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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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`DYNATEMP INTERNATIONAL INC.
`and
`FLUOROFUSION SPECIALTY CHEMICALS, INC.
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`R421A LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case No. IPR2023-00619
`Patent No. 11,345,840 B2
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`PETITIONERS EXHIBIT LIST
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`Attorney Docket No. 217522-0002
`IPR of U.S. Patent No. 11,345,840
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`Description
`U.S. Patent No. 11,345,840 to Kenneth M. Ponder et al. (“’840
`patent”)
`Prosecution History of the ’840 patent (“’840 Prosecution History”)
`Declaration of Dr. Michael G. Koehler
`Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Michael G. Koehler
`U.S. Patent 5,492,643 (“’643 Patent”)
`Provisional Application No. 60/501,049 (“’049 Provisional”)
`Prosecution History of Application No. 10/937,736 (“’736
`Application Prosecution History”)
`Prosecution History of U.S. Patent No. 9,982,179 (“’179 Prosecution
`History”)
`Prosecution History of U.S. Patent No. 10,703,949 (“’949
`Prosecution History”)
`Petition for IPR of the ‘179 Patent
`Patent Owner Preliminary Response to Petition of ‘179 Patent
`PTAB Discretionary Denial of Petition for IPR of ‘179 Patent
`Japanese Patent Document H05-117643 (“Yoshida”)
`U.S. Patent No. 6,640,841 (“Thomas”)
`Published PCT Application No. WO/93/24597 (“Schnur”)
`U.S. Patent No. 6,606,868 (“Powell”)
`U.S. Patent No. 6,207,071 (“Takigawa”)
`Siva Gopalnarayanan, Choosing the Right Refrigerant, MECH.
`ENG’G. 92 (Oct. 1998)
`Kramer, “Why Not Mineral Oil?”, 41(11) ASHRAE Journal 55 (Nov
`1999) (“Kramer”)
`RMS Website from early 2002 - “FreeZone Overview” page
`Japanese Patent Document 07-042454 (“Segami”)
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`Exhibit
`No.
`1001
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`1002
`1003
`1004
`1005
`1006
`1007
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`1008
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`1009
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`1010
`1011
`1012
`1013
`1014
`1015
`1016
`1017
`1018
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`1019
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`1020
`1021
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`1
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`Attorney Docket No. 217522-0002
`IPR of U.S. Patent No. 11,345,840
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`1023
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`1024
`1025
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`1026
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`Exhibit
`No.
`1022
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`Description
`Radermacher & Jung, Theoretical Analysis of Replacement
`Refrigerants for R22 for Residential Use, Report for US EPA,
`EPA/400/1-91/041 (1992)
`Excerpts of Mr. Ponder Deposition testimony (including pages 87-
`89, 139-143, 201-202, 214-215)
`Original Japanese version of EX1013 (Yoshida)
`Agreed Claim Constructions in R421A LLC, d/b/a Choice
`Refrigerants v. Dynatemp International, Inc. et. al, 5:20-cv-00147
`(E.D. N.C.), which has been consolidated with Dynatemp
`International Inc. et al. v. RMS of Georgia et al., 5:20-cv-142 (E.D.
`N.C.), pending (collectively, “Patent Family Litigation”)
`Haynes, Thermophysical Properties of HCFC Alternatives, NIST
`Report DOE/CE/23810-80 (1996),
`1027 Widiatmo et al., Liquid Densities of Alternative Refrigerants
`Blended with Difluoromethane, Pentafluoroethane, and 1,1,1,2-
`Tetrafluoroethane, 42 J. Chem. Eng. Data, 270-277 (1997)
`(“Widiatmo”),
`Gunther & Steimle, Mixing Rules for the Specific Heat Capacities of
`Several HFC-Mixtures, 20 lnt. J. Refrig. 235 (1997),
`1029 McLinden, Thermodynamic Properties of CFC Alternatives: A
`Survey of the Available Data, 13 Int. J. Refrig. 149 (1990)
`1030 McLinden, The History of NIST’s Refrigerants Program II.
`Thermophysical Properties Research, 107 ASHRAE TRANSACTIONS
`699, CI-01-09-5 (2001)
`Didion, The History of NIST's Refrigerants Program: I. Zeotropic
`Mixture Cycles and Heat Transfer, 107 ASHRAE Transactions 688,
`692 (2001)
`Holcombe et al., Selected Thermodynamic Properties for Mixtures of
`R-32 (Difluoromethane), R-125 (Pentafluoroethane), R-134A (1 ,1 ,1
`,2-Tetrafluoroethane), R-143A (1,1,1-Trifluoroethane), R41
`(Fluoromethane), R-290 (Propane), and R-744 (Carbon Dioxide),
`NIST Tech. Note 1397 (1997)
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`1028
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`1031
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`1032
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`2
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`Exhibit
`No.
`1033
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`Description
`RMS Website from early 2002 - “FreeZone Chiller Conversion”
`page
`U.S. Pat. No. 5,254,280 (“‘280 Patent”)
`Killinger & Killinger, HEATING & COOLING ESSENTIALS, The
`Goodheart-Willcox Company, Inc. (2003)
`Jim Calm, Comparative Properties and Efficiency of R-421A for
`Retrofit Use to Replace R-22 (2013), available at
`https://www.choicerefrigerants.com/resources
`Domanski et al., NIST Vapor Compression Cycle Design Program,
`NIST (2003) (describing CYCLE_D version 3.0), available at
`https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=100984.
`1038 McLinden & Didion, CFCs – Quest for Alternative Refrigerants, 29-
`12 ASHRAE J. 32, 36 (1987)
`Published Patent Application US2002/0046568 (Thomas et al.),
`which has the same disclosure as U.S. Patent No. 6,640,841
`(EX1014)
`Brown et al., CYCLE_D, Version 6.
`1040
`1041 McLinden & Huber, (R)Evolution of Refrigerants, 65 J. CHEM. ENG.
`DATA § 2.4.1 (2020), available at
`https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8739722/pdf/nihms-
`1642330.pdf.
`Original Japanese version of EX1021 (Segami)
`Certificate of Translation for EX1021 (Segami)
`Certificate of Translation for EX1013 (Yoshida)
`ASHRAE Designation and Safety Classification of Refrigerants
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`1034
`1035
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`1036
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`1037
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`1039
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`1042
`1043
`1044
`1045
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`Attorney Docket No. 217522-0002
`IPR of U.S. Patent No. 11,345,840
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`Attorney Docket No. 217522-0002
`IPR of U.S. Patent No. 11,345,840
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` / Jon R. Trembath
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`Jon R. Trembath, Reg. No. 38,344
`Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
`675 15th Street
`Suite 2000
`Denver, CO 80202
`T: 720.240.9515
`F: 877.398.5240
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`Lucas Osborn, Reg. No. 59,528
`Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
`4509 Creedmoor Road
`Suite 501
`Raleigh, NC 27612
`T: 984.220.8750
`F: 877.398.5240
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`Attorneys for Petitioner
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`Dated: February 22, 2023
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`IPR of U.S. Patent No. 11,345,840
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 CFR §§ 42.6(e)(4)(i) et seq. and 42.105(b), the undersigned
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`certifies that on February 22, 2023, a copy of the foregoing was provided via
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`Federal Express, next day, to the Patent Owner by serving the correspondence
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`address of record as follows:
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`Joseph W. Staley
`PERILLA KNOX & HILDEBRANDT LLP
`44 Milton Ave, Suite 144
`Alpharetta, GA 30009
`j.staley@pkhip.com
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`Todd Deveau
`Scott P. Amy
`THOMAS | HORSTEMEYER LLP
`3200 Windy Hill Road SE, Suite 1600E
`Atlanta, GA 30339
`t.deveau@thip.law
`s.amy@thip.law
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`Dated February 22, 2023
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` s/ Jon R. Trembath
`Jon R. Trembath, Reg. No. 38,344
`Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
`675 15th Street
`Suite 2000
`Denver, CO 80202
`T: 720.240.9515
`F: 877.398.5240
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`Attorneys for Petitioner
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