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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS,
`
`
`
`
`
`Plaintiff,
`Civil Action No. 1:23-cv-00424
`
`
`
`
`v.
`
`
`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
`TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA,
`INC., TOYOTA MOTOR SALES, U.S.A.,
`INC., and TOYOTA MOTOR
`ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING
`NORTH AMERICA, INC.
`
`
`Defendants
`
`
`
`ORIGINAL COMPLAINT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT
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`UNM Rainforest Innovations (“UNMRI”) files this Original Complaint for Patent
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`Infringement and Jury Demand against Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Toyota Motor
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`Sales, U.S.A., Inc., and Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
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`(collectively, “Toyota”). UNMRI alleges
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`infringement of United States Patent
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`Number 8,265,096 (“’096 Patent”) as follows.
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`PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
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`1.
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`The University of New Mexico (“UNM”) is a public educational institution
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`based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and serves as the State of New Mexico’s flagship
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`research institution. UNM serves over 25,000 students and comprises over 1,700 faculty
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`members across its main campus in Albuquerque and branch campuses in Gallup, Los
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`Alamos, Rio Rancho, Taos, and Los Lunas, New Mexico. Over the past 20 years, UNM
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`researchers have disclosed over 1,700 new inventions resulting in over 500 issued United
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`States patents. This action is for patent infringement and just compensation for unlicensed
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`1
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`Exhibit 1022
`Panasonic v. UNM
`IPR2024-00364
`Page 1 of 13
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`deployment of in-vehicle Wi-Fi configured to operate on and with the IEEE 802.11ac or
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`IEEE 802.11ax wireless networking standard(s) in violation of the ’096 Patent.
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`THE PARTIES
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`2.
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`Plaintiff UNMRI is a New Mexico nonprofit research park corporation
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`formed, owned, and controlled entirely by the Board of Regents of the University of New
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`Mexico (“UNM”).
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`3.
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`UNMRI’s mission includes nurturing inventions researched and developed
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`at UNM, promoting technological collaboration between UNM and other universities and
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`research institutes, and thereby catalyzing economic development in the State of New
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`Mexico.
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`4.
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`UNMRI furthers its mission by licensing and, if necessary, enforcing its
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`inventions and reinvesting proceeds into continued research and development at and
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`technological collaboration with UNM, for the benefit of and for the State of New Mexico
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`and the United States.
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`5.
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`UNMRI is located at the UNM Lobo Rainforest Building, 101 Broadway
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`Boulevard, Suite 1100, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102.
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`6.
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`Plaintiff UNMRI, UNM, and the Board of Regents of UNM are arms of the
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`State of New Mexico and enjoy sovereign immunity under common law, statutes, and
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`constitutions of the United States and the State of New Mexico including, but not limited
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`to, the Eleventh Amendment of the United States Constitution and Article 12 of the New
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`Mexico Constitution. See Regents of University of New Mexico v. Knight, 321 F.3d 1111
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`2
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`Exhibit 1022
`Panasonic v. UNM
`IPR2024-00364
`Page 2 of 13
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`(Fed. Cir. 2003); STC.UNM v. Quest Diagnostics Inc., CIV 17-1123 MV/KBM, 2019 WL
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`1091390, at *1 (D.N.M. Mar. 8, 2019).
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`7.
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`By filing this lawsuit or prosecuting this action, Plaintiff UNMRI does not
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`waive, either expressly or implicitly, its sovereign immunity, the sovereign immunity of
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`UNM or its Board of Regents, or the sovereign immunity enjoyed by any arm of the State
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`of New Mexico under the laws of the United States or the State of New Mexico, to any
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`inter partes review, ex parte reexamination, or other post-grant proceeding at the United
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`States Patent and Trademark Office or its Patent Trial and Appeal Board, to any other
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`administrative actions or proceedings whatsoever, to any noncompulsory counterclaims,
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`or to any other federal or state proceedings whatsoever, whether initiated by Defendants or
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`an entity other than Defendants.
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`8.
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`Toyota Motor Corporation is an automobile manufacturer incorporated under
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`the Commercial Code of Japan and existing under its Companies Act. Toyota Motor
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`Corporation operated through 569 consolidated subsidiaries and 168 associates and joint
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`ventures as of March 31, 2023, and its principal executive offices are located at 1 Toyota-
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`cho, Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture 471-8571, Japan.
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`9.
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`Defendant Toyota Motor North America, Inc. is a corporation with its
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`principal place of business at 6565 Headquarters Drive, Plano, Texas 75024. Toyota Motor
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`North America, Inc. brings together Toyota Motor Corporation’s marketing, sales,
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`engineering, and manufacturing arms in North America on one shared campus. Toyota
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`Motor North America, Inc. can be served with process through its registered agent, C T
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`Corporation System, at 1999 Bryan Street, Suite 900 Dallas, Texas 75201.
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`3
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`Exhibit 1022
`Panasonic v. UNM
`IPR2024-00364
`Page 3 of 13
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`10. Defendant Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. is a corporation with a place of
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`business located at 6565 Headquarters Drive, Plano, Texas 75024. Toyota Motor Sales,
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`U.S.A., Inc., can be served with process through its registered agent, C T Corporation
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`System, at 1999 Bryan Street, Suite 900 Dallas, Texas 75201.
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`11. Defendant Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
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`is a corporation with a place of business located at 6565 Headquarters Drive, Plano, Texas
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`75024. Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. can be served
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`with process through its registered agent, C T Corporation System, at 1999 Bryan Street,
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`Suite 900 Dallas, Texas 75201.
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`12.
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`Toyota is in the business of making, using, marketing, distributing, selling,
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`and encouraging the sale and use of, both in the United States and abroad, automobiles
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`with built-in Wi-Fi hotspot/access points and other systems and features which are
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`configured to operate on or with the IEEE 802.11ac or IEEE 802.11ax wireless networking
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`standard(s), including at least the following automobiles: 2022 Toyota Tundra, 2022
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`Toyota Tundra Hybrid, 2023 Toyota bZ4X, 2023 Toyota Corolla, 2023 Toyota Corolla
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`Hybrid, 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross, 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid, 2023 Toyota
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`Corolla Hatchback, 2023 Toyota Highlander, 2023 Toyota Highlander Hybrid, 2023
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`Toyota Mirai, 2023 Toyota Prius, 2023 Toyota Prius Prime, 2023 Toyota RAV4, 2023
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`Toyota RAV4 Hybrid, 2023 Toyota RAV4 Prime, 2023 Toyota Sequoia Hybrid, 2023
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`Toyota Crown, 2023 Toyota Tundra, 2023 Toyota Tundra Hybrid, 2023 Toyota Venza
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`Hybrid, 2024 Toyota Corolla, 2024 Toyota Corolla Hybrid, 2024 Toyota Corolla
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`4
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`Exhibit 1022
`Panasonic v. UNM
`IPR2024-00364
`Page 4 of 13
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`Hatchback, 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander, 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander Hybrid, 2024
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`Toyota Tundra, and 2024 Toyota Tundra Hybrid.
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`13. On information and belief, on consolidated basis, Toyota Motor Corporation
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`recorded unit sales of about eight million eight hundred twenty-two thousand (8,822,000)
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`automobiles during the 12-month period ending on March 31, 2023, of which at least 30%
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`occurred in the United States. On information and belief, Toyota made or recorded unit
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`sales in excess of two million (2,000,000) automobiles in the United States during the 12-
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`month period ending on March 31, 2023.
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`JURISDICTION
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`14.
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`This action arises under the Patent Laws of the United States, 35 U.S.C. § 1,
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`et seq., including 35 U.S.C. §§ 271, 281, 283, 284, and 285. This is a patent infringement
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`lawsuit over which this Court has subject matter jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and
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`1338(a).
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`15.
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`This United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has general
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`and specific personal jurisdiction over Defendants because Defendants are present in and
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`transact and conduct business in and with residents of this District and the State of Texas.
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`16. UNMRI’s causes of action arise, at least in part, from Defendants’ contacts
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`with and activities in this District and the State of Texas.
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`17.
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`Toyota has committed acts of infringing the ’096 Patent within this District
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`and the State of Texas by making, using, selling, offering for sale, and/or importing in or
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`into this District and elsewhere in the State of Texas products made by practicing the
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`claimed method of the ’096 Patent. Toyota, directly and through intermediaries, makes,
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`5
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`Exhibit 1022
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`IPR2024-00364
`Page 5 of 13
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`uses, sells, offers for sale, ships, distributes, advertises, promotes, and/or otherwise
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`commercializes such infringing products in this District and the State of Texas. Toyota
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`regularly conducts and solicits business in, engages in other persistent courses of conduct
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`in, and derives substantial revenue from goods and services provided to residents of this
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`District and the State of Texas.
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`VENUE
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`18. Venue is proper for Toyota in this District because venue in a patent
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`infringement action against a foreign defendant is proper in any judicial district and
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`because Toyota maintains a regular and established place of business in this District located
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`at 6565 Headquarters Drive, Plano, TX 75024. TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Grp.
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`Brands LLC, 137 S. Ct. 1514, 1520 n.2 (2017) (citing Brunette Mach. Works, Ltd. v.
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`Kochum Indus., Inc., 406 U.S. 706, 711–714 (1972)).
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`19. UNMRI does not waive its sovereign immunity as to any venue, including
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`district courts and administrative tribunals, other than this Court, namely the United States
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`District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
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`UNITED STATES PATENT NUMBER 8,265,096
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`20. United States Patent Number 8,265,096 (“’096 Patent”) is titled “Method for
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`Constructing Frame Structures.” The ’096 Patent issued on September 11, 2012, from
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`United States Patent Application Number 12/168,855, which was filed on July 7, 2008, and
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`claims priority to United States Provisional Patent Application Number 60/929,798, which
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`was filed on July 12, 2007, and United States Provisional Patent Application Number
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`6
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`Exhibit 1022
`Panasonic v. UNM
`IPR2024-00364
`Page 6 of 13
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`60/973,157, which was filed on September 17, 2007. A true and correct copy of the ’096
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`Patent is attached as Exhibit A1.
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`21.
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`The ’096 Patent claims patent-eligible subject matter and is valid and
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`enforceable. Claim 8 of the ’096 Patent is an independent claim and recites:
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`A method of constructing a frame structure for data
`transmission, the method comprising:
`generating a first section comprising data configured in a first
`format compatible with a first communication system using
`symbols;
`generating a second section following the first section, the
`second section comprising data configured in a second format
`compatible with a second communication system using
`symbols, wherein the first communication system’s symbols
`and the second communication system's symbols co-exist in
`one transmission scheme and wherein the second
`communication system has pilot symbols that are denser than
`those in the first communication system;
`generating at least one non-data section containing
`information describing an aspect of data in at least one of the
`first section and the second section; and
`combining the first section, the second section and the at least
`one non-data section to form the frame structure.
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`22.
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`The ’096 Patent’s named inventors are Yan-Xiu Zheng, Ren-Jr Chen, Chang-
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`Lung Hsiao, and Pang-An Ting.
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`23.
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`The ’096 Patent’s original patentee was Industrial Technology Research
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`Institute (“ITRI”), which acquired exclusive ownership of the patented invention by written
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`assignments from Yan-Xiu Zheng, Ren-Jr Chen, Chang-Lung Hsiao, and Pang-An Ting,
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`recorded in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) on or about April
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`16, 2009.
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`7
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`IPR2024-00364
`Page 7 of 13
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`24.
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`Thereafter, ITRI conveyed to Sino Matrix Technology, Inc. (“SMT”) all
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`rights, title, and interest in and to the ’096 Patent, including the right to sue and recover for
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`past infringements, by written assignment recorded in the USPTO on or about March 14,
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`2018.
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`25.
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`Thereafter, SMT conveyed to Plaintiff all rights, title, and interest in and to
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`the ’096 Patent, including the right to sue and recover for past infringements, by written
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`assignment recorded in the USPTO on or about September 11, 2018.
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`26. On information and belief, Toyota is not licensed to the ’096 Patent, either
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`expressly or implicitly. Before filing suit, UNMRI notified Toyota of the ’096 Patent and
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`its applicability to technology capable of operation on or with the IEEE 802.11ac wireless
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`networking standard. Despite months to do so, Toyota failed to provide any evidence of
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`use of only licensed parts.
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`THE ACCUSED INSTRUMENTALITIES
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`27.
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`Toyota designs, manufactures, imports, uses, sells, offers for sale, markets,
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`and distributes products and processes, including automobiles with built-in Wi-Fi
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`hotspot/access points and other systems and features, which are configured to operate on
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`or with the IEEE 802.11ac or IEEE 802.11ax wireless networking standard(s).
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`28.
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`Toyota’s “Accused Instrumentalities” include all products and processes
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`configured to operate on or with the IEEE 802.11ac or IEEE 802.11ax wireless networking
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`standard(s) (referred to in this complaint as “Wi-Fi 5/6 Networks”).
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`29.
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`The Accused Instrumentalities include, but are not necessarily limited to, the
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`following products: 2022 Toyota Tundra, 2022 Toyota Tundra Hybrid, 2023 Toyota bZ4X,
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`8
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`Exhibit 1022
`Panasonic v. UNM
`IPR2024-00364
`Page 8 of 13
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`

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`2023 Toyota Corolla, 2023 Toyota Corolla Hybrid, 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross, 2023
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`Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid, 2023 Toyota Corolla Hatchback, 2023 Toyota Highlander,
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`2023 Toyota Highlander Hybrid, 2023 Toyota Mirai, 2023 Toyota Prius, 2023 Toyota Prius
`
`Prime, 2023 Toyota RAV4, 2023 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid, 2023 Toyota RAV4 Prime, 2023
`
`Toyota Sequoia Hybrid, 2023 Toyota Crown, 2023 Toyota Tundra, 2023 Toyota Tundra
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`Hybrid, 2023 Toyota Venza Hybrid, 2024 Toyota Corolla, 2024 Toyota Corolla Hybrid,
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`2024 Toyota Corolla Hatchback, 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander, 2024 Toyota Grand
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`Highlander Hybrid, 2024 Toyota Tundra, and 2024 Toyota Tundra Hybrid; and any other
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`automobile configured to operate on or with a Wi-Fi 5/6 Network—regardless of make
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`(e.g., Toyota, Lexus), model year (e.g., 2017–2029), or model (e.g., 4Runner, Avalon,
`
`Avalon Hybrid, bZ4X, C-HR, Camry, Camry Hybrid, Corolla, Corolla Cross, Corolla
`
`Hatchback, Corolla Hybrid, Grand Highlander, Highlander, Hilander Hybrid, Mirai, Prius,
`
`Prius Prime, RAV4, RAV4 Hybrid, RAV4 Prime, Sequoia, Sienna, Sienna Hybrid,
`
`Tacoma, Toyota Crown, Tundra, Tundra Hybrid, Venza, ES 250, ES 300H, ES 350, GX
`
`460, IS 300, IS 350, IS 500, LC 500, LC 500C, LC 500H, LS 500, LS 500 AWD, LS 500
`
`AWD F Sport, LS 500 F Sport, LS 500 RWD, LS 500H, LX 600, NX 250, NX 300, NX
`
`300H, NX 350, NX 350H, NX 450H+, RC 350, RC F, RX 350, RX 350H, RX 350L, RX
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`450H, RX 450H+, RX 450HL, RX 500H, RZ450E, TX 350, TX 550H, TX 550H+, UX
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`200, UX 250H).
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`9
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`Exhibit 1022
`Panasonic v. UNM
`IPR2024-00364
`Page 9 of 13
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`DIRECT, INDUCED, AND CONTRIBUTORY INFRINGEMENT OF
`THE ’096 PATENT
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`30.
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`Toyota’s Accused Instrumentalities capable of operation on or with a
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`Wi-Fi 5/6 Network employ the patented frame structure for data transmission in which
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`legacy communication format and very high throughput communication format are
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`combined into a unitary frame structure. Exhibit A2 is an exemplary chart illustrating this
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`and how at least one claim of the ’096 Patent covers an Accused Instrumentality.
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`31.
`
`Toyota has and continues to directly infringe the ’096 Patent, literally and
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`alternately under the doctrine of equivalents, by making, using, selling, offering for sale,
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`and importing in or into the United States one or more apparatuses that embody and
`
`practice at least claim 8 of the ’096 Patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a) including, but
`
`not limited to, Toyota’s Accused Instrumentalities capable of operation on or compatible
`
`with a Wi-Fi 5/6 Network.
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`32.
`
`Toyota, likewise, with knowledge of the ’096 Patent and without authority,
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`has actively induced and continues to actively induce infringement of at least claim 8 of
`
`the ’096 Patent under 35 U.S.C. § 271(b), by intentionally inducing the infringing use, offer
`
`for sale, and/or sale of the Accused Instrumentalities by and with Wi-Fi 5/6 Networks and
`
`their operators and end-users. Each Accused Instrumentality employs the patented frame
`
`structure for data transmission in either the legacy format or the VHT format within a single
`
`frame. The Accused Instrumentalities are designed to be used by and with Wi-Fi 5/6
`
`Networks and their operators in an infringing manner that practices the ’096 Patent.
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`10
`
`Exhibit 1022
`Panasonic v. UNM
`IPR2024-00364
`Page 10 of 13
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`Similarly, the Accused Instrumentalities are configured to be used by end-users of
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`Wi-Fi 5/6 Networks in an infringing manner that practices the ’096 Patent.
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`33.
`
`Toyota actively induces Wi-Fi 5/6 Network operators and end-users to
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`practice the ’096 Patent, without authority, by, inter alia, designing and introducing into
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`the stream of commerce the Accused Instrumentalities, which employ the patented frame
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`structure for data transmission. Toyota encourages infringing use of the Accused
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`Instrumentalities by the Wi-Fi 5/6 Network operators and end-users by, for example,
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`publishing manuals, videos, and promotional literature describing and instructing in the
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`operation of the Accused Instrumentalities in an infringing manner. At the encouragement
`
`by and direction of Toyota, the Wi-Fi 5/6 Network operators sell and offer for sale Accused
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`Instrumentalities to end-users to be used in an infringing manner. Toyota provides and
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`promotes services, functionality, subscriptions, discounts, and incentives to encourage end-
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`users to connect multiple mobile devices to each Accused Instrumentality via Wi-Fi 5/6
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`Networks in order to access the internet. Such conduct results in induced infringements of
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`at least claim 8 of the ’096 Patent when the Accused Instrumentalities are used for their
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`intended purpose.
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`34.
`
`Toyota, likewise, is liable for contributory infringement. Toyota, with
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`knowledge of the ’096 Patent and without authority, has offered to sell, sold, and imported
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`into the United States the Accused Instrumentalities for use in practicing the patented
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`apparatus and methods embodied in at least claim 8, which use constitutes a material part
`
`of the claimed invention. Toyota offered to sell, sold, and imported into the United States
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`the Accused Instrumentalities knowing that each is especially made or adapted for use in
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`11
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`Exhibit 1022
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`IPR2024-00364
`Page 11 of 13
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`infringing the ’096 Patent, and that each is not a staple article or commodity of commerce
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`suitable for substantial non-infringing use as packaged, advertised, or sold because the
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`Accused Instrumentalities are pre-configured by Toyota to employ the patented frame
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`structure for data transmission.
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`35.
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`Toyota’s direct, indirect, and contributory infringement of the ’096 Patent
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`has caused, and will continue to cause, substantial and irreparable damage to UNMRI.
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`UNMRI is, therefore, entitled to an award of damages adequate to compensate for Toyota’s
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`infringement of the ’096 Patent, but not less than a reasonable royalty, together with pre-
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`and post-judgment interest and costs as fixed by the Court under 35 U.S.C. § 284.
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`JURY DEMAND
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`36.
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`Plaintiff UNMRI hereby demands a trial by jury for all causes of action.
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`PRAYER FOR RELIEF
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`Plaintiff requests the following relief:
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`A judgment that Defendants have directly infringed either literally and/or
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`37.
`
`A.
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`under the doctrine of equivalents and continue to directly infringe the ’096 Patent.
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`B.
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`A judgment that Defendants have induced infringement and continue to
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`induce infringement of the ’096 Patent.
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`C.
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`A judgment that Defendants have contributorily infringed and continue to
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`contributorily infringe the ’096 Patent.
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`D.
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`A judgment and order requiring Defendants to pay Plaintiff damages under
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`35 U.S.C. § 284, including treble damages for willful infringement as provided by
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`12
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`IPR2024-00364
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`35 U.S.C. § 284, and supplemental damages for any continuing post-verdict infringement
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`through entry of the final judgment with an accounting as needed.
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`E.
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`A judgment that this is an exceptional case within the meaning of 35 U.S.C.
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`§ 285 and Plaintiff is, therefore, entitled to reasonable attorneys’ fees.
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`F.
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`A judgment and order requiring Defendants to pay Plaintiff pre-judgment
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`and post-judgment interest on the damages awarded.
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`G.
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`H.
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`A judgment and order awarding a compulsory ongoing royalty.
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`A judgment granting a preliminary and permanent injunction that restrains
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`and enjoins Defendants, its officers, directors, employees, agents, servants, parents,
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`subsidiaries, successors, assigns, and all those in privity, concert or participation with
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`Defendants from directly or indirectly infringing the ’096 Patent.
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`I. Such other and further relief as the Court deems just and equitable.
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`DATED: September 18, 2023
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`
`
`
`Michael W. Shore (Texas 18294915)
`Chijioke E. Offor (Texas 24065840)
`THE SHORE FIRM LLP
`901 Main Street, Suite 3300
`Dallas, Texas 75202
`Tel: (214) 593-9110
`Fax: (214) 593-9111
`mshore@shorefirm.com
`coffor@shorefirm.com
`
`Counsel for Plaintiff
`UNM Rainforest Innovations
`
`
`
` Respectfully submitted,
`
`By: /s/ Chijioke E. Offor
`
`Charles L. Ainsworth (Texas 00783521)
`Robert Christopher Bunt (Texas 00787165)
`PARKER, BUNT & AINSWORTH, P.C.
`100 East Ferguson, Suite 418
`Tyler, Texas 75702
`Tel: (903) 531-3535
`charley@pbatyler.com
`rcbunt@pbatyler.com
`
`
`Counsel for Plaintiff
`UNM Rainforest Innovations
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`13
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`Exhibit 1022
`Panasonic v. UNM
`IPR2024-00364
`Page 13 of 13
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