IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
`EASTERN DIVISION
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`THETA IP, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC;
`LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.; and
`LENOVO GROUP LTD.,
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`Defendants.
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` Civil Action No.: 1:22-cv-03441
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` JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`DEFENDANTS MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC AND LENOVO (UNITED STATES)
`INC.’S PATENT RULE 2.3 INITIAL NON-INFRINGEMENT, UNENFORCEABILITY
`AND INVALIDITY CONTENTIONS
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION
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`Defendants Motorola Mobility LLC and Lenovo (United States) Inc. (“Defendants”)
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`hereby serve these Initial Non-Infringement, Unenforceability and Invalidity Contentions
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`(“Contentions” or “Initial Non-Infringement, Unenforceability and Invalidity Contentions”) in
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`accordance with Local Patent Rule 2.3 and pursuant to the Court’s September 29, 2022 and
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`February 28, 2023 Orders. (Dkt. Nos. 26, 36).
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`Plaintiff Theta IP, LLC (“Theta” or “Plaintiff”) has asserted claims 1, 23, and 29 of U.S.
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`Patent No. 7,010,330 (the “’330 Patent”); claims 3, 4, and 8 of U.S. Patent No. 10,129,825 (the
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`“’825 Patent”); and claims 7-11 and 13 of U.S. Patent No. 10,524,202 (the “’202 Patent”)
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`(hereinafter, the “Asserted Claims” of the “Asserted Patents”) against Defendants. See Theta’s
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`Initial Infringement Contentions, January 6, 2023 (“Initial Infringement Contentions”).
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`Defendants hereby provides their disclosures and related documents pertaining only to the
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`Asserted Claims identified by Plaintiff in its Initial Infringement Contentions. These Contentions
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`• Japanese Patent Publication No. 11-298348, filed April 16, 1998, published October 29,
`1999 (the “’348 Publication”);
`• Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2000-13261, filed June 26, 1998, published
`January 14, 2000 (the “’261 Publication”);
`• Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 1996-79108, filed August 31, 1994,
`published March 22, 1996 (the “’108 Publication”);
`• Japanese Patent Application Publication No. H10-290173, filed April 14, 1997, published
`October 27, 1998 (the “’173 Publication”);
`• Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 08228118A, published on September 3,
`1996 to Masaaki (“Masaaki”);
`• European Patent Publication No. EP 1104183A2, filed June 9, 2000, published March 30,
`2001 (the “’183 Publication”);
`• European Patent Publication No. EP 0999649A2, filed November 2, 1999, published
`May 10, 2000 to Antti Rauhala (“Rauhala”);
`• PCT Publication No. WO 02/056470, published July 18, 2002 by Palaskas et al. (the
`“’470 Application”);
`• Farbod Behbahani et al., “Adaptive Analog IF Signal Processor for a Wide-Band CMOS
`Wireless Receiver,” 36 IEEE J. Solid State Circuits 1205-17 (2001) (“Behbahani 2001”);
`• Tsividis et al., “Internally Varying Analog Circuits Minimize Power Dissipation,” IEEE
`Circuits & Devices Magazine (Jan. 2003) at 63-72 (“Tsividis 2003”);
`• Hosticka, “Performance Comparison of Analog and Digital Circuits,” 73 Proceedings of
`the IEEE 25 (1985) (“Hosticka 1985”);
`• Vittoz, “Low-Power Low-Voltage Limitations and Prospects in Analog Design,”
`Advances in Analog Circuit Design Workshop Eindhoven, Mar. 29-31, 1994 (“Vittoz
`1994”);
`• Vittoz et al., “CMOS Low-Power Analog Circuit Design,” Emerging Technologies:
`Designing Low Power Digital Systems, May 15, 1996 (“Vittoz 1996”);
`• Krishnapura and Tsividis, “Noise and Power Reduction in Filters Through the Use of
`Adjustable Biasing,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol. 36, No. 12, 1912-20,
`December 2001 (“Krishnapura 2001”);
`• Rudolf F. Graf, Modern Dictionary of Electronics, Seventh Edition, 1999;
`• Behzad Razavi, RF Microelectronics, Prentice Hall PTR, 1998;
`• Phillip A. Laplante, Electrical Engineering Dictionary, 2000;
`• A. Kestenbaum et al., Design Concepts for Process Control, Ind. Eng. Chem., Process
`Des. Dev., Vol. 15, No. 1, (1976);
`• Lijun Qian, Optimal Power Control in Cellular Wireless Systems, Ph.D. diss., Rutgers
`The State University of New Jersey, School of Graduate Studies (2001);
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`claim. Additionally, citations to a particular figure in a prior art reference encompass all text
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`relating to the figure, and citations to text encompass all figures relating to the text.
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`Exhibit
`Number
`330-1
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`330-2
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`330-3
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`330-4
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`330-5
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`330-6
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`330-7
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`330-8
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`330-9
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`330-10
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`330-11
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`330-12
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`825-1
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`Exhibit Description
`’330 Patent as anticipated by the ’901 Patent and/or rendered obvious by the ’901
`Patent in light of the ’406 Patent, the ‘221 Patent, the ‘447 Patent, and/or the ‘566
`Patent.
`‘330 Patent as anticipated by the ‘938 Patent and/or rendered obvious by the ‘938
`Patent in light of the ‘605 Patent, the ‘525 Patent, the ‘221 Patent, and/or the ‘286
`Patent.
`‘330 Patent as anticipated by the ‘427 Patent and/or rendered obvious by the ‘427
`Patent in light of the ‘406 Patent, the ‘221 Patent, and/or the ‘447 Patent.
`‘330 Patent as anticipated by the ‘655 Patent and/or rendered obvious by the ‘655
`Patent in light of the ’406 Patent, the ‘221 Patent, and/or the ‘447 Patent.
`‘330 Patent as anticipated by the ‘605 Patent and/or rendered obvious by the ‘605
`Patent in light of the ’525 Patent, the ‘221 Patent, the ‘286 Patent, the ‘796
`Patent, and/or the ‘437 Patent.
`‘330 Patent as anticipated by the ‘021 Patent and/or rendered obvious by the ‘021
`Patent in light of the ’525 Patent, the ’605 Patent, the ’221 Patent, ’286 Patent,
`the ‘796 Patent, and/or the ’447 Patent.
`‘330 Patent as anticipated by ‘470 Application and/or rendered obvious by ‘470
`Application in light of the ’221 Patent, the ’108 Publication, Tsividis 2003, the
`’525 Patent, the ’605 Patent, and/or Vittoz 1996.
`‘330 Patent as anticipated by Behbahani 2001 and/or rendered obvious by
`Behbahani 2001 in light of the ’221 Patent, the ’108 Publication, Tsividis 2003,
`the ’525 Patent, the ’605 Patent, and/or Vittoz 1996.
`’330 Patent as anticipated by Rauhala and/or rendered obvious by Rauhala in
`light of the ’221 Patent, Vittoz 1996, and/or Tsividis 2003.
`’330 Patent as anticipated by the ’279 Patent and/or rendered obvious by the
`’279 Patent.
`’330 Patent as anticipated by the ’711 Patent and/or rendered obvious by the
`’711 Patent.
`’330 Patent as anticipated by the ’430 Patent and/or rendered obvious by the
`’430 Patent.
`’825 Patent as anticipated by ’901 Patent and/or rendered obvious by the ’901
`Patent in light of the ’602 Patent, the ’279 Patent, ’108 Publication, the ’348
`Publication, Tsividis 2003, the ’183 Publication, the ’156 Patent, the ’221
`Patent, the ’711 Patent, the ’297 Patent, the ’566 Patent, and/or Vittoz 1996.
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`Exhibit
`Number
`825-2
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`825-3
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`825-4
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`825-5
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`825-6
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`825-7
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`825-8
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`825-9
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`825-10
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`825-11
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`Exhibit Description
`’825 Patent as anticipated by ’776 Patent and/or rendered obvious by the ’776
`Patent in light of the ’173 Publication, the ’108 Publication, the ’348
`Publication, Tsividis 2003, the ’183 Publication, the ’156 Patent, the ’221
`Patent, the ’711 Patent, the ’491 Patent, the ’297 Patent, and/or Vittoz 1996.
`’825 Patent as anticipated by ’279 Patent and/or rendered obvious by the ’279
`Patent in light of the ’173 Publication, the ’108 Publication, the ’348
`Publication, Tsividis 2003, the ’183 Publication, the ’156 Patent, the ’221
`Patent, the ’711 Patent, the ’297 Patent, and/or Vittoz 1996.
`’825 Patent as anticipated by ’602 Patent and/or rendered obvious by the ’602
`Patent in light of the ’173 Publication, the ’108 Publication, the ’348
`Publication, Tsividis 2003, the ’183 Publication, the ’156 Patent, the ’221
`Patent, the ’711 Patent, the ’297 Patent, the ’491 Patent, and/or Vittoz 1996.
`’825 Patent as anticipated by ’061 Patent and/or rendered obvious by the ’061
`Patent in light of the ’173 Publication, the ’108 Publication, the ’348
`Publication, the ’552 Patent, Tsividis 2003, the ’183 Publication, the ’156
`Patent, the ’221 Patent, the ’711 Patent, the ’297 Patent, and/or Vittoz 1996.
`’825 Patent as anticipated by ’491 Patent and/or rendered obvious by the ’491
`Patent in light of the ’173 Publication, the ’108 Publication, the ’348
`Publication, Tsividis 2003, the ’183 Publication, the ’156 Patent, the ’221
`Patent, the ’711 Patent, the ’297 Patent, and/or Vittoz 1996.
`’825 Patent as anticipated by ’711 Patent and/or rendered obvious by the ’711
`Patent in light of the ’173 Publication, the ’108 Publication, the ’348
`Publication, Tsividis 2003, the ’183 Publication, the ’221 Patent, the ’297
`Patent, and/or Vittoz 1996.
`’825 Patent as anticipated by ’430 Patent and/or rendered obvious by the ’430
`Patent in light of the ’602 Patent, ’108 Publication, Tsividis 2003, the ’183
`Publication, the ’156 Patent, the ’221 Patent, the ’711 Patent, the ’297 Patent,
`and/or Vittoz 1996.
`’825 Patent as anticipated by ’348 Publication and/or rendered obvious by the
`’348 Publication in light of the ’173 Publication, the ’108 Publication, Tsividis
`2003, the ’183 Publication, the ’297 Patent, the ’156 Patent, the ’406 Patent,
`the ’221 Patent, the ’711 Patent, the ’491 Patent, and/or Vittoz 1996.
`’825 Patent as anticipated by Behbahani 2001 and/or rendered obvious by
`Behbahani 2001 in light of the ’173 Publication, the ’108 Publication, the ’348
`Publication, Tsividis 2003, the ’183 Publication, the ’156 Patent, the ’221
`Patent, the ’711 Patent, the ’297 Patent, Vittoz 1996, the ’491 Patent, and/or
`the ’525 Patent.
`’825 Patent as anticipated by the ’173 Publication and/or rendered obvious by
`the ’173 Publication in light of the ’108 Publication, the ’348 Publication,
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`Exhibit
`Number
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`825-12
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`825-13
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`825-14
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`825-15
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`202-1
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`202-2
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`202-3
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`202-4
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`202-5
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`202-6
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`202-7
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`Exhibit Description
`Tsividis 2003, the ’183 Publication, the ’156 Patent, the ’221 Patent, the ’711
`Patent, the ’297 Patent, the ’491 Patent, and/or Vittoz 1996.
`’825 Patent as anticipated by the ’156 Patent and/or rendered obvious by the
`’156 Patent in light of the ’173 Publication, the ’108 Publication, the ’348
`Publication, Tsividis 2003, the ’183 Publication, the ’221 Patent, the ’491
`Patent, the ’156 Patent, the ’711 Patent, the ’297 Patent, and/or Vittoz 1996.
`’825 Patent as invalid for double-patenting over the ’728 Patent.
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`’825 Patent as anticipated by Rauhala and/or rendered obvious by Rauhala in
`light of the ’183 Publication, Tsvidis 2003, the ’156 Patent, the ’221 Patent,
`the ’711 Patent, the ’297 Patent, Vittoz 1996, and/or the ’491 Patent.
`’825 Patent as rendered obvious by the ’297 Patent in combination with other
`primary references.
`’202 Patent as anticipated by ’901 Patent and/or rendered obvious by the ’901
`Patent in light of the ’602 Patent, the ’279 Patent, the ’108 Publication, the
`’173 Publication, the ’221 Patent, the ’711 Patent, the ’297 Patent, Tsividis
`2003, Vittoz 1996, and/or the ’348 Publication.
`’202 Patent as anticipated by ’776 Patent and/or rendered obvious by the ’776
`Patent in light of the ’108 Publication, the ’173 Publication, the ’183
`Publication, the ’221 Patent, the ’711 Patent, Tsividis 2003, the ’297 Patent,
`Vittoz 1996, the ’156 Patent, and/or the ’348 Publication.
`’202 Patent as anticipated by ’279 Patent and/or rendered obvious by the ’279
`Patent in light of the ’108 Publication, the ’173 Publication, the ’183
`Publication, the ’221 Patent, the ’711 Patent, Tsividis 2003, the ’297 Patent,
`Vittoz 1996, and/or the ’348 Publication.
`’202 Patent as anticipated by ’602 Patent and/or rendered obvious by the ’602
`Patent in light of the ’108 Publication, the ’173 Publication, the ’183
`Publication, the ’221 Patent, the ’711 Patent, Tsividis 2003, the ’297 Patent,
`Vittoz 1996, the ’156 Patent, and/or the ’348 Publication.
`’202 Patent as anticipated by ’491 Patent and/or rendered obvious by the ’491
`Patent in light of the ’108 Publication, the ’173 Publication, the ’183
`Publication, the ’221 Patent, the ’711 Patent, Tsividis 2003, the ’297 Patent,
`Vittoz 1996, the ’156 Patent, and/or the ’348 Publication.
`’202 Patent as anticipated by ’711 Patent and/or rendered obvious by the ’711
`Patent in light of ’108 Publication, the ’173 Publication, the ’183 Publication,
`the ’221 Patent, Tsividis 2003, the ’297 Patent, Vittoz 1996, and/or the ’348
`Publication.
`’202 Patent as anticipated by ’430 Patent and/or rendered obvious by the ’430
`Patent in light of the ’602 Patent, ’108 Publication, the ’173 Publication, the
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`Exhibit
`Number
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`202-8
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`202-9
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`202-10
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`202-11
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`202-12
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`202-13
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`202-14
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`Exhibit Description
`’183 Publication, the ’221 Patent, the ’711 Patent, Tsividis 2003, the ’297
`Patent, Vittoz 1996, and/or the ’348 Publication.
`’202 Patent as anticipated by ’348 Publication and/or rendered obvious by the
`’348 Publication in light of the ’108 Publication, the ’173 Publication, the ’183
`Publication, the ’221 Patent, the ’711 Patent, Tsividis 2003, the ’297 Patent,
`Vittoz 1996, and/or the ’156 Patent.
`’202 Patent as anticipated by Behbahani 2001 and/or rendered obvious by
`Behbahani 2001 in light of the ’108 Publication, the ’173 Publication, the ’348
`Publication, the ’183 Publication, the ’221 Patent, the ’711 Patent, Tsividis
`2003, the ’297 Patent, Vittoz 1996, the ’156 Patent, and/or the ’525 Patent.
`’202 Patent as anticipated by the ’173 Publication and/or rendered obvious by
`the ’173 Publication in light of the ’108 Publication, the ’183 Publication, the
`’221 Patent, the ’711 Patent, Tsividis 2003, the ’297 Patent, Vittoz 1996, the
`’156 Patent, and/or the ’348 Publication.
`’202 Patent as anticipated by the ’156 Patent and/or rendered obvious by the
`’156 Patent in light of the ’108 Publication, the ’173 Publication, the ’183
`Publication, the ’221 Patent, the ’711 Patent, Tsividis 2003, the ’297 Patent,
`Vittoz 1996, and/or the ’348 Publication.
`’825 Patent as anticipated by Rauhala and/or rendered obvious by Rauhala in
`light of the ’173 Publication, the ’108 Publication, the ’348 Publication, the
`’173 Publication, the ’221 Patent, the ’711 Patent, Tsividis 2003, the ’297
`Patent, Vittoz 1996, the ’156 Patent, and/or the ’183 Publication.
`’202 Patent as invalid for double-patenting over the ’728 Patent.
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`’202 Patent (claims 7, 8) as anticipated and/or rendered obvious by the ’297
`Patent in combination with other primary references.
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`Primary Prior Art
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`a.
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`The ’901 Patent
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,670,901, filed July 31, 2001, published February 6, 2003, and issued
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`Dec. 30, 2003 to Brueske et al. and assigned to Motorola (the “’901 Patent”) teaches a method
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`for power dissipation reduction in a receiver of a wireless transceiver of a battery powered
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`portable wireless device, and a corresponding improvement in a drain on battery life of the
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`battery powered portable wireless device.
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`IV. ADDITIONAL PRIOR ART
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`Defendants incorporate here by reference, whether or not cited in the Exhibits, all prior
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`art cited in the Asserted Patents, all prior art relied on in the Samsung litigations, and all prior art
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`cited in the prosecution history of the Asserted Patents, reexaminations, or inter partes review
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`proceedings, and any foreign counterparts.
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`DOCUMENT PRODUCTION
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`Defendants are concurrently producing a copy of each asserted prior art reference
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`identified herein that is not in the file history of the Asserted Patents or that has not already been
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`produced.
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`Date: March 17, 2023
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Brooke S. Boll
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`Richard A. Cederoth
`Richard M. Chen
`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
`One South Dearborn
`Chicago, Illinois 60603
`Telephone: (312) 853-7000
`Facsimile: (312) 853-7036
`rcederoth@sidley.com
`rchen@sidley.com
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`Scott M. Border (pro hac vice)
`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
`1501 K Street, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005
`Telephone: (202) 736-8000
`Facsimile: (202) 736-8711
`sborder@sidley.com
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`Brooke S. Boll (pro hac vice)
`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
`555 West Fifth Street
`Los Angeles, California 90013
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