`Patent No. 5,699,275
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., and
`GOOGLE LLC1,
`Petitioner,
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`IRON OAK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2018-01552
`Patent 5,699,275
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`PATENT OWNER RESPONSE
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`1 Google LLC, who filed a petition in IPR2019-00111, has been joined as a
`petitioner in this proceeding.
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`I.
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`II.
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`INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................... 1
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`THE PETITION FAILED TO DEMONSTRATE INVALIDITY
`OF CLAIM 1 BY A PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE.............. 1
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`A.
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`Petitioner Has Not Shown That Sugita Anticipated Or
`Rendered Obvious Claim 1 ............................................................. 4
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`1.
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`Petitioner Failed To Prove That Sugita Disclosed
`Selective Updating Of First And Second Mobile Units
`When Both Are Capable Of Being Updated........................... 8
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`a.
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`b.
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`Petitioner’s “Group Unit” Argument Is Not
`Adequately Supported By Sugita’s Disclosure............. 9
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`Petitioner’s “Target List” Argument Also Is
`Not Adequately Supported By Sugita’s Disclosure .... 16
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`2.
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`Conclusion Concerning Disclosure Of Sugita ...................... 19
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`Petitioner Has Not Shown That Wortham Disclosed
`The Selective Updating Required By Claim1................................. 20
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`Petitioner Samsung Has Not Shown That Claim 1 Was
`Rendered Obvious By Ballard And Shimizu.................................. 21
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`B.
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`C.
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`III.
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`CONCLUSION ....................................................................................... 23
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`INTRODUCTION
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`The Board instituted review of claim 1 of U.S. Patent No. 5,699,275 (“the
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`’275 patent”) based on two petitions, one filed by petitioner Samsung (IPR2018-
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`1552) and the other filed by petitioner Microsoft (IPR2019-106). Both petitions are
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`based primarily on the Petitioner’s characterizations of the Japanese Sugita reference
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`(Ex. 1005 in both proceedings, but different translations). Petitioner Samsung also
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`based its petition on Ballard as a primary reference. Petitioner Microsoft uses
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`Ballard as a secondary reference (Ex. 1006 in both petitions).
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`Patent Owner presents herein only those arguments necessary to defeat the
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`petition. Patent Owner does not accede to those arguments and evidence set forth in
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`the petition, or to the conclusions drawn by the Board in the Institution Decision,
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`that are not directly addressed herein. Patent Owner incorporates herein those
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`arguments presented in its Preliminary Response for all purposes.
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`II.
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`THE PETITION FAILED TO DEMONSTRATE INVALIDITY OF
`CLAIM 1 BY A PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE
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`After institution, Petitioner has the burden of persuasion to establish by a
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`preponderance of the evidence that claim 1 is invalid as alleged in the petition. 35
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`U.S.C. § 316(e); Nike, Inc. v. Adidas AG, 812 F.3d 1326, 1334 (Fed. Cir. 2016)
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`(“[T]he burden of proof is on the petitioner to prove unpatentable those issued claims
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`that were actually challenged in the petition for review and for which the Board
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`instituted review."). The burden of persuasion never shifts to the Patent Owner.
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`Dynamic Drinkware LLC v. Nat’l Graphics, Inc., 800 F.3d 1375, 1378 (Fed. Cir.
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`2015) ("In an inter partes review, the burden of persuasion is on the petitioner to
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`prove ‘unpatentability by a preponderance of the evidence,’ 35 U.S.C. § 316(e), and
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`that burden never shifts to the patentee." ).
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`Additionally, the burden of production never shifts to the Patent Owner. In
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`re Magnum Oil Tools International, Ltd., 829 F.3d 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (“We thus
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`disagree with the PTO's position that the burden of production shifts to the patentee
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`upon the Board's conclusion in an institution decision that "there is a reasonable
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`likelihood that the petitioner would prevail.").
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`In other words, to prevail on its allegation that claim 1 is anticipated by Sugita,
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`Petitioner must have produced a preponderance of evidence in its petition showing
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`that “each and every element as set forth in the claim is found, either expressly or
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`inherently described, in a single prior art reference.” Verdegaal Bros., Inc. v. Union
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`Oil Co. of Cal., 814 F.2d 628, 631 (Fed. Cir. 1987). As shown below, when the
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`content of Sugita is properly characterized the Petitioner has not met this burden.
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`To prevail on showing obviousness over Sugita or Ballard, Petitioner must
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`have produced in its petition a preponderance of evidence showing that
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`the
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`differences between the subject matter of claim 1 and the properly characterized
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`prior art are such that the claimed subject matter, as a whole, would have been
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`obvious at the time the invention was made to a person having ordinary skill in the
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`art to which said subject matter pertains. KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 550 U.S.
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`398, 406 (2007). The determination of obviousness involves multiple fact questions,
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`for which Petitioner continually bears the burden of persuasion. Graham v. John
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`Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1, 17 (1966). A fundamental factual inquiry in the obvious
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`analysis is the “content” of the prior art. Id.
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`In other words, Petitioner has the un-
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`shifting burden to prove what a person of skill in the art would have understood each
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`prior art reference disclosed at the time the ’275 patent application was filed. As
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`shown below, the petition goes well beyond the literal disclosure of the prior art and
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`base arguments of invalidity on conjecture about things not expressly or inherently
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`disclosed. This error that cannot support invalidity of claim 1. See In re Magnum
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`Oil Tools, 829 F.3d at 1380 (conclusory statements, whether by attorney or expert,
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`cannot satisfy the burden of demonstrating obviousness).
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`To establish obviousness of claim 1, all of the claim limitations must be
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`disclosed or suggested by the legitimately combined prior art. See CFMT, Inc. v.
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`Yieldup Int’l Corp., 349 F.3d 1333, 1342 (Fed. Cir. 2003); In re Royka, 490 F.2d
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`981, 985 (CCPA 1974). Thus, the petition “must specify where each element of the
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`claim is found in the prior art patents or printed publications relied upon.” 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.104(b)(4); see also Arendi S.A.R.L. v. Apple, Inc., 832 F.3d 1355 (Fed. Cir.
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`2016) (reversing Board obviousness determination based on “common sense” that
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`was conclusory and unsupported by substantial evidence).
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`Petitioner Has Not Shown That Sugita Anticipated Or Rendered
`Obvious Claim 1
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`Among many other things, claim 1 requires that “the manager host is further
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`operable to address the at least one discrete patch message such that the at least one
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`discrete patch message is transmitted to the first mobile unit but not the second
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`mobile unit.” Ex. 1001 at claim 1 (emphasis added).
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`In the Institution Decisions, the Board concluded that this claim phrase needed
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`further construction and rewrote the claim phrase to require that
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`the manager host is further operable to decide which specific mobile
`unit to send address the at least one discrete patch message to before
`beginning transmission such that
`the at
`least one discrete patch
`message is transmitted to the first mobile unit but not the second mobile
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`Decision at 6. With this construction, the Board concluded that the present record
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`supports that a person of skill would have understood Sugita to disclose that the
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`software updating system sends software updates to less than all of Sugita’s
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`“telecommunication units” when the group unit addressing protocol
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`is used.
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`Decision at ¶¶ 12-14. As shown below, this is error.
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`Also with this construction, the Board concluded the present record supports
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`that a person of skill would have understood Sugita to disclose that even if all mobile
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`terminals are sent the group unit update, the second individual ID transmission is
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`sent to less than all the mobile units that had been sent the group unit update. Id.
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`The Board concluded that “[a]s long as the host addresses the at least one discrete
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`patch message such that the message is transmitted to one mobile unit but not another
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`mobile unit, the claim language is satisfied.” Decision at 14. As shown below, this
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`too is error.
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`As a first threshold issue, a correct characterization or understanding of the
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`“content” of the prior art is fundamental to a proper validity analysis. As the
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`Supreme Court established in Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1 (1966), “the
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`scope and content of the prior art are to be determined; differences between the prior
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`art and the claims at issue are to be ascertained; and the level of ordinary skill in the
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`pertinent art resolved. Against this background, the obviousness or nonobviousness
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`of the subject matter is determined.” Id. at 17. Not surprisingly, Board decisions
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`are reversed when the “content” of the prior art is not correctly determined. See,
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`e.g., In Re McNeil-PPC, Inc., 574 F.3d 1393, 1401 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (reversing
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`Board’s determination of obviousness because of error in understanding prior art);
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`In Re Chapman, 595 F.3d 1330, 1339-40 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (vacating obviousness
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`determination by Board so that it can “revisit its conclusion of obviousness in light
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`of a correct understanding of Gonzalez.”) A correct understanding of the content of
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`a reference cannot be obtained by cherry-picking some statements and ignoring
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`others. The reference as a whole must be considered and properly understood.
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`As a second threshold issue, it must be appreciated that the universe of first
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`and second mobile units described by claim 1 are only those mobile units that: 1)
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`are “operable to receive the at least one discrete patch message;” 2) that are
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`“operable to create patched operating code” by merging the patch with current
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`operating code; and 3) that are operable to switch execution to the patched operating
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`code. Thus, the second mobile unit of claim 1 must be in a condition that its current
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`operating code could be updated by the patch message sent to the first mobile unit.
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`A mobile unit whose current operating code cannot be updated with the patch
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`message cannot be the “second mobile unit” required by claim 1. For example, a
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`mobile unit whose operating code has been updated by the patch message cannot be
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`a “second mobile unit” because that unit no longer is “operable to create patched
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`operating code by merging the at least one patch with current operating code.” See
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`Ex. 1001 at claim 1.
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`On this point, the Board opined that
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`Claim 1 does not foreclose sending an update to both mobile units,
`followed by sending an update to only one mobile unit. As long as the
`host addresses the at least one discrete patch message such that the
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`message is transmitted to one mobile unit but not another mobile unit,
`the claim language is satisfied.
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`Decision at 14. But the Board failed to recognize that claim 1 requires that at the
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`time of transmission of the patch message by the manager host both mobile units
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`must be operable to create patched operating code from current operating code, and
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`that the host transmit the patch to one mobile unit and not the other even though both
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`units are capable of updating current operating code.2 As shown below, this is one
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`element of claim 1 that Petitioner has failed to demonstrate.
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`1.
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`Petitioner Failed To Prove That Sugita Disclosed Selective
`Updating Of First And Second Mobile Units When Both Are
`Capable Of Being Updated
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`A person of skill would understand that Sugita does not disclose transmitting
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`a patch message to a first mobile terminal but not a second mobile terminal capable
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`of being updated by the same patch message, as required by the entirety of claim 1.
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`2 Patent Owner sometimes refers to this claim requirement with the shorthand
`“selective updating.” The Patent Office recognized the patentability of claim 1 by
`specifically noting the “selective updating” requirement of claim 1. See Ex. 1004 at
`110.
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`Sugita discloses only transmitting a patch message to all mobile terminals that are
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`capable of being updated.
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`Sugita notes as background that replacing read-only-memory (ROM) in each
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`of the mobile terminals in a fleet (e.g., cargo trucks) is time consuming, as you
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`typically must wait for the vehicle to return to the yard. Ex. 1005 at [0004 -0007].
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`Rather than physically replacing ROM, Sugita discloses a method where the
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`random-access-memory (RAM) in all of the terminals in a fleet of mobile terminals
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`needing an update are updated in groups, followed by individual updates for those
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`terminals that failed to update as part of the group(s). Ex. 1005 at [0012]. For
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`example, a group update may be sent by the base station to all mobile terminals.
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`Those terminals in the yard likely will receive the update and likely complete the
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`update. Those terminals not in the yard either may not receive the group update or
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`not complete the update, but regardless, according to Sugita all terminals are sent
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`the group update. Based on responses from the mobile terminals, which includes a
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`failure to respond, the base station then resends the update individually to a smaller
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`subset of mobile terminals that were sent the group update but failed to update. Ex.
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`1005 at [0026] (mobile terminals receive both one-to-one and one-to-multiple
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`communication formats). Sugita does not disclose sending an update to a terminal
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`that has successfully updated. Thus, every mobile terminal in Sugita that is capable
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`of being updated is sent the update. Sugita never discloses an instance when a
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`mobile terminal that is capable of being updated (e.g, not already updated) is not
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`sent an update. A proper understanding of Sugita as a whole shows that its group
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`unit addressing protocol results in transmitting the patch to all of Sugita’s mobile
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`terminals that are capable of updating current software.
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`“Group Unit” Argument
`Petitioner’s
`Adequately Supported By Sugita’s Disclosure
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`Is Not
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`Petitioner and its expert makes two basic arguments concerning the group unit
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`transmission protocol described by Sugita. First, Petitioner argues that Sugita’s
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`disclosure of “group units” necessarily discloses that there are mobile terminals
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`excluded from the group units. See Pet. at 37-38; Ex. 1002 (Bederson) at ¶ 101-102.
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`Second, Petitioner argues that Sugita’s disclosure of “Create list of update
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`target terminals” in [Figure 1] necessarily discloses that some terminals are excluded
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`from that list. See Pet. at 38-39; Ex. 1002 (Bederson) at ¶ 103-105.
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`Petitioner’s arguments highlight the need to distinguish between the literal
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`express “content” of Sugita (e.g.,
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`transmitting updates via group units) and
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`Petitioner’s conclusions of what a person of skill would have understood from that
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`content (e.g., what units may be excluded from group unit(s)). As shown below,
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`Petitioner’s conclusions are not supported by the express or inherent content of
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`Sugita but rather are the result of impermissible hindsight.
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`Turning to Petitioner’s first group unit argument, it cannot be disputed that
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`Sugita does not expressly disclose that “group units” do not account for all of the
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`mobile terminals that could be updated by transmission of a patch. Instead, there is
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`more than substantial evidence that Sugita’s group units account for all mobile
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`terminals that could be updated with the transmitted patch.3
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`Petitioner points to paragraph 13 to support its argument. Paragraph 13,
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`however, is part of Sugita’s [Procedure for Resolving the Issue] discussion that spans
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`paragraphs 12 to 15. Considering this entire section of Sugita, it is clear that the
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`universe of mobile terminals that could be updated by the patch is labeled by Sugita
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`as “a plurality of mobile communication terminals.” Ex. 1005 at ¶ [0012]. Sugita
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`then discloses that each of the plurality may be updated in “group units” followed
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`by updating individually the un-updated terminals remaining in the plurality. See
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`paragraphs 12 -15 below, emphasis added.
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`3 It is irrelevant for claim 1 whether Sugita discloses not sending mobile terminals
`the software patch when that mobile terminal is not operable, for whatever reason,
`to create patched operating code with the patch. See Ex. 1001 at claim 1.
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`It should be noted that Sugita’s [claim 1], and [Field of Industrial Application]
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`discussions are consistent with this understanding that “group units” account for
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`every one of the plurality of mobile terminals that could be updated by the patch. Id.
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`at ¶¶ [Claim 1] & [0001]. Further, Sugita’s background discussion, labeled [Issues
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`to be Resolved], discusses updating every one of the identified 1,000 cargo transport
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`vehicles, which is consistent with Patent Owner’s characterization of Sugita on this
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`point. Id. at ¶¶ [0003] – [0011]. See, also, Id. at ¶ [Abstract] (“update each mobile
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`communications
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`terminal…”).
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`Thus,
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`to understand his
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`invention Sugita
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`intentionally set the stage as transmitting an update to each mobile terminal that
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`could be updated with the transmitted information, whether by individual ID or as
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`part of a group unit.4 However, it is not Patent Owner’s burden to prove why Sugita
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`fails to disclose the claim limitation—it was and remains at all times Petitioner’s
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`burden to show how and where Sugita discloses this claim requirement.
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`In re
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`Magnum Oil Tools, 829 F.3d at 1376-77 (“[I]it is inappropriate to shift the burden
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`to the patentee after institution to prove that the patent is patentable.
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`Instead, the
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`petitioner continues to bear the burden of proving unpatentability after institution,
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`and must do so by a preponderance of the evidence at trial.”).
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`Petitioner’s argument to the contrary is based on the unsupported conjecture
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`that the only reason for Sugita to organize mobile terminals into groups is for
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`exclusion of certain unidentified and uncharacterized mobile terminals from the
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`group units. Sugita, however, is silent on why the mobile terminals were organized
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`into group units. Sugita does not explain whether such group organization was an
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`artifact of his software update process or was an artifact of some factor unrelated to
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`the software update process, such as vehicle type, geographic area, or customer
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`4 When describing examples of his invention, Sugita refers to “each mobile terminal
`(m1, m2, m3, m4, …).” Sugita never deviates from this description of all mobile
`terminals as “m1, m2, m3, m4, …”, such as by expressly excluding a terminal, such
`as terminal mn. See Ex. 1005 at ¶¶ [0016] – [Description of symbols].
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`served. It is more likely, based on the whole disclosure of Sugita, that group units
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`simply were an accounting or tracking expedient for dealing with the likely
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`thousands of mobile terminals (e.g., 1,000 cargo transport vehicles described by
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`Sugita) that needed updating. In other words, rather than starting by transmitting an
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`update to 1,000 individual terminal IDs, Sugita’s process could start with, for
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`example, 20 group units representing the 1,000 terminals.
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`Regardless of why Sugita’s inventions used “group units,” Petitioner’s’
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`unsupported speculation of what a person of skill would have understood on this
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`point is not evidence of the “content” of Sugita required under the validity analysis.
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`Sugita does not disclose or adequately suggest that at least one discrete patch
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`message is transmitted to one mobile unit capable of being updated but not to another
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`mobile unit also capable of being updated.
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`In paragraph 13, Sugita discloses that (emphasis added)
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`Meanwhile, the base station side (sending side) forwards the update
`information (all or part of the software) to each of the mobile
`communication terminals, first performing the forwarding based on
`the group ID of each group unit (addressed to all units or units residing
`in specified groups) …
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`Ex. 1005 at ¶ [0013]. The emphasized portion above is consistent with the disclosure
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`that all mobile terminals capable of being updated are sent the update information.
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`Petitioner relies primarily on the parenthetical to support its argument that some
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`unidentified and uncharacterized mobile terminals are excluded from the group unit
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`transmission. Notably, the parenthetical has been translated differently from the
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`original Japanese by Petitioner Samsung and by Petitioner Microsoft, as shown
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`below.
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`Samsung
`Translation of
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`IPR2018-1552,
`Ex. 1005 at ¶
`[0013]
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`Microsoft
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`Ex. 1005 at ¶
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`Indeed, Petitioner Samsung’s expert Bederson appears to quote from Petitioner
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`Microsoft’s translation of Sugita when opining about
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`the meaning of
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`the
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`parenthetical. See Ex. 1002 (Bederson) at ¶ 101.
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`In other words, the Sugita
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`translation provided by Samsung and to which Bederson cites does not say what he
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`testifies it says. Further, Bederson’s declaration (Ex. 1002) is dated August 16,
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`2018, which is two months before the Microsoft translation of Sugita (Ex. 2001) was
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`obtained (i.e., October 9, 2018). So, Bederson’s testimony is incompetent on this
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`point at least because it does not identify the evidence upon which it relies to support
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`his opinions.
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`The incompetence of
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`the Bederson testimony notwithstanding,
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`this
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`parenthetical simply means that Sugita forwards the update information to all mobile
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`terminals by first forwarding to “all [mobile communication terminals] or the
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`[mobile communication terminals] addresses belonging to a specific group.” This
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`understanding is clear from considering Sugita as a whole and especially paragraphs
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`13 and 14, which, as shown below, clearly equate “unit” with “mobile
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`communications terminal.”
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`When considered as a whole for all of its teachings, Sugita discloses sending update
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`information to all mobile communication terminals that are operable to update
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`current operating software with the update information. Sugita never discloses,
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`whether by group unit or by individual ID, not sending update information to a
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`mobile communications terminal that is operable to update current operating
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`software with the update information.
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`To the extent Sugita discloses not sending update information to a mobile
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`communication terminal (a characterization to which Patent Owner does not
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`accede), Petitioner failed to show that such “excluded” terminal was operable to
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`update current operating software with the update information, as required by
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`claim 1, and that the Sugita base station “decided” (as required by the Board), to not
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`send the update information to that operable terminal.
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`Thus, there is no plausible basis for the Board to conclude that Petitioner has
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`carried their burden to demonstrate that Sugita’s group unit addressing protocol
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`disclosed transmitting update information to one mobile terminal but not to a second
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`mobile terminal when both terminals were “operable to create patched operating
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`code by merging the at least one patch with current operating code located in the
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`[] mobile unit.”
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`Petitioner’s “Target List” Argument Also Is Not
`Adequately Supported By Sugita’s Disclosure
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`Petitioner also argues that Sugita’s [Figure 1] disclosed to a person of skill
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`that Sugita transmitted update information to one mobile terminal but not to a second
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`Ex. 1005 at [Figure 1] & [0034].
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`Petitioner improperly reads Sugita with one eye focused on invalidating claim
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`1. There is nothing in [Figure 1] or the associated text that explains how or which
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`mobile communication terminals are “targeted for updates.” In contrast, a proper
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`reading of Sugita is that only those mobile communication terminals that are capable
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`of being updated are targeted. For example, it is logical that recently deployed
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`mobile communications terminals already have up-to-date software, and therefore
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`those terminals would not be “listed up” as a targeted terminal. Such up-to-date
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`terminals would not qualify as a “second mobile unit” under claim 1 at least because
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`the current operating code could not be updated with the patch. See Ex. 1001 at
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`claim 1. See In re Magnum Oil Tools, 829 F.3d at 1376-77 (“[I]it is inappropriate
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`to shift the burden to the patentee after institution to prove that the patent is
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`patentable.
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`Instead,
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`the petitioner continues to bear the burden of proving
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`unpatentability after institution, and must do so by a preponderance of the evidence
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`at trial.”).
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`Regardless, Petitioner bore the burden of proving that Sugita disclosed to a person
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`of skill that the manager host was operable to “decide” which specific mobile unit
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`to send the at least one discrete patch message to before beginning transmission
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`such that the at least one discrete patch message is transmitted to the first mobile
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`unit but not the second mobile unit, when the second mobile unit was “operable to
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`create patched operating code by merging the at least one patch with current
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`operating code located in the second mobile unit.” Petitioner has wholly failed to
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`carry this burden.
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`Thus, there is no plausible basis for the Board to conclude that Petitioner has
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`demonstrated that Sugita’s “target list” addressing protocol disclosed transmitting
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`update information to one mobile terminal but not to a second mobile terminal when
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`both terminals are operable to update current operating software with the update
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`information.
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`Conclusion Concerning Disclosure Of Sugita
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`It cannot be legitimately disputed that the second mobile unit of claim 1 of the
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`‘275 patent must be “operable to create patched operating code by merging the at
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`least one patch message with current operating code.” Ex. 1001 at claim 1.
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`It also cannot be legitimately disputed that a mobile unit that has been updated
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`with “the at least one patch message” is not a mobile unit that is “operable to create
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`patched operating code by merging the at least one patch message with current
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`operating code.”
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`Petitioner has failed to establish that Sugita discloses updating less than all
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`mobile terminals that are capable of being updated with the update information. For
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`at least this reason, Petitioner has failed to establish that claim 1 is anticipated by
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`Sugita.
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`Because Petitioner has not accurately characterized the disclosure or content
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`of Sugita, Petitioner’s obviousness allegations over Sugita must be rejected as well.
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`Further, Petitioner has provided no evidence or argument why a person of skill
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`would be motivated to modify Sugita to not send update information to a mobile
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`terminal that is operable to update the current operating code. For this reason also,
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`Petitioner’s obviousness allegations over Sugita must be rejected as well.
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`Petitioner Has Not Shown That Wortham Disclosed The Selective
`Updating Required By Claim 1
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`Petitioner relies on Wortham (Ex. 1014) to conclude that “a person of ordinary
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`skill in the art would have been motivated to modify Sugita such that its terminals
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`are portable, battery-powered device [sic] for use while in motion.” Pet. at 39-45;
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`Ex. 1002 (Bederson) at ¶ 110. Because the mobile units of claim 1 are not limited
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`to a battery-powered-devices, Petitioner’s reliance on Wortham is irrelevant.
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`Moreover, Petitioner failed to show that Wortham disclosed the claim element
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`missing from Sugita’s disclosure; that is, selective updating.
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`In other words,
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`Petitioner provided no evidence or argument that Wortham disclosed transmitting
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`update information to one mobile terminal but not to a second mobile terminal when
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`both terminals were operable to update current operating software with the update
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`information. See Pet. at 39-45; Ex. 1002 (Bederson) at ¶¶ 109 – 113.
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`For at least this reason, Petitioner Samsung’s proposed combination of Sugita
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`and Wortham fails to disclose or adequately suggest the combination of all elements
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`in claim 1.
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`Petitioner Has Not Shown That Claim 1 Was Rendered Obvious
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`Petitioner had the burden of establishing in its Petition that a person of skill
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`would have understood that the content of Ballard and the content of Shimizu, when
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`combined, would have disclosed or suggested each element of claim 1 as ordered
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`and related in claim 1. For at least the same reasons that the petition failed to
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`establish invalidity over Sugita, Petitioner Samsung has failed to prove invalidity
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`over Ballard and Shimizu.
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`Samsung and its expert Bederson argue that Ballard (Ex. 1006) discloses
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`updating a first mobile unit, but not a second mobile unit in at least two ways.
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`IPR2018-1552 Pet. at 68-70; IPR2018-1552 Ex. 1002 (Bederson) at ¶ 181-189.
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`However, Samsung again ignores the literal requirement of claim 1 that the second
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`mobile unit be “operable to create patched operating code by merging the at least
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`one patch with current operating code.” Ex. 1001 at claim 1. As established above,
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`and by the literal wording of claim 1, a mobile unit that has already created patched
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`code (because it has already received “the at least one patch”) is not “operable to
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`create patched operating code by merging the at least one patch with current
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`operating code.” In other words, such mobile unit cannot be the “second mobile
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`unit” required by claim 1.5
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`Samsung argues that Ballard’s statement that “part or all of the terminals in
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`the radio telephone network to be updated in a single operation” discloses the
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`selective updating element of claim 1. However, as demonstrated above with Sugita,
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`it is not enough to show that less than all mobile terminals are updated. Samsung’s
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`burden was to show that at least one mobile terminal that was “operable to create
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`patched operating code by merging the at least one patch with current operating
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`code” was not sent the update information by the manger host. Samsung offers no
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`argument or evidence on how Ballard disclosed this claim element to a person of
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`skill. See Pet. at 68-70; Ex. 1002 (Bederson) at ¶¶ 182-186.
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`What Ballard does disclose is that its system is directed to updating software
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`in radiophones that do not yet have the updated software. See, e.g., Ex. 1006 at 4,
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`reprinted below.
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`5 Samsung’s expert Bederson appears to argue that a Ballard terminal that has
`already been updated can be still be the “second mobile unit” of claim 1. See Ex.
`1002 (Bederson) at ¶ 186. However, Bederson fails to explain how such a terminal
`that has already been updated is “operable to create patched operating code by
`merging the at least one patch with current operating code.” Id.
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`Ballard does not discuss the desirability of the manager host “deciding” (as required
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`by the Board) not to transmit a software update to a mobile terminal that is “operable
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`to create patched operating code by merging the at least one patch with current
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`operating code”
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`Samsung’s presentation of Shimizu is similarly deficient. Neither
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`Samsung nor its expert Bederson point to any disclosure in Shimizu that would
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`satisfy the requirement of claim 1 that the manager host not transmit a patch to a
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`second mobile unit that is operable to receive the patch and operable to create
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`patched operating code from the patch. See Pet. at 68-70; Ex. 1002 (Bederson) at
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`¶¶ 182-186.
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`III. CONCLUSION
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`Petitioner had the burden to demonstrate in its petition that each element of
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`claim 1 of the ’275 patent was disclosed in a single prior art reference or in a
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`legitimate combination of prior art references. Among other failures, Petitioner
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`failed to demonstrate in its petition that the prior art disclosed a manager host that
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`“decides” not to send an operating code patch to a second