Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. et al
Filing
973
Declaration of Cyndi Wheeler in Support of #930 Administrative Motion to File Under Seal Samsung's Motion for Summary Judgment filed byApple Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1, #2 Exhibit 2, #3 Exhibit 3, #4 Exhibit 4, #5 Exhibit 5, #6 Exhibit 6, #7 Exhibit 7, #8 Exhibit 8, #9 Exhibit 9, #10 Exhibit 10, #11 Exhibit 11, #12 Exhibit 12, #13 Exhibit 13, #14 Exhibit 14, #15 Exhibit 15, #16 Exhibit 16, #17 Exhibit 17, #18 Declaration Of Mark D. Selwyn In Support Of Samsungs Administrative Motion To File Documents Under Seal Re Samsungs Motion For Summary Judgment, #19 Proposed Order [Proposed] Order Granting Samsungs Administrative Motion To File Documents Under Seal Re Samsungs Motion For Summary Judgment)(Related document(s) #930 ) (Bartlett, Jason) (Filed on 5/24/2012)
Exhibit 6
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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SAN JOSE DIVISION
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APPLE INC., a California
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Corporation,
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Plaintiff,
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vs.
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SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD,
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a Korean business entity;
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SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA,
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INC., a New York corporation;
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SAMSUNG TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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AMERICA, LLC, a Delaware
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limited liability company,
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Defendants.
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HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL
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VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION OF EUGENE WHANG
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2011
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REPORTED BY:
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JANIS JENNINGS, CSR 3942, CLR, CCRR
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exactly if that
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user back home; but, for instance now, you know, the
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home button activates CRE or you can
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you double click it, it will activate iTunes.
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has a lot of other functions as well, but I don't
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recall when those other functions were mapped onto
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the home button as well.
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BY MS. NEILL:
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Q.
if this button only just took the
you know, if
It
So looking now at the large rectangular
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feature that's indicated with dashed lines on this
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drawing on the front here, which may be referred to
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as a "screen," what is the function of that?
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MR. HUNG:
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Calls for a legal conclusion.
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Objection.
THE WITNESS:
Assumes facts.
Are you talking about this
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dashed line here (indicating)?
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BY MS. NEILL:
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Q.
Yes.
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A.
I mean, again, I'm not an expert at
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reading patent drawings, but to me as a designer
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this would indicate where the active area of a
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screen would be.
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Q.
And you'll notice that the device appears
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to have four rounded corners.
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MR. HUNG:
Objection.
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for itself.
Calls for a legal conclusion.
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You can answer.
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THE WITNESS:
Yeah, you can
I guess you
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can refer to them as "rounded corners," but we would
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just kind of refer to this entire thing as its
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profile.
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BY MS. NEILL:
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Q.
this device?
A.
Q.
Spline, s p l i n e.
Was there any reason
or strike that.
Is there any reason that the corners are
rounded?
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We could refer to them as "corner
splines."
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So how would you refer to the corners of
MR. HUNG:
conclusion.
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Objection.
Calls for a legal
Calls for an expert opinion.
THE WITNESS:
I can't recall the specifics
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of any particular reason, but the rounded corners
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can serve many purposes.
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BY MS. NEILL:
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Q.
Can you name
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A.
Or the rounded splines.
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Q.
Okay.
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Can you name some of the purposes
that the rounded splines might serve?
A.
Yeah.
The corner splines and the size
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that they are can make the product and the shape
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appear more friendly.
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rear surface also is somewhat in tune with
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governed by what those corner splines are.
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The
what happens with the
and
Because the surface on the back and the
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way it kind of wraps around is highly sensitive to
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what size those actual like radiuses would be so it
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affects the rear surface as well.
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comfortable against the ear or in the hands.
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also visually more lightweight.
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It can be more
It's
some of the examples.
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Q.
Okay.
Yeah, those are
Can you think of any other specific
reasons?
A.
I mean, we just
I think we arrived
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there because we thought it looked good and we felt
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happy with the appearance.
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MR. HUNG:
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water.
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We're just going to get him
BY MS. NEILL:
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Q.
You can go ahead.
Erika will get it.
So the next feature I would like to direct
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your attention to is sort of the oval or elongated,
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maybe pill shaped that's above that
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earlier referring to as the screen shape.
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A.
Okay.
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Q.
What is that?
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MR. HUNG:
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legal conclusion.
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Objection.
Calls for a
Foundation.
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Calls for an expert opinion.
THE WITNESS:
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opening.
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It appears to be a receiver
BY MS. NEILL:
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Q.
And what kind of receiver?
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A.
A receiver is just kind of what we call
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it.
It's, you know, like the opening for you to
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hear another person's voice or whatever sound may
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be coming out of there when you're on a phone call.
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Q.
And is there any reason why it's
positioned where it is on the overall device?
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MR. HUNG:
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Calls for a legal conclusion.
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opinion.
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Objection.
THE WITNESS:
We
Foundation.
Calls for an expert
you know, we tried it
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in many positions and this is where we felt that it
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just seems to look most comfortable.
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BY MS. NEILL:
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Q.
And when you were designing this
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coming up with this design, was there ever any
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feedback or information that you received from
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engineers?
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A.
or
Just in general with the product in
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BY MS. NEILL:
Q.
All right.
So what I am going to give you
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now is United States Design Patent 504,889, which
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was previously marked as Exhibit 8.
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Take a look at the patent.
A.
Okay.
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Q.
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Can you please turn to figure 2.
And you'll see there on figure 2 along one
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edge of the device there seems to be a small, round
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port.
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A.
Yep.
There seems to be a little dotted
some kind dotted line running around.
Q.
Uh huh.
Okay.
And then on the other edge
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of the device that you can see in that same drawing,
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there appears to be a rectangular type of port.
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A.
Yes.
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Q.
Okay.
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And can you please refer to
figure 6 as well.
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And I'm sorry.
If you look at the first
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page of the patent, it indicates that figure 6 is a
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right side view.
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A.
Okay.
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Q.
And can you see, again, the round feature
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on figure 6?
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A.
Yes.
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Q.
And on figure 8
which is a lower side
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view, according to the first page of the patent
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can you see that there is a rectangular feature
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along that edge?
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Yes.
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Q.
Is the design depicted in this patent
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reflected in one of the two devices in front of you?
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MR. HUNG:
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Calls for a legal conclusion.
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opinion.
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Objection.
THE WITNESS:
Vague.
Calls for an expert
There doesn't seem to be
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enough information in the drawings to
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say if it's
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these.
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there's
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Foundation.
for me to
if it's representative of one of
There are some similarities, but, you know,
there's also differences.
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Q.
If you will take a look for a second at
figure 2, please.
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A.
Okay.
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Q.
You will see in figure 2, which is a
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bottom perspective view, that there are a series of
diagonal lines.
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A.
Yes.
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Q.
What do those represent?
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MR. HUNG:
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THE WITNESS:
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Objection.
I don't
Foundation.
I don't know.
BY MS. NEILL:
Q.
If you please turn to figure 4, which is a
bottom view.
Are those lines present?
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A.
Of the same lines as in the last figure?
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Q.
Yes.
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A.
It doesn't appear
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As in figure 2.
they don't appear to
be there.
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Q.
Do you know why they're not there?
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No.
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Q.
And going back to the lines that are in
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figure 2, do you have under
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No.
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In figure 1, do you also see a series of
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diagonal lines?
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Yes.
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Q.
Do you have any understanding as to what
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those lines may reflect?
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No, I don't.
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Q.
In figure 1 again, to bring your attention
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to that, you can see around the front of the device
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there appears to be a line, basically the perimeter
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of the front, that appears to be thicker along
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the
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left edge and the bottom edge.
the way I'm looking at it, it would be the
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A.
Okay.
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Q.
Do you see that line?
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A.
I mean, I see a line that gets
that
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starts off around here as one thickness, and then
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down on the bottom edge, it kind of goes thicker.
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Q.
Uh huh.
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Yep.
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Q.
Do you think it's possible that that line
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depicts the vent?
MR. HUNG:
speculation.
Objection.
Calls for
Calls for a legal conclusion.
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THE WITNESS:
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drawing, I
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To me, when I see this
BY MS. NEILL:
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Q.
I don't see the vent detail.
Do you have any understanding at all of
what the thicker line might represent?
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No, I don't.
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Q.
And turning to figure 9, this depicts a
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person holding the device.
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Okay.
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Q.
Along the top edge of the device, the
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farthest away from the person who is holding it, do
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you see that that edge appears to be wedge shaped?
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MR. HUNG:
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The document speaks
for itself.
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Objection.
THE WITNESS:
I don't see that.
BY MS. NEILL:
Q.
Do you see that the
the top edge
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appears to taper towards the
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holding it towards the left edge of the top?
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MR. HUNG:
as the person is
Objection.
The document speaks
for itself.
THE WITNESS:
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kind of point to
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Do you think you can just
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So I'm pointing to the top edge away
farthest away from him
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Q.
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Okay.
and that it tapers along this line
Yeah.
Yeah.
so that this area appears as a wedge.
Right.
MR. HUNG:
for itself.
Objection.
The document speaks
Assumes facts.
BY MS. NEILL:
Q.
Do you have any understanding of why that
appears to be wedge shaped?
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MR. HUNG:
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THE WITNESS:
Objection.
I don't.
Assumes facts.
To me, it just
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looks like whoever drew it just got their
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perspective wrong.
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BY MS. NEILL:
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Q.
And also along the front perimeter of the
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front face of the device, there appears to be a
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darker line, or heavier line.
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Yeah, there appears to be a slightly
thicker line.
Q.
And do you have any understanding of what
that represents?
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No.
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Q.
And just -- if will turn to the first page
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of this patent, you will see that you are listed as
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an inventor on this patent.
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Yes.
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Q.
And what did you contribute to the design
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depicted in this patent?
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Like I said before, just, you know --
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specifically it's hard to pick out any kind of
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detail or specific thing.
You know, we all worked
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on this together, so, you know, we all kind of
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equally contributed to the design.
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Q.
And do you know when this design was first
conceived of?
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No, I don't.
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Q.
Okay.
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And do you know when it was first
put down in a written form?
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A.
No.
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Q.
Did you create any of the figures in this
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patent?
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No, I didn't.
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Q.
Do you know who did?
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No, I do not.
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Q.
Did you ever meet with anyone regarding
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whether or not you were an inventor of this patent?
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I can't recall.
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