Elan Microelectronics Corporation v. Apple, Inc.

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Declaration of Jennifer Liu in Support of 212 MOTION for Partial Summary Judgment of Infringement of U.S. Patent 5,875,352 [Public Version] MOTION for Partial Summary Judgment of Infringement of U.S. Patent 5,875,352 [Public Version] filed byElan Microelectronics Corporation. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1, # 2 Exhibit 2, # 3 Exhibit 3-6 MFN, # 4 Exhibit 7, # 5 Exhibit 8, # 6 Exhibit 9, # 7 Exhibit 10, # 8 Exhibit 11, # 9 Exhibit 12, # 10 Exhibit 13, # 11 Exhibit 14, # 12 Exhibit 15, # 13 Exhibit 16, # 14 Exhibit 17, # 15 Exhibit 18, # 16 Exhibit 19, # 17 Exhibit 20, # 18 Exhibit 21, # 19 Exhibit 22, # 20 Exhibit 23-25 MFN, # 21 Exhibit 26, # 22 Exhibit 27 MFN, # 23 Exhibit 28, # 24 Exhibit 29-33 MFN, # 25 Exhibit 34, # 26 Exhibit 35-37 MFN, # 27 Exhibit 38 Part 1, # 28 Exhibit 38 Part 2, # 29 Exhibit 38 Part 3, # 30 Exhibit 39-45 MFN, # 31 Exhibit 46, # 32 Exhibit 47 MFN, # 33 Exhibit 48)(Related document(s) 212 ) (Liu, Jennifer) (Filed on 5/24/2011)

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