`U.S. Patent 9,770,664
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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,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`GREE, INC.,
`Patent Owner
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`Case PGR2018-00071
`Patent 9,770,664
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`DECLARATION OF ANDREW J. SUTTON IN SUPPORT OF
`PATENT OWNER’S PRELIMINARY RESPONSE
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`I, Andrew J. Sutton, make the following declaration pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
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`§1746:
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`I am an Associate at the law firm of Ropes & Gray LLP.
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`I provide this Declaration in connection with the above-identified Post
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`Grant Review proceeding that is before the United States Patent and Trademark
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`Gree Exhibit 2007
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`Office (“USPTO”). Unless otherwise stated, the facts stated in this Declaration are
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`based on my personal knowledge.
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`3.
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`Exhibit 2002 is a true and correct copy of Bauckhage, et al., How
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`Players Lose Interest in Playing a Game: An Empirical Study Based on
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`Distributions of Total Playing Times, 2012 IEEE Conference on Computational
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`Intelligence and Games (2012). This document was obtained at my direction from
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`the library of Ropes & Gray LLP. This document has been marked with an exhibit
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`label and page numbers on each page at the bottom right corner. However, no
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`alterations, other than these noted markings, have been made to this document.
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`4.
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`Exhibit 2003 is a true and correct copy of Tuomas Hynninen, First-
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`Person Shooter Controls on Touchscreen Devices: a Heuristic Evaluation of Three
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`Games on the iPod Touch, (Nov. 2012) (M.Sc. thesis, University of Tampere)(on
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`file With TamPub, The Institutional Repository of University of Tampere). This
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`document was obtained at my direction from the library of Ropes & Gray LLP.
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`This document has been marked with an exhibit label and page numbers on each
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`page at the bottom right corner. However, no alterations, other than these noted
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`markings, have been made to this document.
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`5.
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`Exhibit 2004 is a true and correct copy of Yadi Ziaeehezarjeribi,
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`Learning strategies in play during basic training for Medal of Honor and Call of
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`Duty video games, (2010) (Ph.D. thesis, Indiana University) (on file with the
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`Learning and Technology Library). This document was obtained at my direction
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`from the library of Ropes & Gray LLP. This document has been marked with an
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`exhibit label and page numbers on each page at the bottom right corner. However,
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`no alterations, other than these noted markings, have been made to this document.
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`6.
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`Exhibit 2005 is a true and correct copy of Rodrigo Vicencio-Moriera
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`et al., The Effectiveness (or Lack Thereof) of Aim-Assist Techniques in First-
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`Person Shooter Games, 2014 ACHM CHI Conference on Human Factors in
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`Computing Systems (Apr. 26, 2014). This document was obtained at my direction
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`from the library of Ropes & Gray LLP. This document has been marked with an
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`exhibit label and page numbers on each page at the bottom right corner. However,
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`no alterations, other than these noted markings, have been made to this document.
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`7.
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`Exhibit 2006 is a true and correct copy of Patent Owner’s Statutory
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`Disclaimer of Claims 16-19 of Patent No. 9,770,664. This document has been
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`marked with an exhibit label and page numbers on each page at the bottom right
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`corner. However, no alterations, other than these noted markings, have been made
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`to this document.
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`8.
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`I understand that willful false statements and the like are punishable
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`by fine or imprisonment, or both. If called to testify as to the truth of the matters
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`stated herein, I could and would testify competently.
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`I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and
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`correct. Executed this 25th day of October, 2018, in Washington, D.C.
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`/s/ Andrew J. Sutton
`Andrew J. Sutton
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