UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`___________________
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`CISCO SYSTEMS, INC (“CISCO”),
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`Petitioner
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`v.
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`HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT, LP (“HP”),
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`Patent Owner
`___________________
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`Patent 8,478,799
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`DECLARATION OF MICHELE NELSON
`UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 1.68
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`CSCO-1055
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`I, Michele Nelson, do hereby make the following Declaration pursuant to 28
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`U.S.C. § 1746:
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`1.
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`I am making this declaration at the request of Cisco Systems, Inc.
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`(“Cisco”).
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`2.
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`I am a Production Manager at USENIX, where I have been employed
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`at USENIX from September 2007 to March 2009 and from May 2012 to the
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`present.
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`I. CSCO-1009 (Agrawal)
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`1. 2008 USENIX Annual Technical Conference
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`3.
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`USENIX began organizing and sponsoring the USENIX Annual
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`Technical Conference (the “Conference”) in 1995, and continues to organize and
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`sponsor the Conference. The Conference is an annual public event hosted by
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`USENIX for practitioners, developers and researchers to meet, engage in
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`computing tutorials, and present their research work in areas around the topic of
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`computing systems. The annual conference provides a forum for the presentation
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`and discussion of recent research in computing systems and related technologies.
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`4.
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`As part of the production team, I worked on the USENIX website,
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`particularly for the 2008 Conference, and on the printed proceedings, particularly
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`for the 2008 Conference.
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`2. Call for Papers for the Conference
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`5.
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`Since 1995, as a matter of general practice, USENIX information, call
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`for papers, and announcements have been posted on the public USENIX website,
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`i.e., www.usenix.org. The USENIX website could be viewed by practitioners,
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`developers, researchers, and any other interested member of the general public.
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`6.
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`Before the 2008 USENIX Annual Technical Conference (the “2008
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`Conference”), the USENIX website posted a call for submission of papers
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`regarding any topic in and related to the area of computing systems. The call for
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`papers resulted in 176 paper submissions from practitioners, developers, and
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`researchers from all over the world, months before the 2008 Conference. The
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`submitted papers were reviewed, and 34 papers were accepted for publication and
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`presentation at the 2008 Conference.
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`7.
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`Attached as Appendix A is a true and accurate USENIX website
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`snapshot from the WaybackMachine that evidences that at least as of July 16,
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`2007, the 2008 Conference call for papers was publicly posted to the USENIX
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`website. Appendix A was produced by first accessing the WaybackMachine page,
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`at http://archive.org/web/, next performing a search for https://www.usenix.org/,
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`opening (or clicking on) the hyperlink for the year “2007,” next clicking on the
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`hyperlink for July 16, then printing the resulting webpage.
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`3. Public Advertising and Registration for the 2008 Conference
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`8.
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`Since 1995, as a matter of general practice, Conferences have been
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`advertised publicly on the USENIX website, i.e., www.usenix.org, which are a part
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`of my job duties. In addition to the public advertising for the 2008 Conference on
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`the USENIX website, advertising emails were circulated to users inviting them to
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`submit to and attend the 2008 Conference. Anyone who wanted to attend,
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`including any interested member of the general public, could register and pay the
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`registration fee. The registration fee ranged from $275 before June 6, 2008 for one
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`day of technical sessions to $1,985 after June 6, 2008 for three days of training.
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`9.
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`Attached as Appendix B is a true and accurate USENIX website
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`snapshot from the WaybackMachine that evidences that at least as of July 14,
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`2007, the 2008 Conference date and location information was announced publicly.
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`Appendix B was obtained by first accessing the WaybackMachine page, at
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`http://archive.org/web/, next performing a search for https://www.usenix.org/,
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`opening (or clicking on) the hyperlink for the year “2007,” next clicking on the
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`hyperlink for July 16, then selecting “Conferences” and clicking “Upcoming
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`Conferences,” then downloading and printing the resulting webpage.
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`10. Attached as Appendix C is a true and accurate USENIX website
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`snapshot from the WaybackMachine that evidences the 2008 Conference
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`registration fees, at least as of April 18, 2008. Appendix C was obtained by first
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`accessing the WaybackMachine page, at http://archive.org/web/, next performing a
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`search for https://www.usenix.org/, opening (or clicking on) the hyperlink for the
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`year “2008,” next clicking on the hyperlink for April 18, then selecting
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`“Conferences” and clicking “Upcoming Conferences,” then selecting
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`“USENIX’08,” then selecting “Registration,” then downloading and printing the
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`resulting webpage.
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`4. Public Distribution of Papers During 2008 Conference
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`11. As a matter of general practice, before each Conference, the selected
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`papers were bound in a book of papers, which was a part of my job duties. The
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`2008 Conference was no different, and in accordance with this general practice, the
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`2008 Conference selected papers were bound in a book, which I will refer to as the
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`2008 Conference Proceedings Book.
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`12. During the 2008 Conference, and in accordance with general practice,
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`each attendee was provided a physical copy of the 2008 Conference Proceedings
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`Book. Although the 2008 Conference Proceedings Book was copyrighted, the
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`papers were not subject to any confidentiality restriction and the 2008 Conference
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`Proceedings Book could be freely shared by attendees with other interested persons
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`of skill that had not attended the meetings.
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`13. CSCO-1009 is a true and correct copy of selected pages from the
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`2008 Conference Proceedings Book that were given to attendees of the 2008
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`Conference. CSCO-1009 includes the paper by Nitin Agrawal, Vijayan
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`Prabhakaran, Ted Wobber, John D. Davis, Mark Manasse, and Rina Panigrahy,
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`entitled “Design Tradeoffs for SSD Performance,” (the “Agrawal Paper”).  I
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`understand that CSCO-1009 will be submitted with a Petition for inter partes
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`review in the above noted proceeding.
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`14. Attached as Appendix D is a true and accurate USENIX website
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`snapshot from the WaybackMachine of the 2008 Conference Technical Sessions
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`Program. Appendix D was obtained by first accessing the WaybackMachine page,
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`at http://archive.org/web/, next performing a search for https://www.usenix.org/,
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`opening (or clicking on) the hyperlink for the year “2008,” next clicking on the
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`hyperlink for April 18, then selecting “Conferences” and clicking “Upcoming
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`Conferences,” then selecting “USENIX’08,” then selecting “Tech Sessions,” then
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`downloading and printing the resulting webpage.
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`15.
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`The 2008 Conference Technical Sessions Program included in
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`Appendix D indicates that the Agrawal Paper was presented at 2:00pm on
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`Wednesday, June 25, 2008 of the 2008 Conference.
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`16. Attached as Appendix E is a true and accurate Login Conference
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`Report. Login is the USENIX Magazine that is published and distributed to
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`subscribers. Any member of the general public may be a subscriber to Login, as
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`long as they pay the subscription fee. The October 2008, Volume 33, Number 5
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`issue of Login contained the 2008 USENIX Annual Technical Conference Report
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`(Appendix E). Subscribers to Login would have received the October 2008,
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`Volume 33, Number 5 issue in October 2008. Page 98 of Appendix E contains a
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`summary of the presentation of the Agrawal Paper, indicating that the Agrawal
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`Paper was indeed presented at the 2008 Conference.
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`5. Public Distribution of Papers After 2008 Conference
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`17.
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`In accordance with the general practice, prior to the 2008 Conference ,
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`a 2008 Conference program was created that included details pertaining as to when
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`each paper was presented. I then posted the 2008 Conference program on the
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`USENIX website.
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`18.
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`Furthermore, in accordance with general practice, the papers that were
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`going to be presented were uploaded to the USENIX website prior to the beginning
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`of the 2008 Conference, where they were available to the registered attendees only.
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`The presented papers (which were included in the 2008 Conference Proceedings
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`Book) were uploaded to the USENIX website. The presented papers were publicly
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`available on the first day of the technical program, June 25, 2008. It was also
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`general practice to make the papers freely available on the USENIX website to the
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`interested general public without a password or payment of a fee after the
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`conference concluded.
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`19.
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`Therefore, the Agrawal Paper was publicly available as of June 25,
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`2008. Further, the Agrawal Paper was also made publicly available on the
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`USENIX website after the conference had concluded.
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`II. CSCO-1007 Muthitacharoen
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`6. Fifth Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation
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`(OSDI ‘02)
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`20. USENIX began organizing and sponsoring the Symposium on
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`Operating Systems Design and Implementation (the “Symposium”) in 1994, and
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`continues to organize and sponsor the Symposium. The Symposium is a bi-annual
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`public event hosted by USENIX for practitioners, developers and researchers to
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`meet, engage in computing tutorials, and present their research work in areas
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`around the topics of design, implementation, and implications of operating systems
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`software. The Symposium provides a forum for the presentation and discussion,
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`by collaborators from industry and academia, to present highly original ideas, new
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`approaches, and groundbreaking results in current operating systems software
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`research and practice. Attendees include research scientists, software engineers,
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`architects, directors, engineers, students, and professors.
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`7. Call for Papers for OSDI ‘02
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`21.
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`Since 1994, as a matter of general practice, USENIX information, call
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`for papers, and announcements have been posted on the public USENIX website,
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`i.e., www.usenix.org. The USENIX website could be viewed by practitioners,
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`developers, researchers, and any other interested member of the general public.
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`22. Before the Fifth Symposium on Operating Systems Design and
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`Implementation (“OSDI ‘02”), the USENIX website posted a call for submission
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`of papers regarding any topic in and related to the area of computing systems. The
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`call for papers resulted in well over 150 paper submissions from practitioners,
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`developers, and researchers from all over the world, months before OSDI ‘02. The
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`submitted papers were reviewed, and 27 papers were accepted for publication and
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`presentation at OSDI ‘02.
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`23. Attached as Appendix F is a true and accurate USENIX website
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`snapshot from the WaybackMachine that evidences that at least as of November
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`28, 2001, the OSDI ‘02 call for papers was publicly posted to the USENIX
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`website. Appendix F was obtained by first accessing the WaybackMachine page,
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`at http://archive.org/web/, next performing a search for https://www.usenix.org/,
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`opening (or clicking on) the hyperlink for the year “2001,” next clicking on the
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`hyperlink for November 26, then selecting “OSDI ‘02,” then selecting
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`“Announcement & Call for Papers,” then printing the resulting webpage.
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`8. Public Advertising and Registration for OSDI ‘02
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`24.
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`Since 1994, as a matter of general practice, Symposiums have been
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`advertised publicly on the USENIX website, i.e., www.usenix.org. In addition to
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`the public advertising for OSDI ‘02 on the USENIX website, advertising emails
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`were circulated to users inviting them to submit to and attend OSDI ‘02. Anyone
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`who wanted to attend, including any interested member of the general public,
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`could register and pay the registration fee. The registration fee ranged from $310
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`before or on November 15, 2002 for a full-time student member to $1,105 after
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`November 15, 2002 for nonmembers.
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`25. Attached as Appendix G is a true and accurate USENIX website
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`snapshot from the WaybackMachine that evidences that at least as of November
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`30, 2001, the OSDI ‘02 date and location information was announced publicly.
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`Appendix G was obtained by first accessing the WaybackMachine page, at
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`http://archive.org/web/, next performing a search for https://www.usenix.org/,
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`opening (or clicking on) the hyperlink for the year “2001,” next clicking on the
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`hyperlink for November 30, then selecting “OSDI ‘02,” then downloading and
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`printing the resulting webpage.
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`26. Attached as Appendix H is a true and accurate USENIX website
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`snapshot from the WaybackMachine that evidences the OSDI ‘02 registration fees,
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`at least as of December 12, 2002. Appendix H was obtained by first accessing the
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`WaybackMachine page, at http://archive.org/web/, next performing a search for
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`https://www.usenix.org/, opening (or clicking on) the hyperlink for the year
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`“2002,” next clicking on the hyperlink for September 28, then selecting “OSDI ‘02
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`program selected from record 150 submissions,” then selecting “Register &
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`Hotel,” then downloading and printing the resulting webpage.
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`9. Public Distribution of Papers During OSDI ‘02
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`27. As a matter of general practice, before each Symposium, the selected
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`papers were bound in a book of papers. OSDI ‘02 was no different, and in
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`accordance with this general practice, OSDI ‘02 selected papers were bound in a
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`book, which I will refer to as the OSDI ‘02 Proceedings Book.
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`28. During OSDI ‘02, and in accordance with general practice, each of the
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`380 attendees were provided a physical copy of the OSDI ‘02 Proceedings Book.
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`Although the OSDI ‘02 Proceedings Book was copyrighted, the papers were not
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`subject to any confidentiality restriction and the OSDI ‘02 Proceedings Book could
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`be freely shared by attendees with other interested persons of skill that had not
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`attended the meetings.
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`29. CSCO-1007 is a true and correct copy of selected pages from the
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`OSDI ‘02 Proceedings Book that were given to attendees of OSDI ‘02. CSCO-
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`1007 includes the paper by Athicha Muthitacharoen, Robert Morris, Thomer M.
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`Gil, and Benjie Chen, entitled “Ivy: A Read/Write Peer-to-Peer File System,” (the
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`“Muthitacharoen Paper”).  I understand that CSCO-1007 will be submitted with a
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`Petition for inter partes review in the above noted proceeding.
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`30. Attached as Appendix I is a true and accurate USENIX website
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`snapshot from the WaybackMachine of the OSDI ‘02 Technical Sessions Program.
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`Appendix I was obtained by first accessing the WaybackMachine page, at
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`http://archive.org/web/, next performing a search for https://www.usenix.org/,
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`opening (or clicking on) the hyperlink for the year “2002,” next clicking on the
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`hyperlink for September 28, then selecting “OSDI ‘02 program selected from
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`record 150 submissions,” then clicking “program,” then downloading and printing
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`the resulting webpage.
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`31.
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`The OSDI ‘02 Technical Sessions Program included in Appendix I
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`indicates that the Muthitacharoen Paper was presented at 9am on Monday,
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`December 9, 2002 of OSDI ‘02.
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`32. Attached as Appendix J is a true and accurate Login Conference
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`Report. Login is the USENIX Magazine that is published and distributed to
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`subscribers. Any member of the general public may be a subscriber to Login, as
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`long as they pay the subscription fee. The April 2003, Volume 28, Number 2 issue
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`of Login contained a report on OSDI ‘02 (Appendix J). Subscribers to Login
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`would have received the April 2003, Volume 28, Number 2 issue in April 2003.
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`Page 86 of Appendix J contains a summary of the presentation of the
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`Muthitacharoen Paper, indicating that the Muthitacharoen Paper was indeed
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`presented at OSDI ‘02.
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`10. Public Distribution of Papers After OSDI ‘02
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`33.
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`In accordance with the general practice, prior to OSDI ‘02, a OSDI
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`‘02 program was created that included details pertaining as to when each paper was
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`presented. Additionally, the OSDI ‘02 program would have been posted on the
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`USENIX website.
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`34.
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`Furthermore, in accordance with general practice, the papers that were
`
`going to be presented were uploaded to the USENIX website prior to the beginning
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`of OSDI ‘02, where they were available to the registered attendees only. The
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`presented papers (which were included in the OSDI ‘02 Proceedings Book) were
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`uploaded to the USENIX website. The presented papers were available on the first
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`day of the technical program to program attendees, December 9, 2002. It was also
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`general practice to make the papers available on the USENIX website to the
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`registered attendees until December 9, 2003.
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`35. Therefore, the Muthitacharoen Paper was available as of
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`December 9, 2002 to the conference attendees. Further, the Muthitacharoen
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`Paper was also made available on the USENIX website to conference
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`attendees until December 9, 2003.
`11. Conclusion
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`36.
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`In signing this declaration, I recognize that the declaration will be
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`filed as evidence in a contested case before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of
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`the United States Patent and Trademark Office. I also recognize that I may be
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`subject to cross-examination in the case. If cross-examination is required of me, I
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`will appear.
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`37.
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`I hereby declare that all statements made herein on my own
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`knowledge are true and that all statements made on information and belief are
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`believed to be true, and further, that these statements were made with the
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`knowledge that willful false statements and the like so made are punishable by fine
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`or imprisonment, or both, under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States
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`Code.
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`I declare under penalty of pe1jury that the foregoing is true and correct.
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`Executed on August 9th, 201 7
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`Michele Nelson
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`April 16–18, 2008, San Francisco, CA
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