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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`AUSTIN DIVISION
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`ANCORA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`LG ELECTRONICS INC. and LG
`ELECTRONICS U.S.A., INC.,
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`Defendants.
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`ANCORA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., and
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA,
`INC.,
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`CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:20-CV-0034
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:20-CV-0034
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`Defendants.
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`Table of Exhibits
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`DECLARATION OF STEVEN M. SEIGEL
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`Ex. Document Description
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` U.S. Patent No. 6,411,941 B1 (Mullor, et al.), dated June 25, 2002
` Exhibits 2 to 6: Excerpts of File History of U.S. Patent App. No. 09/164,777 (’941 Patent)
` March 28, 2002 – Examiner Notice of Allowance, Amendments, and Interview Summary
` Feb. 5, 2002 – Amendments and Response to Jan. 15, 2002 Office Action
` Jan. 15, 2002 – Examiner Non-Final Rejection
` Dec. 6, 2001 – Amendments and Response to June 22, 2001 Office Action
` Nov. 9, 2001 – Examiner Interview Summary
` Declaration of Ian Jestice, Ancora Techs., Inc. v. LG Electronics et al. (W.D. Tex.) (March 19,
`2020)
` Declaration of Ian Jestice, Ancora Techs., Inc. v. Apple Inc. (N.D. Cal.) (April 30, 2002)
` Declaration of Ian Jestice, Ancora Techs., Inc. v. HTC et al. (W.D. Wa.) (Aug. 26, 2019)
` THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS HANDBOOK (1999)
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` MICROSOFT PRESS COMPUTER USER’S DICTIONARY (1998)
` MICROSOFT COMPUTER DICTIONARY (4th Ed. 1999)
` ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COMPUTER SCIENCE (4th Ed. 2000)
` PC MAGAZINE
` Ancora’s Opening Markman Brief, Ancora Techs., Inc. v. Toshiba et al. (C.D. Cal) (Jan. 26,
`2009) (excerpts)
` U.S. Patent No. 8,572,597 to Herle et al., assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
` U.S. Patent No. 9,674,578 to Kim et al., assigned to LG Electronics Inc.
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`Declaration
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`I, Steven M. Seigel, hereby declare as follows:
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`I am an attorney in the law firm of Susman Godfrey, LLP. I am counsel for Plaintiff
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`Ancora Technologies, Inc. (“Ancora”). I am admitted pro hac vice to practice before this Court, and
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`I have personal knowledge of the matters set forth herein. If called as a witness, I could and would
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`testify competently thereto.
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`I submit this declaration in support of Ancora’s Opening Claim Construction Brief.
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`For the exhibits described below, some exhibits have been highlighted or otherwise
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`marked for emphasis.
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`Attached to this declaration as Exhibit 1 is a true and correct copy of U.S. Patent No.
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`6,411,941 B1, issued to Mullor, et al. and dated June 25, 2002 (the ’941 Patent).
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`Attached to this declaration as Exhibits 2 through 6 are true and correct copies of
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`excerpts of the File History of U.S. Patent Application No. 09/164,777 which matured into the ’941
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`Patent (the “ ’941 File History”). The excerpts are organized in reverse chronological order as
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`• Exhibit 2 – March 28, 2002 – Examiner Notice of Allowance, Amendments, and
`Interview Summary;
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`• Exhibit 3 – Feb. 5, 2002 – Amendments and Response to Jan. 15, 2002 Office
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`• Exhibit 4 – Jan. 15, 2002 – Examiner Non-Final Rejection;
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`• Exhibit 5 –Dec. 6, 2001 – Amendments and Response to June 22, 2001 Office
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`• Exhibit 6 – Nov. 9, 2001 – Examiner Interview Summary.
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`Attached to this declaration as Exhibit 7 is a true and correct copy of the March 19,
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`2020 Declaration of Ian Jestice submitted in support of Ancora’s Opening Claim Construction Brief
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`in this matter.
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`Attached to this declaration as Exhibit 8 is a true and correct copy of the April 30,
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`2002 Declaration of Ian Jestice submitted in Ancora Techs., Inc. v. Apple Inc. (N.D. Cal.).
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`Attached to this declaration as Exhibit 9 is a true and correct copy of the August 26,
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`2019 Declaration of Ian Jestice submitted in Ancora Techs., Inc. v. HTC America et al. (W.D.
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`Wash.).
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`Attached to this declaration as Exhibit 10 is a true and correct copy of excerpts of
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`THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS HANDBOOK (1999) containing a definition of the word “agent.”
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`Attached to this declaration as Exhibit 11 is a true and correct copy of excerpts of the
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`MICROSOFT PRESS COMPUTER USER’S DICTIONARY (1998) containing a definition of the word
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`“agent.”
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`Attached to this declaration as Exhibit 12 is a true and correct copy of excerpts of the
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`MICROSOFT COMPUTER DICTIONARY (4th Ed. 1999) containing a definition of the word “agent.”
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`Attached to this declaration as Exhibit 13 is a true and correct copy of excerpts of the
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`ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COMPUTER SCIENCE (4th Ed. 2000) containing a definition of the word “agent.”
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`Attached to this declaration as Exhibit 14 is a true and correct copy of a print-out of
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`PC MAGAZINE submitted in the Ancora v. HTC case containing a definition of the word “agent.”
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`Attached to this declaration as Exhibit 15 is a true and correct copy of excerpts of
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`Ancora’s Opening Markman Brief in Ancora Techs., Inc. v. Toshiba et al. (C.D. Cal) (Jan. 26, 2009).
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`Additionally, Defendants Samsung Electronics, Co. Ltd. (“Samsung”), and LG
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`Electronics, Inc., (“LG”) (collectively, “Defendants”) are collectively the assignees of at least 84
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`patents or patent applications that claim or describe a software agent as described below.
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`For instance, U.S. Patent No. 8,572,597 to Herle and assigned to Samsung Electronics
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`Co., Ltd., a true and correct copy of which is attached as Exhibit 16, is entitled “Apparatus and
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`method for performing an over-the-air software update in a dual processor mobile station.” It
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`describes in numerous embodiments various software agents, including an “upgrade agent program
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`that replaces first existing code associated with a first existing software file in the first memory with
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`first replacement code from the downloaded software upgrade file,” Ex. 15, 2:44-48, and a “software
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`update agent program . . . stored in the [nonvolatile] memory,” id., 7:65-67. The claims also recite an
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`agent. See id. Claim 14 (“The method as set forth in claim 13 further comprising executing in the
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`first CPU a first upgrade agent program that replaces first existing code associated with a first
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`existing software file in the first memory with first replacement code from the downloaded software
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`upgrade file.”); id. Claim 15 (“The method as set forth in claim 14 wherein the first upgrade agent
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`program is stored in the first memory.).
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`As another example, U.S. Patent No. 9,674,578 to Kim et al. and assigned to LG
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`Electronics Inc., a true and correct copy of which is attached as Exhibit 17, is entitled “Electronic
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`device and method for information about service provider.” The specification describes a “software
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`agent” that an “operating system” uses to receive information and take action in response to touch
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`gestures. See Ex. 16, 9:10-16. The claims also recite an “agent.” See Claim 5 (“The method of claim
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`1, further comprising: storing a gesture operation program in a memory, wherein the gesture
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`operation program senses occurrence of multiple gestures and includes commands informing at least
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`one software agent of actions to be taken in response to the multiple gestures.”).
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`At least the following 54 patents and patent applications assigned to Samsung
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`describe and/or claim an agent: US 7,043,532 B1; US 8,572,597 B2; US 6,198,479 B1;
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`US 7,103,834 B1; US 7,490,293 B1; US 8,204,839 B2; US 9,928,462 B2; US 2016/0203386 A1;
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`US 2018/0084424 A1; US 7,984,013 B2; US 7,797,340 B2; US 10,460,125 B2; US 8,311,670 B2;
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` US 7,937,337 B2; US 10,568,073 B2; US 2019/0362718 A1; US 2020/0005784 A1;
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`AU 2001272817 B2; CA 2345527 C; CA 2345526 C; CA 2345324 C; CN 100428222 C; CN
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`1619470 A; DE 60031378 T2; DE 69926368 T2; DE 60031107 T2; DE 60036604 T2; DE
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`60110037 T2; EP 1690370 B1; EP 1962476 A2; KR 20040024835 A; KR 20100046586 A; KR
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`20080058887 A; KR 20100059379 A; KR 20080074758 A; KR 20100073960 A; KR
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`20090007972 A; KR 0163710 B1; KR 20000044355 A; KR 20000044363 A; KR 20080022299 A;
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` KR 20060086508 A; KR 20100042600 A; KR 20070042017 A; KR 20070041980 A; KR
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`20080074008 A; KR 20040019680 A; KR 20190142219 A GB 2475733 A; JP 2016207204 A;
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`JP 4401155 B2; RU2310904 C1; TW 201812597 A; TW 201812596 A.
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`At least the following 30 patents and patent applications assigned to LG describe
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`and/or claim an agent: US 7,305,696 B2; US 2012/0072873 A1; US 9,392,253 B2;
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`US 2012/0262386 A1; US 9,674,578 B2; US 2012/0094626 A1; US 2012/0096406 A1;
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`US 2013/0222874 A1; EP 2431895 B1; EP 2442221 B1; CN 1967502 A; KR 20020044665 A; KR
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`100225855 B1; KR 20070003454 A; KR 20030070420 A; KR 20010056679 A; KR 20060133399
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`A; KR 20190119549 A; KR 20090042037 A; KR 20190114932 A; KR 20110049055 A; KR
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`20200007983A; KR 20190096855 A; KR 20190080834 A; KR 20190080833 A; KR
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`20080026357 A WO 2013051770 A1; WO2013073747 A1; WO 2013032081 A1; WO
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`I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
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`Signed this 20th day of March, 2020, at Seattle, WA.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that all counsel of record, who are deemed to have consented to electronic
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`service are being served this 20th day of March, 2020, with a copy of this document via the Court’s
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`/s/ Michelle Wimmer
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