`
`,
`
`v.
`
`v.
`
`0034
`
`0034
`
`’S OPENING CLAIM CONSTRUCTION BRIEF
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 1
`
`
`
`I.
`
`II.
`
`III.
`
`IV.
`
`Introduction..........................................................................................................................1
`
`Background..........................................................................................................................1
`
`Agreed Terms.......................................................................................................................3
`
`Disputed Terms....................................................................................................................3
`
`1.
`
`“license” / “license record”......................................................................................4
`
`..............................4
`ii. The Court Should Adopt Plaintiff’s “License Record” Construction................7
`“volatile memory”....................................................................................................8
`
`“BIOS”.....................................................................................................................9
`
`dants’ “Stored in ROM” Limitation Conflicts with the Patent ..............10
`i.
`ii.
`“Automatically” Limitation............11
`“non-volatile memory of the BIOS”......................................................................11
`
`“program” ..............................................................................................................15
`
`“selecting a program residing in the volatile memory” .........................................15
`
`“using an agent to set up a verification structure in the erasable, non-
`volatile memory of the BIOS” ..............................................................................17
`
`“Agent” Means “a Software Program or Routine............................................18
`i.
`ii. “It Is Understood That “Software” Is Structure ..............................................19
`“set up a verification structure” .............................................................................21
`
`“verifying the program using at least the verification structure” ..........................22
`
`i. The Patentee Added the Term “Agent” to the Claims to Identify When an
`...........................................23
`
`ii.
`
`..................................25
`“acting on the program according to the verification”...........................................26
`
`The Order of the Claim 1 Steps .............................................................................27
`
`“first non-volatile memory area of the computer”.................................................29
`
`2.
`
`3.
`
`4.
`
`5.
`
`6.
`
`7.
`
`8.
`
`9.
`
`10.
`
`11.
`
`12.
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 2
`
`
`
`3
`
`.,
`
`,
`
`,
`
`.....................................................................................20
`
`................................................................................................28
`
`................................................................. pa
`
`,
`744 F.3d 732 (Fed. Cir. 2014)..........................................................................................
`
`908 F.3d 1343 (Fed. Cir. 20
`
`,
`..........................................................................................1, 2, 6
`
`,
`................................................................................................20
`
`,
`732 F.3d 1325 (Fed. Cir. 2013)....................................................................................10, 21, 30
`
`,
`358 F.3d 1371 (Fed. Cir. 2004)................................................................................................15
`
`......................................................................19
`
`,.
`
`,
`305 F.3d 1337 (Fed. Cir. 2002)................................................................................................21
`
`,
`469 F.3d 1005 (Fed. Cir. 2006)................................................................................................18
`
`,
`343 F.3d 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2003)..................................................................................................5
`
`,
`508 F.3d 1366 (Fed. Cir. 2007)................................................................................................23
`
`,
`
`.............................................................................20
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 3
`
`
`
`,
`582 F. App’x 864 (Fed. Cir. 2014) ..........................................................................................12
`
`,
`114 F.3d 1149 (Fed. Cir. 1997)................................................................................................22
`
`HTC Corp. v. Ancora Techs. Inc.,
`
`1, 2017)...................................................6, 19
`
`,
`P’s
`598 F.3d 831 (Fed. Cir. 2010)..................................................................................................23
`
`–
`
`,
`191 F.3d 1356 (Fed. Cir. 1999)................................................................................................15
`
`,
`790 F.3d 1298 (Fed. Cir. 2015)..........................................................................................28, 29
`
`Linear Tech. Corp. v. ITC,
`
`,
`.......................................................9, 10, 15, 22
`
`................................................................................................13
`
`,
`...................................................................15, 16
`
`,
`Omega Eng’g, Inc,
`334 F.3d 1314 (Fed. Cir. 2003)................................................................................................13
`
`,
`. 201 .........................................................................................16
`
`,
`438 F.3d 1123 (Fed. Cir. 2006)................................................................................................14
`
`,
`2 (S.D. Tex. July 16, 2013)..........................................................................20
`
`,
`414 F.3d 1342 (Fed. Cir. 2005)..........................................................................................11, 24
`
`,
`
`..................................................................18, 20
`
`oneywell Int’l Inc.,
`742 F.3d 998 (Fed. Cir. 2014)..................................................................................................28
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 4
`
`
`
`Int’l Bus. Machs. Corp.,
`731 F.3d 1336 (Fed. Cir. 2013)................................................................................................23
`
`TomTom, Inc. v. Adolph,
`790 F.3d 1315 (Fed. Cir. 2015)..............................................................................................4, 5
`
`,
`816 F.3d 1352 (Fed. Cir. 2016)................................................................................................29
`
`,
`...................................................................................20
`
`,
`2014 WL 5668335 (D. Conn. Nov. 4, 2014) ...........................................................................20
`
`,
`792 F.3d 1339 (Fed. Cir. 2015)
`
`...............................................................................18
`
`,
`891 F.3d 1003 (Fed. Cir. 2018)..........................................................................................18, 20
`
`................................................................................................................................1
`
`......................................................................................................17, 18, 19, 20
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 5
`
`
`
`h
`
`o
`
`6,411,941.
`
`.
`
`’
`
`’
`
`nt, Mr.
`
`,”
`
`non
`
`h
`
`b
`
`“
`
`.”
`
`,
`
`2
`
`’
`
`761
`
`by h
`
`“
`
`”
`
`“
`
`”
`
`Te
`
`,
`
`n
`
`“
`
`d
`
`p
`
`, 7
`
`,
`
`“
`
`”
`
`,
`
`451.
`
`, 2012
`
`d 732
`
`.
`
`’
`
`gu
`
`“
`
`,
`
`x
`
`.
`
`—
`
`n
`
`h
`
`by
`
`’941 Patent
`
`d
`
`’
`
`” ’941
`
`b
`
`’941 Patent, there were two
`
`“
`
`8.
`
`. One involved “sof
`
`based methods” that
`
`uter’
`
`.”
`
`1344.
`
`1
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 6
`
`
`
`“flaw
`
`” however, “
`
`.”
`
`’941 Patent
`
`19 2
`
`d, b
`
`“
`
`.”
`
`(citing ’
`
`“
`
`.”
`
`The ’941 Pa
`
`by “using the m
`
`computer’s
`
`y
`
`, 1
`
`,
`
`,
`
`cess.”
`
`744
`
`’941
`
`46 2 5, 4 45 48
`
`5 19 24 Such
`
`“is typically used for
`
`45.
`
`’941
`
`up of a computer.”
`
`, 908
`
`“OS”)
`
`stru
`
`h
`
`vo
`
`—
`
`less “
`
`u
`
`BI
`
`.”2
`
`. 2
`
`1
`
`1348 49
`
`h “
`
`computer’s BIOS, a
`
`, . . .
`
`u
`
`u
`
`n.”
`
`.
`
`n”
`
`“
`
`non
`
`by
`
`1 The BIOS “is the set of essential startup operations that run when a computer is turned on, which
`tests hardware, starts the operating system, and supports the transfer of data among hardware
`devices.” Apple I, 2012 WL 6738761, at *7.
`
`2
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 7
`
`
`
`AG
`
`“
`
`“non v
`16
`“the verification”
`
`“
`
`”
`
`”
`y” (C
`
`1, 3, 7, 9, 12,
`
`ho
`
`”
`
`p
`
`“
`
`“veri
`
`“u
`
`”
`
`”
`
`In this matter, Ancora has asserted that Defendants infringed Claims 1-3, 6-14, and 16 of the
`
`’941 Patent. From these claims, 13 terms and phrases have been identified for construction.
`
`For the Court’s convenience, Ancora addresses these 13 terms and phrases in the order in
`
`which they first appear in the asserted claims. Further, because the majority of these terms and
`
`phrases first appear in Claim 1, Ancora includes that claim in full below—underlining the disputed
`
`phrases and double-underlining/bolding the disputed terms:
`
`1.
`
`p
`
`vo
`
`y
`
`n
`
`,
`
`.
`
`2 All emphases in this brief have been added unless otherwise specified.
`
`3
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 8
`
`
`
`1. “
`
`”
`
`“
`
`”
`
`’
`
`g,
`
`“lic
`ssoci
`
`record”
`
`”
`
`”
`
`“
`
`“
`
`”
`
`on
`
`“
`
`“
`
`p
`
`“
`
`” (Claims 1, 3, 6, 8 9, 14, 16
`
`’
`
`…”
`
`.
`
`”
`
`d
`
`“
`
`“
`
`“license”
`p
`
`“a le
`
`resell the software”
`“license record” means “data
`program is licensed”
`
`”
`
`p
`
`. “
`
`”
`
`,
`
`g
`
`. “
`
`”
`
`nd
`
`”
`
`“
`
`”
`
`“
`
`.
`
`“
`
`o
`
`.”
`
`p
`
`ot N
`
`”
`
`Cour
`
`“
`
`unless
`
`rstood
`
`Thus,
`
`“
`
`”
`
`nstr
`
`n
`
`or steps, or if it is ‘necessary
`
`“recites
`
`lity’ to
`
`.”
`
`, 790 F.3d 1315, 1323 (Fed. Cir
`
`o
`
`.
`
`rst, “a preamble is not limiting ‘w
`
`“
`
`d
`
`ond,
`
`—
`
`.”
`
`1323 24.
`
`.’”
`
`4
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 9
`
`
`
`rols
`
`.
`
`ng
`
`1.
`
`323.
`
`,
`
`body o
`
`“[a] m
`
`nd
`
`“
`
`”
`
`b
`
`n
`
`, ho
`
`‘
`
`d
`
`. . . .”
`
`322.
`
`y
`
`h
`
`y
`
`.
`
`, “
`
`“
`
`d
`
`“
`
`o
`
`’
`
`.”
`
`,
`
`p
`
`. . .
`
`“
`
`”
`
`.”
`
`”
`
`non
`
`g.
`
`2003) (“An invention may possess a
`
`“
`
`”
`
`“do
`
`, n
`
`“
`
`,” “
`
`” “
`
`,” “
`
`p
`
`p
`
`g
`
`them.”
`
`body
`
`”
`
`.”
`
`,”
`
`“
`
`.
`
`5
`
`. d.
`
`on.
`
`’
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 10
`
`
`
`h
`
`”
`
`“
`
`“
`
`’
`
`n
`
`21
`
`,”
`
`’ ” ’9
`
`un
`
`.g. ‘
`
`’
`
`’
`
`,
`
`.”
`
`,
`
`n
`
`“
`
`24.
`
`“
`
`6032605,
`
`“
`
`h
`
`8.
`
`“
`
`.”
`
`a Te
`
`,
`
`,
`
`1348 49.
`
`“
`
`” would u
`
`“
`
`”
`
`.”
`
`Fed
`
`“
`
`iting a computer’ unn
`
`1344.
`
`.
`
`d
`
`un
`
`, “
`
`“
`
`on
`
`’s op
`
`.” ’9
`
`.” d.
`
`62.
`
`’941 Pa
`
`”
`
`n
`
`.
`
`nd . . .
`
`.
`
`d
`
`4 26.
`
`“
`
`”
`
`non
`
`6
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 11
`
`
`
`.
`
`h.”
`
`“
`
`’ “
`
`“license record”
`
`’
`
`—
`
`g h
`
`.”
`
`.
`
`“
`
`”
`
`“
`
`“
`
`”
`
`d
`
`” ,
`
`h ’941
`
`“
`
`“data
`
`h
`
`ux
`
`n
`
`h
`
`. . . .” .
`
`’
`
`n “
`
`”—
`
`“
`
`d
`
`—
`
`un
`
`.”
`
`’
`
`“
`
`.”
`
`d
`
`two
`
`.
`
`,
`
`’
`
`”
`
`“
`
`g
`
`“
`
`”
`
`6,
`
`“
`
`”
`
`’
`
`‘
`
`7
`
`,
`
`.
`
`’”
`
`761,
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 12
`
`
`
`quo
`
`’
`
`. h
`
`’
`
`,
`
`—
`
`.
`
`’
`
`5 7 33 “
`
`p
`
`. . .
`
`,
`
`,
`
`“The act
`
`2. “v
`
`“volatile memory”
`
`“
`
`kup
`
`”
`
`’
`
`y d
`
`“
`
`’
`
`essi
`
`”
`
`n
`
`,
`
`. . . .’” 7
`
`’
`
`y n
`
`“
`
`y
`
`. . . . By way
`
`nd
`
`. . .
`
`“
`
`. . . .” .
`
`”
`
`’s
`
`bo
`
`. ’941
`
`10
`
`. . . .” .
`
`1, 6, 9, 11
`
`”
`
`ov
`
`d
`
`, “
`
`’
`
`“
`
`”
`
`, ‘
`
`h
`
`, 2012
`
`738761,
`
`.
`
`Fed
`
`“gene
`
`”
`
`n — xp n
`
`h
`
`‘
`
`’
`
`”
`
`’
`
`non
`
`8
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 13
`
`
`
`”
`
`h
`
`.
`
`.
`
`38.
`
`“v
`
`und
`
`non vo
`
`’
`
`g
`
`s rout
`s insuffi
`
`‘
`
`sk by mor
`
`.
`
`o
`
`’
`
`, in w
`
`n o
`
`.
`
`’
`
`Thus,
`
`’
`
`7
`
`10 12.
`
`3. “
`
`” (Claims 1, 3, 7, 9, 1
`
`,
`
`“
`
`’
`
`2
`
`on
`
`’
`
`h
`
`” n
`
`b h 1
`
`“
`
`’
`
`g
`
`.”
`
`.”
`
`“
`
`.
`
`’
`
`“
`
`” .
`
`“
`
`o
`
`’
`
`.”
`
`“
`
`’
`
`,
`
`onstr
`
`”
`
`“
`
`.”
`
`9
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 14
`
`
`
`—
`
`the BIOS
`
`y
`
`“
`
`“
`
`,
`
`’ “
`
`”
`
`.
`
`h h
`
`p
`
`’941
`
`”
`
`“
`
`”
`
`29 32
`
`” ’
`
`,
`
`, ’941
`
`1
`
`12 19
`
`36
`
`,
`
`6
`
`.
`
`2PROM section.
`
`n
`
`“non
`
`g.”
`
`.
`
`49
`
`“
`
`non
`
`d
`
`on
`
`2PROM section
`
`nd
`
`”
`
`Broa
`
`”
`
`’
`
`“ y
`
`,
`
`45 49.
`
`.”
`
`p
`
`28.
`
`“
`
`g
`
`S
`
`, 744
`
`”
`
`7
`
`n
`
`733
`
`7.
`
`y,
`
`”
`
`h
`
`.” ’
`
`”
`
`10
`
`.
`
`33
`
`’
`
`d
`
`non
`
`“non
`
`“
`
`p
`
`u
`
`“
`
`,
`
`ob
`
`d
`
`“f
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 15
`
`
`
`“
`
`2001
`
`n EEPRO
`
`”
`
`. 4
`
`5,
`
`423. h
`
`u
`
`“
`
`.”
`
`, 41
`
`xp
`
`g
`
`y
`
`“
`
`re Is No Support in
`
`Pa
`
`’ “
`
`”
`
`’ “
`
`”
`
`”
`
`n “
`
`by
`
`u
`
`o
`
`“
`
`”
`
`n
`
`’
`
`.
`
`,
`
`8
`
`.
`
`12.
`
`—
`
`p
`
`BI
`
`n,
`
`7
`
`9.
`
`would und
`
`.
`
`9. In short,
`
`,
`
`,
`
`4. “
`
`o
`
`’
`
`”
`
`1
`
`“non
`of the BIOS”
`
`’
`
`do
`
`n
`
`p
`
`’
`y of the BIOS”
`
`“m
`
`11
`
`.”
`
`—
`
`SIT
`
`o
`
`.
`
`“
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 16
`
`
`
`“non
`
`.”
`
`.
`
`”
`
`n hough
`
`y”
`
`“
`
`”
`
`“
`
`”
`
`h
`
`“non
`
`.”
`
`, 201
`
`*5 “
`
`a
`
`’
`
`’
`
`do
`
`“of,”
`
`”
`
`“
`
`’
`
`.
`
`.”
`
`, 744
`
`733
`
`‘non
`
`,
`
`“non
`
`’
`
`’x 864,
`
`’
`
`.
`
`u
`
`“non
`
`” the BIOS.
`
`’
`
`,
`
`”
`
`7
`
`7.
`
`“
`
`‘non
`
`8
`
`Fe
`
`’
`
`g
`
`“
`
`”
`
`’
`
`” be the mem
`
`“
`
`, 744
`
`733
`
`“
`
`,”
`
`. Prag
`
`’
`
`no
`
`‘
`
`’
`
`.”
`
`“ ssoci
`
`’
`
`oposed “
`
`y .
`
`‘
`
`,
`
`b
`
`12
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 17
`
`
`
`Se
`
`,
`
`n
`
`uppo
`
`—
`
`“
`
`.
`
`Such “
`
`’g,
`
`”
`
`n”
`
`”
`
`“
`
`n
`
`Fed.
`
`1049,
`
`.
`
`’
`
`on.
`
`“
`
`p
`
`on
`
`’
`
`“
`
`ess di
`
`”
`
`…
`
`”
`
`“
`
`n o
`
`n would
`
`”
`
`system BIO
`
`3
`
`5, 2002
`
`.
`
`“
`
`d
`
`36
`
`o
`
`, o
`
`n
`
`’
`
`13
`
`.
`
`d
`
`’
`
`n
`
`.
`
`o
`
`’
`
`“
`
`.”
`
`ugh n
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 18
`
`
`
`op
`
`d
`
`o
`
`p
`
`“
`
`“the cl
`
`by
`
`BI
`
`.”
`
`2
`
`”
`
`’
`
`v
`
`“
`
`”
`
`o
`
`’
`
`.
`
`3
`
`5, 2002
`
`n
`
`In sum
`
`,
`
`no support
`
`“
`
`. . .
`
`,
`
`.
`
`“
`
`.
`
`n
`
`’
`
`14
`
`o
`
`”
`
`’
`
`“
`
`h
`
`”
`
`’941
`
`y
`
`d
`
`’
`
`.” n
`
`vo
`
`,
`
`.
`
`.
`
`does no
`
`. Purdue Pharma
`
`,
`
`,
`
`’941
`
`’941
`
`’941
`
`.
`
`.
`
`.
`
`.
`
`438.
`
`—
`
`”
`
`o
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 19
`
`
`
`5. “
`
`” (Claims 1, 3, 6, 9 10, 14
`
`”
`
`‘
`
`“p
`
`b
`
`do “
`
`“
`
`’
`
`”
`
`“
`
`”
`
`’
`
`”
`
`d “
`
`“
`
`’
`stru
`by
`
`—
`
`ng go
`
`”
`
`“
`
`”
`
`p
`
`, 744
`
`n
`
`d
`
`’
`
`he F
`
`’
`
`. No support exists for
`
`stare
`
`,”
`
`, 20
`
`,
`
`6. “
`
`“
`
`vo
`
`”
`
`’
`
`p
`
`.
`
`”
`
`’
`
`”
`
`“
`
`“
`
`” by
`
`“
`
`ng”
`
`“
`
`” nd
`
`“
`
`”
`
`No support exists for
`
`. –
`
`.
`
`(“Co
`
`rst,
`
`“
`
`ng” nd “
`
`g”
`
`.
`
`ntee.”).
`
`“[O]rdinary, simple En
`
`t they say.”)
`
`15
`
`.
`
`1371, 1373
`
`. . .
`
`,
`
`26413,
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 20
`
`
`
`19,
`
`. . .”
`
`“[select/s
`
`n
`
`d. 2013)
`
`nd,
`
`“ unn
`
`” n
`
`“
`
`g”
`
`67,
`
`17
`
`ho
`
`” .
`
`p o
`
`“
`
`“
`
`10
`
`“
`
`”
`
`—
`
`“
`
`”
`
`”
`
`“
`
`g
`
`“
`
`d
`
`h
`
`un.
`
`26.
`
`’
`
`.
`
`,
`
`o
`
`“
`
`’
`
`,
`
`,
`
`2
`
`.
`
`”
`
`16
`
`“
`
`”
`
`“
`
`”
`
`p,
`
`steps.
`
`p
`
`’
`
`.
`
`3 57, 59 62, 19 26
`
`32,
`
`39
`
`3
`
`,
`
`“
`
`”
`
`”
`
`.
`
`. . . .”).
`
`”
`
`“
`
`,
`
`o
`
`d
`
`v
`
`rstood
`
`.
`
`o
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 21
`
`
`
`’
`
`. ’
`
`20
`
`ng
`
`“
`
`o
`
`’
`
`—
`
`” .
`
`d
`
`’
`
`would n
`
`n
`
`.
`
`o
`
`u
`
`’ b
`
`“
`
`In sum,
`
`p
`
`200
`
`’
`
`y
`
`o
`
`.”
`
`15
`
`6.
`
`“
`
`”
`
`n
`
`’
`
`u
`
`nd
`
`,
`
`”
`
`,
`
`“
`
`o
`
`.
`
`”
`
`7. “
`
`ag
`the BIO ” (Claims 1, 3, 7,
`
`’
`
`’
`
`“
`
`g
`
`on
`
`non
`
`”
`
`“agent”
`
`“
`
`: “set up
`
`u
`
`”
`
`’
`
`“
`
`”
`
`3
`
`.
`
`As demon
`
`h
`
`“
`
`”
`
`“
`
`”
`
`17
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 22
`
`
`
`“
`
`.
`
`§
`
`6
`
`ne, L
`
`‘
`
`’”
`
`.
`
`“
`
`348
`
`,
`
`1007–
`
`.
`
`.”
`
`2
`
`”
`
`“
`
`”
`
`stands, nd
`
`458527
`
`,
`
`nd, “
`
`o
`
`,
`
`,
`
`n “
`
`”
`
`“
`
`—
`
`,
`
`on
`
`”
`
`.
`
`” ,
`
`.
`
`,
`
`.”
`
`v. Trend
`
`on
`
`“
`
`“u
`
`2
`
`”
`
`,
`
`in the “era
`
`, non
`
`” .
`
`“
`
`”
`
`“
`
`”
`
`n
`
`du
`
`“ g
`
`”
`
`“
`
`”
`
`“
`
`“the
`
`.”
`
`h
`
`by u
`
`u
`
`v
`
`on
`
`BI
`
`.”
`
`2
`
`1
`
`6
`
`18
`
`“
`
`d
`
`o
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 23
`
`
`
`,
`
`_365.
`
`4
`
`‘
`
`n ’
`
`d.
`
`“
`
`n
`
`“
`
`.” .
`
`28
`
`d
`
`he term “agent” i
`
`d
`
`“
`
`”
`
`. 9 Jest
`
`13.
`
`,
`
`“
`
`”
`
`p on
`
`.”
`
`h
`
`ustry
`
`, x. 10
`
`“
`
`”
`
`“
`
`”
`
`571 “
`
`d
`
`“
`
`“soft
`
`”
`
`“
`
`”
`
`”
`
`.
`
`“
`
`.
`
`n
`
`y
`
`u
`
`,
`
`,
`
`3
`
`x
`
`“
`
`” .3
`
`14 18.
`
`ou
`
`”
`
`“
`
`”
`
`3 Ex. 11 (MICROSOFT PRESS COMPUTER USER’S DICTIONARY (1998)) at 13 (“agent n 1. A program
`that performs a background task for a user when the task is done or some expected event has taken
`place.”); Ex. 12 (MICROSOFT COMPUTER DICTIONARY (4th Ed. 1999)) at 18-19 (same); Ex. 13
`(ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COMPUTER SCIENCE (4th Ed. 2000)) at 1194-95 (“Multi-agent systems are
`computational systems in which several artificial ‘agents’, which are programs, interact or work
`together over a communications network to perform some set of tasks . . . .”); Ex. 14 (PC Magazine)
`(An agent is “a software routine that waits in the background and performs an action when a
`specified event occurs. For example, agents could transmit a summary file on the first day of the
`
`19
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 24
`
`
`
`‘
`
`’
`
`v
`
`”
`
`.
`
`r”
`
`, 891 F.3d 1003, 1008 (Fed. Cir. 2018)
`
`“program” and “user interface code”
`
`“non
`
`6
`
`rve LLC v
`
`”
`
`,
`
`“sof
`
`12
`
`RLIS,
`
`,
`
`3772472
`
`.
`
`“computer executable data
`
`ware,” “an edi
`
`g
`
`tware utility,” “executable software,”
`
`“computer software”
`
`§ 112
`
`.
`
`2
`
`“computer readable program code”
`
`, 81
`
`2d 795,
`
`b
`
`, 5
`
`.
`
`2d 887, 898 (E.D.
`
`“
`
`uter code”
`
`, 2
`
`“ o ”
`
`h “
`
`nd
`
`28”
`
`u
`
`. upp. 2d 1060, 110
`
`.
`
`“[A]
`
`g.
`
`‘
`
`, 326
`
`‘
`
`’
`
`n
`
`§ 112,
`
`364
`
`, 32
`
`p
`
`’”
`
`3 .”
`
`“
`
`28”
`
`h
`
`d
`
`n
`
`month or monitor incoming data and alert the user when a certain transaction has arrived.”).
`
`20
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 25
`
`
`
`”
`
`on
`
`non
`
`”
`
`”
`
`.
`
`“
`
`1 60
`
`1
`
`61. Thus,
`
`, . . .
`
`” .
`
`8. “
`
`” Claims 1, 3, 7,
`
`’
`
`“
`
`”
`
`ng “
`
`k
`
`’
`
`,
`
`”
`
`“s
`
`tr
`
`n
`
`“
`
`u
`
`7.
`
`nonvo
`
`on
`
`k
`
`’
`
`“
`
`22
`
`o
`
`Broa
`
`, 732
`
`1333
`
`d
`
`”
`
`,
`
`“
`
`h
`
`“
`
`”
`
`“
`
`. . .
`
`’ “usin
`
`d .
`
`,”
`
`y.” d
`
`5 0 52
`
`“
`
`”
`
`”
`
`“
`
`up
`
`on
`
`8
`
`“
`
`”
`
`xpressly
`
`do
`
`“
`
`”
`
`21
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 26
`
`
`
`n
`
`. S
`
`“
`
`” .
`
`. . .
`
`do
`
`“
`
`y.”
`
`7
`
`, “
`
`o un
`
`y”
`
`“
`
`,
`
`”
`
`“u ng . . .
`
`o
`
`y
`
`.
`
`rp. v. IXYS
`
`, 114
`
`1149, 1152
`
`”
`
`.
`
`b
`
`”
`
`Cour
`
`’
`
`’
`
`” Claims 1, 9,
`
`, or short—
`
`,
`
`61645
`
`“
`
`”
`
`’
`
`”
`
`.”
`
`.”
`
`,
`
`”
`
`— “v
`
`“
`
`,
`
`22
`
`o
`
`“
`
`“
`
`k
`
`”
`
`d.”
`
`h “
`
`g
`
`In short, “
`
`up
`
`9. “
`
`”
`
`’
`
`’s
`
`“t
`
`by
`
`“p
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 27
`
`
`
`’
`
`“
`
`on,
`
`“
`
`”
`
`”
`
`3
`
`5, 2002
`
`.
`
`4i Ltd. P’ship
`
`831, 843
`
`, “[
`
`e has disavowed claim scope, context matters” and
`
`“pluck[]”
`
`statements “from the prosecution history”
`
`by
`
`,
`
`,
`
`“
`
`.”
`
`’
`
`“
`
`“
`
`h
`
`up
`
`eo, L
`
`p.
`
`3d 1366, 1372
`
`he P
`
`“
`
`”
`
`”
`
`“
`
`.
`
`,” “
`
`”
`
`“
`
`up” step), “
`
`,”
`
`“acting.”
`
`’
`
`o on
`
`“
`
`23
`
`y
`
`by
`
`n.
`
`”
`
`n
`
`,
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 28
`
`
`
`Case 1:20-cv-00034-ADA Document 44 Filed 03/20/20 Page 29 of 37
`
`”
`3
`.
`the computer is in a configuration mode, hence OS is not running.” Ex. 3 at ANCORA_437.
`
`h
`,
`h
`“
`S a
`In short, the patentee explained that, in the prior art, “BIOS and OS-level programs are
`
`”
`“
`normally mutually exclusive” such that “writing to the BIOS area is performed by the BIOS
`
`” nd “
`.”
`routines” and “there is no OS support whatsoever to write data to the system BIOS.” Id. at
`
`38.
`p
`n
`h
`xp n d h
`h
`“
`ANCORA_437-38. The patentee thus explained that the invention “proceeds against conventional
`
`” by
`“
`on
`wisdom in the art” by enabling OS-level programs/applications to use “BIOS to store application
`
`.”
`8
`38
`data.” Id. at ANCORA_438; see id. at ANCORA_437-38 (explaining that a key innovation of the
`
`’941
`h
`“
`’941 invention was that it allowed OS-level programs to interact with BIOS and use “BIOS as a
`
`”
`“
`d.
`storage medium”); id. at 207 (stating that “[t]he cited references do not render the present invention
`
`obvious as
`o
`obvious as they do not teach or suggest, among other things, storing a verification structure, such as
`
`. . .
`” .
`
`a software license information in the BIOS .
`.
`. as is recited in the present claims”).
`
`“
`”
`Consistent with these statements, the patentee thus amended the Claim 1 “setting up” step to
`
`“
`require the use of “an agent to set up a verification structure in the erasable, non-volatile memory of
`
`.”
`.
`the BIOS.” Ex. 5 at ANCORA_412. Notably, however, the patentee added no such requirement to
`
`h
`“
`”
`issue.
`.
`any of the other Claim 1 steps, including the “verifying” step at issue. This was a deliberate choice.
`
`Claim 18 further illustrates the deliberate choice made by the patentee to require that only
`
`by
`“
`.”
`certain steps must be performed by an OS-level “agent.” In contrast to Claim 1, the agent in Claim
`
`18
`“
`”
`.
`18 expressly performs multiple claim steps, including the “verifying” step. However, the Examiner
`
`n x
`’s
`made clear in an Examiner’s amendment that the OS-level agent in Claim 18 (then Claim 20) is n_ot
`
`“
`”
`“
`”
`n
`2
`required to perform the “acting” step because “an agent” was not required to perform that step. Ex. 2
`
`“
`‘
`…’, ‘
`g…’
`‘
`…’
`at ANCORA_449 (stating “the steps of ‘encrypting. . . ’, ‘storing. . . ’, and ‘subsequently verifying...’
`
`d
`,”
`“
`‘
`…’
`n” .
`are performed by the agent,” but “|t|his does not apply, however, to the ‘acting...’ limitation”).
`
`24
`24
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 29
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 29
`
`
`
`8
`
`.” d.
`
`“
`
`” step in
`
`’
`
`4.
`
`’s
`
`.
`
`by
`
`’
`
`1
`
`1347
`
`g
`
`“
`
`” .
`
`n
`
`18
`
`.
`
`, 41
`
`“
`
`up
`
`.” d.
`
`223
`
`’s
`
`.
`
`h
`
`h
`
`,
`
`14
`
`”
`
`“
`
`In sum,
`
`“
`
`”
`
`through an OS
`
`p
`
`’s
`
`u
`
`“ag
`
`”
`
`. S
`
`“
`
`’
`
`up
`
`’ h
`
`”
`
`v
`
`“
`
`d
`.
`
`BI
`
`n
`
`’ onstru
`
`h
`
`“
`
`“
`
`,”
`
`”
`
`“
`
`non
`
`“
`
`—
`
`n.”
`
`“
`
`d ”
`
`“BI
`
`nd OS lev
`
`” x. 3
`
`ng
`
`“v
`
`”
`
`“
`
`.”
`
`,
`
`25
`
`”
`
`38.
`
`h
`
`“
`
`”
`
`p
`
`“
`
`”
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 30
`
`
`
`b
`
`u.” ’
`
`”
`
`qu
`
`.
`
`ough “
`
`”
`
`aims 1
`
`’
`“(i) allowing the use of the p
`
`program’s
`
`ation”
`
`ng
`
`“
`
`In short,
`
`10. “acting on t
`
`’
`
`on”
`
`“p
`
`“
`
`v
`
`,”
`
`“
`
`nonvo
`
`y of the BIOS.”
`
`nd
`
`,
`
`’
`
`’
`
`“
`
`—n
`
`” b
`
`“
`
`. .
`
`”
`
`d b
`
`.
`
`n
`
`24,
`
`o
`
`“
`
`p
`
`”
`
`d
`
`ng
`
`“
`
`” b
`
`o ‘
`
`“
`
`,
`
`’ “
`
`“
`
`g”
`
`h
`
`’
`
`. S
`
`x. 2
`
`…’, ‘
`
`…’
`
`‘
`
`”
`
`”
`
`“
`
`“
`
`7 8
`
`”
`
`26
`
`“
`
`ng up”
`
`18 qu
`
`’
`
`‘
`
`g…’
`
`…’
`
`” .
`
`’ “
`
`”
`
`rly suggests
`
`“
`
`”
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 31
`
`
`
`“
`
`un.” ’
`
`0 26.
`
`n
`
`,
`
`’
`
`”—
`
`“
`
`”
`
`,
`
`h “
`
`, “
`
`‘non
`
`’
`
`‘
`
`’
`
`cussing
`
`“
`
`”
`
`45.
`
`non
`
`o
`
`”
`
`.
`
`, “
`
`.
`
`.”
`
`.
`
`20
`
`’
`
`“
`
`g”
`
`“
`
`”
`
`“
`
`on, h
`
`, “
`
`”
`
`, “
`
`. . .
`
`”
`
`”
`
`.
`
`” d.
`
`v
`
`52
`
`. . . ,
`
`”
`
`.
`
`’
`
`n ’
`
`n
`
`.
`
`’
`“verifying the program” step and “a
`gram” step
`llow the “selecting a program”
`”
`.
`
`d “u
`
`“
`
`”
`
`.
`
`.
`
`’
`
`26 , “
`
`61 , “
`
`11.
`
`1
`
`“selecting a program” and “u
`
`” steps
`
`“v
`
`ing the program”
`
`27
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 32
`
`
`
`“a
`
`ogram” step
`
`“verifying the program”
`
`b
`
`“a ng on the program” step. n short,
`
`’
`
`o
`
`“
`
`”
`
`1 2 3 4
`
`by “
`
`”
`
`2 1 3 4
`
`“
`
`”
`
`g”
`
`“
`
`.
`
`”
`
`“u
`
`“
`
`n
`
`g”
`
`.
`
`d by “
`
`g”
`
`“
`
`”
`
`nd
`
`.
`
`61,
`
`.
`
`“
`
`’941
`
`”
`
`“
`
`,
`
`.”
`
`.
`
`“
`
`,
`
`’ 1 2 3 4
`
`, “
`
`,” h
`
`p
`
`“
`
`”
`
`y
`
`70
`
`’ 2 1 3
`
`“
`
`”
`
`“‘comprising’ in a method cla
`
`ended and allows for additional steps.”
`
`’
`
`o
`
`.
`
`h,
`
`x
`
`, un
`
`“
`
`18
`
`, 79
`
`”
`
`—
`
`.”
`
`,
`
`p
`
`p.
`
`. . .
`
`“
`
`—
`
`d
`
`28
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 33
`
`
`
`”
`
`“
`
`”
`
`b
`
`,
`
`.
`
`d
`
`7
`
`14.
`
`h
`
`. d.
`
`.”
`
`, 790
`
`1306.
`
`12. “
`
`vo
`
`o ’
`
`p
`
`“
`
`“
`
`v
`
`non vo
`
`”
`
`’
`
`.”
`
`’
`
`.
`
`“
`
`u
`
`“
`
`und
`
`”
`
`g
`
`“
`
`by
`
`. . .
`
`’
`
`”
`
`steps
`
`o
`
`“
`
`y”
`
`“non v
`
`”
`
`1
`
`“
`
`.”
`
`, 81
`
`ong
`
`”
`
`‘
`
`’
`
`n
`
`q
`
`“cl
`
`” showing
`
`o
`
`’ construc
`
`3
`
`18
`
`32,
`
`— d
`
`—
`
`29
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 34
`
`
`
`how i
`
`.
`
`“v
`
`”
`
`“non
`
`.”
`
`bo
`
`“fir
`
`non
`
`. . .
`
`steps
`u
`
`’
`
`3.
`
`“
`
`n
`
`“
`
`up”
`
`non
`
`d
`
`”—
`
`h
`
`n
`
`”
`
`”
`
`“read only
`
`”
`
`“
`
`”
`
`“non
`
`”
`
`,
`
`g
`
`non
`
`n
`
`h
`
`n
`
`“
`
`should b
`
`”
`
`28.
`
`u d
`
`h would
`
`.
`
`Broad
`
`, 732
`
`1333 “
`
`n
`
`o
`
`d
`
`45
`
`48,
`
`“
`
`non
`
`”
`
`“
`
`”
`
`—
`
`on
`
`g
`
`n
`
`’ con
`
`30
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 35
`
`
`
`3521
`n
`00787165
`BUNT &
`
`418
`
`75702
`3535
`
`5100
`
`77002
`9366
`13) 654 6666
`
`on 98101
`3880
`6 516 3883
`ngo
`
`p
`
`10019
`
`8330
`8340
`
`20, 2020
`
`100
`
`1
`
`1201
`
`1301
`
`31
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 36
`
`
`
`Case 1:20-cv-00034-ADA Document 44 Filed 03/20/20 Page 37 of 37
`
`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`
`I hereby certify that all counsel of record, who are deemed to have consented to electronic
`
`via the Court’s
`service are being served this 20“) day of March, 2020, with a copy of this document Via the Court’s
`
`CM/ECF system.
`
`/s/ Michelle Wimmer
`Michelle Wimmer
`
`32
`32
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 37
`
`ANCORA Ex. 2011, Page 37
`
`