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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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`_______________
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`SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB, SONY MOBILE
`COMMUNICATIONS, INC., SONY ELECTRONICS INC., and
`SONY CORPORATION,
`Petitioners,
`v.
`ANCORA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
`_______________
`
`IPR2020-016091
`Patent 6,411,941 B1
`_______________
`
`PETITIONERS’ OBJECTIONS TO PATENT OWNER’S
`EVIDENCE UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.64
`Sony Mobile Communications AB,
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`Petitioners
`
`Sony Mobile
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`Communications, Inc., Sony Electronics Inc., and Sony Corporation (collectively
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`“Petitioners”) respectfully submit the following objections to exhibits filed by Patent
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`
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`1 Sony Mobile Communications AB, Sony Mobile Communications, Inc., Sony
`Electronics Inc., and Sony Corporation, who filed a petition in IPR2021-00663, have
`been joined with this proceeding.
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`1
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`IPR2020-01609 (Patent 6,411,941 B1)
`Petitioners’ Objections To Patent Owner’s Evidence
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`Owner in connection with Patent Owner’s Opposition to Petitioners’ Motion for
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`Joinder filed on April 15, 2021 (Paper 10) and Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response
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`to Petition for IPR filed on April 23, 2021. These objections are made within ten
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`business days from institution of the trial on June 6, 2021 (Paper 17) pursuant to 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.64(b)(1). Petitioners reserve the right to present further objections to this
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`or additional evidence submitted by Patent Owner as allowed by the applicable rules
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`or other authority, including without limitation upon conclusion of cross-
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`examination of Patent Owner’s declarant(s).
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`The following chart lists Petitioners’ objections to the admissibility of the
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`documents identified below and the bases for the objections:
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`Exhibit
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`Objections
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`2002, 2003
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`FRE 401-403: irrelevant, prejudicial, confuses the issues, and
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`misleading as including invalidity contentions and disclosures
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`unrelated to the bases raised in this IPR
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`2004
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`FRE 401-403: irrelevant, prejudicial, confuses the issues, and
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`misleading as including non-party’s invalidity contentions and
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`other contentions unrelated to bases raised in this IPR
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`FRE 802: inadmissible hearsay evidence to the extent relied
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`upon for the truth of the matters asserted
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`2
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`

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`IPR2020-01609 (Patent 6,411,941 B1)
`Petitioners’ Objections To Patent Owner’s Evidence
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`Exhibit
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`Objections
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`2007
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`FRE 401-403: irrelevant, prejudicial, confuses the issues, and
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`misleading as relating to alleged infringement and other issues
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`not related to this IPR
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`FRE 802: inadmissible hearsay evidence to the extent relied
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`upon for the truth of the matters asserted
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`2010
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`FRE 702: expert witness report of a third party in a district court
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`case not being offered or relied upon by Petitioners or their
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`expert
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`FRE 802: inadmissible hearsay evidence of expert witness of a
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`third party in a district court case not being offered or relied upon
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`by Petitioners of their expert, to the extent relied upon for the
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`truth of the matters asserted
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`2011
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`FRE 401-403: irrelevant, prejudicial, confuses the issues, and
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`misleading as including opinions of expert of third party in a
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`district court case not being offered or relied upon by Petitioners
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`or their expert
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`3
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`

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`IPR2020-01609 (Patent 6,411,941 B1)
`Petitioners’ Objections To Patent Owner’s Evidence
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`Exhibit
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`Objections
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`FRE 802: inadmissible hearsay evidence of expert witness not
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`being offered or relied upon by Petitioners or their expert, to the
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`extent relied upon for the truth of the matters asserted
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`2015 ¶¶ 55-56 FRE 401-403: irrelevant, prejudicial, confuses the issues, and
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`misleading as relating to 35 U.S.C. § 101
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`
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`Date: June 24, 2021
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`
` /Gregory S. Gewirtz/
` Gregory S. Gewirtz (Reg. No.: 36,522)
` Jonathan A. David (Reg. No.: 36,494)
`
` Counsel for Petitioners
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`4
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`IPR2020-01609 (Patent 6,411,941 B1)
`Petitioners’ Objections To Patent Owner’s Evidence
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6, I hereby certify that on this 24th day of June
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`2021, the foregoing PETITIONERS’ OBJECTIONS TO PATENT OWNER’S
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`EVIDENCE UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.64 was filed via the PTAB’s E2E system and
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`served via electronic mail on the following counsel of record for Patent Owner:
`
`John P. Rondini (64,949)
`Marc Lorelli (43,759)
`BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C.
`1000 Town Center, 22nd Floor
`Southfield, MI 48075
`ANCC0121IPR@brookskushman.com
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`Date: June 24, 2021
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` /Gregory S. Gewirtz/
` Gregory S. Gewirtz
` Reg. No. 36,522
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