IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
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`MARSHALL DIVISION
`PERCEPTIVE AUTOMATA, LLC, )
`Plaintiff, %
`V. ) Civil Action No. 2:25-cv-742-JRG
`TESLA, INC., g
`Defendant. ;
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`NOTICE OF BROADENED SOTERA PLUS STIPULATION
`OF DEFENDANT TESLA, INC.
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`Defendant Tesla, Inc. (“Tesla”) filed petitions for Inter Partes review (“IPR”) of all five
`asserted patents in this lawsuit with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent
`and Trademark Office (“the PTAB”). The following table identifies the IPR proceedings of those
`five patents, the date the IPR petitions were filed, the patents involved in the IPR proceedings, and
`the claims challenged in each IPR proceeding. The claims challenged in these IPR proceedings
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`include all asserted claims in this lawsuit.
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`IPR No. Patent No. IPR Petition Filed Claims Challenged
`IPR2025-01573 U.S. 10,614,344 September 20, 2025 1-22
`IPR2025-01574 U.S. 11,126,889 October 2, 2025 1-20
`IPR2025-01575 U.S. 11,753,046 October 1, 2025 1-19
`IPR2025-01576 U.S. 11,467,579 October 9, 2025 1-20
`IPR2025-01577 U.S. 11,520,346 October 10, 2025 1-23
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`Tesla hereby notifies the Court and Plaintiff that Tesla is submitting the following
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`broadened Sotera stipulation (“Sotera Plus stipulation”) in connection with the IPRs identified in
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`the table above. See Sotera Wireless, Inc. v. Masimo Corp., IPR2020-02019, Paper 12, at 18-19
`(PTAB Dec. 1, 2020) (““Sotera”) (describing the standard, unbroadened Sotera stipulation).
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`Tesla hereby stipulates that, if the PTAB institutes any of the above listed IPRs (and does
`not subsequently vacate institution or otherwise terminate the IPR without a Final Written
`Decision), then, with respect to the patent being challenged in the instituted IPR, Tesla will not
`assert or otherwise argue at trial that any claim of the patent is invalid on the basis of: (i) the
`specific grounds raised in the instituted IPR, (ii) any other grounds that could have reasonably
`been raised before the PTAB in that instituted proceeding (i.e., any ground that could have
`reasonably been raised under §§ 102 or 103 on the basis of prior art patents or printed publications),
`or (iii) any ground based on a combination of system prior art and the references asserted as part
`of a ground raised in the corresponding instituted IPR.
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`Tesla’s Sotera Plus stipulation above is not intended to limit Tesla’s ability to assert
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`invalidity of any claims of the patents-at-issue in this lawsuit based on any other ground.
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`Dated: November 10, 2025 Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /s/ Roger Fulghum
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`Roger Fulghum
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`Lead Attorney
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`Texas State Bar No. 00790724
`BAKER BOTTS L.L.P.
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`910 Louisiana St
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`Houston, TX 77002
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`Telephone: 713-229-1707
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`Facsimile: 713-229-2707
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`Email: roger.fulghum@bakerbotts.com
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`Mark Speegle
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`Texas State Bar No. 24117198
`BAKER BOTTS L.L.P.
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`401 South First Street, Suite 1300
`Austin, Texas 78704
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`Telephone: 512-322-2536
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`Facsimile: 512-322-3636
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`Email: mark.speegle@bakerbotts.com
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`Helen Trac
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`California Bar No. 285824
`Tesla, Inc.
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`1501 Page Mill, Building 6
`Palo Alto, CA 94304
`Telephone: 628-218-1429
`Email: htrac@tesla.com
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`Ashraf Fawzy
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`DC Bar No. 989132
`Telephone: (202) 905-9221
`Email: afawzy@tesla.com
`Paul Margulies
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`DC Bar No. 1000297
`Telephone: (202) 695-5388
`Email: pmargulies@tesla.com
`Tesla, Inc.
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`800 Connecticut Ave. NW
`Washington, DC 20006
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`Counsel for Tesla, Inc.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that all counsel of record who are deemed to have
`consented to electronic service are being served with a copy of this document via the Court’s
`CM/ECEF system on November 10, 2025.
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`/s/ Roger Fulghum
`Roger Fulghum
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