Robert G. Wedig, Ph.D.
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`April 2023
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`Education
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`B.E.E. Electrical Engineering, University of Dayton, 1977.
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`M. S. Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, 1979.
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`Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 1982.
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`Professional Experience
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`1/86 - present Independent Consultant. Wedig Consulting, Inc. Sunnyvale, Ca.
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`8/82 - 12/85 Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
`Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
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`9/79 - 6/82
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`Research Assistant, Instructor, and Teaching Assistant. Computer
`Systems Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, Ca.
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`4/77 - 9/79
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`Processor Design Engineer. Hughes Aircraft Company, Fullerton,
`Ca.
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`9/74 - 4/77
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`Application Programmer. University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio.
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`Awards
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`1983 - 1985
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`IBM Faculty Development Award.
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`1980 - 1982
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`IBM Predoctoral Fellowship.
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`1977 -1979 Hughes Aircraft Masters Fellowship.
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`Professional Societies
`Tau Beta Pi, IEEE, ACM
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`Invited Presentations
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`"The Directly Interfaceable Parallel I/O Chip", Professional Seminar,
`Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, April 1981.
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`"Advances in Computer Architecture", Program for Technical Managers, Carnegie-
`Mellon University, April 1983.
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`"The GaAs Realization of a Production System Machine", Hawaii International
`Conference on System Sciences, January 1986.
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`"GaAs Computer Architectures", NCR Corporation, April 1986.
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`"Software and Hardware Techniques for Stack Management", Hawaii International
`Conference on System Sciences, January 1987.
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`"A Performance Analysis of Automatically Managed Top of Stack Buffers", NCR
`Corporation, June 1987.
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`"Concurrency in Single Chip Processors", NCR Corporation, September 1987.
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`Professional Activities
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`• Session Leader of GaAs Processor Session, Hawaii International Conference on
`System Sciences, January 1986.
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`• Minitrack Chairman of Hardware Track, Hawaii International Conference on
`System Sciences, January 1988.
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`• Committee Member, Asilomar Microcomputer Workshop, 1986 – 2012.
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`• Program Chairman, Asilomar Microcomputer Workshop, 1998.
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`• Committee Member, HOT Interconnects Symposium, 2000 – 2001.
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`Publications
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`1. Wedig, R. G., "Dynamic Detection of Concurrency in DO-Loops Using Ordering
`Matrices", Technical Report 209, Stanford University, May 1981.
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`2. Wedig, R. G., A "Phenomenal" Chip for Toy Design, VLSI Design, Vol. 2, No. 3,
`1981, pp. 51-52
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`3. Wedig, R. G., "Dynamic Detection of Concurrency in DEL Instruction Streams",
`Technical Report 231, Stanford University, February 1982.
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`4. Detection of Concurrency in Directly Executed Language Instruction Streams,
`Ph.D. dissertation, Stanford University, June 1982.
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`5. Wedig, R. G. and Flynn, M. J., "Concurrency Detection in Language-Oriented
`Processing Systems", Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on
`Distributed Computing Systems, IEEE, October 1982, pp. 805-810.
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`6. With Flynn, M. J., Huck, J. C. and Wakefield, S. P., "Performance Evaluation of
`Execution Aspects of Computer Architectures", Proceedings of the International
`Workshop on High Level Language Computer Architectures, University of
`Maryland and the Office of Naval Research, December 1982.
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`7. Wedig, R. G., "The Detection of Concurrency Using Structured Control Flow",
`Proceedings of the International Workshop on Computer Systems Organization,
`IEEE Computer Society, March 1983, pp. 28-35.
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`8. Wedig, R. G., "A Language-Oriented Approach for Implementing Branches:
`Structured Control Flow", Proceedings of the International Workshop on High-
`Level Computer Architecture, University of Maryland, May 1984, pp. 3.1-3.7.
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`9. Wedig, R. G. and Rose, M. A., "The Reduction of Branch Instruction Execution
`Overhead Using Structured Control Flow", Proceedings of the 11th Annual
`International Symposium on Computer Architecture, IEEE Computer Society, June
`1984, pp. 119-125
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`10. Wedig, R. G., "Using ISPS to Teach Computer Architecture", Proceedings of the
`National Educational Computing Conference, ACM, June 1984.
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`11. With Forgy, C., Gupta, A. and Newell, A., "Initial Assessment of Architectures for
`Production Systems", Proceedings of the National Conference on Artificial
`Intelligence, AAAI, August 1984.
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`12. Wedig, Robert G. and Lehr, Theodore F., "The GaAs Implementation of a
`Production System Machine", The Proceedings of the 19th Annual Hawaii
`International Conference on System Sciences, IEEE Computer Society, January
`1986.
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`13. With Anoop Gupta and Charles Forgy, "Parallel Algorithms and Architectures for
`Rule-Based Systems", Proceedings of the 13th Annual International Conference on
`Computer Architecture, IEEE, June 1986.
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`14. With Augustus K. Uht, "Hardware Extraction of Low-Level Concurrency from
`Serial Instruction Streams", Proceedings of the 15th Annual International
`Conference on Parallel Processing, ACM, August 1986.
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`15. Wedig, Robert G., Software and Hardware Techniques for Stack Management, The
`Proceedings of the 20th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System
`Sciences, IEEE Computer Society, January 1987.
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`16. With Theodore F. Lehr, "The GaAs Implementation of a Production System
`Machine, IEEE Computer, April 1987.
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`17. With Timothy Stanley, "A Performance Analysis of Automatically Managed Top of
`Stack Buffers", Proceedings of the 14th Annual International Conference on
`Computer Architecture, IEEE, June 1987.
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`18. Wedig, R. G., High Level Language Computer Architectures, Elsevier Science,
`New York, NY, 1988, chapter 6.
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`Micron Technology Inc. et al.
`Ex. 1004, p. 4
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`Prior Expert Witness Work
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`Neutral Expert
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`1. Expert for Judge John Flaherty, Ret., Systems America, Inc. v. Rockwell Software, Inc., Judicial
`Arbitration and Mediation Services (JAMS), December, 2005.
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`2. Source Code Auditor, Niku Coporation v. Ameripay Payroll, Ltd., United States District Court,
`Northern District of California, December 2004.
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`3. Neutral Expert, ISS v. Blade Software, United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia,
`March 2003.
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`4. Expert for the Mediator, OneBox v. iHello.com Mediation, July 1999.
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`5. Expert to the Supreme Court of Singapore, Aztech Systems Ltd. v. Creative Laboratories Ltd., June,
`1995.
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`6. Auditor for the Chips and Technologies v. Elite Microelectronics Settlement Agreement, June,
`1990.
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`Courtroom Testimony
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`1. In the Matter of Certain Memory Modules and Components Thereof, and Products Containing
`Same, Expert for SK hynix Inc., International Trade Commission, Inv. No. 337-TA-1089, July 17,
`2019.
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`2. In the Matter of Certain Memory Modules and Components Thereof, and Products Containing
`Same, Expert for SK hynix Inc., International Trade Commission, Inv. No. 337-TA-1023, May 10,
`2017.
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`3. Mondis Technology, LTD. v. Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., LTD., Chimei Innolux Corp., and
`Innolux Corp., Expert for the Plaintiff, United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas, June
`23, 2011.
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`4. Phillip M. Adams & Associates, LLC v. Dell, Inc., et. al., Expert for the Defendants, United States
`District Court, District of Utah, September, 2010
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`5. In the matter of Certain Electronic Devices Including Handheld, Wireless Communication Devices,
`Expert for Palm and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., International Trade Commission, October 28,
`2009.
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`6. Renesas Technology Corp. and Renesas Technology America, Inc. v. the International Trade
`Commission, Expert for Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., March, 2008.
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`7. Lucent Technologies, Inc. v. Dell Inc., Gateway Inc. and Microsoft Corporation, Expert for
`Defendants Dell and Gateway, United States District Court, Southern District of California, March
`14, 2008.
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`8. Samsung Electronics Co., LTD. v. Compal Electronics, Inc., Expert for the Plaintiff, United States
`District Court, Northern District of California, November, 2006.
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`9. Samsung Electronics Co., LTD. v. Inventec Corp and Samsung Electronics Co., LTD. v. Arima
`Computer Corp., Expert for the Plaintiff, United States District Court, Southern District of Texas,
`November 12-15, 2002.
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`10. Oak Technologies Inc. v. United Microelectronics Corp., Mediatek, Inc. v. Oak Technologies Inc.,
`Expert for Oak Technologies, United States District Court, Northern District of California, August,
`2002.
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`11. Maurice Mitchell v. Samsung Electronics Co., LTD, Expert for the Defendant, United States
`District Court, Northern District of California, December, 2001.
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`12. Texas Instruments v. Hyundai Corporation, Expert for the Defense, United States District Court,
`Eastern District of Texas, March, 1999.
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`13. UMC, Mediatek, LiteOn and Aopen v. the International Trade Commission, Expert for Oak
`Technologies, January, 1999.
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`14. Compass Software, Inc. v. Automated Insurance, Inc., et al., Expert for the Defense, United States
`District Court, Eastern District of Washington, June, 1997.
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`15. Gates Rubber v. Bando America, Expert for the Defense, United States District Court, District of
`Colorado, November, 1994.
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`16. Genmark v. Equipe, Expert for the Plaintiff, United States District Court, Northern District of
`California, January - February, 1992
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`Deposition Testimony
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`1. Memory Module with Timing-Controller Data Buffering, Samsung Electronics Co., LTD. v.
`Netlist, Inc., Expert for Partitioner, Inter Partes Review, January 19, 2023.
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`2. In the Matter of Certain Memory Modules and Components Thereof, and Products Containing
`Same, Expert for SK hynix Inc., International Trade Commission, Inv. No. 337-TA-1089, October
`16, 2018.
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`3. In the Matter of Certain Memory Modules and Components Thereof, and Products Containing
`Same, Expert for SK hynix Inc., International Trade Commission, Inv. No. 337-TA-1023, March
`30, 2017.
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`Micron Technology Inc. et al.
`Ex. 1004, p. 6
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`4. Datel Holdings Ltd. and Datel Design and Development, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation, Expert for
`the Defendant and Counterclaim Defendant, United States District Court, Northern District of
`California, November 9, 2011.
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`5. Motorola Mobility, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation, Expert for the Defendant and Counterclaim
`Defendant, United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, July 13, 2011.
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`6. Mondis Technology, LTD. v. Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., LTD., Chimei Innolux Corp., and
`Innolux Corp., Expert for the Plaintiff, United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas, April
`11, 2011.
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`7. Primax Electronics, LTD. v. KYE Systems America Corp., Expert for the Defendant, United States
`District Court, Central District of California, April 1, 2010.
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`8. In the Matter of Certain Electronic Devices Including Handheld, Wireless Communication Devices,
`Expert for RIM, Palm and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., International Trade Commission, August
`19, 2009.
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`9. Silicon Image, Inc. v. Analogix Semiconductor, Inc., Expert for the Defendant, United States
`District Court, Northern District of California, September 19, 2008.
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`10. Wistron Corporation v. Samsung Electronics Co., LTD., Expert for the Defendant and Counter-
`Plaintiff, United States District Court, Northern District of California, May 19, 2008.
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`11. Renesas Technology Corp. and Renesas Technology America, Inc. v. the International Trade
`Commission, Expert for Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., February 22, 2008.
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`12. Lucent Technologies, Inc. v. Dell Inc., Gateway Inc. and Microsoft Corporation, Expert for
`Defendants Dell and Gateway, United States District Court, Southern District of California,
`October 23, 2007.
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`13. Matsushita Industrial Electric Co., LTD. v. Mediatek, Inc., et. al. Expert for the Defendant, United
`States District Court, Northern District of California, March 22, 2007.
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`14. Lucent Technologies, Inc. v. Dell Inc., Gateway Inc. and Microsoft Corporation, Expert for
`Defendants Dell and Gateway, United States District Court, Southern District of California, June
`21, 2006.
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`15. Schultz v. Hewlett-Packard Company, Expert for the Defendants, Superior Court of the State of
`California, San Joaquin County, April 5, 2006.
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`16. Samsung Electronics Co., LTD. v. Quanta Computer, Inc. and Compal Electronics, Inc., Expert for
`the Plaintiff, United States District Court, Northern District of California, March 13-14, 2006.
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`17. Oak Technology, Inc. v. United Microelectronics Corporation, Expert for the Plaintiff, United
`States District Court, Northern District of California, September 23, 2005.
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`18. Samsung Electronics Co., LTD. v. Quanta Computer, Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co., LTD. v.
`Twinhead Corporation., Expert for the Plaintiff, United States District Court, Northern District of
`California, March 17-18, 2005.
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`Micron Technology Inc. et al.
`Ex. 1004, p. 7
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`19. Balboa Instruments, Inc. v. Spa Builders Support Group, et. al., Expert for the Defendants, United
`States District Court, Central District of California, July 8, 2004.
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`20. Alvis v. Hewlett-Packard Company, Expert for the Defendants, United States District Court,
`District Court of Jefferson County, Texas, May 29, 2003.
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`21. Gemstar Development Corporation v. EchoStar Corporation, Expert for the Defendant, United
`States District Court Multi-District Litigation, Northern District of Georgia, February 25-26, 2003.
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`22. OPTi Inc. v. National Semiconductor Corporation, Expert for the Plaintiff, United States District
`Court, Northern District of California, February 12, 2003.
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`23. Samsung Electronics Co., LTD. v. Inventec Corp and Samsung Electronics Co., LTD. v. Arima
`Computer Corp., Expert for the Plaintiff, United States District Court, Southern District of Texas,
`September and October, 2002.
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`24. Maurice Mitchell v. Samsung Electronics Co., LTD, Expert for the Defendant, United States
`District Court, Northern District of California, February, 2002.
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`25. Intel v. Via Technologies, Inc., Expert for the Plaintiff, United States District Court, Northern
`District of California, September, 2001.
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`26. Balboa Instruments, Inc. v. Gecko Electronique, Inc., et. al., Expert for the Defendants, United
`States District Court, Central District of California, February, 2000.
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`27. Adaptec v. Prassi Technology, Expert for the Plaintiff, United States District Court, District of
`Northern California, September, 1999.
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`28. Texas Instruments v. Hyundai Corporation, Expert for the Defense, United States District Court,
`Eastern District of Texas, February, 1999.
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`29. UMC, Mediatek, LiteOn and AOpen v. the International Trade Commission, Expert for Oak
`Technologies, December, 1998.
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`30. Bingo Card Minder vs. Gametech International, Expert for the Defense, United States District
`Court, District of Northern California, September, 1998.
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`31. Adaptec and Prassi Technology, Expert for the Plaintiff, United States District Court, District of
`Northern California, September, 1998.
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`32. Symantec Corporation v. McAfee Associates, Inc., Expert for the Defense, United States District
`Court, Northern District of California, June, 1998.
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`33. WinBond v. the International Trade Commission, Expert for Oak Technologies, February, 1998.
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`34. Symantec Corporation v. McAfee Associates, Inc., Expert for the Defense, United States District
`Court, Northern District of California, September, 1997.
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`35. Gates Rubber v. Bando America, Expert for the Defense, United States District Court, District of
`Colorado, October, 1994.
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`Micron Technology Inc. et al.
`Ex. 1004, p. 8
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`36. Gates Rubber v. Bando America, Expert for the Defense, United States District Court, District of
`Colorado, September, 1993.
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`Micron Technology Inc. et al.
`Ex. 1004, p. 9
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