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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`FINTIV, INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`PAYPAL HOLDINGS, INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`Civil Action No. 6:22-cv-00288-ADA
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION STATEMENT
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`Pursuant to the Joint Motion to Enter Agreed Scheduling Order (Dkt. No. 47), Plaintiff
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`Fintiv, Inc. (“Plaintiff” or “Fintiv”) and Defendant PayPal Holdings, Inc. (“Defendant” or
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`“PayPal”) (collectively, “Parties”) hereby provide the following Joint Claim Construction
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`Statement for the terms, phrases, and clauses appearing in the asserted claims of U.S. Patent
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`Nos. 8,538,845 (the “’845 Patent”), 9,892,386 (the “’386 Patent”), 11,120,413 (the “’413 Patent”),
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`9,208,488 (the “’488 Patent”), and the 10,438,196 (the “’196 Patent”) (collectively, the “Asserted
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`Patents” or “Patents-in-Suit”).
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`LIST OF DISPUTED TERMS FOR CONSTRUCTION
`The Parties’ list of disputed terms for construction, in the order the patents are addressed
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`in the Parties’ claim construction briefing, is included in Attachment A.
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`Dated: December 8, 2022
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /s/ Jonathan K. Waldrop
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`Jonathan K. Waldrop (CA Bar No. 297903)
`(Admitted in this District)
`jwaldrop@kasowitz.com
`Darcy L. Jones (CA Bar No. 309474)
`(Admitted in this District)
`djones@kasowitz.com
`Marcus A. Barber (CA Bar No. 307361)
`(Admitted in this District)
`mbarber@kasowitz.com
`John W. Downing (CA Bar No. 252850)
`(Admitted in this District)
`jdowning@kasowitz.com
`Heather S. Kim (CA Bar No. 277686)
`(Admitted in this District)
`hkim@kasowitz.com
`ThucMinh Nguyen (CA Bar No. 304382)
`(Admitted in this District)
`tnguyen@kasowitz.com
`KASOWITZ BENSON TORRES LLP
`333 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 200
`Redwood Shores, California 94065
`Telephone: (650) 453-5170
`Facsimile: (650) 453-5171
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`Paul G. Williams (GA Bar No. 764925)
`(Admitted in this District)
`pwilliams@kasowitz.com
`KASOWITZ BENSON TORRES LLP
`1230 Peachtree Street N.E., Suite 2445
`Atlanta, Georgia 30309
`Telephone: (404) 260-6080
`Facsimile: (404) 260-6081
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`Raymond W Mort, III
`(TX Bar No. 00791308)
`raymort@austinlaw.com
`THE MORT LAW FIRM, PLLC
`100 Congress Ave, Suite 2000
`Austin, TX 78701
`Telephone: (512) 865-7950
`Facsimile: (512) 865-7950
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff
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`Dated: December 8, 2022
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /s/ Barry K. Shelton
`Barry K. Shelton
`TX State Bar No. 24055029
`BShelton@winston.com WINSTON &
`STRAWN LLP 2121 N. Pearl Street,
`Suite 900 Dallas, TX 75201
`Telephone: (214) 453-6500
`Facsimile: (214) 453-6400
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`Robert N. Kang
`CA State Bar No. 274389
`RKang@winston.com
`WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
`101 California Street, 35th Floor
`San Francisco, California 94111-5840
`Telephone: (415) 591-1000
`Facsimile: (415) 591-1400
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`Nimalka R. Wickramasekera
`CA State Bar No. 268518
`Admitted Pro Hac Vice
`NWickramasekera@winston.com
`WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
`333 S. Grand Avenue
`Los Angeles, CA 90071
`Telephone: (213) 615-1700
`Facsimile: (213) 615-1750
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`ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing instrument was served or
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`delivered electronically to all counsel of record, on this 8th day of December 2022, via the Court’s
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`CM/ECF System.
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`/s/ Jonathan K. Waldrop
`Jonathan K. Waldrop
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`ATTACHMENT A
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`payment processors” (’386, ’413)
`bill
`banks, credit and Debit cards processors,
`processors including one or more APIs of
`Function: “use APIs of different payment
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`processors” (’488, ’196)
`interacting with different payment
`Function: “expose a common API for
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`This is a means-plus-function limitation.
`financial institution account.”
`“a subscriber that does not have a
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`platform.”
`support for subscriber services of the mFS
`“any location where an agent provides
`functions”
`and training to support specific MFS
`services (mFS) transaction system tools
`“an individual with mobile financial
`from his or her mobile wallet account.”
`goods and services of the mFS platform
`the owner (or ‘subscriber’) to pay for
`prepaid access account (PPA) that allows
`Br. 11/29 at 2) “A stored value account or
`PayPal’s Revised Construction (Reply
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`by other devices”
`mobile device and that is not maintained
`account (PPA) residing on a subscriber
`“A stored value account or prepaid access
`Defendant’s Proposed Construction
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`Alternatively, if means-plus-function:
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`service”
`“payment handler
`“payment handler” /
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`payment processors.
`Function: operable to interact with
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`’488 Patent claim 1
`’413 Patent claims 1-2
`’386 Patent claims 1-3
`Structure:
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`“unbanked subscriber”
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`“agent branch”
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`“agent”
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`claim 1
` ’196 Patent
`claim 1;
` ’488 Patent
`claims 1-2;
`’413 Patent
`claims 1-3;
`’386 Patent
`claims 1 and 5
`’845 Patent
`claims 1-2
`’386 Patent
`claim 1;
`’845 Patent
`claim 1
`’196 Patent
`claims 1-3;
`’386 Patent
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`Fintiv, Inc. v. PayPal Holdings, Inc., C.A. No. 6:22-cv-00288-ADA
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`Joint Claim Construction Statement-Disputed Terms
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`“mobile wallet”
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`All claims
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`Plaintiff’s Proposed Construction
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`Claim Term
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`Claim(s)
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`under 112(f).
`Structure: None, and therefore indefinite
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`manage money containers.
`details, store customer profiles, and
`Function: storing financial transaction
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`This is a means-plus-function limitation.
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`under 112(f)
`Structure: None, and therefore indefinite
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`Defendant’s Proposed Construction
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
`’386 Patent at 4:65-7:3
`’386 Patent at 13:29-34
`PA Figures 1-11
`PA Figures 11A-11J (Money Transfer)
`PA Figures 9A-9G (Bill Payment)
`PA Figures 8A-8I (Withdraw Cash)
`PA Figures 7A-E (Deposit Cash)
`Activation)
`PA Figures 2A-E (Registration and
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`Provisional Application 61/493064
`’386 Patent Figure 22A-J (data flow)
`’386 Patent Figure 22A-J (data flow)
`’386 Patent Figure 21A-J (data flow)
`’386 Patent Figure 20A-J (data flow)
`Corresponding ’386 Patent Figures
`’386 Patent Figure 1
`’196 Patent claim 1
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`Alternatively, if means-plus –function:
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`containers
`customer profiles, and manage money
`financial transaction details, store
`Function: operable to store at least
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`Corresponding ’386 Patent Figures
`’386 Patent Figure 1
`’413 Patent claims 1-2
`’386 Patent claims 1-3
`Structure:
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`Plaintiff’s Proposed Construction
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`“storage system”
`“database services” /
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`claims 1-2
`’413 Patent
`claims 1-3;
`’386 Patent
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`Claim Term
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`Claim(s)
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`Fintiv, Inc. v. PayPal Holdings, Inc., C.A. No. 6:22-cv-00288-ADA
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`Joint Claim Construction Statement-Disputed Terms
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`objects
`handling errors, and logging platform
`transactions, invoking third-party services,
`financial transactions, auditing financial
`including at least one of executing
`Function: implement business workflows,
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`112(f).
`therefore indefinite under
`Structure: None, and
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`This is a means-plus-function limitation.
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`logging platform objects.
`third-party services, handling errors, and
`auditing financial transactions, invoking
`executing financial transactions,
`workflows, including at least one of
`Function: implementing business
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`Corresponding ’386 Patent Figures
`’386 Patent Figure 1
`’413 Patent claims 1-2
`’386 Patent claims 1-3
`Structure:
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`plus function
`Plain and ordinary meaning, not means
`’386 Patent at 4:65-7:3
`’386 Patent at 13:39-51
`PA Figures 1-11
`PA Figures 11A-11J (Money Transfer)
`PA Figures 9A-9G (Bill Payment)
`PA Figures 8A-8I (Withdraw Cash)
`PA Figures 7A-E (Deposit Cash)
`Activation)
`PA Figures 2A-E (Registration and
`(“PA”) (Figure 1)
`Provisional Application 61/493064
`’386 Patent Figure 22A-J (data flow)
`’386 Patent Figure 22A-J (data flow)
`’386 Patent Figure 21A-J (data flow)
`’386 Patent Figure 20A-J (data flow)
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`Alternatively, if means-plus-function:
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`Defendant’s Proposed Construction
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`Plaintiff’s Proposed Construction
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`services”
`“business process
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`claims 1-2
` ’413 Patent
`claims 1-3;
`’386 Patent
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`Claim Term
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`Claim(s)
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`Fintiv, Inc. v. PayPal Holdings, Inc., C.A. No. 6:22-cv-00288-ADA
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`Joint Claim Construction Statement-Disputed Terms
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`Defendant’s Proposed Construction
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`Plaintiff’s Proposed Construction
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`Fintiv, Inc. v. PayPal Holdings, Inc., C.A. No. 6:22-cv-00288-ADA
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`Joint Claim Construction Statement-Disputed Terms
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`“displayed to or placed near”
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
`’386 Patent at 4:65-7:3
`’386 Patent at 13:25-34
`PA Figures 1-11
`PA Figures 11A-11J (Money Transfer)
`PA Figures 9A-9G (Bill Payment)
`PA Figures 8A-8I (Withdraw Cash)
`PA Figures 7A-E (Deposit Cash)
`Activation)
`PA Figures 2A-E (Registration and
`(“PA”) (Figure 1)
`Provisional Application 61/493064
`’386 Patent Figure 22A-J (data flow)
`’386 Patent Figure 22A-J (data flow)
`’386 Patent Figure 21A-J (data flow)
`’386 Patent Figure 20A-J (data flow)
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`“presented to”
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`claim 1
`’196 Patent
`claim 1;
`’488 Patent
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`Claim Term
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`Claim(s)
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