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`DEPOSITION OF DAVID CRANE
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`Thursday, February 28, 2019
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`Volume II
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`Reported by:
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`CSR No. 8239
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`Job No. 3234701
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` Deposition of DAVID CRANE, Volume I, taken on
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`behalf of Petitioner, at Kilpatrick, Townsend &
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`Stockton, LLP, 1080 Marsh Road, Menlo Park, California,
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`beginning at 10:03 a.m. and ending at 3:09 p.m., on
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` INDEX
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`WITNESS EXAMINATION
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`DAVID CRANE
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`Volume II
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` BY MR. SACKSTEDER 173
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` RE: PGR2018-00029, PATENT 9,636,583
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`NUMBER DESCRIPTION PAGES
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`Exhibit 1001 "United States Patent, Atobe, Patent 173
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` No.: US 9,636,583 B2, Date of Patent:
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` *May 2, 2017"; 20 pages
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`Exhibit 2002 "Case: PGR2018-00029, U.S. Patent No. 176
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` CRANE"; 32 pages
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`Exhibit 2003 Japanese patent 2007-252696; 84 pages 197
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`Exhibit 1001 "United States Patent, Atobe, Patent 203
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` Menlo Park, California; Thursday, February 28, 2019
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` 10:03 a.m.
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` MR. SACKSTEDER: Good morning.
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` For the record, this is the continuation of a
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`deposition in two Post Grant Reviews before the Patent
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`Trial and Appeal Board. The first is PGR2018-00029, and
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`the second is 2018-00047, and counsel and the witness
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`were courteous in letting me end a little bit early.
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`Then we had to reschedule. So now we are resuming the
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`deposition today in those two PGRs.
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` And I am Michael Sacksteder of Fenwick & West.
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`I represent the petitioner, Supercell OY, and with me is
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`Geoffrey Miller, also with Fenwick & West and also
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`representing Supercell.
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` Counsel, would you like to introduce yourself?
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` MR. RINEHART: Sure. Thank you.
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` My name is Andrew Rinehart, on behalf of my
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`client Gree, Inc., and I am of the firm Kilpatrick,
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`Townsend & Stockton.
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` And, Mr. Crane, would you like to introduce
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` THE WITNESS: David Crane, C-r-a-n-e.
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` MR. SACKSTEDER: Usually this all gets handled
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` MR. RINEHART: We take it for granted, right?
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` Q Good morning, Mr. Crane.
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` Are you feeling well today?
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` A I'm feeling fine. Thank you.
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` Q All right. Are you taking any medication that
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` A I am not.
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` Q Mr. Crane, I'm going to give you another copy
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`of Exhibit 1001 from the 00029 PGR.
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` (Exhibit 1001 was introduced.)
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` Q That is the '583 patent that we've been
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` A It looks like a complete copy.
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` Q If you could turn to -- it's actually Page 15
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`of the exhibit, Column 1 of the '583 patent. And in the
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`first paragraph of the section that is headed "Summary,"
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`it says: "It could therefore be helpful to provide a
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`storage medium storing a game program and a game
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`processing method of a game that gives a user a high
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` Do you see that?
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` Q All right. Is -- what's your level of
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` MR. RINEHART: Objection. Form.
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` THE WITNESS: Well, those were examples from
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` Q All right. You gave me some examples.
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` Can you give me more of a definition rather
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` MR. RINEHART: Objection. Form.
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` THE WITNESS: As a person of ordinary skill in
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`I mentioned that the specification includes a number of
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` A That's correct.
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` MR. RINEHART: Mike, I'll pause you. He
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` MR. SACKSTEDER: Now he does.
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` MR. RINEHART: Thank you very much.
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` THE WITNESS: In my declaration in Section V,
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` Q And the -- the inventive game play is kind of
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`how the game proceeds, how it's -- how the game is
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` MR. RINEHART: Objection. Form.
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` THE WITNESS: That's a generalization, but
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` MR. RINEHART: Objection. Form.
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` THE WITNESS: The visual improvement section
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` MR. RINEHART: Objection. Form.
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` Q Yeah. It wasn't a very good question. So
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`we're talking, again, about the term "high visual
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` THE WITNESS: Well, for example, the game
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` MR. RINEHART: Objection. Form.
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` THE WITNESS: I believe that the game play
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` MR. RINEHART: Same objection.
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` THE WITNESS: Well, since your question
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` THE WITNESS: To that question, I see no
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` THE WITNESS: I believe I did.
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` A I believe I did.
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` Q And that doesn't appear in any claim of the
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` THE WITNESS: I do not see the term
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` MR. RINEHART: Same objection.
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` THE WITNESS: What do you mean by "refer...to
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` THE WITNESS: I don't see any reference to
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` THE WITNESS: I described that as one of the
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` THE WITNESS: Well, the similarity to a comic
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`just says panels are disposed in divisions?
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` THE WITNESS: It says that they are disposed
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` MR. RINEHART: Objection. Form.
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` The claim language talks about the disposition
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`your testimony?
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` MR. RINEHART: Objection. Form.
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` THE WITNESS: I did not say that.
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` MR. RINEHART: Same objection.
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` MR. RINEHART: Objection. Form.
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` THE WITNESS: Again, the preferred embodiment
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`shows disposing panels in a grid based on their size and
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`shape, which can resemble that of a comic strip.
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` Q But does Claim 1 require that?
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` THE WITNESS: Not being a lawyer, I can't say
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` MR. RINEHART: Objection. Form.
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` THE WITNESS: Certainly the preferred
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` It was: In all instances or just sometimes?
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` MR. RINEHART: Same objection.
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` THE WITNESS: As I sit here today, I can't say
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` MR. SACKSTEDER: Thank you, sir.
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` Q You referenced Claim 4 of the '583 patent, and
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`you specifically said that it recites an emphasized
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` A Yes.
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` Q Is that part of the game play or is that part
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` MR. RINEHART: Objection. Form.
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` THE WITNESS: Generally, I would describe the
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` A Yes.
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` Q And that says you execute the divisions in a
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` Do you recall that?
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` What else were you referring to?
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` MR. RINEHART: Objection. Form.
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` THE WITNESS: Many video games are tied to a
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` Q How would they know that the use of "frame" in
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` MR. RINEHART: Objection. Form.
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` THE WITNESS: I believe that a person of
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` MR. RINEHART: Same objection.
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` MR. RINEHART: Same objection.
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` Q You testified during the first day of your
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` You meant the same thing, correct?
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` MR. RINEHART: Objection. Form.
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` THE WITNESS: They are similar.
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` MR. RINEHART: Objection. Form.
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` THE WITNESS: I don't recall the context from
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` MR. RINEHART: Objection. Form.
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` THE WITNESS: Where in my declaration are you
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` MR. RINEHART: Objection. Form.
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` THE WITNESS: They are certainly very similar.
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` MR. RINEHART: Objection. Form.
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` THE WITNESS: