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`Case: 1:1?‘vcv—0?300 Document-#116 titted: 11l21f18 Page 1 01:1 PageiD #:1???)
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`A0 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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`TRADEMARK
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`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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`Northern District Of Illinois
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`filed in the U.S. District Court
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`on the following
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`D Trademarks 0r
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`EPatents.
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`( D the patent action involves 35 U.S.C. § 292.):
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`DOCKET NO.
`17cv7300
`PLAINTIFF
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`William Grecia
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`DATE FILED
`10/10/2017
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`U.S. DISTRICT COURT
`Northern District of Illinois
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`DEFENDANT
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`Discover Financial Services, Inc.
`HOLDER OF PATENT OR TRADEMARK
` CLERK
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`DATE INCLUDED
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`In the above%ntit1ed case, the following patent(s)/ trademark(s) have been included:
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`PATENT OR
`TRADEMARK N0
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`D Amendment
`DATE OF PATENT
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`D Other Pleading
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`In the aboveientitled case, the following decision has been rendered 0r judgement issued:
`DECIS ION/JUDGEMENT
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`Thomas G. Bruton
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`(BY) DEPUTY CLERK
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`Anya Ellis
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`DATE
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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,
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`Petitioner,
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`V.
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`WILLIAM GRECIA,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2018-00418
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`Patent 8,402,555 B2
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`Before JANIESON LEE, MICHAEL W. KIM, and
`MICHELLE N. WORIVIMEESTER, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`WORMIVIEESTER, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
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`Denying Institution of Inter Partes Review
`35 USC. § 314(a)
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`1.
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`INTRODUCTION
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`Adobe Systems Incorporated (“Petitioner”) filed a Petition (Paper 2,
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`“Pet.”) requesting inter partes review of claims 1—26 of US. Patent No.
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`8,402,555 B2 (Ex. 1001, “the ’555 patent”). William Grecia (“Patent
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`Owner”) filed a Preliminary Response (Paper 6, “Prelim. Resp”). We have
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`jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 314 and 37 CPR. § 42.4(a). Under 35
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`U.S.C. § 314(a), an inter partes review may not be instituted “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 challenged in the petition.” For the reasons that
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`follow, we decline to institute an inter partes review of the challenged
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`claims.
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`11. BACKGROUND
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`A. Related Proceedings
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`The parties identify several federal district court cases relating to the
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`’555 patent. Pet. 2; Ex. 1012; Paper 4. The parties also identify several
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`other petitions for inter partes review relating to the ’555 patent. Pet. 2—3;
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`Paper 4.
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`B. The ’555 Patent
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`The ’555 patent describes a digital rights management system, that
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`manages access rights across a plurality of devices via digital media
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`personalization, to protect digital media subject to illegal copying. Ex. 1001,
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`1:19—26; 4:47—48. Figure 3 of the ’555 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. Id. at 4:23—25. A user who wishes to access certain
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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. Id. at 6:65-7:3. The
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`branding request is a request to read or write metadata of the digital media,
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`and includes a membership verification token corresponding to the digital
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`media. Id. at 5:47—50. The token represents the digital media provider’s
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`permission to grant access rights. Id. at 9:20—21. Kodekey GUI 301 is
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`connected to token‘database 305, which is used to authenticate the token. Id.
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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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`password to access the digital media from database 309. Id. at 7110—1 1, 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. Id. at 7:10—14, 10:40—43. 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. Id. at 7:3—4.
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`Product metadata 302 is branded by writing the token and the user’s
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`electronic identification reference into the metadata. Id. at 8:27-30. For a
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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 13:57—61. If there is a match, access rights are granted to the user. Id. at
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`13:61—62.
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`C. Challenged Claims
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`Petitioner challenges claims 1—26 of the ’555 patent. Claims 1, 12,
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`and 15 are independent. Claim 1 is illustrative of the claims under
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`challenge:
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`1. A method for monitoring access to an encrypted digital
`media,
`the method facilitating interoperability between a
`plurality of data processing devices, the method comprising:
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`receiving an encrypted digital media access branding request
`from at least one communications console of the plurality
`of data processing devices, the branding request being a
`read or write request of metadata of the encrypted digital
`media, the request comprising a membership verification
`token provided by a first user, corresponding to the
`encrypted digital media;
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`the
`authenticating the membership verification token,
`authentication being performed in connection with a token
`database;
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`establishing connection with the at least one communications
`console wherein the communications
`console
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`a
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`combination of a graphic user interface (GUI) and an
`Applications Programmable Interface (API) protocol,
`wherein theAPI is obtained from a verified web service,
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`the verified web service capable of facilitating a two way
`data exchange to complete a verification process;
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`requesting at least one electronic identification reference from
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`least one communications console wherein the
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`electronic identification reference comprises a verified
`web service account identifier of the first user;
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`receiving the at least one electronic identification reference
`from the at least one communications console; and
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`branding metadata of the encrypted digital media by writing
`the membership verification token and the electronic
`identification reference into the metadata.
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`D. Asserted Grounds of Unpatentability
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`Petitioner challenges claims 1—26 of the ’555 patent on the following
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`grounds. Pet. 1, 38—73.
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`Arneerally,l Gautier,2 Frakes,3 Zweig,4
`and Venkataramu5
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`Ameerally, Gautier, Frakes, Zweig,
`Venkataramu, and Linkin; to iTunes6
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`§ 103
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`§ 103
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` Claims Challen
`1—6, 8—22, 24 and 25
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`Ameerally, Gautier, Frakes, Zweig,
`Venkataramu, Kondrk,7 and Modifying
`Content in iTunes8
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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. 1026), and an
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`Affidavit of Christopher Butler (Ex. 1027).
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`E. Claim Construction
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`We construe claims in an unexpired patent by applying the broadest
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`reasonable interpretation in light of the specification of the patent in which
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`they appear. See 37 CPR. § 42.100(b); Cuoezo Speed Techs, LLC v. Lee,
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`1 Ameerally, U.S. Publ’n No. 2006/0212401 A1, published Sept. 21, 2006
`(Ex. 1004).
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`2 Gautier, U.S. Publ’n No. 2005/0021478 A1, published Jan. 27, 2005
`(Ex. 1005).
`iTunes Digital Copy, Macworld,
`3 Dan Frakes, First Look:
`http://www.macworld.com/article/131751/2008/01/digitalcopy.html, last
`visited Jan. 10, 2017 (Ex. 1006).
`4 Zweig, U.S. Publ’n No. 2007/0233606 A1, published Oct. 4, 2007
`(Ex. 1008).
`5 Ramya Venkataramu, Analysis and Enhancement of Apple’s Fairplay
`Digital Rights Management (May 2007) (Project Report, San Jose State
`University) (Ex. 1007).
`6 Linking to the iTunes Music Store, iTunes Store External Documentation
`(v. 1.2) (Dec. 7, 2009) (Ex. 1010, “Linking to iTunes”).
`7 Kondrk, U.S. Publ’n No. 2004/0254883 A1, published Dec. 16, 2004
`(Ex. 1009).
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`8 Tony Bove & Cheryl Rhodes, iPod & iTunesfor DUMMIES 310—3 12 (4th
`ed. 2006) (Ex. 1011, “Modifying Content in iTunes”).
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`136 S. Ct. 2131, 2144—46 (2016) (upholding the use of the broadest
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`reasonable interpretation standard). Under this standard, claim terms
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`generally are given their ordinary and customary meaning, as would be
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`understood by one of 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 meaning if 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. 13—24. Patent Owner does not respond. See generally Prelim.
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`Resp. For purposes of this Decision, we conclude that no claim term
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`requires express interpretation at this time to resolve any controversy in 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 construed that are in
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`controversy, and only to the extent necessary to resolve the controversy”).
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`III. ANALYSIS
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`Petitioner relies on Venkataramu as a printed publication for each of
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`its asserted grounds. Pet. 1; see also id. at 24 (referring to Venkataramu as a
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`“prior art publication[]”); 37 C.F.R. §42.104(b)(2) (the petition “must
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`identify .
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`. the patents or printed publications relied upon for each ground”).
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`Patent Owner contends that Petitioner has failed to establish that
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`Venkataramu was publicly accessible before the “critical date”9 for the ’555
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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—8.10 For the reasons
`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 disseminated to the interested public, ‘public
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`accessibility’ has been 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 ’1 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 reference is
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`publicly accessible “upon a satisfactory showing that such document has
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`been disseminated or otherwise made available to the extent that persons
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`interested and ordinarily skilled in the subject matter or art exercising
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`9 The parties disagree as to the invention date to which Patent Owner is
`entitled for the challenged claims. The earliest possible effective filing date
`for the ’555 patent is March 21, 2010. Ex. 1001, at [63]. Petitioner notes
`that Patent Owner swore behind this date during prosecution for the ’555
`patent, alleging a conception date of February 10, 2010, and “daily
`diligence” until March 21, 2010. Pet. 9; Ex. 1028, 1. Petitioner further
`asserts that it will assume for purposes of its Petition that the ’555 patent is
`entitled to an invention date of February 10, 2010. Pet. 9. Patent Owner,
`however, asserts an invention date of March 21, 2009. Prelim. Resp. 4, 6.
`Because we find that Petitioner does not show sufficiently that Venkataramu
`was publicly accessible prior to the earliest possible effective filing date for
`the ’555 patent, as explained in this section, we need not evaluate further for
`purposes of this Decision the possibility of an earlier date of invention for
`the ’555 patent.
`‘0 Patent Owner did not number the pages in its Preliminary Response. For
`purposes of this Decision, we have assigned a page number, starting with 1,
`to each of the pages in the Preliminary Response, starting with the caption
`page. Thus, the caption page is considered to be at page 1.
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`reasonable diligence, can locate it.” SRIInt’l, Inc. v. Internet Sec. Sys., Inc.,
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`511 F.3d 1186, 1194 (Fed. Cir. 2008). We assess public accessibility on a
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`case-by-case basis. See Kyocera, 545 F.3d at 1350.
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`In instances of references stored in libraries, for example, “competent
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`evidence of the general library practice may be relied upon to establish an
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`approximate time when a thesis became accessible.” In re Hall, 781 F.2d at
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`899. “In these cases, we generally inquire whether the reference was
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`sufficiently indexed or cataloged.” Blue Calypso, LLC v. Groupon, Inc., 815
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`F.3d 1331, 1348 (Fed. Cir. 2016); see also Medtronic, Inc. v. Barry, --F.3d--,
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`2018 WL 2769092, at *8 (Fed. Cir. Jun. 11, 2018) (“The issue ofa
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`reference’s public accessibility often arises in the context of references
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`stored in libraries. In such cases, we generally inquire whether the reference
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`was sufficiently indexed or cataloged”); accord Voter Verified, Inc. v.
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`Premier Election Solutions, Inc., 698 F.3d 1374, 1380 (Fed. Cir. 2012)
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`(“indexing is a relevant factor in determining accessibility of potential prior
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`art, particularly library-based references”). In Hall, the Federal Circuit
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`found sufficient “a declaration from the university librarian which detailed
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`the library’s procedures for receiving, cataloging, and shelving of theses and
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`attested to the relevant dates that [a certain] thesis was processed.” 781 F.2d
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`at 899. By contrast, in SRI International, a document on an FTP server was
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`not shown to have been sufficiently publicly available, in part, because “the
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`FTP server did not contain an index or catalogue or other tools for
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`customary and meaningful research.” 511 F.3d at 1196. In another
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`example, theses deposited at a library “were not accessible to the public
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`because they had not been either cataloged or indexed in a meaningful way.”
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`In re Cronyn, 890 F.2d 1158, 1161 (Fed. Cir. 1989). In Cronyn, the theses
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`were cataloged in alphabetical order, by title, and “the student’s name,
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`which, of course, bears no relationship to the subject of the student’s thesis.”
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`Id.
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`Here, Venkataramu states on its face that it is a “Project Report”
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`presented to the faculty of the computer science department at San Jose State
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`University (SJSU). Ex. 1007 (cover page). Petitioner alleges that
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`Venkataramu “was available and indexed as a Masters’ Thesis by San Jose
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`State University and made available on the University’s website at least as
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`of October 2, 2008, as evidenced by its record in the Internet Archive.”
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`Pet. 30. As support, Petitioner relies on the Affidavit of Christopher Butler.
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`Id. (citing Ex. 1027 1111 1, 4—5). According to his Affidavit, Mr. Butler is an
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`office manager at the Internet Archive, which is located in San Francisco,
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`California, rather than a staff member of the SJSU library where Petitioner
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`alleges Venkataramu is located. Ex. 1027 fl 1. Mr. Butler testifies that the
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`Internet Archive provides a service called the Wayback Machine, which
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`allows users to access web pages stored in the Internet Archive’s web
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`archive. Id. 1] 3. The archived data is compiled using software programs
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`that surf the web and automatically store copies of web files, preserving the
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`files as they exist at the time of capture. Id. fl 4. The Internet Archive
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`assigns a URL on its site to each archived file in the following format:
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`http://web.archive.org/web/[yyyy][mm] [dd][hh:mm:ss]/[Archived URL].
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`Id. fl 5.
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`Attached to Mr. Butler’s Affidavit is an Exhibit A, which Mr. Butler
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`testifies comprises “true and accurate copies of printouts of the Internet
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`Archive’s records of the HTML files or PDF files for the URLs and the
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`dates specified in the footer of the printout (HTML) or attached coversheet
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`(PDF).” Id. 1] 6, Ex. A. We note that Exhibit A includes a cover sheet, as
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`well as what appears to be a copy of Venkataramu. 1d,, Ex. A. The cover
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`sheet displays the following URL:
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`https://web.archive.org/web/20081002140457/http://www.cs.sjsu.edu/facult
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`y/stamp/students/RamyaVenkataramu_CS298Report.pdf. Id. Thus,
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`according to Mr. Butler, the Internet Archive captured and archived a copy
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`of Venkataramu on October 2, 2008, at 2:04 pm.
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`Patent Owner responds that Petitioner provides “no evidence in the
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`record regarding the San Jose State University website.” Prelim. Resp. 6.
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`As such, Patent Owner argues that Petitioner “failed to produce evidence
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`sufficient to show that the Venkataramu Report was publicly accessible
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`before the critical date” for the ’555 patent, and that Venkataramu therefore
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`“does not qualify as prior art.” Id.
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`We agree with Patent Owner. To determine a date on which
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`Venkataramu was publicly accessible, we look to evidence of the SJSU
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`library’s cataloging and indexing practices, as well as any search capability
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`of thc library’s wcbsitc. See Blue Calypso, 815 F.3d at 1348; Voter Verified,
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`698 F.3d at 1380; SR], 511 F.3d at 1196. Neither Petitioner nor Mr. Butler
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`offers sufficient evidence that Venkataramu was sufficiently indexed or
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`catalogued at SJSU for access. That the Internet Archive captured and
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`archi