Filed September 8, 2021
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`By:
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`On behalf of:
`Patent Owner Masimo Corporation
`Joseph R. Re (Reg. No. 31,291)
`Jarom D. Kesler (Reg. No. 57,046)
`Stephen W. Larson (Reg. No. 69,133)
`Jacob L. Peterson (Reg. No. 65,096)
`KNOBBE, MARTENS, OLSON & BEAR, LLP
`2040 Main Street, 14th Floor
`Irvine, CA 92614
`Tel.: (949) 760-0404
`E-mail: AppleIPR2021-0208-266@knobbe.com
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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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`APPLE INC.
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`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`MASIMO CORPORATION,
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`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2021-00208
`Patent 10,258,266
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`PATENT OWNER RESPONSE
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`By:
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`On behalf of:
`Patent Owner Masimo Corporation
`Joseph R. Re (Reg. No. 31,291)
`Jarom D. Kesler (Reg. No. 57,046)
`Stephen W. Larson (Reg. No. 69,133)
`Jacob L. Peterson (Reg. No. 65,096)
`KNOBBE, MARTENS, OLSON & BEAR, LLP
`2040 Main Street, 14th Floor
`Irvine, CA 92614
`Tel.: (949) 760-0404
`E-mail: AppleIPR2021-0208-266@knobbe.com
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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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`APPLE INC.
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`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`MASIMO CORPORATION,
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`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2021-00208
`Patent 10,258,266
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`PATENT OWNER RESPONSE
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`Page No.
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................... 1
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`II. MASIMO’S PIONEERING TECHNOLOGY .............................................. 4
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`A.
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`B.
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`C.
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`D.
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`The ’266 Patent ................................................................................... 4
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`Introduction To Independent Claims .................................................. 6
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`The ’266 Patent Prosecution ............................................................... 7
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`Petitioner’s Challenge To Priority Date Of Claimed
`Subject Matter ..................................................................................... 8
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`III. THE PETITION’S PROPOSED COMBINATIONS .................................... 9
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`IV. CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ........................................................................ 10
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`V.
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`LEVEL OF ORDINARY SKILL IN THE ART ......................................... 10
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`VI. LEGAL STANDARD ................................................................................. 11
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`VII. GROUNDS 1A-1B DO NOT ESTABLISH OBVIOUSNESS ................... 12
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`A.
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`Introduction To Ground 1A ............................................................... 12
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`1.
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`2.
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`3.
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`Aizawa Uses Peripheral Detectors Around A Single
`Centrally Located LED ........................................................... 12
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`Inokawa Uses Peripheral LEDs Around A Single
`Centrally Located Detector ..................................................... 14
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`Petitioner’s Proposed Combination Of Aizawa And
`Inokawa ................................................................................... 15
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`B.
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`Ground 1A Does Not Establish Obviousness ................................... 16
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`1.
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`A POSITA Would Not Have Been Motivated To
`Combine Inokawa’s Lens With Aizawa’s Sensor .................. 16
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`a)
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`b)
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`c)
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`d)
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`Petitioner Admits Inokawa’s Lens Directs
`Light To The Center Of The Sensor ............................. 16
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`A POSITA Would Not Have Been Motivated
`To Direct Light Away From Aizawa’s
`Detectors And Would Have No Reasonable
`Expectation Of Success When Doing So ..................... 20
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`Dr. Kenny’s New Opinions Are Improper,
`Contradict His Declaration And Undermine
`Petitioner’s Obviousness Challenge ............................. 24
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`Petitioner’s Obviousness Challenge Also
`Improperly Relies On References Not
`Identified As Part Of Ground 1A Without An
`Articulated Motivation To Combine Or
`Expectation Of Success ................................................ 34
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`2.
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`Petitioner Identifies No Credible Basis To Add A
`Second LED To Aizawa ......................................................... 37
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`C.
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`The Remaining Challenged Dependent Claims Are
`Nonobvious Over Ground 1A ........................................................... 43
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`D. Ground 1B Fails For The Same Reason As Ground 1A
`And For Additional Reasons ............................................................. 43
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`1.
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`2.
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`Ohsaki Does Not Fix The Problems With
`Petitioner’s Proposed Combination ........................................ 44
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`A POSITA Would Have Understood That Ohsaki’s
`Board Would Not Prevent Slippage With Aizawa’s
`Sensor ...................................................................................... 44
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`E.
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`The Challenged Dependent Claims Are Nonobvious Over
`Ground 1B ......................................................................................... 46
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`VIII. GROUND 2 DOES NOT ESTABLISH OBVIOUSNESS ......................... 47
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`A.
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`Introduction To Ground 2 ................................................................. 47
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`1. Mendelson-1988 Uses Detectors Around Centrally
`Located LEDs ......................................................................... 47
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`2.
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`Petitioner’s Proposed Combination Of Mendelson-
`1988 And Inokawa .................................................................. 48
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`B.
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`Ground 2 Does Not Establish Obviousness ...................................... 49
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`1.
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`2.
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`There Would Have Been No Motivation To
`Combine And No Reasonable Expectation Of
`Success .................................................................................... 49
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`Petitioner’s Proposed Ground 2 Combination Does
`Not Include The Claimed Cover (Claim 9) ............................ 52
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`3. Mendelson-1988 And Inokawa Do Not Have A
`“Circular Housing” With A “Cover” (Claim 9) ..................... 53
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`4.
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`The Petition Improperly Relies On References Not
`Identified As Part Of Ground 2 With No Analysis
`Of Any Motivation To Combine............................................. 55
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`C.
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`The Challenged Dependent Claims Are Nonobvious Over
`Ground 2 ............................................................................................ 57
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`IX. CONCLUSION ............................................................................................ 57
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`TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
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`Page No(s).
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`ActiveVideo Networks, Inc. v. Verizon Commc’ns, Inc.,
`694 F.3d 1312 (Fed. Cir. 2012) .......................................................................... 11
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`CFMT, Inc. v. YieldUp Int’l Corp.,
`349 F.3d 1333 (Fed. Cir. 2003) .......................................................................... 11
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`In re Fritch,
`972 F.2d 1260 (Fed. Cir. 1992) .............................................................. 43, 46, 57
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`In re Gordon,
`733 F.2d 900 (Fed. Cir. 1984) ............................................................................ 12
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`Intelligent Bio-Systems, Inc. v. Illumina Cambridge Ltd.,
`821 F.3d 1359 (Fed. Cir. 2016) ...................................................................... 9, 35
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`InTouch Techs., Inc. v. VGo Commc’ns, Inc.,
`751 F.3d 1327 (Fed. Cir. 2014) .......................................................................... 54
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`K/S HIMPP v. Hear-Wear Techs., LLC,
`751 F.3d 1362 (Fed. Cir. 2014) .......................................................................... 56
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`In re Kotzab,
`217 F.3d 1365 (Fed. Cir. 2000) .......................................................................... 11
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`In re NTP, Inc.,
`654 F.3d 1279 (Fed. Cir. 2011) .......................................................................... 12
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`Ortho-McNeil Pharm., Inc. v. Mylan Labs., Inc.,
`520 F.3d 1358 (Fed. Cir. 2008) .......................................................................... 12
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`Personal Web Techs., LLC v. Apple, Inc.,
`848 F.3d 987 (Fed. Cir. 2017) ...................................................................... 29, 31
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`Phillips v. AWH Corp.,
`415 F.3d 1303 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (en banc) .......................................................... 10
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`Page No(s).
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`In re Royka,
` 490 F.2d 981 (C.C.P.A. 1974) ........................................................................... 11
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`Star Sci., Inc. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.,
`655 F.3d 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2011) .......................................................................... 12
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`In re Stepan Co.
`868 F.3d 1342 (Fed. Cir. 2017) .......................................................................... 33
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`Whitserve, LLC v. Computer Packages, Inc.,
`694 F.3d 10 (Fed. Cir. 2012) .............................................................................. 39
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`OTHER AUTHORITIES
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`35 U.S.C. § 112 .......................................................................................................... 8
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`35 U.S.C. § 312 ............................................................................................ 10, 36, 44
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.100 ................................................................................................... 10
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.104 ................................................................................................... 44
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION
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`Petitioner’s combinations all suffer from the same fundamental flaw.
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`Petitioner seeks to add a convex lens taught by Inokawa to sensor configurations
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`taught by either Aizawa or Mendeslson-1988 to improve “light collection
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`efficiency.” But Inokawa increases light collection efficiency by using a convex
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`lens to condense light to a centrally located detector:
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`Emitter
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`Detector
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`Emitter
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`Lens
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`Inokawa Fig. 2 (color added)
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`In contrast, both Aizawa and Mendelson-1988 have peripherally located detectors:
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`Emitter
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`Detector
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`Adding Inokawa’s convex lens to Aizawa and Mendelson-1988 as proposed by
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`Petitioner would direct light away from the detectors. That would decrease light
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`collection efficiency and seriously undermine the operation of Aizawa and
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`Mendelson-1988’s sensors. A person of ordinary skill in the art (POSITA) would
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`not be motivated to make Petitioner’s erroneous combinations:
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` Ground One Combination Ground Two Combination
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`Petitioner completely overlooks this fundamental deficiency. Nowhere does
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`Petitioner explain why a POSITA would diminish the performance of the Aizawa
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`and Mendelson-1988 sensors by directing light away from their detectors.
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`Petitioner’s declarant, Dr. Kenny, confirmed at his deposition for related IPRs
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`that Inokawa’s convex lens would indeed direct light toward the center of the
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`underlying structure. See, e.g., Ex. 2006 202:11-204:20. Confronted with this
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`critical flaw, Dr. Kenny resorted to contradicting his previous opinions and
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`improperly asserting new opinions. For example, Dr. Kenny attempted to downplay
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`the importance of light collection, identifying it as merely one consideration. Ex.
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`2006 108:21-109:14. Dr. Kenny even argued a POSITA might want to decrease
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`light collection. Id. But that contradicts Dr. Kenny’s declaration and the Petition’s
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`only stated motivation to combine. Pet. 13-17, 27-30, 49-50; Ex. 1003 ¶¶89, 137.
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`Dr. Kenny also jettisoned his own illustration of the proposed combinations,
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`claiming he had not intended to illustrate a particular structure in any detail. Ex.
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`2006 51:14-52:16. Dr. Kenny instead argued the optics of a sensor are complicated
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`and that a POSITA would arrive at a particular design through “trial and error [by]
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`trying out different shapes, different detector positions, different spacings and so
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`on.”1 Ex. 2006 189:11-190:13.
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`None of Dr. Kenny’s new and improper opinions can fix the fundamental flaw
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`in Petitioner’s combinations. Indeed, if anything, Dr. Kenny’s new arguments
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`underscore the complexity of combining different physiological sensor designs.
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`Such complexity alone undermines Petitioner’s obviousness arguments. In fact, Dr.
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`Kenny testified Inokawa’s purported benefit would not be clear when used with a
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`different configuration of emitters and detectors:
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`I think one of ordinary skill in the art would understand
`that in Inokawa[,] the objective is to concentrate light at
`the detector, which is in the center axis of the drawing
`and that the lens is capable of providing that benefit. If
`we're going to move the lenses and the LEDs and detectors
`around and ask different questions, it’s -- it isn’t so obvious
`that Inokawa is specifically considering those scenarios.
`It’s a little more hypothetical.
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`Ex. 2006 86:19-87:6. Dr. Kenny is correct. “[I]t isn’t so obvious” that Inokawa’s
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`convex lens would improve “light collection efficiency” of the peripheral detector
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`arrangement of Aizawa or Mendelson-1988. To the contrary, a POSITA would have
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`believed that Inokawa’s convex lens would direct light away from such peripherally
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`located detectors.
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`Petitioner’s obviousness challenge also suffers from many additional flaws,
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`as explained in detail below. The Board should affirm the patentability of all the
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`challenged claims.
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`II. MASIMO’S PIONEERING TECHNOLOGY
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`Masimo is a global medical device technology company that develops and
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`manufactures innovative patient monitoring technologies, medical devices, and a
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`wide array of sensors. Inventor Joe Kiani founded Masimo in 1989 as a garage start-
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`up that revolutionized noninvasive monitoring. Today, Masimo is publicly traded
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`and employs over 6,300 people worldwide, with annual revenues of over $1.1
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`billion. A host of manufacturers use Masimo’s technology in their devices,
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`including Philips, Atom, Mindray North America, GE Medical, Spacelabs, and Zoll.
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`A. The ’266 Patent
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`Masimo’s U.S. Patent No. 10,258,266 (the “’266 Patent”) discloses and
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`claims an optical physiological sensor that use a novel design to improve detection
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`efficiency. Masimo’s claimed physiological sensor uses multiple detectors, multiple
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`emitters, and a lens with a protruding surface or portion that together dramatically
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`enhance the sensor’s effectiveness. For example, the protruding surface or portion
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`thins out the measurement site, resulting in less light attenuation by the measured
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`tissue. Ex. 1001 7:38-41. The protruding surface or portion further increases the
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`area from which attenuated light can be measured. Ex. 1001 7:41-43. The multiple
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`detectors allow for an averaging of measurements that can reduce errors due to
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`variations in the path of light passing through the tissue. Ex. 1001 9:7-12; see also
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`id. 3:6-16, 4:8-18. The inventors discovered that these different components work
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`together to provide greater noise cancellation and an order of magnitude increase in
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`signal strength. Ex. 1001 9:7-12, 20:4-20; see also id. 3:6-16, 4:8-18.
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`The Examiner agreed during prosecution that the claimed combination of
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`features—including multiple detectors in conjunction with a lens comprising a
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`protruding surface or portion—provided a patentable advance unique in the field.
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`Ex. 1002 at 263-265. Petitioner’s references do not differ significantly from the
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`prior art the Examiner already considered and found does not teach or suggest the
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`claimed invention. None of Petitioner’s references disclose a lens with a protruding
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`surface or portion positioned over multiple detectors (let alone combined with the
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`other claimed features).
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`Introduction To Independent Claims
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`The ’266 Patent has two independent claims: claims 1 and 9.2 Each claims
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`an optical physiological sensor that includes, among other things, (1) a plurality of
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`emitters, (2) at least four detectors, and (3) a lens that comprises a protruding surface
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`or portion arranged to cover the at least four detectors.
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`Claim 1 reads:
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`1. A noninvasive optical physiological sensor comprising:
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`a plurality of emitters configured to emit light into tissue of a
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`user;
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`a plurality of detectors configured to detect light that has been
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`attenuated by tissue of the user, wherein the plurality of detectors
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`comprise at least four detectors;
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`a housing configured to house at least the plurality of detectors;
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`and
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`a lens configured to be located between tissue of the user and
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`the plurality of detectors when the noninvasive optical physiological
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`sensor is worn by the user, wherein the lens comprises a single
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`2 Appendix A reproduces the challenged claims with bracketed labels for
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`convenience.
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`outwardly protruding convex surface configured to cause tissue of the
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`user to conform to at least a portion of the single outwardly protruding
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`convex surface when the noninvasive optical physiological sensor is
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`worn by the user and during operation of the noninvasive optical
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`physiological sensor.
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`Claim 9 reads:
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`9. An optical physiological measurement sensor comprising:
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`a plurality of emitters configured to emit light into tissue of a
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`user;
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`a circular housing including a planar surface;
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`at least four detectors arranged on the planar surface of the
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`circular housing, wherein the four detectors are arranged in a grid
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`pattern; and
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`a lens forming a cover of the circular housing, wherein at least
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`a portion of the lens protrudes from the housing and the lens
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`comprises a single convex surface.
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`C. The ’266 Patent Prosecution
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`During prosecution, the Examiner agreed that the claimed combination of
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`features—including multiple detectors in conjunction with a lens comprising a
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`protruding surface or portion—provided a patentable advance unique in the field.
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`Ex. 1002 at 263-265. The Examiner understood that the prior art included
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`physiological sensors with multiple emitters and detectors. Id. at 263-264. The
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`Examiner also understood that the prior art included physiological sensors with a
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`single detector under a protrusion. Id. However, the Examiner concluded that the
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`prior art did not suggest creating a physiological sensor using multiple detectors
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`positioned under a lens with a protruding surface or portion in combination with
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`the other claimed elements. Id. at 263-265. The Examiner recognized the
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`technological advance of the claimed invention and correctly allowed the claims.
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`D.
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`Petitioner’s Challenge To Priority Date Of Claimed Subject Matter
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`The ’266 Patent claims priority to multiple provisional applications, including
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`two provisional applications filed on July 3, 2008. Ex. 1001 at 2, Item (60) Related
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`U.S. Application Data. Petitioner asserts that “the Challenged Claims are not
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`entitled to the 07/03/2008 priority date” and that “the earliest effective priority date
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`for the Challenged Claims cannot be before 07/02/2009.” Pet. 2.
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`Petitioner’s assertion is irrelevant and incorrect. First, Apple has identified
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`no relevant reference that would be disqualified based on the priority date for the
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`claim subject matter. Pet. 3. Second, Petitioner provides no expert testimony on the
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`issue of priority or corresponding support under 35 U.S.C. § 112. Ex. 1003 ¶16.
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`Third, at least U.S. Patent Application No. 61/078207, to which the ’266 Patent
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`claims priority, provides support for Petitioner’s identified claim features. Ex. 1001
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`at 2, Item (60) Related U.S. Application Data. For instance, Figures 1, 2A-2D, and
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`3A-3D and the corresponding disclosure (e.g., ¶¶30-31, 44, 61, 63-64, 68) of U.S.
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`Patent Application No. 61/078207 provide such support. Thus, the challenged
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`claims are entitled to a priority date of at least July 3, 2008.
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`III. THE PETITION’S PROPOSED COMBINATIONS
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`Petitioner presents three grounds. Grounds 1A-1B (the “Aizawa grounds”)
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`combine at least Aizawa (Ex. 1006) and Inokawa (Ex. 1007, translation at Ex. 1008).
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`Pet. 2. Ground 2 (the “Mendelson ground”) combines Mendelson-1988 (Ex. 1015)
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`and the same Inokawa reference. Id.
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`Aizawa and Mendelson-1988 share the same general arrangement of
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`peripheral detectors positioned around a central light source. Ex. 1006 Figs. 1A-1B;
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`Ex. 1015 Figs. 2A-2B. In contrast, Inokawa arranges two LEDs on the periphery of
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`its sensor and one detector in the center. Ex. 1008 Fig. 2. Petitioner nevertheless
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`asserts a POSITA would have incorporated Inokawa’s lens into Aizawa and
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`Mendelson-1988’s sensor, which both have periphery-located detectors, to “increase
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`the light-gathering ability.” Pet. 15, 50.
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`Petitioner also references a fourth ground—Ground 2C—in its table
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`summarizing the grounds. Pet. 2. However, Petitioner provides no analysis for
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`Ground 2C. Indeed, Ground 2C is mentioned nowhere else in the Petition. This
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`lack of analysis is improper. See, e.g., Intelligent Bio-Systems, Inc. v. Illumina
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`Cambridge Ltd., 821 F.3d 1359, 1369 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (quoting 35 U.S.C.
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`§ 312(a)(3)) (“It is of the utmost importance that petitioners in the IPR proceedings
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`adhere to the requirement that the initial petition identify ‘with particularity’ the
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`‘evidence that supports the grounds for the challenge to each claim.’”). Moreover,
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`Ground 2C purportedly applies to claim 29, which does not exist in the ’266 Patent.
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`Id.; see also Ex. 1001 46:29-32. Masimo assumes that Petitioner’s reference to
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`Ground 2C is an error, and therefore Masimo does not substantively address Ground
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`2C.
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`IV. CLAIM CONSTRUCTION
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`Petitioner identifies no terms for construction. The Board should give the
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`claim terms their ordinary and customary meaning, consistent with the specification,
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`as a POSITA would understand them. 37 C.F.R. § 42.100(b); Phillips v. AWH Corp.,
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`415 F.3d 1303, 1313 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (en banc).
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`V. LEVEL OF ORDINARY SKILL IN THE ART
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`Petitioner asserts a POSITA “would have been a person with a working
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`knowledge of physiological monitoring technologies. The person would have had a
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`Bachelor of Science degree in an academic discipline emphasizing the design of
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`electrical, computer, or software technologies, in combination with training or at
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`least one to two years of related work experience with capture and processing of data
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`or information, including but not limited to physiological monitoring technologies.”
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`Pet. 4. Alternatively, Petitioner asserts a POSITA could have “a Master of Science
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`degree in a relevant academic discipline with less than a year of related work
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`experience in the same discipline.” Id.
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`Masimo notes that Petitioner’s asserted level of skill (1) requires no
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`coursework, training or experience with optics or optical physiological monitors; (2)
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`requires no coursework, training or experience in physiology; and (3) focuses on
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`data processing and not sensor design. Id. For this proceeding, Masimo nonetheless
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`applies Petitioner’s asserted level of skill. Ex. 2004 ¶¶35-38.
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`VI. LEGAL STANDARD
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`A petition based on “obviousness requires a suggestion of all limitations in a
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`claim.” CFMT, Inc. v. YieldUp Int’l Corp., 349 F.3d 1333, 1342 (Fed. Cir. 2003)
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`(citing In re Royka, 490 F.2d 981, 985 (C.C.P.A. 1974)). A patent claim is not
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`obvious unless “a skilled artisan would have been motivated to combine the
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`teachings of the prior art references to achieve the claimed invention, and that the
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`skilled artisan would have had a reasonable expectation of success in doing so.”
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`ActiveVideo Networks, Inc. v. Verizon Commc’ns, Inc., 694 F.3d 1312, 1327 (Fed.
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`Cir. 2012) (citations omitted). To prevail on any obviousness ground, a petitioner
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`may not simply identify individual claim components—it must show why a “skilled
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`artisan, with no knowledge of the claimed invention, would have selected these
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`components for combination in the manner claimed.” In re Kotzab, 217 F.3d 1365,
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`1371 (Fed. Cir. 2000). The petitioner must support even simple modifications with
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`some motivation to make the change. See In re Gordon, 733 F.2d 900, 902 (Fed.
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`Cir. 1984).
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`An appropriate obviousness inquiry cannot involve even a “hint of hindsight.”
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`Star Sci., Inc. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 655 F.3d 1364, 1375 (Fed. Cir. 2011).
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`A petitioner may not “simply retrace[] the path of the inventor with hindsight,
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`discount[] the number and complexity of the alternatives, and conclude[] that the
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`invention ... was obvious.” Ortho-McNeil Pharm., Inc. v. Mylan Labs., Inc., 520
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`F.3d 1358, 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2008). Likewise, “[c]are must be taken to avoid hindsight
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`reconstruction by using the patent in suit as a guide through the maze of prior art
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`references, combining the right references in the right way so as to achieve the result
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`of the claims in suit.” In re NTP, Inc., 654 F.3d 1279, 1299 (Fed. Cir. 2011) (internal
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`quotations and citations omitted).
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`VII. GROUNDS 1A-1B DO NOT ESTABLISH OBVIOUSNESS
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`Introduction To Ground 1A
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`Ground 1A combines two references: Aizawa and Inokawa.
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`Aizawa Uses Peripheral Detectors Around A Single Centrally
`Located LED
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`Aizawa discloses a sensor with four periphery-located photodetectors (22)
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`around a single centrally located LED (21). Ex. 1006 Abstract, Fig. 1A.
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`DETECTOR
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`LED
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`DETECTOR
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`Aizawa Fig. 1B (cross-sectional view, color added)
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`Aizawa’s Features
` Green: central emitter
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` Red: peripheral
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`Aizawa Fig. 1A (top-down view, color added)
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`Aizawa uses this specific configuration of multiple detectors arrayed around a single
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`LED to ensure that at least one detector is near the measurement site, which Aizawa
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`indicates improves measurement consistency. Id. ¶[0027]. Aizawa detects signals
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`on the palm side of the wrist and explains that as long as “one of the photodetectors
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`22 is located near the artery 11,” it is “possible to detect a pulse wave accurately.”
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`Id. ¶¶[0026]-[0027], Fig. 2. Aizawa includes a flat transparent plate (6) that
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`improves adhesion between the detector and the wrist, which Aizawa states
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`improves the detection efficiency. Id. [0030]. Aizawa’s sensor does not use a lens.
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`Ex. 2004 ¶¶40-41.
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`Inokawa Uses Peripheral LEDs Around A Single Centrally
`Located Detector
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`In contrast to Aizawa, Inokawa uses a convex lens (27) to focus light from
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`LEDs (21, 23) on the periphery of a sensor to a single detector (25) in the center.
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`Ex. 1008 ¶[0058], Fig. 2.
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`Inokawa’s Features
` Green: peripheral emitters
`(21, 23)
` Red: central detector (25)
` Blue: convex lens (27)
` Arrows showing direction of
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`in yellow added
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`Inokawa Fig. 2 (color added)
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`As illustrated above, Inokawa discloses light reflecting off the body and passing
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`through the lens, which directs incoming light to the centrally located detector. Ex.
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`1008 ¶[0058]. Thus, Inokawa’s convex lens focuses incoming light away from the
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`periphery and towards the sensor’s center, where the detector is located. Ex. 2004
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`¶¶42-43.
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`Petitioner’s Proposed Combination Of Aizawa And Inokawa
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`Claim 1 of the ’266 Patent requires “a lens configured to be located between
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`the tissue of the user and the plurality of detectors when the noninvasive optical
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`physiological sensor is worn by the user, wherein the lens comprises a single
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`outwardly protruding convex surface.” Ex. 1001 Claim 1. Claim 9 requires “a lens
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`forming a cover of the circular housing, wherein at least a portion of the lens
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`protrudes from the housing and the lens comprises a single convex surface.” Id.
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`Claim 9.
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`Petitioner admits Aizawa does not disclose a lens with a protruding surface or
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`portion as the claims require. Pet. 14. Petitioner thus argues a POSITA would have
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`replaced Aizawa’s flat plate for adhesion with Inokawa’s convex lens “to enhance
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`light collection efficiency, specifically by modifying the flat cover of Aizawa to
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`include a lens.” Id. Petitioner argues: “[t]he lens of Inokawa would provide
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`precisely such a benefit to Aizawa’s device by refracting/concentrating the incoming
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`light signals reflected by the blood.” Id. 15. Thus, Petitioner’s motivation for this
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`alteration is increasing the amount of light reaching the detectors. Petitioner
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`illustrates its proposed combination as follows:
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`Petitioner’s Proposed Combination (Pet. 15)
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`But neither Petitioner nor Dr. Kenny explains why a POSITA would have believed
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`that Inokawa’s convex lens, which concentrates light to a central detector, would
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`enhance light collection in Aizawa’s sensor (and the illustrated combination) with
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`peripheral detectors. Id. 15 (citing Ex. 1003 ¶¶88-89); Ex. 2004 ¶¶44-47.
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`B. Ground 1A Does Not Establish Obviousness
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`1.
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`A POSITA Would Not Have Been Motivated To Combine
`Inokawa’s Lens With Aizawa’s Sensor
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`a)
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`Petitioner Admits Inokawa’s Lens Directs Light To The
`Center Of The Sensor
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`Petitioner and Dr. Kenny both admit a convex lens condenses light towards
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`the center of the sensor and away from the periphery. Petitioner admits that “the
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`lens of Inokawa ... serves a condensing function and thus, as with any other lens,
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`refracts light passing through it.” Pet. 33-34; see also Ex. 2019 at 44; see also Ex.
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`2025 Claim 12. Petitioner illustrates this condensing function using “the drawing
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`below which compares the length of non-refracted light ... bouncing off an artery
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`with that of refracted light.” Pet. at 34. Petitioner’s figure (below) illustrates a
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`POSITA’s understanding that Inokawa’s convex lens, as implemented in Aizawa’s
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`sensor, would direct light toward the center of the sensor. Id.
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`Petitioner’s Illustration of Inokawa’s Light-Redirection (Pet. 34;
`see also Ex. 2019 at 45)
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`Dr. Kenny similarly included the above illustration in his declaration and explained
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`that, when using a protruding surface such as Inokawa’s lens, “the incoming light is
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`‘condensed’ toward the center.” Ex. 1003 ¶102; see also Ex. 2020 at 69-70; Ex.
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`2004 ¶¶48-50. Dr. Kenny confirmed at his deposition for related IPR proceedings
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`that the protruding surface in his proposed combination would cause “more light in
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`the center than at the outer edge in this example.” Ex. 2006 204:1-13. Dr. Kenny
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`agreed “that’s because light’s being directed towards the center and away from the
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`edge….” Id. 204:14-20.
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`Petitioner’s and Dr. Kenny’s admissions are consistent with Inokawa’s
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`disclosure. Ex. 2004 ¶51. As shown in Figure 2 (below), Inokawa illustrates that
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`the protruding surface condenses light towards the central detector 25. Ex. 1008
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`¶[0058], Fig. 2. The protruding surface in Inokawa works with the particular
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`configuration of emitters and detectors: Inokawa increases light collection by
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`increasing the amount of light that reaches the centrally located detector. Id.; Ex.
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`2004 ¶52.
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`Inokawa’s Features
` Green: peripheral emitters
`(21, 23)
` Red: central detector (25)
` Blue: convex lens (27)
` Arrows showing direction of
`light in original, highlighted
`in yellow
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`Inokawa Fig. 2 (color added)
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`Dr. Kenny agreed that Inokawa “provides this benefit by concentrating light towards
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`the detector in the center….” Ex. 2006 83:15-84:2. Dr. Kenny explained that “one
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`of ordinary skill in the art would understand that in Inokawa[,] the objective is to
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`concentrate light at the detector, which is in the center axis of the drawing and that
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`the lens is capable of providing that benefit.” Ex. 2006 86:19-87:1. Indeed,
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`Petitioner admits: “reflected light headed toward the detectors is refracted and
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`condensed as it passes the lens.” Pet. 28.
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`The ’266 Patent further confirms that a POSITA would have this
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`understanding. Figure 14B (below) “illustrates how light from emitters (not shown)
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`can be focused by the protrusion 605 onto detectors.” Ex. 1001 35:57-60.
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`The ’266 Patent explains that “[w]hen the light rays
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