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`Case: L:27-cv-07300 Document # 116 Filed: 11/22/48 Page 1 of 1 PagelD 1779
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`AO 120 (Rev. 08/10)
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`TO:
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`Mail Stop 8
`Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
`
`TRADEMARK
`
`REPORT ON THE
`FILING OR DETERMINATION OF AN
`ACTION REGARDING A PATENT OR
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`In Compliance with 35 U.S.C. § 290 and/or 15 U.S.C. § 1116 you are hereby advised that a court action has been
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`filed in the U.S. District Court
`Northern District of Illinois
`on the following
`_] Trademarks or
`[7 Patents.
`( (] the patent action involves 35 U.S.C. § 292.):
`
`DOCKET NO.
`17cv7300
`PLAINTIFF
`
`William Grecia
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`DATEFILED
`10/10/2017
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`U.S. DISTRICT COURT
`Northern District of Illinois
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`DEFENDANT
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`DATE INCLUDED
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`In the above—entitled case, the following patent(s)/ trademark(s) have been included:
`INCLUDED BY
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`PATENT OR
`TRADEMARKNO.
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`L] Amendment
`DATE OF PATENT
`OR TRADEMARK
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`L] Answer
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`C] Cross Bill
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`L] Other Pleading
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`Discover Financial Services, Inc.
`HOLDER OF PATENT OR TRADEMARK
`DECISION/JUDGEMENT CLERK
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`In the above—entitled case, the following decision has been rendered or judgementissued:
`
`Thomas G. Bruton
`
`(BY) DEPUTY CLERK
`Anya Ellis
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`DATE
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`11/21/2018
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`Copy 1—Uponinitiation of action, mail this copy to Director Copy 3—Upon termination of action, mail this copy to Director
`Copy 2—Uponfiling document adding patent(s), mail this copy to Director Copy 4—Casefile copy
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`Case: 1:18-cv-01848 Document #: 5 Filed: 03/14/18 Page 1 of 1 PagelD #:39
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`AO 120 (Rev. 08/10
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`TO:
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`Mail Stop 8
`Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`.
`
`REPORT ON THE
`FILING OR DETERMINATIONOF AN
`ACTION REGARDING A PATENT OR
`TRADEMARK
`
`In Compliance with 35 U.S.C. § 290 and/or 15 U.S.C.§ 1116 you are hereby advised that a court action has been
`filed in the U.S. District Court
`Northern District of Ifinois
`on the following
`{]Trademarksor
`[Wf Patents.
`( [1 the patent action involves 35 U.S.C. § 292.):
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`DATE FILED
`3/14/2018
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`PATENT OR
`TRADEMARK NO.
`
`DATE OF PATENT
`OR TRADEMARK
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`U.S, DISTRICT COURT
`DOCKET NO.
`Northern District ofIllinois
`18 cv 1848
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`DEFENDANT
`PLAINTIFF
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`WALGREENCO.,
`WILLIAM GRECIA
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`HOLDER OF PATENT OR TRADEMARK
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`esa3et0 [
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`DATE INCLUDED
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`PATENT OR
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`1 Amendment
`DATE OF PATENT
`OR TRADEMARK
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`C1 Other Pleading
`HOLDER OF PATENT OR TRADEMARK
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` CLERK
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`In the above—entitled case, the following decision has been rendered or judgementissued:
`DECISION/JUDGEMENT
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`ThomasG. Bruton
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`(BY) DEPUTY CLERK
`Yvette Pearson
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`DATE
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`3/14/2018
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`Paper 7
`Entered: June 21, 2018
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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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`ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED,
`Petitioner,
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`V.
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`WILLIAM GRECIA,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2018-00419
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`Before JAMESON LEE, MICHAEL W.KIM,and
`MICHELLE N. WORMMEESTER,Administrative Patent Judges.
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`WORMMEESTER,Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Denying Institution of Inter Partes Review
`35 U.S.C. § 314(a)
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION
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`Adobe SystemsIncorporated (‘Petitioner’) filed a Petition (Paper 2,
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`“Pet.”) requesting inter partes review of claims 9, 10, and 21-30 of U.S.
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`Patent No. 8,533,860 B1 (Ex. 1001, “the ’860 patent’’). William Grecia
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`(“Patent Owner’’) filed a Preliminary Response (Paper6, “Prelim. Resp.”).
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`We havejurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 314 and 37 C.F.R. § 42.4(a). Under
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`35 U.S.C. § 314(a), an inter partes review may notbeinstituted “unless...
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`there is a reasonable likelihood that the petitioner would prevail with respect
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`to at least 1 of the claims challengedin the petition.” For the reasons that
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`follow, we decline to institute an inter partes review ofthe challenged
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`claims.
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`Il. BACKGROUND
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`A. Related Proceedings
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`Theparties identify several federal district court cases relating to the
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`"860 patent. Pet. 2; Ex. 1011; Paper 4. The parties also identify several
`otherpetitions for inter partes review relating to the ’860 patent. Pet. 2-3;
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`Paper4.
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`B. The ’860 Patent
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`The ’860 patent describes a digital rights managementsystem,that
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`managesaccessrights across a plurality of devices via digital media
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`personalization, to protect digital media subjectto illegal copying. Ex. 1001,
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`1:19-26; 4:47-48. Figure 3 of the ’860 patent, which illustrates how an
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`example of such a system works, is reproduced below.
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`FIG. 3
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`In particular, Figure 3 provides a flow chart of a digital media
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`personalization process. Jd. at 4:23-25. A user whowishesto accesscertain
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`digital media posts a branding request via Kodekey GUI 301, which prompts
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`the user to enter a token and press the redeem button.
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`/d. at 6:65—7:3. The
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`branding request is a request to read or write metadata ofthe digital media,
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`and includes a membershipverification token correspondingto the digital
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`media. Jd. at 5:47-50. The token represents the digital media provider’s
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`permission to grant accessrights. Jd. at 9:20-21. Kodekey GUI 301 is
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`connected to token database 305, which is used to authenticate the token. Jd.
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`at 7:6-7, 8:19-21. After authentication, the user is redirected to
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`APIwebsite.com GUI 307, which prompts the user to enter a login ID and
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`passwordto accessthe digital media from database 309.
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`/d. at 7:10-11, 14-
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`17. The APIwebsite.com GUI interfaces to a web service membership(e.g.,
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`Facebook), where an electronic identification for the user is collected and
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`sent to Kodekey GUI 301. Jd. at 7:10—14, 10:41-44. Kodekey GUI 301
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`also is connected to product metadata 302, which is readable/writable
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`metadata associated with the digital media to be acquired. Jd. at 7:3-4.
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`Product metadata 302is branded by writing the token and the user’s
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`electronic identification reference into the metadata.
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`/d. at 8:27-30. Fora
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`subsequent access request, the user’s electronic identification reference is
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`compared against the electronic identification reference in metadata 302. Id.
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`at 13:53-57. If there is a match, access rights are granted to the user. Jd. at
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`13:57-58.
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`C. Challenged Claims
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`Petitioner challenges claims 9, 10, and 21-30 ofthe 860 patent.
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`Claims 9 and 21 are independent. Claim 9 is illustrative of the claims under
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`challenge:
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`9. A system for authorizing access to digital content using a
`worldwide cloud system infrastructure,
`the worldwide cloud
`system infrastructure
`comprising
`connected modules
`in
`operation as computing and storage, the computing and storage
`comprising a server, a database, devices and users, wherein the
`digital content is at least one of encrypted or not encrypted, the
`system facilitating acccss rights between a plurality of data
`processing devices, the system working as a front-end agent for
`access rights authentication between the plurality of data
`processing devices, the system further comprising:
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`a first receipt module, the first receipt module receiving a
`digital
`content
`access
`request
`from at
`least one
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`the plurality of data
`console of
`communications
`processing devices, the access request being a read or
`write request of metadata of the digital content, wherein
`the read or write request of metadata is performed in
`connection with a combination of a device, the server, the
`database and the cloud system,
`the metadata further
`comprises one or more of a software or contents of a web
`page, the request comprising a verification token provided
`by a user correspondingto the digital content, wherein the
`verification token is one or more of a password, e-mail
`address, payment system, credit card, authorize ready
`device,
`rights
`token, or one or more
`redeemable
`instruments of trade;
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`an
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`authentication module
`the
`authentication module,
`authenticating the verification token;
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`a connection module, the connection module establishing a
`connection with the at least one communications console,
`wherein the communications console is a combination of
`a graphic user
`interface (GUI) and an Application
`Programmable Interface (API) wherein the API
`is
`obtained from a verified web service, the web service
`capable of facilitating a two way data exchange to
`complete a verification process wherein the data exchange
`session comprises at least one identification reference;
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`request module, the request module requesting the at least one
`identification
`reference
`from the
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`least
`one
`communications
`console, wherein the identification
`reference comprises one or more ofa verified web service
`account identifier,
`letter, number, rights token, e-mail,
`password,
`access
`time,
`serial
`number,
`address,
`manufacturer identification, checksum, operating system
`version, browserversion, credential, cookie, or key;
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`a secondary receipt module, the secondary receipt module
`receiving the at least one identification reference from the
`at least one communications console; and
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`a
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`a branding module, the branding module writing at least one
`of the verification token or the identification reference into
`the metadata.
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`D. Asserted Grounds of Unpatentability
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`Petitioner challenges claims 9, 10, and 21—30 of the ’860 patent on the
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`following grounds. Pet. 1, 50-76.
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`Claims Challenged
`References
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`Ameerally,' Gautier,” Frakes,? Zweig,’|§ 103 9 and 10
`and Venkataramu?
`Ameerally, Gautier, Frakes, Zweig,
`Venkataramu, Suitts,© and Kondrk’
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`21-30
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`§ 103
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`In support of its arguments, Petitioner relies on a Declaration of Dr. Aviel
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`Rubin (Ex. 1002), a Declaration of Amisha Manek (Ex. 1023), and an
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`Affidavit of Christopher Butler (Ex. 1024).
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`' Ameerally, U.S. Publ’n No. 2006/0212401 A1, published Sept. 21, 2006
`(Ex. 1004).
`* Gautier, U.S. Publ’n No. 2005/0021478 Al, published Jan. 27, 2005
`(Ex. 1005).
`.
`iTunes Digital Copy, Macworld,
`3 Dan Frakes, First Look:
`http://www.macworld.com/article/13175 1/2008/01/digitalcopy.html, last
`visited Jan. 10, 2017 (Ex. 1006).
`* Zweig, U.S. Publ’n No. 2007/0233606 Al, published Oct. 4, 2007
`(Ex. 1008).
`> Ramya Venkataramu, Analysis and Enhancement of Apple’s Fairplay
`Digital Rights Management (May 2007) (Project Report, San Jose State
`University) (Ex. 1007).
`6 Suitts, U.S. Publ’n No. 2008/0040379 Al, published Feb. 14, 2008
`(Ex. 1009).
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`7 Kondrk, U.S. Publ’n No. 2004/0254883 A1, published Dec. 16, 2004
`(Ex. 1010).
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`E. Claim Construction
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`Weconstrue claims in an unexpired patent by applying the broadest
`reasonable interpretation in light of the specification of the patent in which
`they appear. See 37 C.F.R.§ 42.100(b); Cuozzo Speed Techs., LLC v. Lee,
`136 S. Ct. 213 1, 2144-46 (2016) (upholding the use of the broadest
`reasonable interpretation standard). Underthis standard, claim terms
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`generally are given their ordinary and customary meaning, as would be
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`understood by oneof ordinary skill in the art in the context of the entire
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`disclosure. See In re Translogic Tech., Inc., 504 F.3d 1249, 1257 (Fed. Cir.
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`2007). A “claim term will not receive its ordinary meaningif the patentee
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`acted as his own lexicographer,” however, and clearly set forth a definition
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`of the claim term in the specification. CCS Fitness, Inc. v. Brunswick Corp.,
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`288 F.3d 1359, 1366 (Fed. Cir. 2002).
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`Petitioner argues proposed constructions for various limitations of the
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`claims. Pet. 18-29. Patent Owner does not respond. See generally Prelim.
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`Resp. For purposesof this Decision, we conclude that no claim term
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`requires express interpretation at this time to resolve any controversyin this
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`proceeding. See Vivid Techs., Inc. v. Am. Sci. & Eng’g, Inc,, 200 F.3d 795,
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`803 (Fed. Cir. 1999) (“[O]nly those terms need be construedthat are in
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`controversy, and only to the extent necessary to resolve the controversy.”).
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`Il. ANALYSIS
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`Petitioner relies on Venkataramuas a printed publication for each of
`its asserted grounds. Pet. 1; see also id. at 24 (referring to Venkataramuas a
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`“prior art publication[]”); 37 C.F.R. §42.104(b)(2) (the petition “must
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`identify . .. the patents or printed publications relied upon for each ground”).
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`Patent Ownercontendsthat Petitioner has failed to establish that
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`Venkataramu waspublicly accessible before the “critical date’”® for the ’860
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`patent, and that Petitioner has thus failed to establish that Venkataramu
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`qualifies as a printed publication. Prelim. Resp. 2, 4-8.’ For the reasons
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`explained below, we agree with Patent Owner.
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`According to the Federal Circuit, “[b]ecause there are many ways in
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`which a reference may be disseminatedto the interested public, ‘public
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`accessibility’ has heen called the touchstone in determining whether a
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`reference constitutes a ‘printed publication’” under Section 102. Kyocera
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`Wireless Corp. v. Int’l Trade Comm’n, 545 F.3d 1340, 1350 (Fed. Cir. 2008)
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`(quoting In re Hall, 781 F.2d 897, 898-99 (Fed. Cir. 1986)). A referenceis
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`publicly accessible “upon a satisfactory showing that such document has
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`been disseminated or otherwise madeavailable to the extent that persons
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`interested and ordinarily skilled in the subject matter or art exercising
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`reasonable diligence, can locate it.” SRI Int’l, Inc. v. Internet Sec. Sys., Inc.,
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`8 The parties disagree as to the invention date to which Patent Owneris
`entitled for the challenged claims. The earliest possible effective filing date
`for the ’860 patent is March 21, 2010. Ex. 1001, 1:7-14. Petitioner asserts
`that it will assumefor purposesofits Petition that the ’860 patentis entitled
`to an invention date of February 10, 2010. Pet. 10. Patent Ownerasserts an
`invention date of March 21, 2009. Prelim. Resp. 4, 6. Because wefind that
`Petitioner does not show sufficiently that Venkataramu waspublicly
`accessible prior to the earliest possible effective filing date for the °860
`patent, as explained in this section, we need not evaluate further for purposes
`of this Decision