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`U.S. Patent No. 8,224,282
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.
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`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`OLLNOVA TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2023-00624
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,224,282
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`PETITION FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
`TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS .......................................................................... III 
`LIST OF EXHIBITS ............................................................................................... V 
`CHALLENGED CLAIMS ................................................................................ VIII 
`I. 
`INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................... 1 
`II.  MANDATORY NOTICES (§42.8) ............................................................... 2 
`A. 
`Real Party-In-Interest ............................................................................ 2 
`B. 
`Related Matters ...................................................................................... 2 
`C. 
`Lead and Back-Up Counsel and Service Information .......................... 3 
`III.  PAYMENT OF FEES ................................................................................... 4 
`IV.  REQUIREMENTS FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW............................... 4 
`A.  Grounds for Standing ............................................................................ 4 
`B. 
`Identification of Challenge .................................................................... 4 
`1. 
`The Specific Art on Which the Challenge Is Based ................... 4 
`Statutory Grounds on Which the Challenge Is Based ........................... 5 
`C. 
`D.  How the Claims Are Unpatentable ....................................................... 6 
`’282 PATENT ................................................................................................. 6 
`V. 
`’282 PROSECUTION HISTORY ................................................................ 8 
`VI. 
`VII.  THE BOARD SHOULD NOT EXERCISE ITS DISCRETION
`TO DENY INSTITUTION ........................................................................... 9 
`A. 
`§325(d) .................................................................................................. 9 
`B. 
`§314(a) ................................................................................................. 10 
`VIII.  LEVEL OF ORDINARY SKILL ............................................................... 10 
`IX.  CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ........................................................................ 11 
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`Preambles ([1.pre], [7.pre], [13.pre], [20.pre]) ................................... 12 
`“a multi-sensor package” ([1.a], [7.a], [13.a], [20.a]) ......................... 12 
`“identification flag for each identified sensor value” ([4], [10],
`[16]) ..................................................................................................... 12 
`“power-down command” ([13.g]) ....................................................... 13 
`D. 
`X.  GROUNDS OF UNPATENTABILITY ..................................................... 13 
`A.  Ground 1: McFarland (Claims 1-5, 7-11, 20-21) (§§102/103) ........... 13 
`1.  McFarland ................................................................................. 13 
`2. 
`Claim Chart ............................................................................... 16 
`Ground 2: McFarland in view of Kates-089 (Claims 13-16) .............. 44 
`1. 
`Kates-089 .................................................................................. 44 
`2.  Motivation to Modify McFarland with Kates-089 ................... 45 
`3. 
`Claim Chart ............................................................................... 49 
`Grounds 3/4: McFarland in View of Stoner (Claims 1-5, 7-11,
`20-21) and Kates-089 (Claims 13-16) ................................................. 51 
`1. 
`Overview of Stoner ................................................................... 51 
`2.  Motivation to Modify McFarland (and Kates-089) with
`Stoner’s Teachings .................................................................... 54 
`Claim Chart (Claims 7-11) ........................................................ 58 
`3. 
`Claims 1-5, 13-16, 20-21 .......................................................... 67 
`4. 
`D.  Grounds 5-8: McFarland (Claims 1-5, 7-11, 20-21) and
`McFarland in View of Stoner (Claims 1-5, 7-11, 20-21), Kates-
`089 (Claims 13-16), and Stoner and Kates-089 (Claims 1-5, 7-
`11, 20-21), further in view of Ahmed-629 (All Challenged
`Claims) ................................................................................................ 69 
`Ground 9: Kates-089 in View of Ahmed-629 ..................................... 72 
`E. 
`XI.  SECONDARY CONSIDERATIONS ........................................................ 77 
`XII.  CONCLUSION ............................................................................................ 77 
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`TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS
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`Abbreviation
`’282
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`Description
`U.S. Patent No. 8,224,282
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`’282FH
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`File History of U.S. Patent No. 8,224,282
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`Ahmed-629 U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2005/0268629
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`Ahmed-773 U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2006/0071773
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`Carrier
`Litigation
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`Ollnova Technologies Ltd. v. Carrier Global Corp., No. 9-22-
`cv-80388 (S.D. Fla., filed March 11, 2022)
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`Claims
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`Claims 1-5, 7-11, 13-17, 20-21 of U.S. Patent No. 8,224,282
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`Cummins WIPO International Application Publication WO 2007/036922
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`ecobee
`Litigation
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`Ollnova Technologies Ltd. v. ecobee, Inc., No. 2-22-cv-00072
`(E.D. Tex., filed March 8, 2022)
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`Emerson
`Litigation
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`Hitt
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`IPR
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`Ollnova Technologies Ltd. v. Emerson Electric Co. et al., No.
`4-22-cv-01387 (E.D. Mo.) (transferred to E.D. Mo. December
`29, 2022 after originally being filed April 5, 2022 in W.D.
`Tex.)
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`U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2004/0100394
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`Inter Partes Review
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`Kates-089
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`U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2006/0071089
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`Kates-236
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,455,236
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`Kriz
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`WIPO International Application Publication WO 1999/017477
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`McFarland
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`U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2007/0242688
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`Neikirk
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`Declaration of Dr. Dean P. Neikirk
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`Petitioner
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`Emerson Electric Co.
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`Abbreviation
`PO
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`Description
`Patent Owner; Ollnova Technologies Ltd.
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`POSITA
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`Person of Ordinary Skill in the Art
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`PTAB
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`Simon
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`Stoner
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`Tice
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`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
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`U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2006/0186214
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,276,829
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,392,536
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`USPTO
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`United States Patent and Trademark Office
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`Wang
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`U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2007/0026107
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`LIST OF EXHIBITS
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`Exhibit
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`1001
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`1002
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`1003
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`1004
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`1005
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`1006-
`1008
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`1009
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`1010
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`1011
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`1012
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`1013
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`1014
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`Description
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,224,282
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`Declaration of Dr. Dean P. Neikirk
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`File History of U.S. Patent No. 8,224,282
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`Reserved
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`U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2004/0100394 to Hitt
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`Reserved
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`Ollnova Technologies Ltd. v. Emerson Electric Co., 4:22-cv-01387
`(E.D. Mo.) Defendants’ Opening Claim Construction Brief
`(October 27, 2022)
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`Ollnova Technologies Ltd. v. Emerson Electric Co., 4:22-cv-01387
`(E.D. Mo.) Plaintiff Ollnova Technologies Ltd.’s Responsive Claim
`Construction Brief (November 17, 2022)
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`Ollnova Technologies Ltd. v. Emerson Electric Co., 4:22-cv-01387
`(E.D. Mo.) Defendants’ Reply Claim Construction Brief (December
`1, 2022)
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`Ollnova Technologies Ltd. v. Emerson Electric Co., 4:22-cv-01387
`(E.D. Mo.) Plaintiff Ollnova Technologies Ltd.’s Sur-Reply Claim
`Construction Brief (December 15, 2022)
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`Ollnova Technologies Ltd. v. Emerson Electric Co., 4:22-cv-01387
`(E.D. Mo.) Joint Claim Construction Statement (December 20,
`2022)
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`Ollnova Technologies Ltd. v. Carrier Global Corp., 9:22-cv-80388
`(S.D. Fla.) Plaintiff Ollnova Technologies Ltd.’s Opening Claim
`Construction Brief (November 4, 2022)
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`Description
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`Ollnova Technologies Ltd. v. Carrier Global Corp., 9:22-cv-80388
`(S.D. Fla.) Carrier Global Corp.’s Responsive Claim Construction
`and Indefiniteness Brief (November 18, 2022)
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`Ollnova Technologies Ltd. v. Carrier Global Corp., 9:22-cv-80388
`(S.D. Fla.) Plaintiff Ollnova Technologies Ltd.’s Reply Claim
`Construction Brief (November 30, 2022)
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`Ollnova Technologies Ltd. v. Carrier Global Corp., 9:22-cv-80388
`(S.D. Fla.) Joint Claim Construction Chart (December 5, 2022)
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`Reserved
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`Ollnova Technologies Ltd. v. ecobee Technologies, ULC, 2:22-cv-
`00072 (E.D. Tex.) P.R. 4-3 Joint Claim Construction and
`Prehearing Statement (January 10, 2023)
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`Exhibit
`(“Ex.”)
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`1015
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`1016
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`1017
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`1018-
`1022
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`1023
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`1024
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`Reserved
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`1025
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`Ollnova Technologies Ltd. v. Emerson Electric Co., 4:22-cv-01387
`(E.D. Mo.) Plaintiff’s Preliminary Disclosure of Asserted Claims
`and Infringement Contentions (July 7, 2022)
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`1026
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`Reserved
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`1027
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`1028
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`1029
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`1030
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`1031
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`1032
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`U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2007/0242688 to
`McFarland
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`U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2006/0186214 to Simon
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`U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2006/0071089 to Kates
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,276,829 to Stoner
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`Reserved
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,455,236 to Kates
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`Exhibit
`Description
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`1033 WIPO International Application Publication WO 1999/017477 to
`Kriz
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`1034
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`1035
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`1036
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`1037
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`Reserved
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`Lex Machina: Overview for E.D. Mo. (Jan. 29, 2023) (retrieved
`from https://law.lexmachina.com/court/moed)
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`U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2005/0268629 to Ahmed
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`U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2006/0071773 to Ahmed
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`1038 WIPO International Application Publication WO 2007/036922 to
`Cummins
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`1039
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`1040
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`1041-
`1042
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`1043
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`1044
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`1045
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`1046
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`1047
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`U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2007/0026107 to Wang
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,392,536 to Tice
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`Reserved
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`Ollnova Technologies Ltd. v. Emerson Electric Co., 6:22-cv-00358-
`ADA (W.D. Tex.) Declaration of Erik De La Iglesia in Support of
`Plaintiff Ollnova Technologies Ltd.’s Responsive Claim
`Construction Brief
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`Ollnova Technologies Ltd. v. ecobee Technologies, ULC, 2:22-cv-
`00072 (E.D. Tex.) Ollnova Technologies Ltd.’s Opening Claim
`Construction Brief (January 31, 2023)
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`U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/037,739
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`Reserved
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`Declaration of Jonathan Bradford
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`CHALLENGED CLAIMS
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`Claim
`[1.pre]
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`Text
`An automation component configured for wireless communication
`within a building automation system, the automation component
`comprising:
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`[1.a]
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`[1.b]
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`[1.c]
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`[1.d]
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`[1.e]
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`[1.f]
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`[2]
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`[3]
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`[4]
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`a multi-sensor package configured to detect a plurality of variables
`and generate sensor data for each detected variable;
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`a wireless communications component;
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`a processor in communication with the wireless communications
`component and the sensor package;
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`a memory in communication with the processor, the memory
`configured to store sensor data provided by the sensor package and
`computer readable instructions which are executable by the
`processor;
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`wherein the computer readable instructions are programmed to:
`receive sensor control information related to sensor data in control
`at a second automation component in communication with the
`building automation system; and
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`communicate a portion of the stored sensor data corresponding to
`the received sensor control information to the second automation
`component.
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`The automation component of claim 1, wherein the sensor package
`includes one or more sensors selected from the group consisting of
`a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor; a carbon monoxide sensor;
`a carbon dioxide sensor and a volatile organic compound sensor.
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`The automation component of claim 1, wherein the computer
`readable instructions are further programmed to: identify sensor
`values within the sensor data that exceed a corresponding change-
`of-value threshold.
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`The automation component of claim 1, wherein the computer
`readable instructions are further programmed to: set an
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`identification flag for each identified sensor value.
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`The automation component of claim 1, wherein the computer
`readable instructions are further programmed to: communicate all
`of the stored sensor data corresponding to the received sensor
`control information to the second automation component.
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`[7.pre]
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`An automation component configured for wireless communication
`within a building automation system, the automation component
`comprising:
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`[7.a]
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`[7.b]
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`[7.c]
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`[7.d]
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`[7.e]
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`[7.f]
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`[7.g]
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`[8]
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`a multi-sensor package configured to generate a plurality of sensor
`data for each sensor within the multi-sensor package;
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`a wireless communications component;
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`a processor in communication with the wireless communications
`component and the sensor package;
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`a memory in communication with the processor, the memory
`configured to store sensor data provided by the sensor package and
`computer readable instructions which are executable by the
`processor;
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`wherein the computer readable instructions are programmed to:
`receive status data related to sensor data in control at a second
`automation component in communication with the building
`automation system;
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`determine the sensor data in control at the second automation
`component based on the received status data; and
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`communicate the stored sensor data corresponding the sensor data
`in control to the second automation component.
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`The automation component of claim 7, wherein the sensor package
`includes one or more sensors selected from the group consisting of
`a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor; a carbon monoxide sensor;
`a carbon dioxide sensor and a volatile organic compound sensor.
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`[10]
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`[11]
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`The automation component of claim 7, wherein the computer
`readable instructions are further programmed to: identify sensor
`values within the sensor data that exceed a corresponding change-
`of-value threshold.
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`The automation component of claim 7, wherein the computer
`readable instructions are further programmed to: set an
`identification flag for each identified sensor value.
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`The automation component of claim 7, wherein the computer
`readable instructions are further programmed to: communicate all
`of the stored sensor data corresponding to the received status
`information to the second automation component.
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`[13.pre] An automation component configured for wireless communication
`within a building automation system, the automation component
`comprising:
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`[13.a]
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`[13.b]
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`[13.c]
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`[13.d]
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`[13.e]
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`[13.f]
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`[13.g]
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`a multi-sensor package configured to detect a plurality of variables
`and generate sensor data for each detected variable;
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`a wireless communications component;
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`a processor in communication with the wireless communications
`component and the sensor package;
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`a memory in communication with the processor, the memory
`configured to store sensor data provided by the sensor package and
`computer readable instructions which are executable by the
`processor;
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`wherein the computer readable instructions are programmed to:
`receive a wake-up command from a second automation component;
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`communicate stored sensor data related to the sensor data in control
`at a second automation component; and
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`receive a power-down command from the second automation
`component.
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`Claim
`[14]
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`[15]
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`[16]
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`The automation component of claim 13, wherein the sensor
`package includes one or more sensors selected from the group
`consisting of a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor; a carbon
`monoxide sensor; a carbon dioxide sensor and a volatile organic
`compound sensor.
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`The automation component of claim 13, wherein the computer
`readable instructions are further programmed to: identify sensor
`values within the sensor data that exceed a corresponding change-
`of-value threshold.
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`The automation component of claim 13, wherein the computer
`readable instructions are further programmed to: set an
`identification flag for each identified sensor value.
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`[20.pre] A method for providing power saving wireless communication
`within a building automation system, the method comprising:
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`[20.a]
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`[20.b]
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`[20.c]
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`[20.d]
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`[21]
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`scanning sensor data associated with each of a plurality of sensors
`contained within a multi-sensor package of a first automation
`component;
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`identifying changed sensor values within the sensor data;
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`receiving a first communication from a second automation
`component in communication with the first automation component
`and the building automation system; and
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`communicating a portion of the identified changed sensor values
`associated with the first communication received from the second
`automation component.
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`The method of claim 20, wherein identifying changed sensor values
`includes identifying changed sensor values as a function of a
`change-of-value threshold.
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`Pursuant to §§311-319 and §42.1, Emerson Electric Co. (“Petitioner”)
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`petitions for inter partes review (“IPR”) of claims 1-5, 7-11, 13-16, and 20-21
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`(“Claims”) of U.S. Patent 8,224,282 (“’282”) (Ex. 1001), assigned to Ollnova
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`Technologies Ltd. (“PO”).1 There is a reasonable likelihood—and it is highly
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`likely—that at least one Claim is unpatentable as explained herein. Petitioner
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`requests review of the Claims, and judgment finding them unpatentable under
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`§§102/103.
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION
`The ’282 is directed to systems for wirelessly reporting sensed conditions.
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`’282, Abstract, 1:15-19, 2:16-28. The Claims recite automation components and
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`methods for communicating sensor data corresponding to received control
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`information, sensor data in control at another component, or a received
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`communication. Neikirk, ¶37.
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`During prosecution, the ’282 was allowed after Applicant argued that the
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`prior art disclosed individual sensors and not a “combin[ed]” “multi-sensor
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`1 Section cites are to 35 U.S.C. (pre-AIA) or 37 C.F.R. as context indicates. All
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`emphasis/annotations added unless noted. Figure annotations herein generally
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`quote the Claims for reference. All citations herein are exemplary and not meant to
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`package.” Yet such multi-sensor packages were well-known—as shown by the art
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`cited herein.
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`example, McFarland
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`(Ex. 1027) discloses
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`a
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`temperature/humidity “combination[]” “sensor,” and Ahmed-629 (Ex. 1036)
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`discloses a single-substrate “MEMS sensor suite.” McFarland, [0043]; Ahmed-
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`629, [0048]-[0049]. Neikirk, ¶¶38-40.
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`The Claims are disclosed by McFarland alone, and obvious over
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`combinations of McFarland, Kates-089 (Ex. 1032) (providing wake-up/power-
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`down command teachings), Stoner (Ex. 1030) (providing sensor control
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`information teachings), and/or Ahmed-629. Neikirk, ¶41.
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`Petitioner requests that the Board institute trial and find the Claims
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`unpatentable.
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`II. MANDATORY NOTICES (§42.8)
`A. Real Party-In-Interest
`Pursuant to §42.8(b)(1), Petitioner identifies Emerson Electric Co. and
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`Verdant Environmental Technologies Inc. as real parties-in-interest.
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`No other party had access to or control over the present Petition, and no
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`other party funded or participated in preparation of the present Petition.
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`B. Related Matters
`The ’282
`is currently
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`the subject of
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`the following district court
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`litigations: Ollnova Technologies Ltd. v. ecobee, Inc., No. 2-22-cv-00072 (E.D.
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`Tex., filed 3/8/2022) (“ecobee Litigation”), Ollnova Technologies Ltd. v. Carrier
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`Global Corp., No. 9-22-cv-80388 (S.D. Fla., filed 3/11/2022) (“Carrier
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`Litigation”), and Ollnova Technologies Ltd. v. Emerson Electric Co. et al., No. 4-
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`22-cv-01387 (E.D. Mo.) (transferred to E.D. Mo. 12/29/2022 after originally being
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`filed 4/5/2022 in W.D. Tex.) (“Emerson Litigation”). None of the parties in the
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`ecobee Litigation or the Carrier Litigation had any involvement in, funded, or
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`participated in the preparation of the present Petition.
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`Petitioner is filing an IPR petition against another unrelated patent asserted
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`in the Emerson Litigation: U.S. 7,746,887 (IPR2023-00626).
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`C. Lead and Back-Up Counsel and Service Information
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`Lead Counsel
`James L. Davis, Jr.
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`ROPES & GRAY LLP
`1900 University Avenue, 6th Floor
`East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2284
`P: 650-617-4794 / F: 617-235-9492
`james.l.davis@ropesgray.com
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`Emerson-Ollnova-Ropes-IPR-
`Service@ropesgray.com
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`Customer No. 28120
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`Mailing address for all PTAB
`correspondence:
`ROPES & GRAY LLP
`IPRM—Floor 43
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`Backup Counsel
`Scott A. McKeown
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`ROPES & GRAY LLP
`2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
`Washington, D.C. 20006-6807
`P: 202-508-4740 / F: 617-235-9492
`scott.mckeown@ropesgray.com
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`P: 202-508-4641 / F: 617-235-9492
`victor.cheung@ropesgray.com
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`Petitioner consents to electronic service of documents to the email addresses
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`of the counsel identified above.
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`III. PAYMENT OF FEES
`The undersigned authorizes the Office to charge the fee required by
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`§42.15(a) and any additional fees that might be due to Deposit Account No. 18-
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`1945, under Order No. 001264-0145-651.
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`IV. REQUIREMENTS FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW
`A. Grounds for Standing
`Pursuant to §42.104(a), Petitioner certifies the ’282 is available for IPR.
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`Petitioner is not barred or estopped from requesting IPR challenging the claims of
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`the ’282 on the grounds identified herein.
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`B.
`Identification of Challenge
`Pursuant to §42.104(b), Petitioner requests IPR of the Claims, and that the
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`Board cancel the same as unpatentable.
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`The Specific Art on Which the Challenge Is Based
`Petitioner relies upon the following prior art:
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`Name
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`Ex.
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`Patent /
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`Priority
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`Issued /
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`Prior Art
`Under at
`Least §1022
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`McFarland 1027
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`Kates-089
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`1029
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`U.S.
`2007/0242688
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`U.S.
`2006/0071089
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`4/12/2006
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`10/18/2007
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`(a)/(b)
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`10/6/2004
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`4/6/2006
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`(b)/(e)
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`Stoner
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`1030 U.S. 8,276,829 11/30/2007
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`10/2/2012
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`(e)
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`Ahmed-629 1036
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`U.S.
`2005/0268629
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`3/25/2004
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`12/8/2005
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`(b)/(e)
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`While McFarland and the ’282 are commonly assigned to PO, McFarland
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`was published 10/18/2007 and shares no common inventors with the ’282.
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`Accordingly, McFarland is prior art under §§102(a)/(b).
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`C.
`Statutory Grounds on Which the Challenge Is Based
`Petitioner respectfully requests cancellation of the Claims on the following
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`grounds:
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`2 The Claims are not entitled to the date of provisional application 61/037,739,
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`which describes “multiple sensors,” but not a multi-sensor package. See Ex. 1045,
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`2-3; §IX.B; Neikirk, ¶45.
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`Claims
`Grounds
`1 §102/§103 1-5, 7-11, 20-21 McFarland
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`Prior Art
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`13-16
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`McFarland in view of Kates-089
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`1-5, 7-11, 20-21 McFarland in view of Stoner
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`13-16
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`McFarland in view of Stoner and Kates-089
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`1-5, 7-11, 20-21 McFarland in view of Ahmed-629
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`§103
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`13-16
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`McFarland in view of Kates-089 and Ahmed-
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`1-5, 7-11, 20-21 McFarland in view of Stoner and Ahmed-629
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`13-16
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`20-21
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`McFarland in view of Stoner, Kates-089, and
`Ahmed-629
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`Kates-089 in view of Ahmed-629
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`D. How the Claims Are Unpatentable
`Petitioner provides the information required under §§42.104(b)(4)-(5) in §X.
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`V.
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`’282 PATENT
`The Claims recite components or methods for wireless communication in a
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`building automation system that communicates sensor data corresponding to
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`received information. ’282, 2:23-28. Fig. 2 shows an embodiment of such a
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`component:
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`’282, 3:33-35, 5:52-57, Fig. 2. The component of Fig. 2 comprises a “processor,”
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`“memory,” “communications component,” and “sensor package” that senses
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`multiple variables—e.g., temperature and humidity. Id.; ’282, 6:22-28. The
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`memory stores processor-executed programs and sensor package readings. ’282,
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`5:57-62, 6:10-14, 6:28-30; Neikirk, ¶42.
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`The component receives, e.g., control information relating to or identifying
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`“sensor values and routines that are controlling and driving” a “field panel” (or
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`other automation component) (’282, 9:9-16), or status information about the field
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`panel’s control routines (’282, 9:55-60). The component sends sensor data
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`corresponding to data being analyzed by and/or controlling the field panel. ’282,
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`9:23-26, 9:64-67. The component may also communicate sensor data at regular
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`intervals. ’282, 9:27-31, 10:1-5. Neikirk, ¶43.
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`VI.
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`’282 PROSECUTION HISTORY
`Application 12/406,799 matured into the ’282 (filed 3/18/2009). Ex. 1003
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`(“’282FH”), 1-51. The examiner twice rejected the claims as anticipated by Petite
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`(U.S. 6,437,692) (’282FH, 72-76, 95-100). In response to the first rejection,
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`Applicant amended the independent claims to recite that the multi-sensor package
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`detects/generates sensor data for multiple variables and argued that Petite discloses
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`only a single sensor in response. ’282FH, 82-91. In response to the second
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`rejection, Applicant further argued that Petite does not disclose or suggest that its
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`individual sensors “could be combined to create a multi-sensor package.” ’282FH,
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`109-113. The Examiner allowed the Claims. ’282FH, 119-123. Neikirk, ¶44.
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`VII. THE BOARD SHOULD NOT EXERCISE ITS DISCRETION TO
`DENY INSTITUTION
`A.
`§325(d)
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`Considering the two-part framework in Advanced Bionics, LLC v. Med-El
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`Elektromedizinische Gerate GMBH, IPR2019-01469, Pap. 6, *8-9, the Board
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`should not exercise §325(d) discretion.
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`This Petition’s grounds are not the same or substantially the same as the
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`art or arguments raised during prosecution. The Examiner did not consider
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`McFarland, Kates-089, Stoner, Ahmed-629, art with substantially the same
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`disclosures (or the same or substantially the same arguments) as those herein. The
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`Examiner considered Petite’s individual sensors (see §VI), but not the multi-sensor
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`package teachings cited in this Petition. See §X.
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`Even if the art and arguments were substantially the same, the
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`Examiner erred in a manner material to the patentability of the Claims.
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`Where the “Examiner did not expressly consider” McFarland, Kates-089, Stoner,
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`and Ahmed-629, it is difficult, if not impossible, to explain “why the Examiner
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`allowed the claims” or “how the Examiner might have considered the arguments
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`presented in the Petition.” Bowtech, Inc. v. MCP IP, LLC, IPR2019-00379, Pap.
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`14, *20 (not exercising §325(d) discretion). If the Examiner had considered
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`substantially the same art or arguments, it was error to allow the claims because,
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`e.g., the Examiner failed to reject the Claims over references or combinations of
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`references teaching a multi-sensor package.
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`B.
`§314(a)
`Discretionary denial based on the six factors in Apple Inc. v. Fintiv, Inc.
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`IPR2020-00019, Pap. 11, is not warranted.
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`1: Petitioner intends to seek a stay of the Emerson Litigation pending the
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`outcome of this IPR and No. IPR2023-00626.
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`2: E.D. Mo.’s median time to trial is approximately 665 days (see Ex. 1035,
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`3)—putting the approximate trial date four months after a final written decision is
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`expected in this IPR.
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`3: To date, the court has not issued any substantive orders regarding the
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`’282.
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`4: After the final written decision, the same grounds and arguments could
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`not be presented in the litigation.
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`5: The litigation and PTAB parties are the same.
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`6: Petitioner is highly likely to prevail with respect to the Claims as shown
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`herein. See §X.
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`VIII. LEVEL OF ORDINARY SKILL
`A person of ordinary skill in the art (“POSITA”), at the time the ’282 or its
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`parent applications were filed, would have had a minimum of a bachelor’s degree
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`in electrical engineering, or a related field, along with at least two years of
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`professional experience in sensors, controls, and/or wireless communications.
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`Additional graduate education could substitute for professional experience, or
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`significant experience in the field could substitute for formal education. Neikirk,
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`¶¶45-49.
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`IX. CLAIM CONSTRUCTION
`Claim terms in IPR are construed using Phillips v. AWH Corp., 415 F.3d
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`1303, 1313 (Fed. Cir. 2005). Only terms necessary to resolve the controversy need
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`to be construed. Because the prior art asserted herein discloses embodiments
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`within the indisputable scope of the Claims, the Board need not construe the outer
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`bounds of the Claims. All claim terms should be construed according to their plain
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`and ordinary meaning as would have been understood by a POSITA in view of the
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`specification. Neikirk, ¶50.3
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`3 While third parties have proposed different constructions for certain terms (e.g.,
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`Ex. 1015, 12-21; Ex. 1017, 2-5; Ex. 1023, 8-16), unless otherwise indicated,
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`Petitioner maintains that such terms should be given their plain meaning and are
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`not means-plus-function limitations. PO has taken the same position. See Ex.
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`1014, 16-19, 24-28; Ex. 1016, 11-13, 16-19, 22-25; Ex. 1017, 2-5; Ex. 1044, 10-
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`A.
`Preambles ([1.pre], [7.pre], [13.pre], [20.pre])
`Regardless of whether the preambles are limiting, the prior art discloses the
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`preambles. See §X; Neikirk, ¶51.
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`B.
`“a multi-sensor package” ([1.a], [7.a], [13.a], [20.a])
`Petitioner agrees with PO that “a multi-sensor package” means “a single
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`packaged sensor device, not a group of individual sensors.” Ex. 1013, 1; see also
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`Neikirk, ¶52.
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`C.
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`“identification flag for each identified sensor value” ([4], [10],
`[16])
`Regardless of whether the antecedent for this element refers to the sensor
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`value
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`in,
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`e.g.,
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`[1.a]/[7.a]/[13.a],
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`[1.d]/[7.d]/[13.d],
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`[1.e]/[7.e]-[7.f]/[13.f],
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`[1.f]/[7.g]/[13.f], or [3]/[9]/[15] (see Ex. 1009, 10-12; Ex. 1010, 8-10; Ex. 1011,
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`10-13; Ex. 1012, 7-9), the prior art discloses this element under any interpretation
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`because it discloses setting identification flags each time sensor data is read and
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`stored, and also setting identification flags for sensor values (which are stored in
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`memory) exceeding limits. See §X; Neikirk, ¶53.
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