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IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`Parrot S.A. and Parrot, Inc.
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`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`Drone Technologies, Inc.
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`Patent Owner
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,584,071
`Filed:
`March 19, 2008
`Issued:
`September 1, 2009
`Inventor: Yu-Tuan Lee
`Assignee: Drone Technologies, Inc.
`Title: Remote-Controlled Motion Apparatus With Sensing Terrestrial Magnetism
`And Remote Control Apparatus Therefor
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD, PTAB
`Commissioner for Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`PETITION FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW OF U.S. PATENT NO. 7,584,071
`UNDER 35 U.S.C. §§ 311-319 AND 37 C.F.R. § 42.100 ET SEQ.
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................... 1
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`II. MANDATORY NOTICES ............................................................................. 3
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`A.
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`B.
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`C.
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`D.
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`Real Party-In-Interest ............................................................................ 3
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`Related Matters ...................................................................................... 3
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`1.
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`2.
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`Related Litigation ........................................................................ 3
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`Related Applications ................................................................... 4
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`Lead and Back-Up Counsel ................................................................... 4
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`Service Information ............................................................................... 4
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`III. PAYMENT OF FEES ..................................................................................... 5
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`IV. REQUIREMENTS FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW ...................................... 5
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`A. Grounds for Standing ............................................................................ 5
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`B.
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`Identification of Challenge .................................................................... 5
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`1.
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`2.
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`The Specific Art and Statutory Ground(s) on Which the
`Challenge is Based ...................................................................... 6
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`How the Construed Claims Are Unpatentable Under the
`Statutory Grounds Identified in 37 C.F.R. § 42.204(B)(2) and
`Supporting Evidence ................................................................... 7
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`V.
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`FACTUAL BACKGROUND.......................................................................... 8
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`A. Declaration Evidence ............................................................................ 8
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`B.
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`C.
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`D.
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`E.
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`The State of the Art ............................................................................... 8
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`The Person of Ordinary Skill in the Art ..............................................11
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`The ’071 Patent ...................................................................................11
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`Prosecution History of the ’071 Patent ...............................................15
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`VI. BROADEST REASONABLE CONSTRUCTION .......................................15
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`A.
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`B.
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`“difference of motion” ........................................................................17
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`“information of the remote controller’s motion in the 3D space” ......17
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`VII. REPRESENTATIVE PROPOSED REJECTIONS AND SHOWING THAT
`PETITIONER IS LIKELY TO PREVAIL ....................................................18
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`A.
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`Claims 1-5 and 10-14 Are Anticipated Under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) by
`Smith....................................................................................................18
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`1.
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`2.
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`3.
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`The “comparison” as required by claim 2 is inherent in Smith 26
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`The “difference of motion” as required by claim 4 is inherent in
`Smith .........................................................................................27
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`Conversion to “baseband” as required by claim is inherent in
`Smith .........................................................................................28
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`B. Whether or Not Anticipated, Claims 2, 4, and 10 Are Rendered
`Obvious Under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) by Smith Taken in View of the
`Knowledge of a Person of Ordinary Skill in the Art ...........................28
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`C.
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`D.
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`E.
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`F.
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`Claims 6 and 7 Are Rendered Obvious Under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) by
`Smith Taken in View of Barr ..............................................................29
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`Claims 8 and 9 Are Rendered Obvious Under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) by
`Smith Taken in View of Fouche .........................................................32
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`Claim 15 is Rendered Obvious Under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) by Smith
`Taken in View of Spirov and/or Bathiche and/or Shkolnikov ............35
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`Claims 1-3, 5, and 10-13 Are Anticipated Under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
`by Potiron ............................................................................................41
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`1.
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`2.
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`“comparison” as required by Claim 2 is Inherent in Potiron ....45
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`Conversion to “baseband” as required by Claim 10 is Inherent
`in Potiron ...................................................................................46
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`G. Whether or Not Anticipated, Claims 2 and 10 Are Rendered Obvious
`Under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) by Potiron Taken in View of the
`Knowledge of a Person of Ordinary Skill in the Art ...........................47
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`H.
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`I.
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`J.
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`K.
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`L.
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`Claim 4 is Rendered Obvious Under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) by Potiron, or
`Potiron in View of Fouche ..................................................................47
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`Claims 6 and 7 Are Rendered Obvious Under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) by
`Potiron Taken in View of Barr ............................................................49
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`Claims 8 and 9 Are Rendered Obvious Under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) by
`Potiron Taken in View of Fouche .......................................................51
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`Claim 14 is Rendered Obvious Under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) by Potiron
`Taken in View of Smith, Spirov, Bathiche, or Shkolnikov ................53
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`Claim 15 is Rendered Obvious Under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) by Potiron
`Taken in View of Spirov and/or Bathiche and/or Shkolnikov ............54
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`VIII. CONCLUSION ..............................................................................................59
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`EXHIBIT LIST
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`Exhibit #
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`Reference Name
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`Ex. 1001
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,584,071 (the ’071 Patent)
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`Ex. 1002
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`U.S. Patent No. 5,043,646 (“Smith”)
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`Ex. 1003
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`French Patent Publication No. 2,789,765 to Potiron
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`Ex. 1004
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`Certified English Translation of French Patent No.
`2,789,765 (“Potiron”)
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`Ex. 1005
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,219,861 (“Barr”)
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`Ex. 1006
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,751,529 (“Fouche”)
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`Ex. 1007
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`U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2006/0144994 to
`Spirov (“Spirov”)
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`Ex. 1008
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`U.S. Pat. No. 7,145,551 (“Bathiche”)
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`Ex. 1009
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`U.S. Pat. Pub. No. 2004/0263479 (“Shkolnikov”)
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`Ex. 1010
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`Expert Declaration of Dr. Raffaello D’Andrea, PhD, with
`Attachments A-C
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`Ex. 1010, Att. A U.S. Patent No. 613,809 to Tesla (“Tesla”)
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`Ex. 1010, Att. B U.S. Patent No. 3,101,569 to Giardina (“Giardina”)
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`Ex. 1010, Att. C U.S. Patent No. 8,072,417 to Jouanet (“Jouanet”)
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`Ex. 1011
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`Claim Chart Demonstrating Invalidity of the ’071 Patent
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`Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 7,584,071
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION
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`Petitioners Parrot S.A and Parrot,
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`Inc.
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`(collectively, “Parrot” or
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`“Petitioners”) respectfully request inter partes review for claims 1-15 of U.S.
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`Patent No. 7,584,071 (“the ’071 Patent,” attached as Ex. 1001) in accordance with
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`35 U.S.C. §§ 311–319 and 37 C.F.R. § 42.100 et seq. Each claim of the ’071
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`Patent is anticipated under 35 U.S.C. § 102 or obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103. The
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`relevant prior art includes references not cited during the prosecution of the ’071
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`Patent. Claim charts and the declaration of Prof. Raffaello D’Andrea are submitted
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`in and with this petition, respectively.
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`The ’071 Patent is generally directed to a remote-controlled motion
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`apparatus with sensing terrestrial magnetism and remote control apparatus therefor.
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`Ex. 1001, 1:18-20.1 The intent of the ’071 Patent is to allow a user to guide a
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`remotely controlled aircraft by moving a remote control. In theory, magnetometers
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`on the remote control would track the movement of the remote control, the remote
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`control would send a radio signal corresponding to that movement to the remotely
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`controlled aircraft, and the remotely controlled aircraft would use its own
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`magnetometers to move according to the instruction.
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`1 Citations to column and line references within patents in this petition use
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`citation format “[column/page]:[line].”
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`The applicant for the ’071 Patent also filed another patent application on the
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`same day that he filed the application for the ’071 Patent. This other application
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`ultimately issued as U.S. Patent No. 8,106,748 (“the ’748 Patent”). The ’748
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`Patent teaches the use of accellerometers instead of magnetometers to sense motion
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`of the remote control and hobby airplane. Otherwise, the teachings of the ’748
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`Patent are substantially identical to those of the ’748 Patent.
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`In practice, the control system taught by the ’071 Patent could not work for
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`its intended purpose. That is because magnetometers, used alone, could not track
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`all possible movement of a remote control. When used alone, magnetometers
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`determine only limited positional information that is susceptible to ambiguities.
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`Without additional technology not taught by the ’071 Patent, it would not be
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`possible to fly a remotely controlled aircraft using magnetometers alone to sense
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`and guide movement. At best, magnetometers could be used to sense some motion
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`in space in some circumstances, and that sensed motion could be used in
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`combination with additional undisclosed technology to assist in the control of the
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`aircraft.
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`Apart from the fact that the ’071 Patent does not teach what it attempts to
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`teach, what the ’071 Patent discloses and claims is not new. Using magnetometers
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`both to sense movement in a remote control and to assist a remotely controlled
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`vehicle to move in accordance with the movement of a remote control has long
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`been known and taught in the prior art. Like the ’071 Patent, U.S. Patent No.
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`5,043,646 (“Smith,” Ex. 1002) teaches remote control of a vehicle using
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`magnetometers to sense orientation in both the remote control and the vehicle
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`itself. Similarly, French Patent No. 2,789,765 (“Potiron”, Ex. 1003; certified
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`English translation at Ex. 1004) teaches the use of magnetometers to sense
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`movement in a remote control and to guide a vehicle, such as a boat, corresponding
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`to the movement of the remote control.
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`To the extent Smith and Potiron do not expressly disclose certain limitations
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`of the dependent claims, those limitations are disclosed in related prior art and
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`would have been obvious to combine with Smith or Potiron. Indeed, these
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`additional limitations address routine design choices and details.
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`II. MANDATORY NOTICES
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(1), Parrot provides the following mandatory
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`disclosures.
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`A. Real Party-In-Interest
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(1), Petitioner certifies that Parrot S.A (174
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`Quai de Jemmapes, 75010 Paris, France) and Parrot, Inc. (28446 Franklin Road,
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`Southfield, MI 48034-5504) are the real parties-in-interest.
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`B. Related Matters
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`1.
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`Related Litigation
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`Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 7,584,071
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2), Petitioners state that the ’071 Patent is
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`involved in the litigation styled Drone Technologies, Inc. v. Parrot S.A. and
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`Parrot, Inc., No. 2:05-mc-02025 (W.D. Pa., filed Jan. 24, 2014). This litigation is
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`pending. One of the two patents-in-suit is the ’071 Patent, attached as Ex. 1001.
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`The other patent-in-suit is the ’748 Patent, which is the subject of a concurrently
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`filed petition for inter partes review.
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`2.
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`Related Applications
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`Petitioners are unaware of any related applications in connection with the
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`’071 Patent.
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`C. Lead and Back-Up Counsel
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(3), Petitioners provide the following
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`designation of counsel: Lead counsel is James E. Hopenfeld (Reg. No. 47,661)
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`and back-up counsel is Tammy J. Terry (Reg. No. 69,167).
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(b), a Power of Attorney accompanies this
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`Petition.
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`D.
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`Service Information
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(4), papers concerning this matter should be
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`served on the following:
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`Address:
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`James E. Hopenfeld
`Tammy J. Terry
`Osha Liang LLP
`909 Fannin Street, Suite 3500
`Houston, Texas 77010
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`Email:
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`Telephone:
`Facsimile:
`III. PAYMENT OF FEES
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`hopenfeld@oshaliang.com
`terry@oshaliang.com
`713.228.8600
`713.228.8611
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`The undersigned authorizes the Office to charge $23,000 to the credit card
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`designated and paid concurrently herewith as the fee required by 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.15(a) for this Petition for inter partes review. The undersigned further
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`authorizes payment for any additional fees that might be due in connection with
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`this Petition to be charged to Deposit Account No. 500591.
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`IV. REQUIREMENTS FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW
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`As set forth below and pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.104, each requirement for
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`inter partes review of the ’071 Patent is satisfied.
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`A. Grounds for Standing
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.104(a), Petitioners hereby certify that the ’071
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`Patent is available for inter partes review and that the Petitioner is not barred or
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`estopped from requesting inter partes review challenging the claims of the ’071
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`Patent on the grounds identified herein. The ’071 Patent has not been subject to a
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`previous estoppel based proceeding of the AIA.
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`B.
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`Identification of Challenge
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`Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 7,584,071
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.104(b) and (b)(1), Petitioner requests inter
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`partes review of claims 1-15 of the ’071 Patent, and that the Patent Trial and
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`Appeal Board (“PTAB”) invalidate the same.
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`1.
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`The Specific Art and Statutory Ground(s) on Which the
`Challenge is Based
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.204(b)(2), inter partes review of the ’071 Patent
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`is requested in view of the following references, each of which is prior art to the
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`’071 Patent under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a), (b), and/or (e). The ‘071 Patent claims
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`priority to a Taiwanese patent application dated March 23, 2007. The application
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`upon which the ‘071 Patent is based was filed in the U.S. on March 19, 2008, such
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`that the relevant 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) bar date would be March 19, 2007. The
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`relevant prior art includes:
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`(1) U.S. Patent No. 5,043,646 to Jay Smith III and Daniel J. Schmieder
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`(“Smith,” Ex. 1002) issued August 27, 1991, from an application filed May 1,
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`1990, and is prior art to the ’071 Patent under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b).
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`(2)
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`French Patent No. 2,789,765 to Patrick Potiron and Jean Claude
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`Valentino (“Potiron,” Ex. 1003; certified English translation at Ex. 1004) published
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`August 18, 2000, from an application filed February 12, 1999, and is prior art to
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`the ’071 Patent under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b).
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`(3) U.S. Patent No. 7,219,861 to Howard Barr (“Barr,” Ex. 1005) issued
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`May 22, 2007 from an application filed July 6, 2000, and is prior art to the ’071
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`Patent under 35 U.S.C. § 102 (e).
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`(4) U.S. Patent No. 6,751,529 to J. Michael Fouche (“Fouche,” Ex. 1006)
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`issued on June 15, 2004, from an application filed on May 30, 2003 is prior art to
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`the ’071 Patent under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b).
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`(5) U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2006/0144994 to Peter
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`Spirov and Brad Pedersen (“Spirov,” Ex. 1007) published Jul 6, 2006, and filed
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`September 2, 2003, is prior art to the ’071 Patent under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b).
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`(6) U.S. Patent No. 7,145,551 to Steven Bathiche et al. (“Bathiche,”
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`Ex. 1008) issued December 5, 2006, from an application filed on February 17,
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`1999, is prior art to the ‘071 Patent under 35 U.S.C. § 102 (b).
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`(7) U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2004/0263479 to Mark
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`Shkolnikov (“Shkolnikov,” Ex. 1009) published December 30, 2004 and filed July
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`22, 2004 is prior art to the ’071 Patent under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b).
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`2. How the Construed Claims Are Unpatentable Under the
`Statutory Grounds Identified in 37 C.F.R. § 42.204(B)(2) and
`Supporting Evidence
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.204(b)(4), an explanation of how claims 1-15 of
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`the ’071 Patent are unpatentable under the statutory grounds identified above,
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`including the identification of where each element of the claim is found in the prior
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`art, is provided in claim charts within Section VII below.2 Pursuant to 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.204(b)(5), the appendix numbers of the supporting evidence relied upon to
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`support the challenges and the relevance of the evidence to the challenges raised,
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`including identifying specific portions of the evidence that support the challenges,
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`are also provided in the same claim charts in Section VII below.
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`V.
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`FACTUAL BACKGROUND
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`A. Declaration EvidenceThis Petition is supported by the declaration of
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`Raffaello D’Andrea, professor of dynamic systems and control of ETH Zurich (Ex.
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`1010). Prof. D’Andrea offers his opinion with respect to the content and state of
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`the prior art.
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`Prof. D’Andrea is a leading figure in the fields of systems architecture; robot
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`design, navigation, and coordination; and control algorithms. He was a co-founder
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`and later chief technical advisor at Kiva Systems, now owned by Amazon.com,
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`which pioneered the use of robots to move products in warehouses, distribution
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`centers, and the like. Prof. D’Andrea has published over 180 papers in the field of
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`engineering, mostly relating to dynamic systems and control.
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`B.
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`The State of the Art
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`2 For the PTAB’s convenience, a copy of all claim charts are also provided in
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`Ex. 1011 submitted with this Petition.
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`The state of the art is described in detail in paragraphs 19-22 of Prof.
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`D’Andrea’s declaration. A summary follows.
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`Hand-held remote controls have long been used to control remotely
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`controlled devices such as toy cars, boats, and airplanes. Early remote controls
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`were connected to the remotely controlled device by wire, but by the late 1990’s to
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`early 2000’s, wireless control had become commonplace.
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`At first, remote controls used manual input devices such as joysticks,
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`trackballs, and the like to control the movement of a remotely controlled device.
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`By the 1990’s, however, remote controls acquired the capability to sense the
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`orientation of the remote control and to send a wireless instruction to a remotely
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`controlled device to move to the same orientation. The remotely controlled device,
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`in turn, received the instruction, sensed its own orientation, and moved
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`accordingly.
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`An early example of a sensed-motion controlled device is described in U.S.
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`Patent No. 5,043,646 (“Smith”), which issued on August 27, 1991. Smith
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`discloses a remotely controlled hobby vehicle. Both the remote control and the
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`hobby vehicle include magnetometers (flux gate compasses) to sense the motion
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`(changes in orientation) of both the remote and the hobby vehicle. By sensing
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`motion in the remote control and sending a wireless signal to the hobby vehicle,
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`which in turn senses its current orientation, the motion of the vehicle is controlled.
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`This allows the user to give absolute direction commands regardless of the
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`orientation or position of the user. See Ex. 1002, 3:51-60.
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`Sensed motion-control supplemented manual (e.g. joystick) control and
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`became commonplace. See, e.g., French Patent Publication No. 2,789,765
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`(“Potiron”, Ex. 1003; certified English translation at Ex. 1004) (sensed motion
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`control of boat); and U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2006/0144994
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`(“Spirov”, Ex. 1007) (sensed motion control of flying hovercraft).
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`By the mid-2000s, remote controllers included the ability to detect motion in
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`three dimensions and translate that movement into instructions that could be used
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`to control a computer or, in the case of the video game industry, a computer
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`display. The Nintendo Wii, which included this capability, was introduced in
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`2006. The Wii used, and still uses, accelerometers to sense motion of the remote
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`control.
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`By 2006, more sophisticated technology had been developed to sense motion
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`in space. These technologies, such as that described in International Publication
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`No. WO2006045934 (“Jouanet”; see U.S. Patent No. 8,072,417, Ex. 1010 at Att.
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`C), use combinations of sensors to detect all possible motion in space. Jouanet
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`teaches the use of accelerometers and magnetometers to sense motion in space.
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`Ex. 1010 (D’Andrea Dec.) at ¶ 51; Ex. 1010, Att. C at 5:26-34 and Fig. 2. Jouanet
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`expressly teaches that its control system could be used in conjunction with a
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`remotely controlled vehicle such as a drone. Ex. 1010 (D’Andrea Dec.) at ¶ 51;
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`Ex. 1010, Att. C at 25:21-25 and Fig. 20.
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`C. The Person of Ordinary Skill in the Art
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`The person of ordinary skill in the art in the field of the ’071 Patent would
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`be someone who was familiar with control systems. The person of ordinary skill in
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`the art may have had an undergraduate degree in an engineering discipline such as
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`mechanical, electrical, or chemical engineering and would have had two to three
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`years of experience designing and implementing control systems. Ex. 1010
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`(D’Andrea Dec.) at ¶ 19-22.
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`D. The ’071 Patent
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`The ’071 Patent is described in detail in paragraphs 53-67 of Prof.
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`D’Andrea’s declaration (Ex. 1010). A summary follows.
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`The ’071 Patent is generally directed to a “remote-controlled motion
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`apparatus with sensing terrestrial magnetism and remote control apparatus
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`therefor.” Ex. 1001, 1:18-20.
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`The ’071 Patent describes a control system for a remotely controlled vehicle
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`such as a hobby airplane. Ex. 1001, 1:18-20. The remote control and airplane
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`include a “motion detecting module” and “terrestrial magnetism sensing module”
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`to sense their respective movements. The remote control senses movement using
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`its motion detecting module, which is a magnetometer, and sends a wireless signal
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`to the airplane to align its movement to that of the remote control. In turn, the
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`airplane uses its “terrestrial magnetism sensing module,” also a magnetometer, to
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`move according to the instruction sent by the remote control. Ex. 1010, ¶ 53.
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`The ’071 Patent does not explain the structure or operation of the “terrestrial
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`magnetism sensing module” (or the “motion detecting module”) in either the
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`remote controller or remote-controlled device. The ‘071 Patent states only that the
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`module would include a magnetic sensor for detecting magnetism in the “X, Y, and
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`Z” axes. The patent further states that the sensed motion in these three axes can be
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`used to generate a three-dimensional target motion signal. Ex. 1001, 4:17-19; Ex.
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`1010 (D’Andrea Dec.) at ¶ 54.
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`As described in the ’071 Patent, the terrestrial magnetism sensor would not
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`be capable of detecting motion of the remote control or remotely controlled device
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`in all three dimensions so as to be able to control a remotely controlled aircraft. A
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`magnetic sensor would not be capable of detecting translation of the object in any
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`dimension (i.e., along the X, Y, or Z axes). Nor would it be capable of detecting
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`rotation around the lines of a magnetic field. Ex. 1010 (D’Andrea Dec.) at ¶ 55.
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`A magnetometer’s utility to remotely control motion of an aircraft would be,
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`at best, limited. According to the ’071 Patent, the roll and pitch of a remotely
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`controlled device is “adjusted” and “synchronized” with the motion of the remote
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`controller. Ex. 1001, 5:34-37. The ’071 Patent does not explain how such
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`“adjustment” and “synchronization” would be accomplished given that magnetic
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`sensors would not be capable of detecting all motion in three dimensional space.
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`Ex. 1010 (D’Andrea Dec.) at ¶ 57.
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`The magnetic sensor of the ‘071 Patent could not be used to control the pitch
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`of the aircraft, for example, if the aircraft were to travel perpendicular to the
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`magnetic field lines. Similarly, roll could not be controlled if the aircraft were to
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`travel along magnetic field lines. Synchronization of motion could not occur
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`because the magnetic sensors could output the same sensed information even
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`though the remote and the remotely controlled aircraft were performing different
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`movements. Ex. 1010 (D’Andrea Dec.) at ¶ 59.
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`Because magnetic sensors are incapable of detecting all motions of the
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`remote in three dimensional space, a remote control deploying only magnetic
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`sensors such as the remote control taught by the ’071 Patent could not be used to
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`control the movement of a remote-controlled device without some other
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`instructions, circuitry, and/or structures, either to obtain the missing position or
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`orientation information or to operate the remotely controlled device in its absence.
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`The ’071 Patent does not discuss or teach how to account for the position or
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`orientation information not sensed by magnetometers. A remotely controlled
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`device such as an aircraft including only magnetic sensors, as taught by the ’071
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`Patent, could not fly without additional instructions, circuitry, and/or structures not
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`taught in the ’071 Patent. Ex. 1010 (D’Andrea Dec.) at ¶ 59.
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`The ’071 Patent further teaches a mode of operation in which control of the
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`aircraft is accomplished by a combination of control using the magnetic sensors
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`and control using manual inputs, such as a joystick. The ’071 Patent does not
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`teach or explain how such control would be accomplished, in particular in view of
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`the limitations of magnetic sensors to detect motion in three-dimensional space.3
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`Ex. 1010 (D’Andrea Dec.) at ¶ 60.
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`3 The U.S. patent application leading to the ’071 Patent was filed on March
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`19, 2008. On that same day, the applicant filed another patent application
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`(Pat. App. No. 12/051,683), which ultimately issued as U.S. Patent No. 8,106,748
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`(“the ’748 Patent”). The ’748 patent teaches the use of accelerometers instead of
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`magnetometers to sense motion of the remote control and hobby airplane.
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`Otherwise, the teachings of the ’748 patent are substantially identical to those of
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`the ’071 Patent. Like the ’071 Patent, the ’748 patent could not work for its
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`intended purpose because, like magnetometers, accelerometers alone cannot be
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`used to detect all motion in three dimensional space. Additional instrumentation or
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`technology not disclosed by the ’748 patent would be required to control the flight
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`of an airplane. It thus appears that the inventor of the ’071 and ’748 patents did
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`not grasp the limitations of either magnetometers or accelerometers in sensing
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`Prosecution History of the ’071 Patent
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`The application from which the ’071 Patent issued (U.S. Patent Application
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`No. 12/051,662) was filed on March 19, 2008 and listed Yu-Tuan Lee as the
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`inventor. A Notice of Allowance issued on April 28, 2009. The ’071 Patent issued
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`on September 1, 2009.
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`VI. BROADEST REASONABLE CONSTRUCTION
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.204(b)(3), the claims subject to inter partes
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`review shall receive the “broadest reasonable construction in light of the
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`specification of the patent in which [they] appear[].” See also In re Swanson,
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`No. 07-1534, 540 F.3d 1368, 1378 (Fed. Cir. 2008); In re Trans Texas Holding
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`Corp., 498 F.3d 1290, 1298 (Fed. Cir. 2007) (citing In re Yamamoto, 740 F.2d
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`1569, 1571 (Fed. Cir. 1984)). As the Federal Circuit noted in Trans Texas, the
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`Office has traditionally applied a broader standard than a Court does when
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`interpreting claim scope. Moreover, the Office is not bound by any district court
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`claim construction. Trans Texas, 498 F.3d at 1297- 98, 1301. Rather:
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`the PTO applies to verbiage of the proposed claims the broadest
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`reasonable meaning of the words in their ordinary usage as they
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`would be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art, taking into
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`account whatever enlightenment by way of definitions or otherwise
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`motion and did not grasp the problems associated with using these instruments to
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`sense movement in a way that could be used to control flight.
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`that may be afforded by the written description contained in
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`applicant’s specification.
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`In re Morris, 127 F.3d 1048, 1054 (Fed. Cir. 1997).
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`Because the standards of claim interpretation used by the Courts in patent
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`litigation are different from the claim interpretation standards used by the Office in
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`claim examination proceedings (including inter partes review), any claim
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`interpretations submitted herein for the purpose of demonstrating a Reasonable
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`Likelihood of Prevailing are neither binding upon litigants in any litigation, nor do
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`such claim interpretations correspond to the construction of claims under the legal
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`standards that are mandated to be used by the Courts in litigation.
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`The interpretation of the claims presented either implicitly or explicitly
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`herein should not be viewed as constituting, in whole or in part, Petitioner’s own
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`interpretation and/or construction of such claims for the purposes of the underlying
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`litigation. Instead, such constructions in this proceeding should be viewed only as
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`constituting an interpretation of the claims under the “broadest reasonable
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`construction” standard.
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`All claim terms not specifically addressed below have been accorded their
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`broadest reasonable interpretation in light of the patent specification including their
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`plain and ordinary meaning to the extent such a meaning could be determined by a
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`skilled artisan.
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`A.
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`“difference of motion”
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`Under the broadest reasonable construction/interpretation (“BRI”), the term
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`“difference of motion,” which appears only in dependent claim 4, should be
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`interpreted as “calculations related to motion that causes a change in orientation.”
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`The term “difference of motion” is vague and ambiguous. The patent
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`specification refers to “velocity of motion,” but it is unclear what this means. To
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`the extent claim 4 could be interpreted to require a calculation in which one
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`velocity is subtracted from another based on a “terrestrial magnetism sensing
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`signal,” it requires an impossibility. Magnetometers cannot, without some other
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`devices or structures not specified by the ’071 Patent, be used to calculate
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`velocities. The proposed construction is the best attempt to make sense of the
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`“difference of motion” claim language. Ex. 1010 (D’Andrea Dec.) at ¶¶ 90, 128.
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`B.
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`“information of the remote controller’s motion in the 3D space”
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`Under BRI, the term “information of the remote controller’s motion in the
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`3D space,” which appears only in dependent claim 13, should be interpreted as any
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`motion in three dimensional space, including motion in one or two dimensions.
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`An alternative, narrower construction would require that the remote
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`controller detect all possible motion in three-dimensional space. Apart from the
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`fact that this construction departs from the plain meaning of the claim and that this
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`claim limitation does not appear in and is not specially defined by the patent
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`specification, it is untenable. As explained in the

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