Frameless Hardware Company LLC vs C.R. Laurence Co., Inc.

Final Written Decision: Final Written Decision Determining Some Challenged Claims Unpatentable Dismissing Patent Owners Motion to Exclude 35 U.S.C. sec. 318a, 37 C.F.R. sec. 42.64c

Other: Hearing transcript

Patent Owner C.R. Laurence Co., Inc.’s Demonstratives for Oral Argument

Petitioner's Demonstrative Exhibits

Patent Owner C.R. Laurence Co., Inc.’s Reply in Support of Its Motion to Exclude Evidence

PETITIONER’S OPPOSITION TO PATENT OWNER’S MOTION TO EXCLUDE EVIDENCE

Patent Owner C.R. Laurence Co., Inc.’s Motion to Exclude Evidence

Patent Owner C.R. Laurence Co., Inc.’s Sur-Sur-Sur-Reply

ORDER Conduct of the Proceeding

ORDER Setting Oral Argument

Petitioner's Sur-Sur-Reply to Patent Owner's Sur-Reply

Patent Owner C.R. Laurence Co., Inc.’s Request for Oral Argument

Petitioner's Request for Oral Argument

Petitioner's Objections to Patent Owner's Evidence

Patent Owner C.R. Laurence Co., Inc.’s Sur-Reply to Petitioner’s Reply

Defendant Frameless Hardware Company LLC’s Opening Claim Construction Brief in C.R. Laurence Co., Inc. v. Frameless Hardware Company LLC et al., Civil Action No. 2:21-cv-01334-JWH-RAO (C.D. Cal. November 18, 2022)

Transcript of the Videoconference Deposition of Steven M. Tipton, Ph.D., Taken on February 23, 2023

Declaration of Steven M. Tipton, Ph.D. in Support of Defendant Frameless Hardware Company LLC’s Preliminary Claim Constructions and Identification of Extrinsic Evidence in C.R. Laurence Co., Inc. v. Frameless Hardware Company LLC et al., Civil Action No. 2:21-cv-01334-JWH-RAO (C.D. Cal.) [marked as Exhibit 0002 during the Videoconference Deposition of Steven M. Tipton, Ph.D., Taken on February 23, 2023]

Transcript of the Videoconference Deposition of Steven M. Tipton, Ph.D., Taken on December 9, 2022, in C.R. Laurence Co., Inc. v. Frameless Hardware Company LLC et al., Civil Action No. 2:21-cv-01334-JWH-RAO (C.D. Cal.) [marked as Exhibit 0004 during the Videoconference Deposition of Steven M. Tipton, Ph.D., Taken on February 23, 2023]

Notice of Stipulation Regarding Due Date 3

Patent Owner C.R. Laurence Co., Inc.'s Amended Notice of Deposition of Steven M. Tipton

Patent Owner C.R. Laurence Co., Inc.'s Notice of Deposition of Steven M. Tipton

ORDER Conduct of the Proceeding

Patent Owner C.R. Laurence Co., Inc.’s Objections to Petitioner’s Evidence

Transcript of January 9, 2023 Conference Call

Petitioner's Reply to Patent Owner's Response to Petitions for Inter Partes Review and Decisions on Institution

American Heritage Dictionary definition of the word “clamp”

Tokai Spring Formulas for Flat Springs (CRL-IPR-002037 to 002057)

American Belleville.com webpage, showing manufactured disc springs

American Belleville.com webpage, showing “Belleville Washers”

Handwritten notes prepared by Dr. McCarthy (CRL-IPR-003047 through 003054)

Photographs taken by Dr. McCarthy (CRL-IPR-003055 through 003115)

Volume 1 of the Deposition of J. Michael McCarthy in IPR2022-00356

Volume 2 of the Deposition of J. Michael McCarthy in IPR2022-00356

Supplemental Declaration of Darren M. Franklin in Support of Petitions for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 9,074,413

Order Granting Defendants’ Motion to Stay Pending Completion of USPTO Inter Partes Review Proceedings and Denying Defendants’ Motion to Sever Non-Patent-Related Claims in C.R. Laurence Co., Inc. v. Frameless Hardware Company, LLC, No. 2:21-cv-01334-JWH-RAO (U.S. District Court, Central District of California)

Amended Notice of Deposition of J. Michael McCarthy, Ph.D.

Notice of Deposition of J. Michael McCarthy, Ph.D.

Patent Owner C.R. Laurence Co., Inc.’s Objections to Petitioner’s Supplemental Information

Petitioner's Objections to Patent Owner's Evidence

Order: Granting Petitioners Motion to Submit Supplemental Information

Order: Entering Stipulated Protective Order

Supplemental Declaration of Steven M. Tipton, Ph.D. in Support of Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 9,074,413

Appendix D – Testimony Guidelines, from Patent Trial and Appeal Board, Consolidated Trial Practice Guide, November 2019

Markforged, Material Datasheet: Composites, Rev. 5.0, August 1, 2021 (FHC – IPR00099 to FHC – IPR00100)

CAD Drawing Prepared by Dr. Tipton

“Assem1” Drawing Prepared by Dr. Tipton

“Assem2” Drawing Prepared by Dr. Tipton

Copy of FIG. 12 of Sprague ‘905 Annotated (in Red) by Dr. Tipton to Show Proposed Combination with Garrett

Copy of FIG. 1 of Girardy Annotated (in Red) by Dr. Tipton to Show Proposed Combination with Garrett

U.S. Patent No. 8,979,667 to Tipton

PATENT OWNER C.R. LAURENCE CO., INC.’S RESPONSE TO PETITIONS AND DECISIONS ON INSTITUTION

Prosecution History of U.S. Patent No. 8,979,667

Transcript of the Videotaped Deposition of Steven M. Tipton, Ph.D., Taken on September 15, 2022

Preliminary Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Infringement Contentions from C.R. Laurence Co., Inc. v. Frameless Hardware Company LLC et al., Civil Action No. 2:21-cv-01334-JWH-RAO (C.D. Cal. August 17, 2022).

Defendant Frameless Hardware Company LLC’s Proposed Claim Terms from U.S. Patent No. 9,074,413 for Construction by the Court from C.R. Laurence Co., Inc. v. Frameless Hardware Company LLC et al., Civil Action No. 2:21-cv-01334-JWH-RAO (C.D. Cal. October 7, 2022).

Second Declaration of J. Michael McCarthy, Ph.D.

Order: ORDER Granting Joint Request to Consolidate Inter Partes Review Proceedings Revised Scheduling Order 35 U.S.C. § 315(d); 37 C.F.R. § 42.122(a)

Joint Motion to Consolidate Inter Partes Review Proceedings

Notice of Stipulation Regarding Due Date 1

Patent Owner C.R. Laurence Co., Inc.'s Unopposed Motion to Enter Jointly Stipulated Protective Order

Email from Board Authorizing Filing of Motion to Enter Stipulated Protective Order

Stipulated Protective Order

Redline Comparison of Stipulated Protective Order (Ex. 2008) to Board's Default Protective Order

Patent Owner C.R. Laurence Co., Inc.'s Opposition to Petitioner's Motion to Submit Supplemental Information

Patent Owner C.R. Laurence Co., Inc.'s Objections to Petitioner���s Supplemental Information and Supplemental Evidence

Petitioner's Updated Exhibit List

Bio of Alexander Schlee

Copy of Girardy downloaded from Espacenet

Copy of Girardy downloaded from data.inpi.fr

Declaration of Alexander R. Schlee in Support of Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 9,074,413

Translation of Girardy from French into English with updated certification

Declaration of Darren M. Franklin in Support of Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 9,074,413

Petitioner's Motion to Submit Supplemental Information

Patent Owner C.R. Laurence Co., Inc.'s Stipulation Regarding Testing

Patent Owner C.R. Laurence Co., Inc.'s Notice of Deposition of Steven M. Tipton

ORDER Conduct of the Proceeding 37 C.F.R. sec 42.5

Patent Owner C.R. Laurence Co., Inc.'s Objections to Petitioner's Supplemental Evidence

Patent Owner C.R. Laurence Co., Inc.'s Objections to Petitioner's Evidence

FHC-Petitioner's Objections to Patent Owner's Evidence

Order: SCHEDULING ORDER

DECISION Granting Patent Owners Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Jeff M. Barron 37 C.F.R. sec 42.10

Errata

Institution Decision: Granting Institution of Inter Partes Review 35 U.S.C. sec. 314(a)

PATENT OWNER C.R. LAURENCE CO., INC.'S PRELIMINARY RESPONSE TO PETITION

Declaration of J. Michael McCarthy, Ph.D.

United States Patent & Trademark Office's Patent Assignment Records, Reel 033291, Frames 0334-0339

Selected Pages from the Transcript of the February 1, 2022, Deposition of Gary Sprague in C.R. Laurence Co., Inc. v. Frameless Hardware Company LLC et al., Civil Action No. 2:21-cv-01334-JWH-RAO (C.D. Cal.)

Third Amended Complaint for Damages and Equitable Relief, filed March 4, 2022, in C.R. Laurence Co., Inc. v. Frameless Hardware Company LLC et al., Civil Action No. 2:21-cv-01334-JWH-RAO (C.D. Cal.)

Declaration of Joshua P. Larsen

Petitioner's Notice of Withdrawal of Ground 6

PETITIONER���S UPDATED MANDATORY NOTICES

Notice: Notice filing date accorded

Power of Attorney from Patent Owner C.R. Laurence Co., Inc.

Patent Owner C.R. Laurence Co., Inc.'s Mandatory Notices

PATENT OWNER���S MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE RECOGNITION OF JEFF M. BARRON

DECLARATION OF JEFF M. BARRON

Frameless Hardware Company LLC's Power of Attorney (Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 9,074,413)

Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 9,074,413

U.S. Patent No. 9,074,413

Prosecution History for U.S. Patent No. 9,074,413

U.S. Patent No. 6,434,905 to Sprague

French Patent Publication No. FR2367178A1 to Girardy

Certified translation of Girardy from French into English

U.S. Patent No. 7,493,673 to Garrett

Declaration of Steven M. Tipton, Ph.D.

Curriculum Vitae of Steven M. Tipton, Ph.D.

"Cladding," Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cladding

Second Amended Complaint for Damages and Equitable Relief

Selected pages from Plaintiff C.R. Laurence Co., Inc.'s Corrected Responses to Defendant Frameless Hardware Company LLC's Second Set of Interrogatories