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`EXHIBIT 24
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`IPR2018-00818
`U.S. Patent No. 9,408,055
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`AGIS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Patent No. 9,408,055
`Issue Date: August 2, 2016
`Title: METHOD TO PROVIDE AD HOC AND PASSWORD PROTECTED
`DIGITAL AND VOICE NETWORKS
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`PATENT OWNER’S PRELIMINARY RESPONSE
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`Case No. IPR2018-00818
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`Case 2:17-cv-00514-JRG Document 162-24 Filed 02/13/19 Page 3 of 3 PageID #: 14536
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION
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`On March 22, 2018, Apple Inc. (“Apple” or “Petitioner”) submitted a
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`Petition (the “Petition”) to institute inter partes review (“IPR”) of U.S. Patent No.
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`9,408,055 (Ex. 1001, “the ’055 Patent”), challenging claims 1–54 (the “Challenged
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`Claims”). Petitioner alleges only one reference in its unpatentability analysis, U.S.
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`Patent Number 7,630,724 (Ex. 1008, the “’724 Patent”), which is a grandparent in
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`the priority chain of the ’055 Patent.
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`The Petition challenges all of the claims with only a single ground--that the
`The Petition challenges all of the claims with only a single ground--that the
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`claims are obvious over AGIS’s own patent, the ’724 Patent, to which the ’055
`claims are obvious over AGIS’s own patent, the ’724 Patent, to which the ’055
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`Patent claims priority. However, the Petition fails for at least the following
`Patent claims priority. However, the Petition fails for at least the following
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`reasons: (1) the Petition fails to properly construe the claims; (2) the Petition does
`reasons: (1) the Petition fails to properly construe the claims; (2) the Petition does
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`not establish that the ’724 Patent is prior art; and (3) the Petition does not
`not establish that the ’724 Patent is prior art; and (3) the Petition does not
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`demonstrate that the Challenged Claims are obvious over the ’724 Patent.
`demonstrate that the Challenged Claims are obvious over the ’724 Patent.
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`First, the Petition is deficient because Petitioner fails to meet its burden
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`under 37 C.F.R. § 42.104(b)(3). Petitioner proffered conflicting claim
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`constructions in the co-pending District Court litigation including an identification
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`of numerous claims that it believes are governed by 35 U.S.C. §112(f). Ex. 2001
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`at 60–80. Additionally, Petitioner proffers specific claim constructions for the
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`“group,”, “SMS messages,” “the other symbol,” and “user selection of the sub-net”
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`terms in the District Court proceeding. Meanwhile, Petitioner does not allege that
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