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`Dirk Hartogs, Ph.D.
`408-782-9418 (cell)
`408-612-3400 (office)
`hartogs@garlic.com
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`P.O. Box 40
`Morgan Hill, CA 95038
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`SUMMARY
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`For modulation/digital communications/wireless/DSP/ECC/OFDM (orthogonal
`frequency division multiplex, see for example DSL) technology and architecture,
`litigation support, creation, and acquisition of intellectual property. Testifying expert in
`Federal Court, regulatory bodies, and foreign courts.
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`Dr Hartogs has been involved in communications technologies, including cellular,
`wireless, networking, modulation and radio propagation, and digital signal processing
`and statistics in both engineering and litigation support roles for over 20 years. Ten of
`Dr. Hartogs twelve U.S. patents are communications based (the other two are coding/data
`storage), as are seven of his previously disclosed litigation support engagements. His
`PhD dissertation extended several communication concepts to multiple-access. He is
`named as an inventor in additional (unissued) patent applications for ecommerce
`architectures.
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`Four of his communications patents form the early basis of Orthogonal Frequency
`Division Multiplex. The OFDM technology he developed in the 1980s for modulation is
`now incorporated in wireless, DSL technologies, all current 802.11 methods, and most
`digital radio/television structures. His basic patents (‘034, ‘706, ‘816, and ‘227) are each
`directly referenced by hundreds of subsequent OFDM, communication, and modem
`patents spanning a period of twenty years. His expertise extends to related concept and
`system areas (see below).
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`PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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`1996 to Present
`1985 to 1990
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`Technologist supporting major intellectual property disputes, arising from patent,
`standards groups, and trade secret issues both in the United States and abroad.
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`Eager & Eager llc dba
`californiatechnologyexperts.com
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`Technologies (both concepts and standards) include:
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`802.11 wireless
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`Cellular
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`Exhibit 2010
`IPR2014-01185
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`GPS
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`ISDN
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`Networks
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`LAN/WAN
`Digital Signal Processing
`Compression
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`Digital TV
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`Spread Spectrum
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`Modulation
`DSL
`Packet Systems
`Telephony
`OFDM
`Error Correction
`Embedded Processing
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`Efforts include all levels of signal processing, modulation, communications, control, and
`networking.
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`Direct technical contributions also include extremely fast track IP creation, evaluation,
`and management as an individual system concept and algorithm contributor, as a senior
`member and manager of development teams, and as liaison to outside regulatory groups,
`such as PUC, ITC, standards bodies, and USPTO. Concept development for complex
`signal processing and communications products and design of associated systems for
`commercial and defense consulting clients.
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`1990 to 1996
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`Canon Research
`Director Systems Architecture/WAN Technology
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`Directed the digital telecommunications development efforts for Canon Research, a
`multi-national quasi start-up. Responsible for the analysis, architecture, and
`implementation of emerging technologies, including ISDN and telecommunications
`networking. Embedded processing. Multiple patents.
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`Managed engineering teams, challenging PhDs at multiple levels in research, including
`technical reports, patents, and conference presentations. Negotiated key technology
`development contracts. Participated in technical sessions, conferences, and as a board
`member of California ISDN Users Group and before California Public Utilities
`Commission.
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`1983 to 1985
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`Telebit Corporation
`Director of Development
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`Supervised, directly or indirectly, fifteen development engineers in exceptional software
`and hardware modem (two embedded processors) development team. Led a rapid and
`successful digital signal processing effort (over fifty thousand lines of code on Texas
`Instruments 320 DSP) that resulted in numerous Product of the Year awards. Initially
`contributed as an individual developer of the unique modem technology allowing a start-
`up (three people in a back room) to become a market leader against established
`competitors in less than two years. Key individual OFDM patents issued (four patents,
`each cited over 100 times by later modem, wireless, and DSL patents).
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`1981 to 1983
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`Litton Applied Technology
`Staff to Vice President, Engineering
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`Responsible for the direction of the independent research effort supporting development
`of integrated computer/receiver platforms for the Defense Department. Overall effort
`involved ten simultaneous and distinct projects. Also participated in marketing programs
`for new product technologies.
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`1979 to 1980
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`Spatial Incorporated
`Vice President
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`Responsible for engineering and manufacturing management of this start up company,
`which released best of class products based on complex ultra linear amplifier technology.
`Relocated the organization from L.A. to Northern California.
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`1975 to 1979
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`Probe Systems
`Senior Engineering Specialist
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`Responsible for technical impact and management of defense programs (including
`ARPA) requiring both innovative signal processing techniques (SIGINT, ELINT) and
`timely completion. Analyzed sophisticated communications methods and developed
`effective DSP techniques for complex radio signals, including spread spectrum and low
`probably of intercept. (Employed by Probe part-time while pursuing Ph.D., below)
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`EDUCATION
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`Ph.D. Electrical Engineering (Communication Theory), Stanford University
`M.S., Electrical Engineering (Statistics minor), Stanford University
`A.B., Mathematics and Physics (With Honors) Dartmouth College
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`DISCLOSED LITIGATION SUPPORT EXPERIENCE
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`Dr Hartogs was a testifying/disclosed expert in 10 closed matters. He gave trial
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`testimony and/or depositions in half. He provided expert reports including claim
`constructions in possibly all. He has also provided rapid expert opinion to support value
`determination of acquired patent packages. Technologies rather broadly include digital
`signal processing, communication methods, and ecommerce. He has related experience
`in many undisclosed cases over the last ten years, including several in focusing on
`cellular and GPS, as well as licensing/litigation alternatives of patents by major
`corporations. Further work involves the related technologies listed above.
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`References are available on request. Additional pro bono work involves conflicts which
`arise between technology and the Fourth Amendment.
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` PATENTS
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`Twelve US communications patents, including the OFDM basis patents leading to
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`modulation methods used by many wireless providers. (i.e both Wi-Fi and cellular)
`(See “Hughes-Hartogs” at www.uspto.gov patent database). Numerous related foreign
`patents.
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`PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & AWARDS
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`Life Member, IEEE
`Former Board Member, California Broadband Users Group (CALBUG)
`Former Board Member, California ISDN Users Group (CIUG)
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