State Bar No. 143783
`ablock@McKoolSmith.com
`MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
`300 S. Grand Avenue, Suite 2900
`Los Angeles, California 90071
`Telephone: (213) 694-1200
`Facsimile: (213) 694-1234
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff,
`Parus Holdings, Inc.
`By: /s/Kirstin Stoll-DeBell___________
`FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH,
`LLP
`Kirstin Stoll-DeBell (Pro Hac Vice)
`1144 15th Street, Suite 3400
`Kirstin.StollDeBell@faegredrinker.com
`(303) 607-3500 (Telephone)
`(303) 607-3600 (Facsimile)
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`Carrie A. Beyer (Pro Hac Vice)
`320 South Canal Street, Suite 3300
`Chicago, IL 60606
`Carrie.Beyer@faegredrinker.com
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`By: /s/Bita Rahebi_____________
`Bita Rahebi, Bar No. 209351
`Hector G. Gallegos, Bar No. 175137
`Rose S. Lee, Bar No. 294658
`H. Christopher Han, Bar No. 295435
`Karina N. Pundeff, Bar No. 324472
`MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP
`707 Wilshire Boulevard
`Los Angeles, CA 90017-3543
`Telephone: 213.892.5200
`Facsimile: 213.892.5454
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`Fahd H. Patel, Bar No. 994492
`MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP
`2100 L Street NW, Suite 900
`Washington, DC 20037
`Telephone: 202.778.1658
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`J. Stephen Ravel
`Texas State Bar No. 16584975
`steve.ravel@kellyhart.com
`KELLY HART & HALLMAN LLP
`303 Colorado, Suite 2000
`Austin, Texas 78701
`T: (512) 495-6429
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`Attorneys for Defendant, Apple, Inc.
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`By: /s/Luann L. Simmons_____________
`Darin W. Snyder (Pro Hac Vice)
`dsnyder@omm.com
`Luann L. Simmons (Pro Hac Vice)
`lsimmons@omm.com
`David S. Almeling (Pro Hac Vice)
`dalmeling@omm.com
`Mark Liang (Pro Hac Vice)
`mliang@omm.com
`Bill Trac (Pro Hac Vice)
`btrac@omm.com
`Daniel Silverman (Pro Hac Vice)
`dsilverman@omm.com
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`O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
`Two Embarcadero Center 28th Floor
`San Francisco, CA 94111-3823
`Telephone: 415-984-8700
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`Petitioner’s Ex. 1023, Page 5
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`Case 6:21-cv-01073-ADA-DTG Document 78 Filed 09/01/22 Page 6 of 7
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`(312) 569-1000 (Telephone)
`(312) 569-3000 (Facsimile)
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`Brianna L. Silverstein (Pro Hac Vice)
`1500 K Street NW, Suite 1100
`Washington, DC 20005
`Brianna.Silverstein@faegredrinker.com
`(202) 842-8800 (Telephone)
`(202) 842-8465 (Facsimile)
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`Kirsten L. Elfstrand (Pro Hac Vice)
`2200 Wells Fargo Center
`90 South Seventh Street Minneapolis, MN
`55402
`Kirsten.Elfstrand@faegredrinker.com
`(612) 766-7000 (Telephone)
`(612) 766-1600 (Facsimile)
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`WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
`Barry K. Shelton
`Texas State Bar No. 24055029
`2121 N. Pearl Street Suite 900
`Dallas, TX 75201
`(214) 453-6407 (Telephone)
`(214) 453-6400 (Facsimile)
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`Attorneys for Defendant Microsoft
`Corporation
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`Facsimile: 415-984-8701
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`Steve McConnico
`Texas State Bar No. 13450300
`smcconnico@scottdoug.com
`Paige Arnette Amstutz
`Texas State Bar No. 00796136
`pamstutz@scottdoug.com
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`SCOTT, DOUGLASS & MCCONNICO, LLP
`303 Colorado Street, Suite 2400
`Austin, TX 78701
`Telephone: (512) 495-6300
`Facsimile: (512) 495-6399
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`Attorneys for Defendant Google LLC
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`By: /s/Victoria F. Maroulis
`Kevin P.B. Johnson
`Victoria F. Maroulis
`Todd Briggs
`QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN LLP
`555 Twin Dolphin Drive, 5th Floor Redwood
`Shores, CA 94065
`(650) 801-5000
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`Marissa Ducca
`QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN LLP
`1300 I Street NW, Suite 900
`Washington DC 20005
`(202) 538-8000
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`Attorneys for Defendants Samsung Electronics
`Co., Ltd. And Samsung Electronics America,
`Inc.
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`Petitioner’s Ex. 1023, Page 6
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`Case 6:21-cv-01073-ADA-DTG Document 78 Filed 09/01/22 Page 7 of 7
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing document has been
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`served on all counsel of record who are deemed to have consented to electronic service via the
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`Court’s CM/ECF system on September 1, 2022.
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`/s/ John B. Campbell
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`7
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`Petitioner’s Ex. 1023, Page 7
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