Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 9,703,750
`Claims 5-13, 18-20, 25-28, 35-38, and 46-47
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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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`Intel Corporation
`Petitioner
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`ACQIS LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2021-01111
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`PETITION FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW OF
`U.S. PATENT NO. 9,703,750
`CHALLENGING CLAIMS 5-13, 18-20, 25-28, 35-38, and 46-47
`UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 312 AND 37 C.F.R. § 42.104
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`Mail Stop Patent Board
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 9,703,750
`Claims 5-13, 18-20, 25-28, 35-38, and 46-47
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
`Introduction ...................................................................................................... 1
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`I.
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`II. Mandatory Notices........................................................................................... 1
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`A.
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`B.
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`C.
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`D.
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`Related Matters ...................................................................................... 1
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`Real Parties-in-Interest .......................................................................... 8
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`Counsel .................................................................................................. 8
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`Service Information (37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(4)) ....................................... 9
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`III.
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`Fees ................................................................................................................ 10
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`IV. Grounds for Standing ..................................................................................... 10
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`V.
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`Identification of Challenge and Relief Requested ......................................... 10
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`A.
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`B.
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`Identification of Prior Art .................................................................... 10
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`Statutory Grounds of Unpatentability ................................................. 11
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`VI. Overview of the ’750 Patent .......................................................................... 11
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`VII. The ’750 Patent Is Not Entitled To A Priority Date Before April 15,
`2011 ............................................................................................................... 17
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`A.
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`The Challenged Claims Recite Limitations Not Supported By
`The ’436 Patent’s Parent Applications ................................................ 19
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`1.
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`The Purported Written Description Support For The
`“Integrated CPU-Graphics/Controller” and “CPU-
`LVDS” Limitations Was First Introduced In The ’436
`Patent ......................................................................................... 22
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`B.
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`The ’436 Patent Introduced Subject Matter Not Found In Its
`Parent Applications ............................................................................. 24
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`1. Materials Incorporated By Reference Must Be Identified
`“With Detailed Particularity” and “Specific[ity]” .................... 25
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`The ’436 Patent’s Parent Applications Never
`Incorporated By Reference the ’886 Provisional ...................... 26
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`2.
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`C.
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`The Challenged Claims Are Not Entitled To A Priority Date
`Earlier Than The Filing Date Of The ’436 Patent .............................. 30
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`VIII. Prosecution History of the ’750 Patent .......................................................... 31
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`IX. Level of Ordinary Skill in the Art ................................................................. 32
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`X.
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`Claim Construction ........................................................................................ 32
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`XI. Specific Grounds for Challenge .................................................................... 35
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`A. Ground I: Chu330 in combination with Cupps Render Obvious
`Claims 5-13, 18-20, 25-28, 35-38, and 46-47 ..................................... 35
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`2.
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`3.
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`4.
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`5.
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`6.
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`7.
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`8.
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`9.
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`Prior Art .................................................................................... 35
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`Claim 5 ...................................................................................... 54
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`Claim 6 ...................................................................................... 91
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`Claim 7 ...................................................................................... 98
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`Claim 8 .................................................................................... 102
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`Claim 9 .................................................................................... 103
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`Claim 10 .................................................................................. 103
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`Claim 11 .................................................................................. 106
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`Claim 12 .................................................................................. 106
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`10. Claim 13 .................................................................................. 107
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`11. Claim 18 .................................................................................. 108
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`12. Claim 19 .................................................................................. 115
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`13. Claim 20 .................................................................................. 115
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`14. Claim 25 .................................................................................. 115
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`15. Claim 26 .................................................................................. 124
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`16. Claim 27 .................................................................................. 124
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`17. Claim 28 .................................................................................. 128
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`18. Claim 35 .................................................................................. 128
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`19. Claim 36 .................................................................................. 130
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`20. Claims 37 and 38..................................................................... 130
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`21. Claim 46 .................................................................................. 133
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`22. Claim 47 .................................................................................. 137
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`XII. Discretionary Factors ................................................................................... 137
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`A.
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`B.
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`35 U.S.C. § 325(d) – Prosecution History ........................................ 137
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`35 U.S.C. § 314(a) – General Plastic (GP) Factors and Valve
`Factor ................................................................................................. 139
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`C.
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`35 U.S.C. § 314(a) – Fintiv Factors .................................................. 140
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`1.
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`2.
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`3.
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`4.
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`5.
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`6.
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`Factor 1 ................................................................................... 141
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`Factor 2 ................................................................................... 141
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`Factor 3 ................................................................................... 142
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`Factor 4 ................................................................................... 142
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`Factor 5 ................................................................................... 144
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`Factor 6 ................................................................................... 144
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`XIII. Conclusion ................................................................................................... 144
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`TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
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`Page(s)
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`Cases
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`Advanced Bionics, LLC v. Med-El Elektromedizinische Gerate GmbH,
`IPR2019-01469, Paper 6 (PTAB Feb. 13, 2020) ........................................138
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`Advanced Display System, Inc. v. Kent State University, 212 F.3d 1272 (Fed.
`Cir. 2000) ................................................................................................ 28, 36
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`ALZA Corp. v. Andrx Pharms., LLC, 603 F.3d 935 (Fed. Cir. 2010) .....................31
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`Apple Inc. v. Fintiv, Inc., IPR2020-00019, Paper 11 (PTAB March 20, 2020) .. 141,
`144
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`Ariad Pharms., Inc. v. Eli Lilly & Co., 598 F.3d 1336 (Fed. Cir. 2010) .................31
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`Auto. Techs. Int’l, Inc. v. BMW of N. Am., Inc., 501 F.3d 1274 (Fed. Cir.
`2007) ..............................................................................................................31
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`Droplets, Inc., v. E*Trade Bank, 887 F.3d 1309 (Fed. Cir. 2018) ..........................26
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`Genentech, Inc. v. Novo Nordisk A/S, 108 F.3d 1361 (Fed. Cir. 1997)...................31
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`Google Inc. v. Uniloc 2017, IPR2020-00396, Paper 11 (PTAB Aug. 03,
`2020) ............................................................................................................139
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`Harari v. Hollmer , 602 F.3d 1348 (Fed. Cir. 2010) ...............................................26
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`Hollmer v. Harari, 681 F.3d 1351 (Fed. Cir. 2012) ................................... 26, 29, 30
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`In re NTP, Inc., 654 F.3d, 1278 (Fed. Cir. 2011) ..................................................138
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`Navistar, Inc. v. Fatigue Fracture Tech., LLC, IPR2018-00853, Paper 13
`(PTAB Sept. 12, 2018) ................................................................................138
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`PowerOasis, Inc. v. T-Mobile USA, Inc., 522 F.3d 1299 (Fed. Cir. 2008) ...........138
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`Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. v. Acorn Semi, LLC, IPR2020-01272, Paper
`20 (Feb. 10, 2021) ........................................................................................141
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`Sand Revolution II, LLC v. Cont’l Intermodal Group-Trucking LLC,
`IPR2019-01393, Paper 24 (PTAB June 16, 2020) ............................. 141, 142
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`Toshiba Am. Info. Sys. V. Walletex Microelectronics Ltd., IPR2018-01538,
`Paper 11 (PTAB March 05, 2019) ...............................................................139
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`Vivid Techs., Inc. v, Am. Sci. & Engʼg, Inc., 200 F.3d 795 (Fed. Cir. 1999) ..........34
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`VMware, Inc. v. Intellectual Ventures I LLC, IPR2020-00470, Paper 13
`(PTAB Aug. 18, 2020) ................................................................................143
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`Zenon Envtl., Inc. v. U.S. Filter, 506 F.3d 1370 (Fed. Cir. 2007) ...........................25
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`Zip Top, LLC v. Stasher, Inc., IPR2018-01216, Paper 14 (PTAB Jan. 17,
`2019) ............................................................................................................138
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`Statutes
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`35 U.S.C. § 102(b) ...................................................................................................10
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`35 U.S.C. § 103 ........................................................................................................11
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`35 U.S.C. § 112 ......................................................................................... 19, 30, 131
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`35 U.S.C. § 314(a) .................................................................................. 11, 139, 140
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`35 U.S.C. § 325(d) .................................................................................................138
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`Other Authorities
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`America Invents Act ................................................................................................10
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`Regulations
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(4) ................................................................................................ 9
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`37 C.F.R. §42.100(b) ...............................................................................................34
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`37 C.F.R. 42.104(b)(4)-(5) .......................................................................................35
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`MPEP §2143(A) .......................................................................................................74
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`MPEP §2143(B) .....................................................................................................112
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`MPEP §2143(C) .............................................................................................. 74, 112
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`MPEP §2143(G) .............................................................................................. 74, 112
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`MPEP 608.01(p) .......................................................................................................29
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`PETITIONER’S EXHIBIT LIST
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`Petitioner
`Exhibit No.
`1001
`1002
`1003
`1004
`1005
`1006
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`1009
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`1011
`1012
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`DESCRIPTION
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`U.S. Patent No. 9,703,750
`Declaration of Dr. John Kubiatowicz
`U.S. Patent No. 6,345,330 (“Chu330”)
`U.S. Patent Publication No. 2003/0135771 (“Cupps”)
`U.S. Patent No. 6,216,185 (“Chu185”)
`File history of U.S. Patent No. 9,703,750
`U.S. Patent Application No. 60/134,122
`U.S. Patent No. 8,234,436
`File history of U.S. Patent No. 8,234,436 (“’436 FH”)
`U.S. Patent Application No. 60/083,886 (“’886 Provisional”)
`File history of U.S. Patent No. 6,345,330 (“Chu330 FH”)
`August 12, 2011 Amendment from File History of Control No.
`90/010,816 (Reexamination of Chu185)
`U.S. Patent No. 6,718,415 (“Chu8415”)
`U.S. Patent No. 7,099,981
`U.S. Patent No. 7,363,415
`U.S. Patent No. 7,376,779
`U.S. Patent No. 7,676,624
`U.S. Patent No. 8,041,873
`File History of U.S. Patent No. 7,363,415 (“’3415 FH”)
`File History of U.S. Patent No. 7,376,779 (“’779 FH”)
`File History of U.S. Patent No. 7,676,624 (“’624 FH”)
`October 17, 2007 Second Preliminary Amendment from File
`History of RE41,294 (11/474,256)
`Reserved
`U.S. Patent No. 9,703,750 with highlights of substantively identical
`portions from Chu330, Chu185, ’886 Provisional, and Chu8415
`Patent
`U.S. Patent No. 6,321,335 (“Chu335”)
`IEEE Std 1596.3-1996, IEEE Standard for Low-Voltage
`Differential Signals (LVDS) for Scalable Coherent Interface (SCI)
`Reserved
`Reserved
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`DESCRIPTION
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`Petitioner
`Exhibit No.
`1029
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`ACQIS LLC v. EMC Corp., Civil Action No. 1:14-cv-13560, No.
`185 (D. Mass. Jan. 20, 2017) (EMC Corporation’s Opening Claim
`Construction Brief)
`Reserved
`Reserved
`U.S. Patent No. 5,889,970 (“Horan”)
`U.S. Patent Publication No. 2009/0052296 (“Tracy”)
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`1030
`1031
`1032
`1033
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`All emphases, colors, and annotations have been added unless indicated otherwise.
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`Petition for Inter Partes Review
`U.S. Patent No. 9,703,750 (claims 5-13, 18-20, 25-28, 35-38, and 46-47)
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`I.
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`Introduction
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`Intel Corporation (“Petitioner”) requests inter partes review (“IPR”) of claims
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`5-13, 18-20, 25-28, 35-38, and 46-47 (“challenged claims”) of U.S. Patent No.
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`9,703,750 (“’750 Patent” (Ex-1001)).
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`II. Mandatory Notices
`A. Related Matters
`ACQIS LLC (“Patent Owner” or “ACQIS”) filed patent infringement actions
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`asserting the ’750 Patent against a number of defendants, not including the
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`Petitioner.
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`• ACQIS LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al., Civil Action No.
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`2:20-cv-00295 (E.D. Tex. 2020),
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`• ACQIS LLC v. MITAC Holdings Corp. et al., Civil Action No. 6:20-
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`cv-00962 (W.D. Tex. 2020),
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`• ACQIS LLC v. Inventec Corp., Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00965 (W.D.
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`Tex. 2020),
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`• ACQIS LLC v. ASUSTek Computer Inc., Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-
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`00966 (W.D. Tex. 2020),
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`• ACQIS LLC v. Lenovo Group Ltd. et al., Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-
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`00967 (W.D. Tex. 2020), and
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`Petition for Inter Partes Review
`U.S. Patent No. 9,703,750 (claims 5-13, 18-20, 25-28, 35-38, and 46-47)
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`• ACQIS LLC v. Wistron Corp. et al., Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00968
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`(W.D. Tex. 2020).
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`ACQIS has filed the following patent infringement actions on patents that are
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`related (e.g., in the same family or with similar claims) to the ’750 Patent, also
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`against defendants not including the Petitioner.
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`• ACQIS LLC v. International Business Machines Corp., Civil Action
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`No. 6:09-cv-00148 (E.D. Tex. 2009)
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`o U.S. Patent No. 6,216,185
`o U.S. Patent No. 6,718,415
`o U.S. Patent No. 7,099,981
`o U.S. Patent No. 7,146,446
`o U.S. Patent No. 7,328,297
`o U.S. Patent No. 7,363,415
`o U.S. Patent No. 7,363,416
`o U.S. Patent No. 7,376,779
`• ACQIS LLC v. International Business Machines Corp., Civil Action
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`No. 6:11-cv-00546 (E.D. Tex. 2011)
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`o U.S. Patent No. 8,041,873
`• ACQIS LLC v. Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 6:13-
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`cv-00638 (E.D. Tex. 2013); ACQIS LLC v. EMC Corporation, Civil
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`Action No. 6:13-cv-00639 (E.D. Tex. 2013); ACQIS LLC v. Ericsson,
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`Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 6:13-cv-00640 (E.D. Tex. 2013); ACQIS
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`LLC v. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. et al., Civil Action No. 6:13-
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`cv-00641 (E.D. Tex. 2013); and ACQIS LLC v. EMC Corp., Civil
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`Action No. 1:14-cv-13560 (D. Mass. 2014)
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`o U.S. Patent No. 7,363,416
`o U.S. Patent No. 7,676,624
`o U.S. Patent No. 7,818,487
`o U.S. Patent No. 8,041,873
`o U.S. Reissued Patent No. 41,294
`o U.S. Reissued Patent No. 41,961
`o U.S. Reissued Patent No. 42,814
`o U.S. Reissued Patent No. 42,984
`o U.S. Reissued Patent No. 43,119
`o U.S. Reissued Patent No. 43,171
`o U.S. Reissued Patent No. 44,468
`• ACQIS LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al., Civil Action No.
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`2:20-cv-00295 (E.D. Tex. 2020)
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`o U.S. Patent No. 8,977,797
`o U.S. Patent No. 9,829,768
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`Petition for Inter Partes Review
`U.S. Patent No. 9,703,750 (claims 5-13, 18-20, 25-28, 35-38, and 46-47)
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`o U.S. Patent No. 9,703,750
`o U.S. Reissued Patent No. 44,654
`o U.S. Reissued Patent No. 45,140
`• ACQIS LLC v. MITAC Holdings Corp. et al., Civil Action No. 6:20-
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`cv-00962 (W.D. Tex. 2020)
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`o U.S. Patent No. 8,626,977
`o U.S. Patent No. 8,756,359
`o U.S. Patent No. 8,977,797
`o U.S. Patent No. 9,529,768
`o U.S. Patent No. 9,529,769
`o U.S. Patent No. 9,703,750
`o U.S. Reissued Patent No. 42,984
`o U.S. Reissued Patent No. 43,602
`o U.S. Reissued Patent No. 44,654
`o U.S. Reissued Patent No. 44,739
`o U.S. Reissued Patent No. 45,140
`• ACQIS LLC v. Inventec Corp., Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00965 (W.D.
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`Tex. 2020)
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`o U.S. Patent No. 8,756,359
`o U.S. Patent No. 8,977,797
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`Petition for Inter Partes Review
`U.S. Patent No. 9,703,750 (claims 5-13, 18-20, 25-28, 35-38, and 46-47)
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`o U.S. Patent No. 9,529,768
`o U.S. Patent No. 9,703,750
`o U.S. Reissued Patent No. 42,984
`o U.S. Reissued Patent No. 43,602
`o U.S. Reissued Patent No. 44,654
`o U.S. Reissued Patent No. 44,739
`• ACQIS LLC v. ASUSTeK Computer Inc., Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-
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`00966 (W.D. Tex. 2020)
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`o U.S. Patent No. 8,626,977
`o U.S. Patent No. 8,756,359
`o U.S. Patent No. 8,977,797
`o U.S. Patent No. 9,529,768
`o U.S. Patent No. 9,529,769
`o U.S. Patent No. 9,703,750
`o U.S. Reissued Patent No. 44,654
`o U.S. Reissued Patent No. 44,739
`o U.S. Reissued Patent No. 45,140
`• ACQIS LLC v. Lenovo Group Ltd. et al., Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-
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`00967 (W.D. Tex. 2020)
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`o U.S. Patent No. 8,626,977
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`Petition for Inter Partes Review
`U.S. Patent No. 9,703,750 (claims 5-13, 18-20, 25-28, 35-38, and 46-47)
`
`o U.S. Patent No. 8,756,359
`o U.S. Patent No. 8,977,797
`o U.S. Patent No. 9,529,768
`o U.S. Patent No. 9,529,769
`o U.S. Patent No. 9,703,750
`o U.S. Reissued Patent No. 44,654
`o U.S. Reissued Patent No. 44,739
`o U.S. Reissued Patent No. 45,140
`• ACQIS LLC v. Wistron Corp. et al., Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00968
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`(W.D. Tex. 2020)
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`o U.S. Patent No. 7,676,624
`o U.S. Patent No. 8,041,873
`o U.S. Patent No. 8,977,797
`o U.S. Patent No. 9,529,768
`o U.S. Patent No. 9,703,750
`o U.S. Reissued Patent No. 44,468
`o U.S. Reissued Patent No. 44,654
`o U.S. Reissued Patent No. 46,947
`EMC has filed IPR petitions for the following patents under the following IPR
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`case numbers:
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`Petition for Inter Partes Review
`U.S. Patent No. 9,703,750 (claims 5-13, 18-20, 25-28, 35-38, and 46-47)
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`• IPR2014-01452 against U.S. Reissued Patent No. 43,171
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`• IPR2014-01462 against U.S. Patent No. 8,041,873
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`• IPR2014-01469 against U.S. Reissued Patent No. 42,814
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`Samsung has filed IPR petitions for the following patents under the following
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`IPR case numbers:
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`• IPR2021-00666 and IPR2021-00605 against U.S. Patent No. 9,529,768
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`• IPR2021-00667 and IPR2021-00606 against U.S. Patent No. 8,977,797
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`• IPR2021-00668 and IPR2021-00604 against U.S. Patent No. 9,703,750
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`• IPR2021-00669 and IPR2021-00608 against U.S. Reissued Patent No.
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`44,654
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`• IPR2021-00670 and IPR2021-00607 against U.S. Reissued Patent No.
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`45,140
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`Petitioner is concurrently filing the following additional IPR petitions:
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`• IPR2021-01107, challenging claims 4-6 and 10-12 of U.S. Patent
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`9,529,768;
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`• IPR2021-01108, challenging claims 1-3, 7-9, 13-17, 19-20, 25, and 33-
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`35 of U.S. Patent 9,529,768;
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`• IPR2021-01109, challenging claims 18, 21-24, 26-32, and 36-40 of
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`U.S. Patent 9,529,768;
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`Petition for Inter Partes Review
`U.S. Patent No. 9,703,750 (claims 5-13, 18-20, 25-28, 35-38, and 46-47)
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`• IPR2021-01110, challenging claims 1, 2, 4, 21, 24, 31, 34, 44-45, and
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`48-50 of U.S. Patent No. 9,703,750; and
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`• IPR2021-01112, challenging claims 14-17, 29-30, and 42-43 of U.S.
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`Patent No. 9,703,750.
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`B. Real Parties-in-Interest
`Petitioner identifies itself as a real party-in-interest. Petitioner also identifies
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`Lenovo Group Ltd.; Lenovo PC HK Limited; LCFC (HEFEI) Electronics
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`Technology Co., Ltd.; Lenovo Information Products (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.; Lenovo
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`(Beijing) Information Technology Ltd.; and Lenovo Centro Tecnológico S. de R.L.
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`de C.V. as additional real parties-in-interest (“RPIs”).
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`C. Counsel
`Petitioner is filing a power of attorney appointing the practitioners associated
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`Lead Counsel
`Yung-Hoon Ha
`Registration No. 56,368
`Desmarais LLP
`230 Park Ave
`New York, NY 10169
`Telephone: (212) 351-3400
`Facsimile: (212) 351-3401
`Email: yha@desmaraisllp.com
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`First Back-up Counsel
`Christian Dorman
`Registration No. 79,118
`Desmarais LLP
`230 Park Ave
`New York, NY 10169
`Telephone: (212) 351-3400
`Facsimile: (212) 351-3401
`Email: cdorman@desmaraisllp.com
`Back-up Counsel
`Theodoros Konstantakopoulos
`Registration No. 74,155
`Desmarais LLP
`230 Park Ave
`New York, NY 10169
`Telephone: (212) 351-3400
`Facsimile: (212) 351-3401
`Email:
`tkonstantakopoulos@desmaraisllp.com
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`Intel-ACQIS-IPRService@desmaraisllp.com
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`III. Fees
`Petitioner concurrently submits required fees for this Petition. The Board is
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`authorized to charge Desmarais LLP’s deposit account, No. 50-6822, for any fee
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`deficiency.
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`IV. Grounds for Standing
`Petitioner certifies that the ’750 Patent is available for IPR and that Petitioner
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`is not estopped or barred from requesting IPR.
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`Identification of Challenge and Relief Requested
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`Identification of Prior Art
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`A.
`The following references are pertinent to the grounds of unpatentability:
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`1. U.S. Patent No. 6,345,330 (“Chu330” (Ex-1003)), issued on February
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`5, 2002, is prior art under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b).1
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`U.S. Patent Publication No. 2003/0135771 (“Cupps” (Ex-1004)),
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`published on July 17, 2003, is prior art under at least 35 U.S.C. § 102(b).
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`1 Because the ʼ750 Patent is, at best, entitled to a priority date of April 15, 2011 (as
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`explained more fully below), the pre-AIA (America Invents Act) statutory
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`Statutory Grounds of Unpatentability
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`B.
`Petitioner requests IPR and cancellation of claims 5-13, 18-20, 25-28, 35-38,
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`and 46-47 of the ’750 Patent under 35 U.S.C. § 103. This Petition demonstrates that
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`there is a reasonable likelihood that Petitioner will prevail with respect to
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`cancellation of at least one challenged claim. See 35 U.S.C. § 314(a).
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`VI. Overview of the ’750 Patent
`The ’750 Patent describes a computer system that includes an attached
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`computer module (“ACM”) and a peripheral console (“PCON”). Ex-1001, Figures
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`1, 6.
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`ACM
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`The ACM can be inserted into the PCON. Ex-1001, 7:1-8, 10:3-6. The ACM
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`includes a central processing unit (“CPU”), a graphics subsystem, and a host
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`interface controller (“HIC”). As shown below in Figure 8B of the ’750 Patent,
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`certain components, such as the CPU, the graphics subsystem and the HIC, can be
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`integrated together. See Ex-1001, 16:24-33.
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`Peripheral Console
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`The PCON can have a number of connected components (e.g., hard drive,
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`display). See Ex-1001, 32:5-18, 33:5-39, 34:21-25. Specifically, the “PCON …
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`comprises a Peripheral Interface Controller (PIC).” Ex-1001, 32:19-21.
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`Communications Interface Between ACM and PCON
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`The HIC in the ACM and the PIC in the PCON form a communication
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`interface. Specifically, as shown in Figure 6, “[t]he ACM 605 and the peripheral
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`console 610 are interfaced through an exchange interface system (XIS) bus 615”
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`which “includes power bus 616, video bus 617 and peripheral bus (XPBus) 618.”
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`Ex-1001, 15:62-66.
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`“Video bus 617 transmits video signals between the ACM 605 and the
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`peripheral console 610 … such as … (TMDS) signals for flat panel displays.” Ex-
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`1001, 16:3-9.
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`Local PCI bus transactions are encoded for transmission over the XPBus. See,
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`e.g., Ex-1001, 17:60-62 (“Encoders … format the PCI address/data bits to a form
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`more suitable for parallel to serial conversion prior to transmittal on the XPBus.”).
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`The XPBus includes two sets of unidirectional lines. See Ex-1001, 24:31-39. The
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`’750 Patent explains that “although each of the lines PCK, PD0 to PD3, …, PCKR,
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`PDR0 to PDR3, … is referred to as a line, in the singular rather than plural, each
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`such line may contain more than one physical line.” Ex-1001, 24:51-61.
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`The first set of unidirectional lines PCK, PD0 to PD3 with differential signal
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`pairs is illustrated in Figure 31. Ex-1001, 24:26-30 (“These lines are unidirectional
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`LVDS lines for transmitting signals from HIC 2900 to PIC 3000.”); see also id.,
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`22:41-46.
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`The second “set of lines, namely PCKR and PDR0 to PDR3 [not shown in
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`Figure 31] are used to transmit clock signals and bits from the PIC 3000 to HIC
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`2900.” Ex-1001, 24:26-30; see also id., 22:46-52.
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`In addition to encoded PCI bus transactions (e.g., XX00 and XX10 indicating
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`PCI address/data), reserved data packets (e.g., 0011 or 1011) can purportedly can be
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`used to transmit non-PCI (e.g., USB) bus transactions. See Ex-1001, 25:7-9.
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`VII. The ’750 Patent Is Not Entitled To A Priority Date Before April 15, 2011
`As shown below, the ʼ750 Patent claims priority to U.S. Patent Application
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`No. 60/134,122 ( “’122 Provisional”) (Ex-1007). Ex-1001, Cover, 1:13-37.
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`However, the ’750 Patent is, at best, entitled to a priority date only as to the
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`filing date of U.S. Patent No. 8,234,436 (the “’436 Patent”, (Ex-1008)).2
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`A. The Challenged Claims Recite Limitations Not Supported By The
`’436 Patent’s Parent Applications
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`The challenged claims recite the following limitations:
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`• “Integrated CPU-graphics/controller” limitations:
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`o claims 5-13 and 35-38: “an integrated [CPU] and graphics
`subsystem in a single chip,”
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`o claims 25-26: “an integrated [CPU] and interface controller in a
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`o claims 27-28: “an integrated [CPU] and interface controller.”
`• “CPU-LVDS” limitations:
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`o claims 5-9: “an integrated [CPU] … directly connected to a …
`(LVDS) channel … compris[ing] … first … and … second
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`pluralit[ies] of unidirectional, differential signal pairs to convey
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`data in … opposite direction[s],”
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`2 Petitioner/RPIs do not cede that each of the claims of the ʼ750 Patent is supported
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`by the ʼ750 Patent under 35 U.S.C. § 112.
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`o claims 10-13: “an integrated [CPU] … directly coupled to a …
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`serial bit channels communicating … in opposite directions,”
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`o claims 18-20: “a [CPU] directly connected to a … (LVDS)
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`differential signal pairs transmitting data packets serially in
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`opposite directions,”
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`o claims 25-26: “a … (LVDS) channel directly extending from the
`integrated [CPU] … wherein the LVDS channel comprises first
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`… and second unidirectional, multiple, differential signal line
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`pairs to convey data in … opposite direction[s],”
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`o claims 27-28: “an integrated [CPU] … connected directly to a …
`(LVDS) channel[,] wherein the LVDS channel comprises first ...
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`and … second pluralit[ies] of unidirectional, differential signal
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`line pairs to convey data in … opposite direction[s],”
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`o claims 35-38: “an integrated [CPU] … directly connected to a …
`(LVDS) channel … compris[ing] a first … and a second plurality
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`of unidirectional, differential signal pairs to convey data in …
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`opposite direction[s],” and
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`o claims 46-47: “a [CPU] directly connected to a … (LVDS)
`channel comprising at least two sets of unidirectional, multiple,
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`differential signal pairs transmitting … in opposite directions.”
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`Figure 8B and the associated description are the only arguable support for the
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`“integrated CPU-graphics/controller” and “CPU-LVDS” limitations. See, e.g., Ex-
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`1001, 16:26-29 (“FIG. 8B shows [a] … single chip 825 fully integrated: CPU,
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`Cache, Core Logic, Graphics controller.”); Figure 8B (showing the “direct”
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`connection between the XPBus and the integrated CPU 825).
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`The Purported Written Description Support For The
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`Limitations Was First Introduced In The ’436 Patent
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`The ’750 Patent’s purported written description support for the “integrated
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`CPU-graphics/controller” and “CPU-LVDS” limitations was not disclosed in any of
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`the applications preceding the ’436 Patent. See generally Ex-1007, Ex-1013 to Ex-
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`1018. Rather, the purported written below support was added for the first time in
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`the interve