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` UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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` BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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` AVER INFORMATION, INC., AND IPEVO, INC.,
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` Petitioners,
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` PATHWAY INNOVATIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
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` Patent Owner.
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` CASE: IPR2017-02108
` U.S. PATENT NO. 8,508,751
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` VIJAY MADISETTI, Ph.D.
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` INDEX OF PREVIOUSLY MARKED EXHIBITS
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`EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
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`Exhibit 1001 United States Patent
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` No. US 8,508,751 B1
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`Exhibit 1023 United States Patent Application
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` Publication No. US 2009/0002548 A1
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`Exhibit 1024 United States Patent No. 6,128,006
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`Exhibit 1025 Second Declaration of Dr. Vijay
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` Madisetti Regarding U.S. Patent
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` No. 8,508,751
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`Exhibit 17 Patent Owner's Motion to Amend under
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` 37 C.F.R. ยง 42.121
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` INDEX OF EXAMINATION
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`A P P E A R A N C E S O F C O U N S E L :
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`O n b e h a l f o f t h e P e t i t i o n e r s a n d t h e W i t n e s s :
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` K E V I N T . M C C O R M I C K , E S Q .
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` B E N J A M I N E . W E E D , E S Q .
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`having been first duly sworn, was examined and
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`testified as follows:
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` MR. CODDINGTON: Trevor Coddington for
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`patent owner.
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` MR. MCCORMICK: Benjamin Weed and Kevin
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`McCormick from K&L Gates for the petitioners and for
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`the witness.
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` EXAMINATION
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`BY MR. CODDINGTON:
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` Q. Good morning, Mr. Madisetti. My name is
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`Trevor Coddington. I'll be taking your deposition
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`today. I assume you've been deposed before.
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` A. Good morning. Yes.
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` Q. How many times have you been deposed
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` A. Quite a few times.
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` Q. So you probably generally know the rules.
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`I'll be asking you a question. Your attorney will
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`have some time to object, and then you'll have the
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`opportunity to respond. I just want to lay that out
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`so we don't talk over each other for the convenience
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`of the court reporter.
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` A. I do.
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` Q. And I'm going to use your terminology
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`today. I'll call it POSA, P-O-S-A, to refer to a
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`person of ordinary skill in the art. Is that okay?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. I'm handing you Exhibit 1001 in this IPR.
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`This is a copy of the '751 patent. Are you familiar
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`with this patent?
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` A. Yes, I am.
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` Q. Feel free to refer to this as we proceed
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`today.
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` I'm handing you a copy of Patent Owner's
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`Motion to Amend, Paper No. 17, that's been entered
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`into the record. Are you familiar with this motion?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And if you could, could you turn to
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`Page 28?
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` A. (Witness complies.)
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` Q. Here you can see a copy of the claims that
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`the patent owner has proposed to substitute into the
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`'751 patent. Can you see that?
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` A. I do.
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` Q. And you would have reviewed these proposed
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`claims, correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And you see there are certain words
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`underlined. Do you see that?
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` A. I do.
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` Q. And do you understand that underlining in
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`these claims represent material that's being added to
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`the claims, correct?
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` A. I do.
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` Q. Did you perform any claim construction for
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` A. I applied what a person of ordinary skill
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`and art would understand as the plain and ordinary
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` Q. Did you formally propose any constructions
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` A. No.
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` Q. If you could turn to Page 29, the next
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`page, do you see where there's a paragraph about
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`receiving the video stream." Do you see that?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Did you -- how did you construe this
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` A. As described.
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` Q. And I think you described it as you gave it
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`what its meaning would be to an ordinary -- a person
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`of ordinary skill in the art, correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. What does that mean?
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` MR. MCCORMICK: Object to the form.
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` THE WITNESS: As described here, it's at
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`the same time as receiving the video stream
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`comprising a series of the frame images, capturing a
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`images in response to a user click of a button
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`displayed in user interface.
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`BY MR. CODDINGTON:
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` Q. Okay. What does the word "capturing" mean
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`to you?
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` A. It means capturing.
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` Q. Okay. Can you provide a definition of
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`capturing that doesn't use the word "capturing"?
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` MR. MCCORMICK: Object to the form.
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` THE WITNESS: I'm quite comfortable with
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`capturing.
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` Q. So you can't answer that question?
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` MR. MCCORMICK: Object to the form.
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` THE WITNESS: No. I felt that capturing
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`captures -- capturing is a good description of the
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`term "capturing." So it captures a still image.
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` Q. Okay. So are you applying the literal
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` A. I did not understand what you meant.
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` Q. Do you know what "literal" means?
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`imaging capturing a still image from a manipulated
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` Q. Okay. So can you provide a definition of
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` THE WITNESS: An example -- I can give you
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` Q. Okay. "Manipulated," what does that mean
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`to you -- strike that.
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` Before we go forward, you mentioned a
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` Q. And that's spelled L-i-a-n-g, correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Now, turning back to my question.
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`"Manipulated series," what does that refer to?
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` A. Again, manipulated means something that's
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` Q. Okay. And in the context of this claim
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`the manipulation phrase as well.
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` Q. And you have several patents of your own,
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` A. A few.
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` Q. How many would you say?
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` A. Maybe four or five, yeah.
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` Q. And have you written patents before or
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`participated in the writing of patents?
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` A. Yes.
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. So you're familiar with claim drafting,
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` MR. MCCORMICK: Object to the form.
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` THE WITNESS: I mean, I'm not here for
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` Q. Right. But the way claims was written,
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`that format is not unfamiliar to you?
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` A. I will generally agree with you that I do
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` A. I gave it the meaning as one of ordinary
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` Q. Okay. And a button displayed in user
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` A. It could be. It depends on the system.
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` Q. So a button displayed in software could be
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` Q. Okay. It says "user interface software,"
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` A. Yes, it does.
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` Q. What do you understand that to be?
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` Q. Okay. "Displayed in user interface
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` A. It means that there is some sort of display
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` Q. Okay. So this claim is describing a button
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And a user interface, correct?
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` Q. Okay. We have a phone in front of us that
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` A. Yes.
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` THE WITNESS: If it were, on the other
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` Q. And what is that understanding?
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` Q. In the context of this claim, though, what
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` A. I mean, the claim describes generally what
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` A. We are referring to manipulation where the
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` Q. What does a video stream mean to you?
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` A. It means a video stream.
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` Q. Can you provide a definition of "video
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. If a student came to you and asked you what
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` THE WITNESS: Yes. A video stream is quite
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` Q. So defining things by the words themselves
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` THE WITNESS: As I said, it depends on the
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` A. No. I said a video stream would be
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` A. Yes. It's an Universal Serial Bus.
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` Q. Let's turn to your expert qualifications.
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`What's your expertise?
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`engineering for nearly 25 to 30 years.
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` Q. I'm sorry. Were you finished?
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` A. Yes. That's my area of expertise.
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` Q. Is there areas that you currently
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` A. I focus on signal processing, audio, video,
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`and image processing. I focus on computer software,
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`embedded systems.
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` Q. Do you currently focus on video processing?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Can you give me some examples?
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`example, the early version of the HR264, it was
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`have also developed systems that are, for example,
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`used in document cameras and copiers for leading
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`manufacturers in this area.
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` Q. And when you say "document cameras," can
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` A. For example, very large photocopiers,
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`industry photocopies.
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` Q. Like Xerox, or what are we referring to?
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` A. Yes, like Xerox, Sony, Richoh, Nikon.
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` Q. Did any of those use video?
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` A. They used image and, yes, some video. Yes.
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` Q. Which used video?
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`They used various types of image formats, and they
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`something you would see in an office?
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` Q. And you're telling me those office copiers
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` A. Some of them had support for video, yes.
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` Q. And "some of them," what are you
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` Q. Okay. And do you know of any products that
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` A. Again, I don't know the specifics.
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` Q. Okay. But you're telling me there's
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`idea of streams, that include scanning that included
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`the idea of multimedia inputs.
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`subsystem. But as I said in my declaration, many of
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`Elastic Video that's referred to in your declaration?
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` A. No.
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` Q. What happened to it?
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` Q. And you said you had several patents,
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`correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Have any of your patents been enforced?
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` A. No. If they're part of litigation you
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`mean? No.
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` Q. Yeah.
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` A. No.
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` Q. Have any of your patents been challenged?
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`Probably not since they haven't been enforced, right?
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` A. No, they have not.
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` Q. How many cases have you been an expert in?
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` Q. And you've been an expert in other IPRs,
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`correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And that's before the patent office,
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`correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Has a Court or -- let me strike that.
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` A. The PTAB board, yes.
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` Q. Yeah, the PTAB. And if you don't mind, can
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`that okay?
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` Q. Has a Court or the Board ever found any of
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` A. I don't recall.
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` Q. Has a Court ever excluded any of your
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` A. I don't recall.
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` Q. How come you don't recall?
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` A. I mean, I don't remember any such case.
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` A. I do read the decisions as much as I can.
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` Q. Has the board ever found your opinions
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`insufficient based on evidence?
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` A. Again, I don't recall such statement.
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` A. Yes, I don't remember seeing anything.
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` Q. Can you describe the process you followed
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` A. Could I look at my declaration?
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` MR. MCCORMICK: Do you have a copy of it?
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` THE WITNESS: So referring to the exhibit
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` Q. Uh-huh.
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` A. So about -- I believe about -- so please
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` Q. Can you describe the process you followed
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` A. Yes, I created the first draft after
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` Q. How many drafts were there?
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` A. I don't recall. I think there was just one
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` Q. How many times was it revised?
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` A. I don't recall specific numbers, but I
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`various support that was identified from each
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`reference for each particular combination.
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`this was over the last month and a half.
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` A. I did not bill anything. I expect to bill
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`that's -- that's why I don't have an exact number.
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` A. It's probably greater than 40 hours.
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` Q. Greater than 80 hours?
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` A. It's probably around 80 hours.
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` Q. How did the process of creating that second
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` A. Again, it's largely similar. Some of the
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` A. I identified some of the art.
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` Q. Were you asked to go search for prior art?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Okay. And you found some of the prior art
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`that's cited in your second declaration, correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. I'm sorry. Back up. And to make sure I
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`understand correctly, you were asked to go out and
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`search prior art; is that correct?
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` A. I mean, after discussion, I was of the
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`opinion that I was familiar with many references in
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`this area based on my knowledge and experience, and
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`the attorneys suggested that I look for some art.
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` Q. Okay. Where did you search for prior art?
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` A. I looked at different patents. I looked at
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`papers, publications, standards.
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` Q. What did you search, particular databases?
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` A. I searched naturally databases. I searched
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`databases in the U.S. Patent Office, some of the
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`standards data bases.
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` Q. And when did you find Liang, Exhibit 1023?
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` A. I don't recall the specific date, but it
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`would probably be maybe a month or so ago, maybe,
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`maybe earlier.
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` Q. And when did you find Rosenberg?
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`800.808.4958
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`770.343.9696
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`Vijay Madisetti , Ph.D.
`Aver vs. Pathway
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`November 2, 2018
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