`v.
`Tinnus Enterprises, LLC, Patent Owner
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`PGR2017-00015
`U.S. Patent No. 9,517,612
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`Oral Argument
`August 13, 2018
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`Petitioner’s Demonstratives
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`INDEX
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`TOPIC
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`BACKGROUND
`THE 612 PATENT IS OBVIOUS
`INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE OF SECONDARY
`CONSIDERATIONS
`THE 612 PATENT IS INDEFINITE
`THE ´612 PATENT IS NOT SUPPORTED BY
`THE WRITTEN DESCRIPTION
`CONCLUSION
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`BACKGROUND
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`BACKGROUND
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`The ’612 Patent
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`’612 Patent, Ex. 1001, FIGs. 1, 5
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`Independent Claim 1 Of The ’612 Patent
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`Four (4)
`Structural Elements
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`’612 Patent, Ex. 1001, Claim 1.
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`The “Elastic Fastener” Limitation
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`’612 Patent
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`elastic fastener clamping
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`restrict detachment
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`automatically seal
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`sufficiently limited to permit
`its respective container to
`detach from its respective
`tube by at least partially
`filling the container with
`water
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`’612 Patent, Ex. 1001, Claim 1.
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`THE '612 PATENT
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`IS OBVIOUS
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`THE ’612 PATENT
`IS OBVIOUS
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`Devices For Simultaneously Filling Multiple Self-Sealing
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`Water Balloons Are Not New
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`Saggio
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`Saggio, Ex. 1011, FIGs. 2, 7.
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`Prior Art: Saggio
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`Saggio, Ex. 1011, FIGs. 1 and 7, ¶¶21, 24.
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`Prior Art: Donaldson
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`Donaldson, Ex. 1013, Fig. 1, 5:7-10.
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`Donald Teaches Sealing Upon Detachment
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`Donaldson, Ex. 1013, Fig. 1, Abstract, 5:7-10.
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`Independent Claim 1 Of The ’612 Patent
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`“Sufficiently Limited”
`Limitation
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`’612 Patent, Ex. 1001, Claim 1.
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`O-Ring of Donaldson Permits Detachment
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`By “At Least” Partially Filling
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`Donaldson, Ex. 1013, Figs. 2-5.
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`Prior Art: Lee
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`Lee teaches a device for filling a self-
`sealing balloon with a fluid, which
`includes: a balloon 1; a hollow tube
`3; and a rubber band 2.
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`The rubber band removably clamps the
`balloon to the tube; the balloon is
`filled with an amount of fluid; and the
`rubber band seals the balloon when it
`is detached from the tube.
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`Lee, Ex. 1012, Fig. 6.
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`Lee Teaches Sealing Upon Detachment
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`Lee, Ex. 1012, ¶33.
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`Rubber Band of Lee Permits Detachment
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`By “At Least” Partially Filling
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`F = ma
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`Lee, Ex. 1012, Fig. 1; Kamrin Supp. Decl., Ex. 1034, ¶¶ 17-18
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`Lee Is Analogous Art: Same Field of Endeavour
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`The ‘612 Patent is not limited to a particular industry or use:
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`Lee’s device falls squarely in this defined technical field.
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`’612 Patent, Ex. 1001, 1:18-20, 3:35-40, FIG. 5.
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`Motivation To Combine: Saggio + Donaldson/Lee
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`The problem of filling and sealing water balloons simultaneously
`was recognized long before the ’612 Patent.
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`• As early as 2011, Dr. Saggio recognized that there was “a need for
`a water balloon that does not require tying and a system/method
`of providing a plurality of water balloons relatively quickly.”
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`Saggio, Ex. 1011, ¶¶ 3-4, FIGs. 1, 7.
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`Motivation To Combine: Saggio + Donaldson/Lee
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`Saggio discloses an internal elastic membrane.
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`• A POSA would look to means that others have used to clamp a
`balloon to a tube, detach a balloon from a tube, and seal a
`balloon.
`Donaldson
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`Saggio
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`Internal membrane
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`Lee
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`Kamrin Supp. Decl., Ex. 1034, ¶ 10, 20; Saggio, Ex. 1011, FIG. 5; Donaldson, Ex. 1013, FIG. 1; Lee, Ex. 1012, FIG. 6.
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`Motivation To Combine: Saggio + Donaldson/Lee
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`The O-ring of Donaldson or the rubber band of Lee would have
`been a simple substitution for the internal elastic membrane of
`Saggio.
`• O-rings and rubber bands are well-known to achieve the
`predictable results of clamping and self-sealing a balloon.
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`See KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 550 U.S. 398, 416 (2007)
`(“[W]hen a patent claims a structure already known in the
`prior art that is altered by the mere substitution of one
`element for another known in the field, the combination
`must do more than yield a predictable result.”); see also
`DyStar Textilfarben GmbH & Co. v. CH Patrick Co., 464 F.3d
`1356, 1368 (Fed. Cir. 2006).
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`Petition, Paper 1, pp. 52-55; Petitioner’s Supp. Reply, Paper 37, pp. 5-9; Kamrin Supp. Decl., Ex. 1034, ¶¶ 11,15.
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`Donaldson/Lee Would Be A Cheaper And Simpler
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`Alternative to Saggio
`To create the balloons of Saggio, a POSA would
`have to find a factory to manufacture the special
`balloons and special tooling.
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`Tooling is expensive and costs many
`thousands of dollars.
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`Internal membrane
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`Creation of the internal membrane of Saggio
`would require extra materials, further increasing
`the cost.
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`Donaldson/Lee allow a POSA to use regular off-
`the-shelf balloons and O-rings/rubber bands,
`significantly reducing the cost and not requiring
`special tooling.
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`O-rings/rubber bands cost cents.
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`Petitioner’s Supp. Reply, Paper 37, pp. 5-9; Kamrin Supp. Decl., ¶¶ 11-15, 20.
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`Saggio + Donaldson/Lee = ’612 Patent
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`’612 Patent
`Saggio
`Donaldson/Lee
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`Saggio, Ex. 1011, Fig. 1; Donaldson, Ex. 1013, Fig. 1; Lee, Ex. 1012, Fig. 6; Paper 1, pp. 43-62.
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`The’612 Patent Is Invalid
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`Petitioner has made a very strong
`prima facie case of obviousness.
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`SECONDARY CONSIDERATIONS
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`INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE OF
`SECONDARY CONSIDERATIONS
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`INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE OF
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`Patent Owner Has Failed To Provide Strong Evidence of
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`Secondary Considerations
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`Patent Owner has only submitted:
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`ONE Article about its Bunch O Balloons product (Ex.
`2002); and
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`TWO Awards received by its Bunch O Balloons Product
`(Exs. 2010, 2015).
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`Patent Owner submitted no evidence that any of these
`documents relate to the ’612 Patent and provided no expert
`testimony to support its statements
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`Petitioner’s Supp. Reply, Paper 37, pp. 10-11.
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`THE '612 PATENT IS INDEFINITE
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`THE ´612 PATENT IS INDEFINITE
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`No Objective Meaning For “Filled” Or “Filled State”
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`The ’612 patent subjectively defines “Filled”:
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`• “After containers have reached a desired size or volume
`they may be detached from tubes.” (’612 Patent, Ex.
`1001, Col. 3:53-55)
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`• “When containers have reached a desired size and/or
`they are filled with the desired volume of fluid, they may
`be removed from tubes.” (’612 Patent, Ex. 1001, Col.
`4:65-67)
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`Petition, Paper 1, pp. 15-17; Ex. 1001, Col. 3:53-55, Col. 4:65-67; Petitioner’s Reply, Paper 28, pp. 4-6.
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`BY THE WRITTEN DESCRIPTION
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`THE ´612 PATENT IS NOT SUPPORTED
`BY THE WRITTEN DESCRIPTION
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`THE '612 PATENT IS NOT SUPPORTED
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`No Objective Meaning For “Filled” Or “Filled State”
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`The ’612 patent does not support the “pressing limitation”
`of claim 3.
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`The specification of the ’612 patent only discloses:
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`“When containers have reached a desired size and/or they
`are filled with the desired volume of fluid, they may be
`removed from tubes.” (’612 Patent, Ex. 1001, Col. 4:63-65)
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`Unfilled is the opposite of filled
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`Petitioner’s Supp. Reply, Paper 37, pp. 11.
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`CONCLUSION
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`CONCLUSION
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`The ’612 Patent is Invalid
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`1.Claims 1-4 of the ’612 patent are invalid as
`obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
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`2.Claims 3 of the ’612 patent is invalid as
`indefinite under 35 U.S.C. § 112(b).
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`3.Claims 3 of the ’612 patent is invalid for
`lack of written description under 35 U.S.C.
`§ 112(a).
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`Petition, see generally, Papers 1, 28, 37.
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`REQUESTED RELIEF
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`Cancellation of all claims
`of the ’612 patent
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