UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
`WASHINGTON, D.C.
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`Before the Honorable David P. Shaw
`Administrative Law Judge
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` Investigation No. 337-TA-1209
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`In the Matter of
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`CERTAIN MOVABLE BARRIER
`OPERATOR SYSTEMS AND
`COMPONENTS THEREOF
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`RESPONDENT’S IDENTIFICATION OF EXPERT WITNESSES
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`Pursuant to Order No. 5 and Ground Rule 4(a), Respondent The Chamberlain Group, Inc.
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`(“CGI” or “Respondent”) hereby identifies the following individuals that CGI currently believes
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`may testify on its behalf in this investigation as expert witnesses and their expected areas of
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`expertise, based on the evidence produced to date. As this investigation is ongoing, CGI reserves
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`the right to identify additional expert witnesses and/or expected areas of testimony as further
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`information becomes available, including in response to Complainants’ expert disclosures and
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`expert reports. CGI also reserves the right to call any expert witness that a party deposes, any
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`expert identified or called to testify at the hearing by Complainants, and/or any expert for
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`impeachment purposes, even if not identified below. By disclosing the expert witnesses below,
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`CGI is not representing that it will necessarily call each disclosed expert witness at the hearing,
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`and reserves the right not to call any disclosed expert witness in its discretion.
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`Marwan Hassoun, Ph.D.
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`Dr. Hassoun is an expert in the fields of electrical and computer engineering, including the
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`application, design, manufacture, and operation of integrated circuits in consumer products. A
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`copy of Dr. Hassoun’s curriculum vitae is attached hereto as Exhibit A and illustrates his
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`qualifications. Dr. Hassoun may be called on to testify regarding matters relating to, at least, the
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`technical background of the asserted patents; the interpretation of the claims in the asserted patents
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`by persons of ordinary skill in the art; issues relating to the alleged infringement of the asserted
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`patents by the accused products; issues relating to the technical prong of the alleged domestic
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`industry relating to the asserted patents; issues relating to the design, structure, function, and
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`operation of the accused products and alleged domestic industry products; issues relating to the
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`invalidity of the asserted patents, including prior art; and other issues in connection with alleged
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`infringement, validity, enforceability, domestic industry, and any other technical issue that may
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`arise with respect to the asserted patents, accused products, or alleged domestic industry products.
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`Dr. Hassoun may also be called to rebut the testimony of Complainants’ experts or fact witnesses,
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`should any be presented, regarding any of the areas described above.
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`Chris Heegard, Ph.D.
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`Dr. Heegard is an expert in the fields of electrical and computer engineering, including the
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`application, design, manufacture, and operation of wireless networking technologies in consumer
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`products. A copy of Dr. Heegard’s curriculum vitae is attached hereto as Exhibit B and illustrates
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`his qualifications. Dr. Heegard may be called on to testify regarding matters relating to, at least,
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`the technical background of the asserted patents; the interpretation of the claims in the asserted
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`patents by persons of ordinary skill in the art; issues relating to the alleged infringement of the
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`asserted patents by the accused products; issues relating to the technical prong of the alleged
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`domestic industry relating to the asserted patents; issues relating to the design, structure, function,
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`and operation of the accused products and alleged domestic industry products; issues relating to
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`the invalidity of the asserted patents, including prior art; and other issues in connection with alleged
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`infringement, validity, enforceability, domestic industry, and any other technical issue that may
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`arise with respect to the asserted patents, accused products, or alleged domestic industry products.
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`Dr. Heegard may also be called to rebut the testimony of Complainants’ experts or fact witnesses,
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`should any be presented, regarding any of the areas described above.
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`Vernon Thomas Rhyne, Ph.D.
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`Dr. Rhyne is an expert in the fields of electrical and computer engineering, including the
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`application, design, manufacture, and operation of electronic circuits and microprocessors in
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`consumer products. A copy of Dr. Rhyne’s curriculum vitae is attached hereto as Exhibit C and
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`illustrates his qualifications. Dr. Rhyne may be called on to testify regarding matters relating to,
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`at least, the technical background of the asserted patents; the interpretation of the claims in the
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`asserted patents by persons of ordinary skill in the art; issues relating to the alleged infringement
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`of the asserted patents by the accused products; issues relating to the technical prong of the alleged
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`domestic industry relating to the asserted patents; issues relating to the design, structure, function,
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`and operation of the accused products and alleged domestic industry products; issues relating to
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`the invalidity of the asserted patents, including prior art; and other issues in connection with alleged
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`infringement, validity, enforceability, domestic industry, and any other technical issue that may
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`arise with respect to the asserted patents, accused products, or alleged domestic industry products.
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`Dr. Rhyne may also be called to rebut the testimony of Complainants’ experts or fact witnesses,
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`should any be presented, regarding any of the areas described above.
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`Dennis J. Seal, Ph.D., P.E.
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`Dr. Seal is an expert in human factors, product and interface design, usability, and product
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`safety in consumer products. A copy of Dr. Seal’s curriculum vitae is attached hereto as Exhibit
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`D and illustrates his qualifications. Dr. Seal may be called on to testify regarding matters relating
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`to, at least, product and interface design, usability, product safety, and human factors as they relate
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`to technologies claimed in the asserted patents or embodied in the accused products or alleged
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`domestic industry products. Dr. Seal may also be called on to testify regarding matters relating to,
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`at least, the technical background of the asserted patents; the interpretation of the claims in the
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`asserted patents by persons of ordinary skill in the art; issues relating to the alleged infringement
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`of the asserted patents by the accused products; issues relating to the technical prong of the alleged
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`domestic industry relating to the asserted patents; issues relating to the design, structure, function,
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`and operation of the accused products and alleged domestic industry products; issues relating to
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`the invalidity of the asserted patents, including prior art; and other issues in connection with alleged
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`infringement, validity, enforceability, domestic industry, and any other technical issue that may
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`arise with respect to the asserted patents, accused products, or alleged domestic industry products.
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`Dr. Seal may also be called to rebut the testimony of Complainants’ expert or fact witnesses, should
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`any be presented, regarding any of the areas described above.
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`Michael D. Smith
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`Mr. Smith is an expert in the fields of electrical engineering and software coding and
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`development, including the application, design, development, operation, analysis, and
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`interpretation of source code used in consumer products. A copy of Mr. Smith’s curriculum vitae
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`is attached hereto as Exhibit E and illustrates his qualifications. Mr. Smith may be called on to
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`testify regarding matters relating to, at least, the technical background of the asserted patents; the
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`interpretation of the claims in the asserted patents by persons of ordinary skill in the art; issues
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`relating to the alleged infringement of the asserted patents by the accused products; issues relating
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`to the technical prong of the alleged domestic industry relating to the asserted patents; issues
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`relating to the design, structure, function, and operation of the accused products and alleged
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`domestic industry products; issues relating to the invalidity of the asserted patents, including prior
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`art; and other issues in connection with alleged infringement, validity, enforceability, domestic
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`industry, and any other technical issue that may arise with respect to the asserted patents, accused
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`products, or alleged domestic industry products. Mr. Smith may also be called to rebut the
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`testimony of Complainants’ experts or fact witnesses, should any be presented, regarding any of
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`the areas described above.
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`Thomas D. Vander Veen, Ph.D.
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`Dr. Vander Veen is an expert in economics and market analysis, including in intellectual
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`property matters. A copy of Dr. Vander Veen’s curriculum vitae is attached hereto as Exhibit F
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`and illustrates his qualifications. Dr. Vander Veen may be called on to testify regarding matters
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`relating to, at least, bonding, exclusionary order issues, issues relating to any request for a cease
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`and desist order, issues relating to the alleged commercial significance of product inventory,
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`allegations of commercial success that allegedly relate to the asserted patents, issues relating to the
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`economic prong of the alleged domestic industry relating to the asserted patents, and any other
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`market-related or economic issues for the articles that are the subject of the investigation or
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`remedies that Complainants are seeking. Dr. Vander Veen may also be called to rebut the
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`testimony of Complainants’ expert or fact witnesses, should any be presented, regarding any of
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`the areas described above.
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`John D. Villasenor, Ph.D.
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`Dr. Villasenor is an expert in the field of electrical engineering, including the application,
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`design, manufacture, and operation of communications, networking, security, signal processing,
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`and computing technologies in consumer products. A copy of Dr. Villasenor’s curriculum vitae
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`is attached hereto as Exhibit G and illustrates his qualifications. Dr. Villasenor may be called on
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`to testify regarding matters relating to, at least, the technical background of the asserted patents;
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`the interpretation of the claims in the asserted patents by persons of ordinary skill in the art; issues
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`relating to the alleged infringement of the asserted patents by the accused products; issues relating
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`to the technical prong of the alleged domestic industry relating to the asserted patents; issues
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`relating to the design, structure, function, and operation of the accused products and alleged
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`domestic industry products; issues relating to the invalidity of the asserted patents, including prior
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`art; and other issues in connection with alleged infringement, validity, enforceability, domestic
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`industry, and any other technical issue that may arise with respect to the asserted patents, accused
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`products, or alleged domestic industry products. Dr. Villasenor may also be called to rebut the
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`testimony of Complainants’ experts or fact witnesses, should any be presented, regarding any of
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`the areas described above.
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`Date: November 17, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Katherine Vidal
`Katherine Vidal
`Michael Rueckheim
`Eimeric Reig-Plessis
`WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
`275 Middlefield Road, Suite 205
`Menlo Park, CA 94025-1203
`Telephone: (650) 858-6500
`Facsimile: (650) 858-6550
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`Thomas L. Jarvis
`Lawrence Slusky
`David Houck
`Gregory J. Winter
`WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
`1901 L Street, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20036-3506
`Telephone: (202) 282-5000
`Facsimile: (202) 282-5100
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`Matthew D. Tanner
`WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
`800 Capitol Street, Suite 2400
`Houston, TX 77002-2925
`Telephone: (713) 651-2600
`Facsimile: (713) 651-2700
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`Counsel for The Chamberlain Group, Inc.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I, Liberty M. Quan, hereby certify that on November 17, 2020, copies of the foregoing RESPONDENT’S
`IDENTIFICATION OF EXPERT WITNESSES were filed and served upon the following as indicated:
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`337-TA-1209
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`The Honorable Lisa R. Barton
`Secretary to the Commission
`U.S. International Trade Commission
`500 E Street, S.W., Room 112
`Washington, DC 20436
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`The Honorable David P. Shaw
`Administrative Law Judge
`U.S. International Trade Commission
`500 E Street, SW, Room 317
`Washington, DC 20436
`Shaw337@usitc.gov
`Pyong.Yoon@usitc.gov
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`Bert C. Reiser
`LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
`555 Eleventh Street, NW
`Suite 1000
`Washington, D.C. 20004-1304
`overheaddoor.lwteam@lw.com
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`Counsel for Complainant Overhead Door
`Corporation and GMI Holdings Inc.
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`EXHIBIT A
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`Curriculum Vitae
` Dr. Marwan Hassoun
`Tel. (978) 261-7404, Greater Boston, MA
`E-mail: marwan@intellectualinspiration.com
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`Major Highlights
`30+ years of High-Tech Industrial, Academic, Intellectual Property, Entrepreneurship, and
`Innovation Experience
` MIT Sandbox Entrepreneurship and Innovation Fund –Director of Partnerships with responsibilities
`including: Creating partnerships and customization of the MIT Sandbox entrepreneurship and
`innovation program for other institutions with near term focus on Africa; Mentoring student groups at
`MIT on entrepreneurship, innovation, technology, organization, and intellectual property strategies;
`Present workshops on technical innovation and intellectual property strategy for startups; Review
`funding proposals from aspiring startup groups and coach them through prototyping, customer
`discovery, minimum viable product and fundraising stages; Since 2019, launch a sister innovation and
`entrepreneurship program in Morocco (as Executive Director of the UM6P Explorer Innovation Fund)
`including strategic planning, lectures, workshops, training on three campuses, 250+ students and over
`20 mentors.
` Founded, co-founded, partnered, launched, and managed multiple technology startups over the last 22
`years including RocketChips, KeyEye Communications, MadMax Optics, BooksOnBoard, TraChip,
`Green Semiconductor, Intellectual Inspiration and Intelligent Metabolomics spanning various
`technology areas and markets.
` Green Semiconductor Inc., Intellectual Inspiration, Consulting: Intellectual Property, Integrated
`Circuits, SoCs. Technical evaluation of IP portfolios; Expert witness for 30+ intellectual property, trade
`secret and technology dispute cases; Development of innovation and IP protection strategies for startups
`including development of new IP; Consulting with semiconductor companies on various design and
`strategic matters. Clients include Samsung, Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, Broadcom, MediaTek,
`STMicro, nVidia, Maxim, Marvell, HTC, ZTE, LG, Comcast, ViaSat, Huawei, Palo Alto Networks,
`Power Integration, Intellectual Ventures, RPX and Western Technology Ventures.
` Senior Vice President of Engineering at KeyEye Communication, Inc. Built and lead a team of 50+
`Analog, DSP, Systems and Digital engineers distributed in Sacramento, Minneapolis, Florida, India
`and Australia to the development of industry’s lowest power 10GBASE-T solution. The complex chip
`included custom DSP, 1Gsps 9-bit quad ADCs, 1Gsps 10-bit DACs, 3.2GHz PLLs and an IFFT/FFT
`custom ultra-low power processor for Echo/Next cancellation all operating as a single system. Also
`drove the intellectual property strategy, monetized the portfolio and directly involved in fund raising
`and M&A activities.
` Sr. Director of Engineering for the Communications Technology Division at Xilinx, Inc. This includes
`a team of 60+ engineers in Austin, Minneapolis, San Jose and Ames. Responsible for producing the
`high-speed serial Multi-Gigabit Transceiver technology in the platform FPGAs (Virtex Family)
`programmable to support over 10 different serial technologies. Producing 1st pass working silicon in
`extremely advanced process technologies using innovation in architecture, circuits, redundancy,
`calibration and error correction. Awarded innovation of the year award. Served on Patent Committee.
` President & Managing Partner in TraCHip, LLC, an intellectual property company and monetized
`various patent portfolios.
` Part of establishing and managing a startup company, RocketChips, INC (investor, partner and Vice
`President of Wired Products) from inception in 1997 till $280 Million acquisition. Managed multi-
`company and multi-country (Japan, India and US) IC design products as well as major customers
`including INTEL, SONY and OKI. Major products included cutting edge high-speed serial transceiver
`technology.
` Responsible for design of power management IC products and ASICs for mobile phones while
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`Marwan Hassoun
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`consulting for Texas Instruments.
` 52 patents granted (38 US and 12 International) and 12+ pending (US and International) in the
`areas of multi-gigabit serial transceivers, Programmable Logic Devices (FPGAs), high-speed high-
`resolution ADCs and DACs, Memories, RFID, DSP filters, Power Management, Machine Automation
`and Networking.
` Over 70 technical publications in National and International Journals and Conferences.
` Tenured professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Chair of the VLSI group and Co-Founded
`the Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI Design Center at Iowa State University. Served as Director of the
`Center. Attracted sponsorship for the Center from major companies that include Texas Instruments,
`Honeywell, Rockwell, RocketChips, Non-Volatile Electronics and VTC.
` Established, drove, participated, and negotiated Intellectual Property Strategy at all positions since
`1994.
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`Curriculum Vitae
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`Marwan Hassoun
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`Professor of the Practice
`Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
`Tufts University, Medford, MA
`Teaching VLSI (Very Large-Scale Integration) senior/graduate class. CMOS circuit design,
`structure of transistors, theory of operation, fabrication, state machines, FPGAs, SoCs,
`processors, memories, system timing.
`Director of Partnerships (since 2020), Mentor (since 2017)
`MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund Program
`Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
`Responsible for creating partnerships and customization of
`the MIT Sandbox
`entrepreneurship and innovation program for other institutions with near term focus on
`Africa. Launched and currently serving as Executive Director at Université Mohammed VI
`Polytechnique (UM6P Explorer Innovation Fund Program), a sister program in Morocco.
`Mar `08 – Present President, CEO and Founder
`Green Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX and
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`Intellectual Inspiration, Boston, MA (relocated to Boston Area June 2017)
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`IP and technology consulting firm.
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`EXPERIENCE
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`Aug `20 - Present
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`Jun `17 – Present
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`General Areas: Integrated Circuits design and productization (Analog, Digital and
`Mixed-Signal), Memories, Wired Networking, Processors, RF)
`Technical evaluation of IP portfolios; Expert witness for intellectual property, trade secret
`and technology dispute cases; Development of IP protection strategy for startups including
`development of new IP through collaboration with companies’ executives and engineers;
`Consulting with semiconductor companies on various design and strategic issues. Clients
`include Samsung, Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, Broadcom, MediaTek, STMicro, nVidia,
`Maxim, Marvell, HTC, ZTE, LG, Comcast, ViaSat, Huawei, Palo Alto Networks, Power
`Integration, Intellectual Ventures, RPX and Western Technology Ventures.
`Litigation Services: Since 2003 included more than 30 cases retained as an expert
`witness. The work involved testimony and expert reports on invalidity, validity, non-
`infringement, and infringement as well as IPRs. The testimony included 15 depositions
`(some included 2- and 4-day depositions) and 5 court/hearing testimonies with 28+ expert
`reports authored. List of cases are attached at the end of the CV.
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`Mar `03 – Aug `12 President & Managing Partner
`TraCHip, LLC, Austin, TX
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`Private intellectual property company.
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`Mar `08 – Mar `10 Chief Technology Officer
`Abbey House Media (dba BooksOnBoard), Austin, TX
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`Web commerce and software development startup focused on digital media including
`eBooks and Audio Books.
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`Oct `05 – Mar `08 Senior Vice President of Engineering
`KeyEye Communications, Inc., Sacramento, CA
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`Jul `01 – Oct `05
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`Managed and built an organization with 50+ team members (Analog, Systems, DSP, Digital,
`Verification, Physical Design) with an innovative, startup oriented, staffing strategy across
`several design sites (Sacramento, Minneapolis, India and Australia). The result is industry’s
`lowest power 10GBASE-T single chip product. In addition to the management and the
`vision, had hands-on reasonability for the power architecture, modeling and execution.
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`Senior Director of Engineering, Communications Technology Division
`Xilinx, Inc., Austin, TX
`Managed an organization with 60+ team members across 4 sites in analog, digital and
`mixed-signal IC design, modeling, application engineering, systems engineering, product
`characterization, product engineering, production test engineering, advanced technologies,
`layout, CAD and information technology.
` Organizational and technical vision for Xilinx’s high-speed serial I/O and ASSP
`technologies (180nm, 130nm, 90nm, 65nm and 45nm generations). This includes
`contributing to the vision for UXPi, an industry initiative for evangelizing 10Gbps
`technology, and the driving of industry standards to support further products.
` Products: Virtex-II PRO X (2 family members), Virtex-4 (5 family members) and
`RocketPHY (3 non-FPGA family members).
` Technical marketing support for both the platform FPGAs and the ASSPs.
` Customer support and interaction for current and future products.
` Partnership development with several tier 1 and tier 2 companies for process
`technology, packaging, licensing, high-speed connectors, high-speed backplanes
`and design. Including establishing industry initiatives at OIF and IEEE
`committees.
`Involvement in all aspects of the production of IC design including quality
`assurance and reliability.
` Served on patent committee for the Company.
` Recipient of the innovation of the year award for the Virtex-II Pro X product.
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`Co-Founder, President and CEO
`MadMax Optics, Inc., Austin, TX
`Co-Founded the company to produce revolutionary simulation software for the optical
`component industry. Opened the main design center in Hamden, CT. Guided the company
`through the seed round financing. This included putting together a 5 year business plan,
`prospectus and investor presentations.
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`Aug `98 – Feb `01 Vice President of Wired Products
`RocketChips, INC., Austin, TX (Acquired by Xilinx, Inc. in Nov 2000)
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`Contributed to the technical, managerial, organizational and marketing leadership for the
`company’s three design centers in Minneapolis (MN), Ames (IA) and Austin (TX). Directly
`responsible for approximately 35 employees in Wired.
`- Products and IP: SERDES and PCS layers for Gigabit Ethernet (IEEE 802.3z,
`802.3ab), 2.5Gbps products for serial backplane applications (including OC-48),
`10Gbps (IEEE 802.3ae and OC-192), IEEE 1394 and high-speed high-resolution
`ADCs and DACs (80Ms/s – 250Ms/s).
`Involved with the company since its inception in January 1997 as an early investor and
`technical and product development through the Iowa State University research work.
`- Managed multi-company and multi-country (Japan, India and US) projects as well as
`major customers including INTEL, SONY and OKI.
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`Contract IC Designer (Cellular and wireless ICs - power management)
`Mixed-Signal Products Group
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`Jun `95 - Jul `96
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`Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX
`Contract design for mixed-signal power management ASICs for cellular applications.
`Involved in the design, implementation and test of several high volume production
`integrated circuits (TPS202X, TPS203X, TPS204X, TPS208X and TPS209X).
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`Contract IC Designer (Analog-to-Digital Converters)
`Defense Systems & Electronics Group
`Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX
`Investigation and recommendation of a very high-speed high-resolution pipelined multi-
`path analog-to-digital converter architecture for communication applications.
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`Software Development Engineer
`Cupertino Integrated Circuits Division,
`Hewlett Packard Company
`Santa Clara, CA
`Design, implementation, and maintenance of circuit design analysis product (HPSPICE).
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`Jan `85 - Jul `86
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`ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
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`Aug `20 - Present
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`Professor of the Practice
`Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
`Tufts University, Medford, MA
`Teaching VLSI (Very Large-Scale Integration) senior/graduate class. CMOS circuit design,
`structure of transistors, theory of operation, fabrication, state machines, FPGAs, SoCs,
`processors, memories, system timing.
`Collaborating Professor
`Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
`Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
`- MS and PhD graduate students and serve on MS and PhD committees at ISU and at
`University of Texas, Austin.
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`Associate Professor with Tenure
`Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
`Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
`(On leave of absence from Aug 98-Jul 00. Several leaves while
` consulting for Texas Instruments)
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`Assistant Professor
`Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
`Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
`Research & Teaching
`Hired in 1988 by ISU to start the VLSI area in the department. This included establishing research area in
`VLSI CAD (Symbolic Circuit Analysis, Synthesis Methods for Data Converters) and Analog and Mixed-
`Signal VLSI (Data Converters, Gigabit speeds Communication Circuits, Magneto-resistive devices).
`The largest impact has been the establishment of industrial contacts and the founding of the Analog and
`Mixed-Signal VLSI Design Center. The funding commitments on which Dr. Hassoun was a PI or Co-PI
`have grown to approximately $4.3 Million by 1998.
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`2000 – 2017
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`1994 – 2000
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`EDUCATION
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`Jan 86 - Aug 1988 Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
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`Thesis: Symbolic Analysis of Large-Scale Networks
`- Research Assistant (NSF grant) and a Teaching Assistant (VLSI area).
`Jan 84 - Dec 1984 M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
`Thesis: A Study of a Semi-Direct Method for Computer Analysis of Large-
`Scale Circuits
`- Research Assistant (IBM grant).
`Aug 80 -Dec 1983 B.S. in Electrical Engineering, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD.
`- Teaching assistant during senior year.
`- Minor in Computer Mathematics and Computer Science
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`PATENTS
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`52 patents granted (38 US and 14 International) and 12+ pending (US and International) in the
`areas of multi-gigabit serial transceivers, Programmable Logic Devices (FPGAs), high-speed high-
`resolution ADCs and DACs, Memories (RAM), RFID, DSP filters, Power Management, Machine
`Automation and Networking.
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`Granted US Patents:
`1. Richard Willham, Robert Weber, Marwan Hassoun, "Livestock Record System,” U. S. Patent
`No. 5,322,034, Jun 21, 1994.
`2. Richard Willham, Robert Weber, Marwan Hassoun, "Individual Descriptive Record System,” U.
`S. Patent No. 5,499,626, Mar 19, 1996.
`3. Roy Hastings, Marwan Hassoun, Neil Gibson, Marco Corsi, “Capacitive-summing switch-mode
`power conversion control,” U. S. Patent No. 6,066,943, May 23, 2000.
`4. William Black, Marwan Hassoun, “Non-volatile magnetic circuit,” U. S. Patent No. 6,317,359,
`Nov 13, 2001.
`5. William Black, Bodhisattva Das, Marwan Hassoun, “Non-volatile spin dependent tunnel junction
`circuit,” U. S. Patent No. 6,343,032, Jan 29, 2002.
`6. Yvette Lee, Marwan Hassoun, “Segmented DAC calibration circuitry and methodology,” U. S.
`Patent No. 6,489,905, Dec 3, 2002.
`7. Yvette Lee, Marwan Hassoun, “Current source calibration circuit,” U. S. Patent No. 6,507,296,
`Jan 14, 2003.
`8. William Black, Bodhisattva Das, Marwan Hassoun, Edward Lee, “Nonvolatile programmable
`logic devices,” U. S. Patent No. 6,542,000, Apr 1, 2003.
`9. Weibiao Zhang, Marwan Hassoun, “Apparatus for and method of performing a conversion
`operation,” U. S. Patent No. 6,563,444, May 13, 2003.
`10. Justin Gaither, Marwan Hassoun, “Analog Signal Test Circuit and Method”, U. S. Patent No.
`6,653,827 B2, Nov 25, 2003.
`11. Ahmed Younis, Marwan Hassoun, “Method and System for VCO-Based Analog-To-Digital
`Conversion (ADC),” U. S. Patent No. 6,809,676 B1, Oct 26, 2004.
`12. Moises Robinson, Shahriar Rokhsaz, Marwan Hassoun, Earl Swartzlander, Jr, “Voltage
`Controlled Oscillator “, U. S. Patent No. 7,315,220, Jan 1, 2008.
`13. Moises Robinson, Marwan Hassoun, Earl Swartzlander, Jr, “Method and Apparatus for
`Capacitance Multiplication within a Phase Locked Loop”, U. S. Patent No. 7,307,460, Dec 11,
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`Curriculum Vitae
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`Marwan Hassoun
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`2007.
`14. Marwan Hassoun, Moises Robinson, David Tetzlaff, “Method and Apparatus for Redundant
`Transceiver Architecture,” U. S. Patent No. 7,408,380, Aug 5, 2008.
`15. David Tetzlaff, Erich Goetting, Steven Young, Marwan Hassoun, Moises Robinson,
`“Method and Apparatus for Providing Frequency Synthesis and Phase Alignment in an
`Integrated Circuit,” U. S. Patent No. 7,499,513, Mar 3, 2009.
`16. David Tetzlaff, Marwan Hassoun, “Method and Apparatus for Dynamic Port Provisioning
`Within A Programmable Logic Device”, U. S. Patent No. 7,598,768, Oct 6, 2009.
`17. James Little, Marwan Hassoun, David Tetzlaff, Chang-Chi Liu, “Combined echo and
`crosstalk cancellation,” U. S. Patent No. 7,920,461, Apr 5, 2011.
`18. James Little, Marwan Hassoun, David Tetzlaff, Chang-Chi Liu, “Combined echo and
`crosstalk cancellation,” U. S. Patent No. 8,488,438, Jul 16, 2013.
`19. Charles Studor, J. Kevin Nater, Marwan Hassoun, “System and method for managing the
`generation of brewed beverages using shared resources,” U. S. Patent No. 8,515,574, Aug 20,
`2013.
`20. Charles Studor, J. Kevin Nater, Marwan Hassoun, “Apparatus and method for brewed and
`espresso drink generation,” U. S. Patent No. 8,688,277, Apr 1, 2014.
`21. James Little, Marwan Hassoun, David Tetzlaff, Chang-Chi Liu, “Combined echo and
`crosstalk cancellation,” U. S. Patent No. 8,947,992, Feb 3, 2015.
`22. Charles Studor, Brent Clafferty, Stephen Miller, Marwan Hassoun, Pete Garcia, Lynn
`Hamrick, “Frothing assembly and method of operating the same,” U. S. Patent No.
`8,991,795, Mar 31, 2015.
`23. Charles Studor, J. Kevin Nater, Marwan Hassoun, “System and method for managing the
`generation of brewed beverages using shared resources,” U. S. Patent No. 8,996,178, Mar 31,
`2015.
`24. Charles Studor, Raymond Hudy, John Craparo, Marwan Hassoun, “Automated beverage
`generating system and method of operating the same,” U. S. Patent No. 9,533,866, Jan 3,
`2017.
`25. Charles Studor, J. Kevin Nater, Marwan Hassoun, “Automated beverage generation system
`and method of operating the same,” U. S. Patent No. 9,545,170, Jan 17, 2017.
`26. Shahriar Rokhsaz, Brian Young, Marwan Hassoun, “Radio frequency identification (rfid)
`moisture tag(s) and sensors with extended sensing via capillaries,” U. S. Patent No.
`9,582,981, Feb 28, 2017.
`27. Shahriar Rokhsaz, Brian Young, Ahmed Younis, John Paulos, Abhay Misra, Benjamin
`Cooke, Marwan Hassoun, “Radio frequency identification (rfid) tag(s) and sensor(s),” U. S.
`Patent No. 9,607,188, Mar 28, 2017.
`28. Shahriar Rokhsaz, Brian Young, Ahmed Younis, John Paulos, Abhay Misra, Benjamin
`Cooke, Marwan Hassoun, “Radio frequency identification (rfid) tag(s) and sensor(s),” U. S.
`Patent No. 9,748,632 Aug 29, 2017.
`29. Brian Young, Shahriar Rokhsaz, Ahmed Younis, Marwan Hassoun, “Power harvesting
`circuit and applications thereof,” U. S. Patent No. 9,768,7