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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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`SUPERCELL OY,
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`Petitioner,
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`GREE, INC.,
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`Patent Owner.
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`Post Grant Review Nos. PGR2018-00029 & PGR2018-00047
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`Patents 9,636,583 & 9,770,659
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`DEPOSITION OF DAVID CRANE
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`Volume 1
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`San Mateo, California
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`Tuesday, February 12, 2019
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`Reported by:
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`Ashala Tylor,
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`CSR #2436, CLR, CRR, RPR
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`JOB NO. 3208213
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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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` SUPERCELL OY,
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` Petitioner,
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` Patent Owner.
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` Post Grant Review Nos. PGR2018-00029 & PGR2018-00047
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` Patents 9,636,583 & 9,770,659
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` Deposition of DAVID CRANE, taken at Kilpatrick
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`California, commencing at 9:03 a.m. and ending at
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`A P P E A R A N C E S O F C O U N S E L :
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`David Crane
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`F O R S U P E R C E L L O Y :
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` F E N W I C K & W E S T L L P
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` B Y : M I C H A E L J . S A C K S T E D E R , E S Q .
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` E X H I B I T S
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`NO. DESCRIPTION PAGE
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`(Marked in a prior deposition of David Crane)
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`Exhibit 1001 Patent No.: US 9,636,583 B2 7
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`Exhibit 2002 Declaration of David Crane 7
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` INFORMATION REQUESTED
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` QUESTIONS INSTRUCTED NOT TO ANSWER
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` MR. SACKSTEDER: So before we get started, I
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` This is a deposition that is being taken in
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`Trial and Appeal Board between Supercell OY and GREE,
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`Incorporated. The first of those is Case Number
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`PGR2018-00029. It relates to U.S. Patent Number
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`9,636,583. And the second is Case Number PGR2018-00047,
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`and it relates to U.S. Patent 9,770,659.
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` And Counsel for GREE and I spoke before we
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`went on the record today and have agreed that we are not
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`going to attempt to strictly delineate when the
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`questioning relates the first PGR or the second PGR. I
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`will attempt to be clear in my questions since there are
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`the same exhibit numbers for Mr. Crane's declaration and
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`the patents, et cetera, in both PGRs.
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` Is that acceptable, to you, Mr. Rinehart?
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` MR. RINEHART: Yes, that is acceptable with
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`the understanding that the product from today will be a
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`single transcript that will be filed as an exhibit in
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` MR. SACKSTEDER: That's correct.
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` being first duly sworn or affirmed to testify
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` to the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but
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` the truth, was examined and testified as follows:
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` EXAMINATION
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` Q. All right. Good morning, Mr. Crane.
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` A. Good morning. I'm going to put in front of
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`you first Exhibit 1001 from the PGR that relates to the
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`'583 patent. And that is the '583 patent itself.
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`BY MR. SACKSTEDER:
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` Q. And I'm also going to hand you from the same
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`PGR your declaration entitled "Declaration of
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`David Crane." It is identified as Exhibit 2002.
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`BY MR. SACKSTEDER:
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` Q. And those both are from the PGR that relate to
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`U.S. Patent 9,636,583. Will you understand that when I
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`refer to the '583 patent during this deposition, I'll be
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`referring to U.S. Patent 9,636,583?
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` A. Yes.
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` MR. RINEHART: May I please get a copy of
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`those?
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` MR. SACKSTEDER: Yes. It's so complicated I
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` MR. RINEHART: It's all good.
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`BY MR. SACKSTEDER:
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` Q. Okay. Would you look at Exhibit 2002, please.
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`What is Exhibit 2002?
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` A. This appears to be the declaration that I
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` Q. The very last paragraph, paragraph 60, says,
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` Have you been asked to modify or supplement
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` MR. RINEHART: Objection. Privilege.
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` Don't answer.
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` Q. Do you expect to modify or supplement your
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` A. As I state in my declaration, I may modify or
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` Q. Do you have any reason to believe that you are
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` A. As I sit here today, I don't have any reason
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` MR. RINEHART: Objection. Form.
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` THE WITNESS: I believe that my conclusions
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` A. I don't know if that will happen or not.
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` Q. Do you have any reason to believe that you
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` MR. SACKSTEDER: I don't think you can hide
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`this is his deposition in this trial.
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` MR. RINEHART: I agree with that. But if --
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`so you can answer the question to the extent that you
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` THE WITNESS: Could you repeat the question?
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` MR. RINEHART: Okay. Same objection to
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` THE WITNESS: Can you re-form the question
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` Q. I asked you, "Do you expect to address any
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` A. You asked me do I expect to.
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` Q. Uh-huh.
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` A. And what was my response.
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` Q. "I don't know if that will happen or not."
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` MR. RINEHART: Same objection. Same
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` THE WITNESS: Same answer. I don't know if
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` Q. Under what circumstances would you be
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` A. As I indicate in my declaration, if I receive
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` MR. RINEHART: Same objection as to privilege.
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`Same instruction as before.
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` MR. SACKSTEDER: Hold on one second.
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` His declaration contains a list of materials
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` MR. RINEHART: And so as you phrased that
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` MR. SACKSTEDER: I asked him a yes-or-no
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` THE WITNESS: As I sit here today, I have not
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` Q. Do you have -- strike that.
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` Have you received any indication that you will
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` A. I don't believe so.
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` Q. Paragraph 16 of Exhibit 2002 in the 00029 PGR
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And you write in paragraph 16, "I have
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`correct?
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` A. That is correct.
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` Q. You specify documents, correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Have you received information in any other
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` Q. I'm excluding any conversations you might have
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` THE WITNESS: As I indicate in my declaration,
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` MR. RINEHART: Objection to form.
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` THE WITNESS: I don't believe so.
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` A. No.
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` Q. Beside counsel, have you spoken to anyone else
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` MR. RINEHART: Objection to form.
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` THE WITNESS: I could have had any number of
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` A. This patent relates to a video game invention,
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` Q. Have you -- to your recollection, have you
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` THE WITNESS: To my recollection, I don't
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` Q. What were you asked to do in preparing this
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` MR. RINEHART: Objection. Privilege.
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` MR. SACKSTEDER: Whose privilege are we
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` MR. RINEHART: The attorney-client privilege.
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` MR. SACKSTEDER: Who is the client?
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` MR. RINEHART: Mr. Crane has been retained by
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` MR. SACKSTEDER: And so are you representing
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` MR. SACKSTEDER: And are you -- and you are
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`that isn't an objectionable question.
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` MR. SACKSTEDER: Okay. If his declaration
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` MR. SACKSTEDER: I don't agree with that. I
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` MR. RINEHART: So I'm not instructing the
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` MR. SACKSTEDER: I don't think you're entitled
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` Q. Were you asked to form opinions in this case?
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` A. I was.
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` Q. What opinions were you asked to form?
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` Q. And to conclude what?
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` Q. On what subject matters?
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` Q. All of those opinions are expressed in your
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` Q. In making a privilege objection earlier,
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` Is there anything else that counsel asked you
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` MR. RINEHART: Object to form.
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` Q. Is there anything else that counsel asked you
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` MR. RINEHART: Same objection.
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` THE WITNESS: Well, without revealing
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` Q. Were you asked to form certain opinions that,
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` MR. RINEHART: Objection. Form.
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` THE WITNESS: I don't recall any specific
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` Q. Turn to page 14 of Exhibit 2002 in the 00029
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`PGR. Starting at paragraph 31 and continuing through
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`paragraph 44, you are discussing assertions that certain
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`limitations of the claim in the '583 patent are
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`indefinite, correct?
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` A. I'm addressing claim terms that I believe are
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` Q. Okay. Fair enough. So the first one of the
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`claim terms that you address is panel, correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Are you familiar with panel as that term is
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And also the '659 patent?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And those two patents contain the same
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`specifications, so is it your understanding that the
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`terms that are used in the claims of those two patents
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`are intended to be used the same way?
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` MR. RINEHART: Objection. Form.
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` THE WITNESS: It's my understanding that the
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` Q. All right. As used in the '583 and '659
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`patents, what's a panel?
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` MR. RINEHART: Objection. Form.
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` THE WITNESS: As I state in my declaration, a
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`properties. The specification lists some of those
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` Q. So what did you mean when you wrote that the
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`term panel is a -- or the concept of a panel, I guess,
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`is a logical construct?
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` MR. RINEHART: Objection. Form.
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` Q. Let me ask that again.
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` You wrote the panel is a logical construct,
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`correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. What did you mean when you wrote that?
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` A. I suppose it's a technical way of saying it's
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` MR. RINEHART: Objection. Form.
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` THE WITNESS: As I used the term in
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`"logical construct" as you used it in paragraph 32 of
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` Q. All right. So when you said that a panel is a
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` MR. RINEHART: Objection.
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` THE WITNESS: At the very least, yes.
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` Q. All right. And then you go on to say some
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` A. In the '583 patent, the panel is stored in a
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` Q. What is a panel database?
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` Q. All right. So a panel database contains
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`Is that a fair definition?
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` MR. RINEHART: Objection.
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` THE WITNESS: At the very least, a panel
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` A. It could contain other information. But by
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` Q. Does it really contain the panel or does it
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` MR. RINEHART: Objection. Form.
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` THE WITNESS: The panel is a logical
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` Q. In paragraph 11 of your declaration, you list
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`for the design and/or program, correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And there are dozens of game titles listed in
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` Q. And those are all game titles that you're very
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`programmed them, or both, correct?
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` MR. RINEHART: Objection. Form.
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` THE REPORTER: Can you speak up with your
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` MR. RINEHART: Of course. I'm sorry.
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`Objection, form.
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` Q. So all of the games listed in paragraph 11
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` A. I'm referring to the patent specification is
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`a panel or not?
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` MR. RINEHART: Objection. Form.
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` THE WITNESS: I assume that your hypothetical
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`game designer is a person of ordinary skill in the art.
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`And, as I point out in my declaration, I believe that a
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`person of ordinary skill in the art, upon reading the
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`specification and claims, understands what a panel is
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`and, therefore, would know whether or not a game he is
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`designing might infringe this patent.
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`BY MR. SACKSTEDER:
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` Q. Can you provide any detail whatsoever about
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`what that person of ordinary skill in the art would look
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`at to determine whether or not the game might infringe
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`the patent?
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` MR. RINEHART: Objection. Fo