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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
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`WIRTGEN AMERICA, INC.
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`Plaintiff/Counterclaim-Defendant,
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`CATERPILLAR INC.
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`Defendant/Counterclaim-Plaintiff.
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`INITIAL EXPERT REPORT OF DR. JOHN MEYER
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`X. Accused Products Overview
`A. Caterpillar’s Development of the Accused Products
`51. During the development of the PM600 series, Caterpillar engaged
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`in systematic teardowns of Wirtgen’s milling machines, including the Wirtgen
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`W 120 milling machine, to understand customers’ needs by looking at
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`competitive products to determine how they were fulfilling customers’ needs.
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`See, e.g., Sansone Dep. 53:6-15, 140:10-22, Mar. 8, 2023; Engelmann Dep.
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`18:8-19:12, 60:6-70:19, Mar. 16, 2023; see also CAT-770_026532 at 6536
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`Competitive Machine Testing on Wirtgen 210). Wirtgen’s W 120 milling
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`machine was a popular milling machine with customers in the paving industry.
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`See, e.g., Sansone Dep. 53:15-19, Mar. 8, 2023.
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`52. These tear downs were also used to give Caterpillar’s engineering
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`team experience as many of the engineers who designed Caterpillar’s older
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`machines were no longer at Caterpillar. See Sansone Dep. 141:5-142:1, Mar. 8,
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`2023. Additionally, these teardowns were used to identify each of the parts
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`used in the Wirtgen milling machines and to determine the precise
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`functionality of the features within Wirtgen’s milling machines. See, e.g.,
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`CAT0076323-6330 (W120FI Competitive Product Review); CAT0098125
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`(Jun. 2012 Development Notes); CAT0052885 (Jan. 2011 Cold Planer GW1
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`Review); Domanus Dep. 31:4-35:4;80:16-81:5, 86:12-17, 107:15-109:3, 337-
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`TA-1067, Jan. 5, 2018. During these teardowns, Caterpillar used probes to
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`monitor the control signals of Wirtgen’s machines. See, e.g., Engelmann Dep.
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`63:15-70:19, Mar. 16, 2023 (discussing CAT-770_073246 (Sep. 2010
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`Competitive Testing on Wirtgen 210 Cold Planer)); Steffen Dep. 260:13-
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`270:14, Feb. 28, 2023 (discussing CAT0097763 (Sep. 2010 Competitive
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`Machine Testing on Wirtgen 210)).
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`53. Caterpillar generated 1,128 ideas as a result of the teardowns of
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`Wirtgen’s machines. See, e.g., Domanus Dep. 41-42, 337-TA-1067, Jan. 5,
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`2018; see also Healy Dep. 98:12-99:22 (discussing CAT0052885); Engelmann
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`Dep. 127:2-22, 337-TA-1067, Jan. 12, 2018 (discussing CAT0052885).
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`54. Based on the tear down comparisons, Caterpillar identified
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`features intended to make the new Caterpillar machines more comparable with
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`the existing Wirtgen machines, and updated Caterpillar’s technology
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`accordingly. Engelmann Dep. 135:8-139:15, 337-TA-1067, Jan. 12, 2018
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`(discussing CAT0116678 at 6763, 6784 (2011 Cold Planer Trade-off Event)).
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`This included “[i]nfinite reverse with rotor running[.]” CAT0116678 at 6784
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`(2011 Cold Planer Trade-off Event); CAT-770_039922 at 9941 (2011 GW1
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`Review PPT).
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`55. Further, Caterpillar conducted such teardowns in conjunction with
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`Caterpillar’s extensive customer surveys. Caterpillar’s customer surveys
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`illustrate customers’ general dissatisfaction with the features of Caterpillar’s
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`previous generation of milling machines:
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`- “Safety device that shuts down the machine when reversing with the
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`rotor engaged,” observing the “[o]perator needs to kick the machine
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`into neutral every 5 seconds to avoid this.”
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`- “Propel kicks out every ten seconds when traveling in reverse.”
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`- “[T]he safety feature that prevents him from backing up with the rotor
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`engaged.”
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`CAT0115298 (Customer Controls & Electrical Ideas Review); see also e.g.,
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`CAT0115869 (Voice of Customer Survey) (“Remove reverse shut off while
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`milling drum is engaged” and “[o]verride switch to allow backing up with
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`rotor on”); CAT0115864 (Customer Subsystem Comments); Engelmann Dep.
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`179:10-183:22, 337-TA-1067, Jan. 12, 2018.
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`56. Such “Voice of Customer” surveys conducted by Caterpillar
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`showed that customers were generally more pleased with solutions that
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`Wirtgen had implemented or that Wirtgen was in the process of implementing
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`in the form of the patented features-at-issue. See, e.g., CAT0115869 (Voice of
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`Customer Survey); Domanus Dep. 57:3-79:9, 337-TA-1067, Jan. 5, 2018;
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`Mashek Dep. 15:14-18, 337-TA-1067, Jan. 4, 2018, id. 196:6-10 (“Q. Did you
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`understand from the voice of customer survey that customers wanted to be able
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`to back up – wanted to be able to travel in reverse with the rotor on? A. That is
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`what’s stated in these comments.”), 197:18-21 (“Q. And did the feedback from
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`customers that they wanted the ability to drive in reverse with the rotor on play
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`into your design choices for the PM300? A. Yes.”).
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`57. Some examples of the comments from the Voice of the Customer
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`Survey regarding Caterpillar machines included:
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`- “HATES, machine propel kick-out when reversed with rotor on.
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`Would like to have just a single dial for traction control, seemed
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`confusing. Add a flap-down seat just to give operators a little break
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`between trucks.”
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`- “Propel kicks out every ten seconds when traveling in reverse.”
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`- “Newer Wirtgens are leaving the drum running. No time delay, but if
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`side or mold board door is activated, it shuts the rotor off. When they
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`hit something hard, they usually move machine to reverse – faster
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`than lifting machine.”
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`See Domanus Dep. 57:3-79:8, 337-TA-1067, Jan. 5, 2018 (describing
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`CAT0115298). “Based on the feedback” in the customer surveys, Caterpillar
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`engineers “designed a new machine to make improvements on the machine[s]”
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`discussed in the survey. Domanus Dep. 80:16-81:5, 337-TA-1067, Jan. 5, 2018.
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`58.
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`It is my understanding that Caterpillar then used the information it
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`gathered in both the Wirtgen machine teardowns and the customer surveys to
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`determine which Wirtgen features it wished to incorporate in its own
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`machines. See, e.g., CAT0115298; CAT0115827; CAT0115944;
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`CAT0099138; CAT0087933 (listing the “ability to reverse machine with rotor
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`engaged” as a “PM300 Raw Customer Requirement[]”); CAT0115700;
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`Domanus Dep. 31:4-35:4.
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`59. Numerous Wirtgen features were considered for inclusion into
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`Caterpillar’s accused cold planers, including some of the features-at-issue in
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`this action, including an “infinite reverse with rotor running using new
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`sensors.” See, e.g., Domanus Dep., 337-TA-1067, Jan. 5, 2018, 61-76,130-137
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`(discussing CAT0115700 (Subsystem Comments) and CAT0116678 (2011
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`Cold Planer Trade-off Event)).
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`60. Additionally, Caterpillar systematically monitored Wirtgen
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`America’s patents. I understand Caterpillar was aware of the Asserted ’641
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`Patent at least as early as December 2012, as evidenced by a spreadsheet
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`produced by Caterpillar. See CAT_00053633 (Wirtgen Ten Year Patent
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`Landscape), tab .csv)csv2012-12-03-10-26-51(1), row 78.
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`B. Representative Accused Products
`61. Caterpillar’s PM300 Series (including at least the PM310, PM312,
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`and manuals. See, e.g., CAT0007161 (Oct. 2016 PM620 & PM622 Systems,
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`Operating, Testing & Adjusting Manual); CAT-770_014810 (May 2021
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`PM6XX & PM8XX Systems Operation Testing and Adjusting Manual);
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`CAT_00057357 (Mar. 2021 PM6XX & PM8XX Technical Presentation) at p.
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`389; CAT-770_021849 (Jun. 2020 PM3XX Systems Operation Testing and
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`Adjusting Manual) at 1926; CAT-770_043792 (Oct. 2021 PM3XX Technical
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`Presentation) at 4030, 4033-35.
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`XIII. Objective Indicia of Nonobviousness
`172. After reviewing the ’641 patent, and the documents produced by
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`both Wirtgen America and Caterpillar, and considering them against the
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`backdrop of my knowledge of mobile construction machine industry both at
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`the time of the invention disclosed in the ’641 patent, as well as today, I
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`believe that there are a number of additional factors that support the
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`patentability of the Asserted Claims of the ’641 patent. These factors, as well
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`as my basis for why they support the patentability of the Asserted Claims of
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`the ’641 patent, are set forth in detail below.
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`A. Caterpillar’s Rotor Feature is Substantially Similar
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`173. The features of Caterpillar’s PM300, PM600, and PM800
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`machines discussed above do not merely infringe Wirtgen America’s patents,
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`but they are substantially similar to Wirtgen America’s patented features. As
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`set forth below, it is my understanding that Caterpillar studied Wirtgen
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`America’s products, conducted customer surveys, which included feedback
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`regarding Wirtgen America’s products, and then incorporated the feedback
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`from customers and information learned from the teardowns into its own
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`machines. This included feedback and teardowns related to the technology
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`disclosed in and covered at least by the ’641 patents.
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`174. Prior to the Accused Products, Caterpillar’s milling machines did
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`not contain a reverse rotor shutoff feature that permitted the rotor to rotate
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`while driving in reverse and disengaging the rotor as claimed in the ’641
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`patent. Instead, Caterpillar’s prior milling machines would disengage after
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`driving backwards with the rotor running for 8 seconds. Engelmann Dep.
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`155:21-156:6, Mar. 16, 2023; CAT_00041455 (2011 PM600 Design Review)
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`at 16 (“When reversing with the rotor on with the current machines the propel
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`system kicks out after 8 seconds.”); see also CAT0115781, tab “Top 5”
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`(machines cannot “[b]ackup with [the] drum running”). Caterpillar’s prior
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`machines “would allow the machine to reverse for a set amount of time with
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`the rotor on and then you would have to reset the propel and propel again. So
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`you could only back up in increments versus continuously.” Engelmann Dep.
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`319:11-22, Mar. 17, 2023.
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`175. During development for the PM600, Caterpillar conducted
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`extensive customer surveys regarding its existing machines. These surveys
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`reflected customers’ general dissatisfaction with features of Caterpillar’s
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`previous generations of milling machines. See, e.g., CAT0115869 (Voice of
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`Customer Survey) (“[m]illing into side streets around intersections can take a
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`large amount of time . . . [e]specially with the reverse shut off when milling
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`drum is engaged); CAT0115298 (Customer Controls & Electrical Ideas
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`Review); CAT0115864 (Customer Subsystem Comments); Domanus Dep.
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`159:12-162:1, 171:6-12, 337-TA-1067, Jan. 5, 2018; Engelmann Dep. 318:22-
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`320:6, Mar. 17, 2023; Engelmann Dep. 179:10-183:22, 337-TA-1067, Jan. 12,
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`2018. Such “Voice of Customer” surveys conducted by Caterpillar showed that
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`customers were generally more pleased with solutions that Wirtgen had
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`implemented or that Wirtgen was in the process of implementing in the form of
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`the patented features-at-issue. See, e.g., Domanus Dep. 57:3-79:9, 337-TA-
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`1067, Jan. 5, 2018.
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`176. Some examples of the comments from the Voice of the Customer
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`Survey about Caterpillar machines included:
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`• “HATES, machine propel kick-out when reversed with rotor on.
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`Would like to have just a single dial for traction control, seemed
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`confusing. Add a flap-down seat just to give operators a little break
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`between trucks.”
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`• “Propel kicks out every ten seconds when traveling in reverse.”
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`• “Newer Wirtgens are leaving the drum running. No time delay, but if
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`side or mold board door is activated, it shuts the rotor off. When they
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`hit something hard, they usually move machine to reverse – faster
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`than lifting machine.”
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`See Domanus Dep. 57:3-79:8, 337-TA-1067, Jan. 5, 2018 (describing
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`CAT0115298 (Customer Controls & Electrical Ideas Review)); see also
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`CAT_00042884 (Voice of Customer Survey) (“Due to the drum engaging issue
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`they typically reverse with the drum still engaged. Do not like the reverse lockout
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`that they have to work around. ‘I REALLY HATE IT’ was the operators
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`comment.”); CAT0088762 (2010 Customer Feedback Spreadsheet); CAT0088667
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`(2010 Summaries of Likes and Dislikes) (“Dislike: Backup with drum running.
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`Customer doesn’t understand why the rotor is shut off when backing up when there
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`is already backup ski protection. Also, customer believes the machine still travels
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`far enough to hurt someone. When propel is stopped by the backup protection,
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`people think you are stopping and are put in danger when propel is started again.
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`Instead of looking where you are going, you are restarting propel of the
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`machine.”).
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`177. In contrast, Wirtgen’s milling machines were able to drive
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`backwards without disengaging the rotor, or as Caterpillar’s internal
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`documents sometimes refer to it—infinite reverse. See, e.g., Domanus Dep. 61-
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`76, 130-137, 337-TA-1067, Jan. 5, 2018, (discussing CAT0115700
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`(Subsystem Comments) and CAT0116678 (2011 Cold Planer Trade-off
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`Event)).
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`178. At the time of Caterpillar’s development of the Accused Products,
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`as evidenced by Caterpillar’s own customer surveys, Wirtgen machines were
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`“leaving the drum running. No time delay, but if side or mold board door is
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`activated, it shuts the rotor off. When they hit something hard, they usually
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`move machine to reverse – faster than lifting machine.” See CAT0115298
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`(Customer Controls & Electrical Ideas Review).
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`179. Caterpillar was well aware that Wirtgen’s milling machines kept
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`the rotor running while travelling in the reverse direction because, as shown by
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`Caterpillar’s internal documents. Caterpillar engaged systematic teardowns of
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`Wirtgen milling machines. See, e.g., CAT0076323-6330 (W120Fi Competitive
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`Product Review); CAT0098125 (Jun. 2012 Development Notes);
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`CAT0052885 (Jan. 2011 Cold Planer GW1 Review). Caterpillar conducted
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`these teardowns to assess the exact identity of each of the parts used in the
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`Wirtgen milling machines and to determine the precise functionality of the
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`features within Wirtgen’s milling machines. See, e.g., CAT0076323-6330
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`(W120FI Competitive Product Review); CAT0098125 (Jun. 2012
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`Development Notes); CAT0052885 (Jan. 2011 Cold Planer GW1 Review);
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`Domanus Dep. 23:18-28:10, 31:4-35:4; 80:16-81:5, 86:12-17, 107:15-109:3,
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`337-TA-1067, Jan. 5, 2018; Engelmann Dep. 120:4-122:4, 337-TA-1067, Jan.
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`180. It is my understanding that during its systematic tear down of
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`Wirtgen America’s machines, Caterpillar generated CAD files of Wirtgen
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`America’s machines. See id.; see also CAT0138792-9720.
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`181. Further, Caterpillar explicitly admits to disassembling a Wirtgen
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`W120F for comparison to a Caterpillar PM102, and creating CAD (3-D)
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`models of the Wirtgen W120F machine prior to this Investigation. Caterpillar’s
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`Responses to RFAs 800, 1262, 1264, 1514, 1515, 1516, 337-TA-1067.
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`Caterpillar also explicitly admits to disassembling a Wirtgen W210 for
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`comparison to a Caterpillar PM200, and creating CAD (3-D) models of the
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`Wirtgen W210 machine prior to this investigation. Caterpillar’s Responses to
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`RFAs 800, 1262, 1264, 1517, 1518, 1519, 337-TA-1067.
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`182. It is my understanding that Caterpillar then used the information it
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`gathered in both the Wirtgen machine teardowns and the customer surveys to
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`then determine which Wirtgen features it wished to incorporate in its own
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`machines. See, e.g., CAT0115298 (Customer Controls & Electrical Ideas
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`Review); CAT0115827 (Mar. 2012 PM600 Value List); CAT0115944 (Cold
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`Determination); CAT0087933 (PM210 Requirements), tab “PM300 Technical
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`Requirements,” cell U147 (“The machine shall be able to infinitely reverse
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`without disengaging the rotor as long as the side plates and moldboard are
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`lowered below the profile of the rotor.”) (emphasis removed from original);
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`CAT0115700 (Cold Planer Trade Off); Domanus Dep. 31:4-35:4, 337-TA-
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`1067, Jan. 5, 2018.
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`183. For instance, Caterpillar ranked the importance of features on a
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`scale of 1 to 10. Domanus Dep. 134:15-21, 337-TA-1067, Jan. 5, 2018
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`(discussing CAT0115700). Caterpillar documented the differences between
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`Wirtgen machines and Cat machines, identifying which differentiating features
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`were most valuable. Domanus Dep. 148:22-149:15, 337-TA-1067, Jan. 5,
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`2018.
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`184. Caterpillar used feedback from its customer surveys and
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`information it gained from Wirtgen teardowns to design a new generation of
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`milling machines. See, e.g., Domanus 80:16-81:5, 337-TA-1067, Jan. 5, 2018.
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`Caterpillar’s reverse rotor shutoff feature in the infringing milling machines is
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`substantially similar to Wirtgen’s feature of leaving the rotor running while
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`travelling in a reverse direction.
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`185. I am informed by counsel that such systematic, long-term
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`behavior on Caterpillar’s part, especially after the failure of its previous
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`generations of milling machines in the market place, is strong evidence
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`supporting the nonobviousness of Wirtgen America’s patents-at-issue.
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`186. Caterpillar’s witnesses, Messrs. Domanus, Engelmann, and Healy,
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`each admitted that after a large and systematic customer survey campaign
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`showing the popularity of Wirtgen’s milling machine features, Caterpillar “tore
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`down” Wirtgen machines, including a W210 and a W120F. See, e.g., Domanus
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`Dep. 39-40, 337-TA-1067, Jan. 5, 2018 (discussing CAT0052885); Healy Dep.
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`99-100, 337-TA-1067, Jan. 11, 2018 (discussing CAT0052907); Engelmann
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`Dep. 120-125, 337-TA-1067, Jan. 12, 2018 (discussing CAT00522907).
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`187. I understand that these witnesses also testified that Caterpillar
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`generated 1,128 ideas as a result of the teardowns of Wirtgen’s machines. See,
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`e.g., Domanus Dep. 41-42, 337-TA-1067, Jan. 5, 2018 (“Q. So by looking at
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`Wirtgen machines compared to your old machines, you generated 1,128 ideas,
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`right? . . . THE WITNESS: We tore down a Cat machine and a Wirtgen
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`machine and generated ideas. Q. BY MR. POWERS: 1,128 ideas, right? A.
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`Yes.”); see also Healy Dep. 98-99, 337-TA-1067, Jan. 11, 2018; Engelmann
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`Dep. 127, 337-TA-1067, Jan. 12, 2018.
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`188. It is also my understanding that Messrs. Domanus, Healy, and
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`Engelmann also discussed that numerous Wirtgen features were considered for
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`inclusion into Caterpillar’s accused cold planers, including some of the
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`features-at-issue in this action, including an “infinite reverse with rotor running
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`using new sensors.” See, e.g., Domanus Dep. 61-76, 130-137, 337-TA-1067,
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`Jan. 5, 2018, (discussing CAT0115700 and CAT0116678).
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`189. I understand that instead of using Caterpillar’s existing reverse
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`rotor shutoff design, after Caterpillar conducted customer surveys and tore
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`down Wirtgen’s machines, that Caterpillar decided to implement a new reverse
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`rotor shut off design that was substantially similar to Wirtgen’s exisiting
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`reverse rotor shut off design. I am therefore informed by counsel that after a
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`failure of its previous generation of cold planers in the marketplace,
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`Caterpillar’s deliberate and meticulous plan of: (1) conducting hundreds of
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`customer surveys; (2) thereby identifying, from a market perspective, desirable
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`features from Wirtgen milling machines; (3) tearing down Wirtgen machines;
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`and (4) actually including Wirtgen features—including those at issue in this
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`investigation—is strong evidence of nonobviousness of at least the ’641 patent.
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`190. Additionally, as already explained above, it is my understanding
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`that Caterpillar systematically monitored Wirtgen America’s patents, and that
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`Caterpillar was aware of the Asserted ’641 Patent at least as early as December
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`2012 as evidenced by a spreadsheet produced by Caterpillar. See
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`XIV. Conclusion
`208. This report contains my complete opinions as of today based on
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`discovery provided by Caterpillar. I reserve the right to amend, modify, or
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`supplement this report in the event additional discovery is provided by
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`Caterpillar, including any expert opinions offered by Caterpillar, or any
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`additional inspections performed on Wirtgen or Caterpillar machines.
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`Additionally, I understand that Wirtgen America and/or Caterpillar may use
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`demonstratives at some point later during this investigation. To the extent that
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`such demonstratives are used, I again reserve the right to amend, modify, or
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`supplement this report.
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`Executed on the 19th of May in 2023.
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`John Meyer, Ph.D.
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`Appendix C
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`Case 1:17-cv-00770-JDW Document 245-21 Filed 10/19/23 Page 19 of 37 PageID #: 24765
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`Materials Considered
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`1. U.S. Patent No. 7,530,641 (the ’641 patent)
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`2. International Trade Commission Investigation No. 337-TA-1067
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`3. ITC 337-TA-1067, Initial Expert Report of John Meyer and Exhibits
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`4. ITC 337-TA-1067, Rebuttal Expert Report of John Meyer and Exhibits
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`5. ITC 337-TA-1067, Witness Statement of John Meyer
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`6. ITC 337-TA-1067, Rebuttal Witness Statement of John Meyer
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`7. ITC 337-TA-1067, Apr. 19, 2018 Trial Transcript (Meyer)
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`8. Final Infringement Contentions, March 10, 2023
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`9. Initial Determination, 337-TA-1067, Oct. 1, 2018
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`10. Commission Opinion, 337-TA-1067, Jul. 18, 2019
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`11. Caterpillar v. ITC, Fed. Cir. 2019-2445, 2019-1911, Mar. 15, 2021
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`12. Wirtgen’s Second Suppl. Resp. to CAT’s First Interrogatories (Nos. 1, 3-5, 9-12, 14)
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`13. Caterpillar’s Supplemental Responses and Objections to Wirtgen’s First Interrogatories (Nos.
`7-10, 13-17)
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`14. Caterpillar’s Responses and Objections to Wirtgen’s Second Set of Interrogatories (Nos. 21-
`31)
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`15. D.I. 168, Mar. 10, 2013 Claim Construction Order
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`16. ITC 337-TA-1067, Caterpillar’s Final Non-Infringement Contentions
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`17. ITC 337-TA-1067, Respondents’ Responses to Complainant Wirtgen America’s Second Set
`of Requests for Admission (Nos. 331-1265)
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`18. ITC 337-TA-1067, Respondents’ Responses to Complainant Wirtgen America’s Fourth Set
`of Requests for Admission (Nos. 1530-1632)
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`19. ITC 337-TA-1067, Caterpillar’s Responses to RFA Nos. 1264, 1514, 1515, 1516, 1517,
`1518, 1519
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`20. ITC 337-TA-1067, Caterpillar’s Responses to RFA Nos. 1087, 1097, 1107, 1117, 1127,
`1137, 1147, 1525
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`21. Caterpillar’s Resp. to Wirtgen America’s First Set of Interrogatories (Nos. 1-20)
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`Case 1:17-cv-00770-JDW Document 245-21 Filed 10/19/23 Page 20 of 37 PagelD #: 24766
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`22. CAT-770_041484
`22. CAT-770_041484
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`23. CAT-770_042222
`23. CAT-770_042222
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`24. CAT-770_026532
`24. CAT-770_026532
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`25. CAT-770_073246
`25. CAT-770_073246
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`26. CAT00763231
`26. CAT00763231
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`27. CAT0098125
`27. CAT0098125
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`28. CAT0052885
`28. CAT0052885
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`29. CAT0116678
`29. CAT0116678
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`30. CAT-770_039922
`30. CAT-770_039922
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`31. CAT0115869
`31. CAT0115869
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`32. CAT0115781
`32. CAT0115781
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`33. CAT0115298
`33. CAT0115298
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`34. CAT0115864
`34. CAT0115864
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`35. CAT0115700
`35. CAT0115700
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`36. CAT_00053633
`36. CAT_00053633
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`37. CAT_0028678
`37. CAT_0028678
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`38. CAT-770_002046
`38. CAT-770_002046
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`39. CAT-770_011241
`39. CAT-770_011241
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`40. CAT-770_004446
`40. CAT-770_004446
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`41. CAT-770_009801
`41. CAT-770_009801
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`42. CAT-770_014541
`42. CAT-770_014541
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`43. CAT-770_006804
`43. CAT-770_006804
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`44. CAT-770_017518
`44. CAT-770_017518
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`45. CAT0000862
`45. CAT0000862
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`46. CAT0001737
`46. CAT0001737
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`Case 1:17-cv-00770-JDW Document 245-21 Filed 10/19/23 Page 21 of 37 PagelD #: 24767
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`47. CAT0002629
`47. CAT0002629
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`48. CAT0003081
`48. CAT0003081
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`49. CAT0003512
`49. CAT0003512
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`50. CAT0003576
`50. CAT0003576
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`51. CAT0003690
`51. CAT0003690
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`52. CAT0003716
`52. CAT0003716
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`53. CAT0003740
`53. CAT0003740
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`54. CAT0003752
`54. CAT0003752
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`55. CAT0006979
`55. CAT0006979
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`56. CAT0007086
`56. CAT0007086
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`57. CAT0007161
`57. CAT0007161
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`58. CAT0007454
`58. CAT0007454
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`59. CAT0007663
`59. CAT0007663
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`60. CAT0012672
`60. CAT0012672
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`61. CAT0012855
`61. CAT0012855
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`62. CAT0045084
`62. CAT0045084
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`63. CAT0111533
`63. CAT0111533
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`64. CAT0111803
`64. CAT0111803
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`65. CAT0112108
`65. CAT0112108
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`66. CAT0112541
`66. CAT0112541
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`67. CAT0113110
`67. CAT0113110
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`68. CAT0113316
`68. CAT0113316
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`69. CAT0114073
`69. CAT0114073
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`70. CAT0004149
`70. CAT0004149
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`71. CAT-770_021849
`71. CAT-770_021849
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`Case 1:17-cv-00770-JDW Document 245-21 Filed 10/19/23 Page 22 of 37 PagelD #: 24768
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`72. CAT0003260
`72. CAT0003260
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`73. CAT0113522
`73. CAT0113522
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`74. CAT-770_063219
`74. CAT-770_063219
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`75. CAT_00056536
`75. CAT_00056536
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`76. CAT-770_004719
`76. CAT-770_004719
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`77. CAT-770_005613
`77. CAT-770_005613
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`78. CAT-770_007018
`78. CAT-770_007018
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`79. CAT-770_016399
`79. CAT-770_016399
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`80. CAT-770_009018
`80. CAT-770_009018
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`81. CAT-770_014810
`81. CAT-770014810
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`82. CAT-770_001580
`82. CAT-770001580
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`83. WA-1717207
`83. WA-1717207
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`84. WA-1717120
`84. WA-1717120
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`85. CAT_00057357
`85. CAT00057357
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`86. CAT0068812
`86. CAT0068812
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`87. CAT_00057252
`87. CAT00057252
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`88. CAT-770_001390
`88. CAT-770001390
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`89. CAT-770_001512
`89. CAT-770001512
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`90. WA-ITC_00458142
`90. WA-ITC_00458142
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`91. WA-ITC_00458701
`91. WA-ITC_00458701
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`92. WA-ITC_00458702
`92. WA-ITC_00458702
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`93. WA-ITC_00458706
`93. WA-ITC_00458706
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`94. WA-ITC_00458707
`94. WA-ITC_00458707
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`95. WA-ITC_00458710
`95. WA-ITC_00458710
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`96. WA-ITC_00458711
`96. WA-ITC_00458711
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`Case 1:17-cv-00770-JDW Document 245-21 Filed 10/19/23 Page 23 of 37 PagelD #: 24769
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`97. WA-ITC_00458723
`97. WA-ITC_00458723
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`98. WA-ITC_00458724
`98. WA-ITC_00458724
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`99. WA-ITC_00458725
`99. WA-ITC_00458725
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`100. WA-ITC_00458726
`100. WA-ITC00458726
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`101. WA-ITC_00458727
`101. WA-ITC00458727
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`102. WA-ITC_00458728
`102. WA-ITC_00458728
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`103. WA-ITC_00458736
`103. WA-ITC00458736
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`104. WA-ITC_00458737
`104. WA-ITC00458737
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`105. WA-ITC_00458738
`105. WA-ITC_00458738
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`106. WA-ITC_00458739
`106. WA-ITC_00458739
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`107. WA-ITC_00458740
`107. WA-ITC_00458740
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`108. WA-ITC_00458741
`108. WA-ITC00458741
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`109. WA-ITC_00458742
`109. WA-ITC00458742
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`110. CAT-770_044295
`110.
`CAT-770_044295
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`111. WA-1717199
`111. WA-1717199
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`112. CAT-770_043792
`112.
`CAT-770_043792
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`113. CAT0094579
`113.
`CAT0094579
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`114. CAT_00007079
`114.
`CAT00007079
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`115. CAT_00057877
`115.
`CAT00057877
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`116. CAT_00005903
`116.
`CAT00005903
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`117. WA-0259438
`117. WA-0259438
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`118. CAT0100768
`118.
`CAT0100768
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`119. CAT0114722
`119.
`CAT0114722
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`120. WA-ITC_00152568
`120. WA-ITC_00152568
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`121. WA-ITC_00152582
`121. WA-ITC_00152582
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`122. WA-ITC_00151936
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`123. WA-ITC_00353941
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`124. WA-ITC_00380666
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`125. CAT0052947
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`126. CAT_00010703
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`127. CAT_00006805
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`128. CAT_00042781
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`129. CAT_00003117
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`130. CAT_00012831
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`131. CAT_00013338
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`132. CAT_00054680
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`133. CAT_00041455
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`134. CAT_00042884
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`135. CAT0088762
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`136. CAT0115827
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`137. CAT0115944
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`138. CAT0087933
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`139. CAT0099138
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`140. CAT_00001598
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`141. CAT0088667
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`142. CAT0115700
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`143. CAT_00009888
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`144. CAT0088762
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`145. 2023.03.16 Engelmann Deposition and Exhibits
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`146. 2023.03.17 Engelmann Deposition and Exhibits
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`147. 2023.03.16 Hoyle Deposition and Exhibits
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`148. 2023.03.15 Killion Deposition and Exhibits
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`149. 2023.03.03 Mashek Deposition and Exhibits
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`150. 2023.02.27 Rife Deposition and Exhibits
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`151. 2023.03.08 Sansone Deposition and Exhibits
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`152. 2023.03.29 Schmidt Deposition and Exhibits
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`153. 2018.01.05 Domanus Deposition and Exhibits
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`154. 2018.01.12 Engelmann Deposition and Exhibits
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`155. 2018.01.11 Healy Deposition and Exhibits
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`156. 2018.01.17 Klein Deposition and Exhibits
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`157. 2018.01.17 Clark Deposition and Exhibits
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`158. 2018.01.03 Lindholm Deposition and Exhibits
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`159. 2018.01.05 O’Donnell Deposition and Exhibits
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`160. 2018.01.11 Allen Deposition and Exhibits
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`161. 2018.01.05 Mashek Deposition and Exhibits
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`162. 2023.02.208 Steffen Deposition and Exhibits
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`163. Wirtgen W120F machine
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`164. 2018.01.01 Just Deposition and Exhibits
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`165. Complaint and Exhibits
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`166. Amended Complaint and Exhibits
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`167. Caterpillar’s Answer to Amended Complaint
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`168. Caterpillar’s First Amended Answer to Amended Complaint
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`169. Wirtgen W210 machine
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`170. D.I. 186, Apr. 12, 2023 Joint Stipulation regarding Representative Accused Products
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`171. U.S. Application No. 11/802,277
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`172. U.S. Patent Application Publication No. US 2013/0249271 A1
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`173. CAT-770_021848
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`174. CAT-770_004718
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`175. CAT-770_011236
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`176. CAT-770_014809
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`177. CAT-770_002239
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`178. CAT-770_002984
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`179. CAT-770_003715
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`180. CAT-770_011453
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`181. CAT-770_012386
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`182. CAT-770_012387
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`183. CAT-770_022129
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`184. CAT-770_022223
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`185. CAT-770_021840
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`186. CAT-770_038281
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`187. CAT-770_040943
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`188. CAT-770_001533
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`189. CAT_00057823
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`190. CAT-770_010073
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`191. CAT-770_013378
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`192. CAT-770_015278
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`193. CAT-770_016399
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`194. CAT0004583
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`195. CAT0003600
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`196. CAT-770_040728
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`197. CAT-770_050955
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`198. CAT-770_008013
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`199. CAT-770_018783
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`200. CAT-770_056371
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`201. Video describing new Caterpillar cold planer machines at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017
`expo in Las Vegas, Nevada, in March of 2017
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`202. 19 U.S.C. § 1337
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`203. 35 U.S.C. § 271
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`204. WA-ITC_00458654–8655
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`205. WA-ITC_00458694
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`206. WA-ITC_00458730
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`207. WA-ITC_00458709
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`208. WA-ITC_00458696
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`209. WA-ITC_00458697
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`210. WA-ITC_00458699
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`211. WA-ITC_00458703
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`212. WA-ITC_00458758
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`213. WA-ITC_00458759
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`214. WA-ITC_00458755
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`215. WA-ITC_00458729
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`216. WA-ITC_00458745
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`217. WA-ITC_00458681
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`218. WA-ITC_00458767
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`219. WA-ITC_00458677
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`220. WA-ITC_00458753
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`221. WA-ITC_00458754
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