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`Case 6:21-cv-00984-ADA Document 55-10 Filed 05/25/22 Page 2 of 7
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`From: Richard Cowell <rcowell@fabricantllp.com>  
`Sent: Monday, May 23, 2022 7:54 PM 
`To: Katie Prescott <prescott@fr.com>; Jacob Ostling <jostling@fabricantllp.com>; Jawbone <jawbone@fabricantllp.com>; Ray 
`Mort <raymort@austinlaw.com>; Fred Fabricant <ffabricant@fabricantllp.com>; Peter Lambrianakos 
`<plambrianakos@fabricantllp.com>; Vincent Rubino <vrubino@fabricantllp.com> 
`Cc: Betty Chen <bchen@fr.com>; Benjamin C. Elacqua <Elacqua@fr.com>; Ricardo Bonilla <rbonilla@fr.com>; Daniel Gopenko 
`<gopenko@fr.com>; Autumn Wu <qwu@fr.com>; google‐jawbone‐ext@keker.com 
`Subject: RE: Jawbone v Apple | 6:21‐cv‐984: Defendant’s Disclosure of Preliminary Claim Constructions 
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`Counsel, 
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`We disagree that claim 18 of the ‘543 patent is indefinite.  However, the dispute appears to be purely academic, as Jawbone has 
`not asserted that claim against either Apple or Google. 
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`Regards, 
`Rich 
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`From: Katie Prescott <prescott@fr.com>  
`Sent: Friday, May 20, 2022 10:57 PM 
`To: Jacob Ostling <jostling@fabricantllp.com>; Richard Cowell <rcowell@fabricantllp.com>; Jawbone 
`<jawbone@fabricantllp.com>; Ray Mort <raymort@austinlaw.com>; Fred Fabricant <ffabricant@fabricantllp.com>; Peter 
`Lambrianakos <plambrianakos@fabricantllp.com>; Vincent Rubino <vrubino@fabricantllp.com> 
`Cc: Betty Chen <bchen@fr.com>; Benjamin C. Elacqua <Elacqua@fr.com>; Ricardo Bonilla <rbonilla@fr.com>; Daniel Gopenko 
`<gopenko@fr.com>; Autumn Wu <qwu@fr.com>; google‐jawbone‐ext@keker.com 
`Subject: RE: Jawbone v Apple | 6:21‐cv‐984: Defendant’s Disclosure of Preliminary Claim Constructions 
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`Counsel,  
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`Further to the email below, as it relates to the “angle” term in claim 18 of the ’543 patent, we again ask that Jawbone
`drop that claim to obviate the need to construe this claim as indefinite. Claim 18 is indefinite on its face because it does
`not “inform those skilled in the art about the scope of the invention with reasonable certainty.” Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig
`Instruments, Inc., 572 U.S. 898, 901 (2014). One reading of the claim is “wherein the angle is in a range of
`approximately great than zero (0) and greater than 90 degrees.” This reading does not provide a definite range at least
`because the angle is both greater than zero and greater than 90 degrees. No upper limit is set to define the range. As a
`result, it does not and cannot inform one of ordinary skill in the art as to what range of angles is being claimed.  
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`With respect to the term “transfer function,” the parties remain in disagreement.  
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`With respect to the “acoustic signal” and “receiver” terms, we appreciate Jawbone’s proposal that the “acoustic
`signals” terms refer to “some set of the acoustic signals received by the [at least two microphones that receive the
`acoustic signals] / [two receivers]” as recited in claims 1 and 2 respectively. However, that does not solve the
`indefiniteness issue for claim 1 for two reasons. First, the term “the acoustic signals” in claim 1 lacks an antecedent
`basis. Second, it is impossible to determine what the terms “the one receiver” and “the two receivers” mean in the
`context of claim 1. 
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`Apple and Google agree to the compromise construction of “acoustic microphone” as “physical microphone.” In sum,
`we understand that the parties are currently in agreement on the following constructions: 
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`Terms 
`Agreed-Upon Construction 
`Patents 
`“acoustic microphone” 
`“physical microphone”  
`’091 Patent 
`“virtual microphone” 
`“microphone constructed
`’072 Patent 
`using two or more
`’213 Patent 
`omnidirectional microphones
`’611 Patent 
`and associated signal
`’080 Patent 
`processing” 
`’357 Patent 
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`’691 Patent 
`“user speech” 
`’213 Patent 
`’611 Patent 
`’691 Patent 
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`“voice activity” 
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`“null” 
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`“zero or minima in the spatial
`response of a physical or
`virtual directional
`microphone” 
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`Please let us know Plaintiff’s position on the outstanding claim construction issues in this email, as well as the issues
`raised in my email of 5/18 at 9:40PM PT. If necessary, we are available for a call to discuss.  
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`Regards, 
`Katie 
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`Katherine D Prescott :: Fish & Richardson P.C. :: 650 839 5180 
`From: Katie Prescott  
`Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2022 9:40 PM 
`To: Jacob Ostling <jostling@fabricantllp.com>; Richard Cowell <rcowell@fabricantllp.com>; Jawbone 
`<jawbone@fabricantllp.com>; Ray Mort <raymort@austinlaw.com>; Fred Fabricant <ffabricant@fabricantllp.com>; Peter 
`Lambrianakos <plambrianakos@fabricantllp.com>; Vincent Rubino <vrubino@fabricantllp.com> 
`Cc: Betty Chen <bchen@fr.com>; Benjamin C. Elacqua <Elacqua@fr.com>; Ricardo Bonilla <rbonilla@fr.com>; Daniel Gopenko 
`<gopenko@fr.com>; Autumn Wu <qwu@fr.com>; google‐jawbone‐ext@keker.com 
`Subject: RE: Jawbone v Apple | 6:21‐cv‐984: Defendant’s Disclosure of Preliminary Claim Constructions 
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`Jacob, 
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`Thank you for setting forth Jawbone’s proposed compromises. Apple is considering them.  
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`In the meantime, as it relates to the “microphone” term in the ’058 and ’543 patents, Jawbone agreed to consider whether it 
`could agree to Defendants’ proposed construction, or a construction of “physical microphone,” for either patent.  See, e.g., ’543 
`patent at 4:28‐32 (“the use of these physical microphone configurations includes but is not limited to applications such as 
`communications, speech recognition, and voice‐feature control of applications and/or devices”), ’543 patent at 6:44‐65 
`(discussing microphone hardware and noting that “configurations described herein have been constructed using inexpensive off‐
`the‐shelf microphones”); ’543 patent at 7:12‐26 (identifying microphones are traditional physical microphones sold by the Shure 
`microphone company); ’058 patent at 3:39‐49, 4:49‐63, 7:52‐57, 9:18‐33, Fig. 7 (discussing physical hardware considerations and 
`the physical configuration of the microphones with respect to a user’s mouth, ear, and one another).  Notably, neither patent 
`mentions virtual microphones or omnidirectional microphones with the corresponding software to configure virtual 
`microphones.  To the extent Jawbone contends that the “microphone” term in either patent should be construed to cover 
`physical and virtual microphones, please identify any supporting intrinsic evidence so that Apple can evaluate it. 
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`Additionally, as it relates to the “angle” terms in the ’543 patent dependent claims, we again ask that Jawbone drop those four 
`dependent claims to obviate the need to construe these indefinite terms.  It strains credulity to suggest that Jawbone would pick 
`these claims for trial, whereas dropping them now—before the parties and the Court expend resources on construing those 
`claims—would support a just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of this proceeding.  See Rule 1. 
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`Regards, 
`Katie 
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`Katherine D Prescott :: Fish & Richardson P.C. :: 650 839 5180 
`From: Jacob Ostling <jostling@fabricantllp.com>  
`Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2022 10:27 AM 
`To: Katie Prescott <prescott@fr.com>; Richard Cowell <rcowell@fabricantllp.com>; Jawbone <jawbone@fabricantllp.com>; Ray 
`Mort <raymort@austinlaw.com>; Fred Fabricant <ffabricant@fabricantllp.com>; Peter Lambrianakos 
`<plambrianakos@fabricantllp.com>; Vincent Rubino <vrubino@fabricantllp.com> 
`Cc: Betty Chen <bchen@fr.com>; Benjamin C. Elacqua <Elacqua@fr.com>; Ricardo Bonilla <rbonilla@fr.com>; Daniel Gopenko 
`<gopenko@fr.com>; Autumn Wu <qwu@fr.com>; google‐jawbone‐ext@keker.com 
`Subject: RE: Jawbone v Apple | 6:21‐cv‐984: Defendant’s Disclosure of Preliminary Claim Constructions 
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`Counsel, 
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`Thank you for your time on yesterday’s call. 
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`In view of our discussion regarding the “acoustic signal” terms, and with the understanding that Defendants’ proposal is not 
`intended to require the acoustic signals referenced throughout claims 1‐2 of the ‘058 patent to be identical to one another, we 
`could agree to a construction that the “acoustic signals” terms refer to “some set of the acoustic signals received by the [at least 
`two microphones that receive the acoustic signals]/[two receivers]” as recited in claims 1 and 2 respectively.  
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`In the interests of compromise, we would also agree to construe “acoustic microphone” recited in claims 1, 10, 11, and 17 of the 
`‘091 Patent as “physical microphone.” 
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`We would also agree to construe the term “transfer function[s]” as “a mathematical expression that specifies the relationship 
`between an output signal and an input signal,” and have updated our position on this term as we discussed. 
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`We also agree to Defendants’ proposal to construe “voice activity” as “user speech” in claims 1, 29, and 44 of the ‘611 Patent 
`and in claims 1, 14, and 42 of the ‘213 Patent. 
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`Finally, in the interests of narrowing the parties’ dispute, Jawbone will no longer be asserting claims 7‐13 of the ‘080 Patent 
`against Apple or Google. 
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`Please let us know Defendants’ positions on the proposed compromises.  
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`Best, 
`Jacob 
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`From: Katie Prescott <prescott@fr.com>  
`Sent: Monday, May 16, 2022 5:16 PM 
`To: Richard Cowell <rcowell@fabricantllp.com>; Jawbone <jawbone@fabricantllp.com>; Ray Mort <raymort@austinlaw.com>; 
`Fred Fabricant <ffabricant@fabricantllp.com>; Peter Lambrianakos <plambrianakos@fabricantllp.com>; Vincent Rubino 
`<vrubino@fabricantllp.com>; Jacob Ostling <jostling@fabricantllp.com> 
`Cc: Betty Chen <bchen@fr.com>; Benjamin C. Elacqua <Elacqua@fr.com>; Ricardo Bonilla <rbonilla@fr.com>; Daniel Gopenko 
`<gopenko@fr.com>; Autumn Wu <qwu@fr.com>; google‐jawbone‐ext@keker.com 
`Subject: RE: Jawbone v Apple | 6:21‐cv‐984: Defendant’s Disclosure of Preliminary Claim Constructions 
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`Hi Richard,  
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`Noon ET / 9 am PT tomorrow works for the Apple and Google teams.  
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`We can use the following dial‐in: 888‐706‐0584,,3940535# 
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`Thanks, 
`Katie 
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`Katherine D Prescott :: Fish & Richardson P.C. :: 650 839 5180 
`From: Richard Cowell <rcowell@fabricantllp.com>  
`Sent: Monday, May 16, 2022 7:29 AM 
`To: Katie Prescott <prescott@fr.com>; Jawbone <jawbone@fabricantllp.com>; Ray Mort <raymort@austinlaw.com>; Fred 
`Fabricant <ffabricant@fabricantllp.com>; Peter Lambrianakos <plambrianakos@fabricantllp.com>; Vincent Rubino 
`<vrubino@fabricantllp.com>; Jacob Ostling <jostling@fabricantllp.com> 
`Cc: Betty Chen <bchen@fr.com>; Benjamin C. Elacqua <Elacqua@fr.com>; Ricardo Bonilla <rbonilla@fr.com>; Daniel Gopenko 
`<gopenko@fr.com>; Autumn Wu <qwu@fr.com>; google‐jawbone‐ext@keker.com 
`Subject: RE: Jawbone v Apple | 6:21‐cv‐984: Defendant’s Disclosure of Preliminary Claim Constructions 
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`Katie et al.,  
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`We are available to meet and confer tomorrow between 10am and 2pm eastern.  We are willing to discuss a schedule for a 
`reduction in asserted claims and invalidity references. 
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`Regards, 
`Rich 
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`From: Katie Prescott <prescott@fr.com>  
`Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2022 7:34 PM 
`To: Richard Cowell <rcowell@fabricantllp.com>; Jawbone <jawbone@fabricantllp.com>; Ray Mort <raymort@austinlaw.com>; 
`Fred Fabricant <ffabricant@fabricantllp.com>; Peter Lambrianakos <plambrianakos@fabricantllp.com>; Vincent Rubino 
`<vrubino@fabricantllp.com>; Jacob Ostling <jostling@fabricantllp.com> 
`Cc: Betty Chen <bchen@fr.com>; Benjamin C. Elacqua <Elacqua@fr.com>; Ricardo Bonilla <rbonilla@fr.com>; Daniel Gopenko 
`<gopenko@fr.com>; Autumn Wu <qwu@fr.com>; google‐jawbone‐ext@keker.com 
`Subject: RE: Jawbone v Apple | 6:21‐cv‐984: Defendant’s Disclosure of Preliminary Claim Constructions 
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`Hi Rich,  
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`As part of its commitment to a just, speedy, and inexpensive resolution, Apple has narrowed the disputed terms. With
`the minor corrections noted below, your summary of that narrowing is correct. We expect that Jawbone will similarly
`narrow the issues in this case. With more than 200 asserted claims across nine patents with dozens of disputed terms,
`this case remains unwieldly. For example, dropping ’543 patent dependent claims 18 and 21-23 now would resolve
`the need to construe their four angle limitations. 
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`Please let us know what times you are available to meet and confer concerning claim construction next Tuesday or
`Wednesday afternoon. To narrow the set of disputed terms, it would be helpful to know which claims Jawbone will no
`longer be asserting. Additionally, in light of pending motions to transfer, we would like to discuss extending certain
`Markman briefing deadlines.  
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`Finally, it would be most effective to coordinate the meet and confer concerning claim construction with counsel for
`Google. We have copied them on this email. 
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`Regards, 
`Katie 
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`Katherine D Prescott :: Fish & Richardson P.C. :: 650 839 5180 
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`From: Richard Cowell <rcowell@fabricantllp.com>  
`Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2022 11:11 AM 
`To: Katie Prescott <prescott@fr.com>; Jawbone <jawbone@fabricantllp.com>; Ray Mort <raymort@austinlaw.com>; Fred 
`Fabricant <ffabricant@fabricantllp.com>; Peter Lambrianakos <plambrianakos@fabricantllp.com>; Vincent Rubino 
`<vrubino@fabricantllp.com>; Jacob Ostling <jostling@fabricantllp.com> 
`Cc: Betty Chen <bchen@fr.com>; Benjamin C. Elacqua <Elacqua@fr.com>; Ricardo Bonilla <rbonilla@fr.com>; Daniel Gopenko 
`<gopenko@fr.com>; Autumn Wu <qwu@fr.com> 
`Subject: RE: Jawbone v Apple | 6:21‐cv‐984: Defendant’s Disclosure of Preliminary Claim Constructions 
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`[This email originated outside of F&R.]
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`Counsel, 
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`We note that Apple did not provide proposed constructions for numerous terms that it had originally identified as requiring 
`construction.  We presume that Apple now agrees that the below terms require no construction and should be given their plain 
`and ordinary meaning.  Please let us know if Apple contends otherwise. 
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`‘091 Patent:  
`o “the VAD” 
`‘072 Patent:  
`o “physical microphone array” 
`o “plurality of different signal combinations” 
`o “plurality of combinations” 
`o “subtracted” 
`o “delayed” 
`o “combining” 
`‘058 Patent:  
`o “physiological information” 
`‘080 Patent:  
`o “response” / “linear response” 
`o “…the delay is raised to a power …” 
`o “an adaptive noise removal application coupled to . . . and generating” 
`‘357 Patent:  
`o “response” / “linear response” 
`o “. . . the delay is raised to a power . . .” 
`o “The device of claim 4, wherein the signal processor is operative to raise the delay to a power . . . .” 
`‘543 Patent:  
`o “the denoising system” 
`’691 Patent:  
`o “response” / “linear response” 
`o “. . . the delay is raised to a power . . .” 
`o “the second linear response to noise being substantially the first linear response to noise” 
`o “one or more of the first microphone signal and the second microphone signal is multiplied by a gain factor” 
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`Regards, 
`Rich 
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`From: Katie Prescott <prescott@fr.com>  
`Sent: Wednesday, May 4, 2022 8:53 PM 
`To: Jawbone <jawbone@fabricantllp.com>; Ray Mort <raymort@austinlaw.com>; Fred Fabricant <ffabricant@fabricantllp.com>; 
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`Peter Lambrianakos <plambrianakos@fabricantllp.com>; Vincent Rubino <vrubino@fabricantllp.com>; Richard Cowell 
`<rcowell@fabricantllp.com>; Jacob Ostling <jostling@fabricantllp.com> 
`Cc: Betty Chen <bchen@fr.com>; Benjamin C. Elacqua <Elacqua@fr.com>; Ricardo Bonilla <rbonilla@fr.com>; Daniel Gopenko 
`<gopenko@fr.com>; Autumn Wu <qwu@fr.com> 
`Subject: Jawbone v Apple | 6:21‐cv‐984: Defendant’s Disclosure of Preliminary Claim Constructions 
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`Counsel: 
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`Attached for service is Apple’s Disclosure of Preliminary Claim Constructions. 
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`Thanks, 
`Katie 
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`Katherine D Prescott :: Principal :: Fish & Richardson P.C. 
`650 839 5180 direct :: prescott@fr.com 
`fr.com :: Bio :: LinkedIn :: Twitter  
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