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EXHIBIT A

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Inte

rvie

w w

ith

Exam

iner

sEx

par

te R

eexa

min

atio

n of

U.S

. Pat

ent 6

,201

,839

Augu

st 2

2, 2

014

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Key

Poi

nts

Zeng

’sSe

ctio

ns 4

.4 a

nd 5

.2 D

o N

ot H

ave

Any,

Let

Alo

ne a

“S

et,”

of S

igna

l-Dep

ende

nt B

ranc

h M

etri

c Fu

ncti

ons.

Liti

gati

on C

onfir

ms

that

Zen

g’s

Thes

is

Doe

s N

ot In

valid

ate.

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Roa

dmap

to C

MU

’s R

espo

nse

The

Clai

med

Inve

ntio

n

Zeng

’sTh

esis

The

CMU

v. M

arve

lllit

igat

ion

Agen

da

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Inve

ntor

Dec

lara

tion

s

Dec

lara

tion

of D

r. C

hris

toph

er B

ajor

ek

Dec

lara

tion

of D

r. S

teve

n M

cLau

ghlin

Und

erly

ing

Rec

ord

in C

MU

v. M

arve

ll

Roa

dmap

to C

MU

’s R

espo

nse

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Back

grou

nd

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Sign

al-D

epen

dent

Bra

nch

Met

ric

Func

tion

s

Key

issu

e is

whe

ther

Zen

g’s

func

tion

s in

Sec

tion

4.4

and

5.2

ar

e si

gnal

-dep

ende

nt

stru

ctur

esp

ecifi

c

Req

uest

er s

ays

Zeng

’sfu

ncti

ons

in S

ecti

ons

4.4

and

5.2

acco

unt

for

SDN

bec

ause

of Z

eng’

s“r

ando

m ji

tter

” (k

or it

s va

rian

ce

2 ).

That

is w

rong

.

To d

emon

stra

te th

is w

e ne

ed to

dis

cuss

:

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Mag

neti

c H

ard

Dis

k D

rive

Plat

ter/

Dis

k

Read

/Wri

te H

ead

Stor

es d

ata

in m

illio

ns o

f con

cent

ric

trac

ks

One

Tra

ckCo

ntai

ns te

ns o

f mill

ions

of s

ymbo

lreg

ions

Wri

tes d

igita

l dat

a as

mag

neti

c sy

mbo

l reg

ions

Read

s mag

neti

c sy

mbo

l reg

ions

from

the

trac

ks

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Wri

ting

Dat

a to

the

Har

d D

isk

NS

NS

NS

NS

NSN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

S

NS

SN

SN

NS

NS

NS

SN

SN

WR

ITE

HEA

D

NS

Sym

bol

to b

e w

ritt

en

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Rea

ding

Dat

a fr

om th

e H

ard

Dis

k

NS

NS

NS

NSN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

S

REA

D H

EAD

NS

+0.3

+0.8

+1.1

+0.7

r 1r 2

r 3r 4

read

back

sign

al s

ampl

es,

sym

bol s

eque

nce

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Com

plic

atio

ns fr

om M

edia

Noi

se

The

Prob

lem

2012

2004

2020

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Med

ia n

oise

is “s

igna

l-dep

ende

nt”

Has

noi

se s

truc

ture

that

is a

ttri

buta

ble

to a

spe

cific

seq

uenc

e of

sym

bols

wri

tten

to th

e di

sk

Com

plic

atio

ns fr

om M

edia

Noi

se

Low

Noi

seH

igh

Noi

seLo

w N

oise

Hig

h N

oise

Mor

e de

tails

late

r w

hen

dem

onst

rati

ng Z

eng’

sfa

ilure

to a

ddre

ss

sign

al-d

epen

dent

noi

se.

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A Vi

terb

idet

ecto

r de

term

ines

the

mos

t lik

ely

sequ

ence

of s

ymbo

ls w

ritt

en

to th

e di

sk b

ased

on

the

sign

al s

ampl

es b

y:

Vite

rbi D

etec

tors

and

Bra

nch

Met

ric

Func

tion

s

Assu

mes

noi

se is

whi

te

Exam

ple

Prio

r Ar

t Br

anch

Met

ric

Func

tion

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The

Inve

ntio

n

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NOV

ELTY

!

The

Inve

ntio

n

’839

Pat

ent,

Clai

m 4

*Bot

h th

e Re

ques

ter

and

Lee

ackn

owle

dge

that

the

clai

med

“set

” of s

igna

l-dep

ende

nt b

ranc

h m

etri

c fu

ncti

ons

requ

ires

at l

east

two

such

func

tion

s.

See

*

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Impo

rtan

t Con

side

rati

ons

that

Inve

ntor

s Ad

dres

sed

Sign

al-d

epen

dent

func

tion

s m

ust b

e ne

ighb

orho

od-s

ensi

tive

Sign

al-d

epen

dent

func

tion

s m

ust b

e po

lari

ty-s

ensi

tive

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The

Solu

tion

–Cl

aim

4

Equa

tion

13

–a

“set

” of s

igna

l-dep

ende

nt b

ranc

h m

etri

c fu

ncti

ons,

be

caus

e th

e co

vari

ance

mat

rix

C iis

diffe

rent

for

diffe

rent

bra

nche

s

FIR

Filt

er E

mbo

dim

ent –

a “s

et” b

ecau

se th

ere

is a

sep

arat

e fil

ter

(i.e

., a

sepa

rate

func

tion

), w

ith

its

own

tap

wei

ghts

, for

eac

h br

anch

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Appl

y a

wei

ght (

wi)

to s

igna

l sam

ples

of d

iffer

ent t

ime

inst

ance

s

Each

bra

nch

has

its

own

FIR

filt

er (a

nd it

s ow

n ta

p w

eigh

ts)

The

Inve

ntio

n

Slid

ers

’839

Pat

ent,

Fig.

3B

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A br

anch

met

ric

func

tion

app

lied

to a

plu

ralit

y of

sig

nal s

ampl

es

Bran

ch 1

Bran

ch 4

Bran

ch 7

Bran

ch 8

Bran

ch 2

Bran

ch 3

Bran

ch 5

Bran

ch 6

01

10

10

11

11

10

00

10

00

10

11

00

01 11 00 10

01 11 00 10

01 11 00 10

01 11 00 10

01 11 00 10

01 11 00 10

01 11 00 10

01 11 00 10

01 11 00 10

01 11 00 10

01 11 00 10

01 11 00 10

01 11 00 10

01 11 00 10

01 11 00 10

01 11 00 10

The

Inve

ntio

n

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Zeng

’sTh

esis

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Zeng

’s R

ando

m Ji

tter

is W

hite

, Not

Sig

nal-D

epen

dent

Zeng

’sCh

anne

l Mod

el –

equa

tion

4.1

Zeng

’s“r

ando

m ji

tter

” is

“ind

epen

dent

and

iden

tica

lly d

istr

ibut

ed r

ando

m

vari

able

s w

ith

zero

mea

n” -

in o

ther

wor

ds, “

whi

te”

“ran

dom

jitt

er” t

erm

aka,

ran

dom

pea

k sh

ift

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SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

NS

SS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

N

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SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

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SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

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SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

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SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

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SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

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SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

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SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

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SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

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SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

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SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

SN

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Not

Nei

ghbo

rhoo

d D

epen

dent

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Not

Nei

ghbo

rhoo

d D

epen

dent

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Not

Pol

arit

y D

epen

dent

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Not

Pol

arit

y D

epen

dent

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Wha

t Dr.

Lee

says

in 2

014:

Wha

t Dr.

Lee

said

in 1

990s

:

Lee

Conf

irm

ed th

at Z

eng’

sR

ando

m Ji

tter

is W

hite

, N

ot S

igna

l-Dep

ende

nt

“Dat

a-de

pend

ent”

and

“s

igna

l-dep

ende

nt” a

re te

rms

used

in th

e fie

ld to

indi

cate

th

at th

e no

ise

is d

epen

dent

on

the

spec

ific

sequ

ence

of

sym

bols

wri

tten

to th

e di

sk.

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Assu

mes

jitt

er is

IID

(ind

epen

dent

ly a

nd id

enti

cally

dis

trib

uted

) ran

dom

var

iabl

es

Igno

res

the

pola

riti

es o

f the

tran

siti

ons

igno

red

d =

1 R

LL c

onst

rain

t

Zeng

ass

umes

“pre

com

pens

atio

n” w

hen

wri

ting

two

tran

siti

ons

in a

seq

uenc

e.

read

ing

Zeng

ass

umes

the

disk

is A

C-er

ased

(“de

gaus

sed”

) pri

or to

eac

h w

rite

to e

limin

ate

“ove

rwri

te e

ffect

.” Se

e

Rec

ogni

zes

but i

gnor

esth

at n

on-t

rans

itio

n se

quen

ces

have

sig

nal-d

epen

dent

noi

se.

Igno

res

all o

ther

iden

tifie

d si

gnal

-dep

ende

nt n

oise

.

Zeng

Ass

umed

Aw

ay th

e Pr

oble

m S

olve

d by

the

Kav

cic-

Mou

ra In

vent

ion

Expl

aine

d in

det

ail i

n D

r. Ba

jore

k’sd

ecla

rati

on.

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Zeng

’sFu

ncti

ons

in S

ecti

on 4

.4 a

re N

ot

Sign

al-D

epen

dent

Non

e of

thes

efu

ncti

ons

acco

unt

for

the

stru

ctur

e of

the

med

ia n

oise

as

soci

ated

wit

h a

spec

ific

sequ

ence

of

wri

tten

sym

bols

.

Onl

y on

e of

th

em (N

o. 3

) has

a

term

rel

ated

to

Zeng

’s“r

ando

m ji

tter

Even

if Z

eng’

s“r

ando

m ji

tter

” ac

coun

ted

for

sign

al-d

epen

dent

no

ise,

at m

ost o

nly

one

such

func

tion

, so

not

a “s

et”

Expl

aine

d in

det

ail i

n Pr

of. M

cLau

ghlin

’s d

ecla

rati

on

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Non

e of

thes

efu

ncti

ons

acco

unt f

or

the

stru

ctur

e of

the

med

ia n

oise

ass

ocia

ted

wit

h a

spec

ific

sequ

ence

of w

ritt

en s

ymbo

ls.

Onl

y on

e of

them

(No.

3)

has

a te

rm r

elat

ed to

Ze

ng’s

“ran

dom

jitt

er”

Cont

rary

to D

r. Le

e’s

asse

rtio

ns, S

ecti

on 5

.2

only

has

3 B

MFs

.

inpu

t

Zeng

’sFu

ncti

ons

in S

ecti

on 5

.2 a

re N

ot

Sign

al-D

epen

dent

& N

ot a

“Set

” of S

uch

Func

tion

s

Expl

aine

d in

det

ail i

n Pr

of. M

cLau

ghlin

’s d

ecla

rati

on

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Zeng

’sO

wn

Thes

is A

dvis

or S

aid

CMU

Inve

ntor

s W

ere

Firs

tZe

ng’s

Thes

is a

dvis

or w

as P

rof.

Jaek

yun

Moo

n. S

ee

In 2

001

peer

-rev

iew

ed p

aper

, Pro

f. M

oon

said

the

sign

al-d

epen

dent

de

tect

or w

as “f

irst

der

ived

” by

the

CMU

inve

ntor

s

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Zeng

’sTh

esis

is N

ot E

nabl

ing

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Zeng

’s T

hesi

sN

ot E

nabl

ing

Expl

aine

d in

det

ail i

n Pr

of. K

avci

c’sd

ecla

rati

on

1.Ph

ysic

ally

impo

ssib

le c

hann

el m

odel

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Zeng

’s T

hesi

s

not

Not

Ena

blin

g1.

Phys

ical

ly im

poss

ible

cha

nnel

mod

el2.

Phys

ical

ly im

poss

ible

sim

ulat

ion

resu

lts

Expl

aine

d in

det

ail i

n Pr

of. K

avci

c’sd

ecla

rati

on

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Zeng

’s T

hesi

sN

ot E

nabl

ing

1.Ph

ysic

ally

impo

ssib

le c

hann

el m

odel

2.Ph

ysic

ally

impo

ssib

le s

imul

atio

n re

sult

s3.

Dis

ablin

g m

athe

mat

ical

err

ors

in S

ecti

on 5

.2

Enti

re s

um in

nu

mer

ator

no

t squ

ared

Wro

ng

targ

et

erro

rs a

re r

epea

ted

Expl

aine

d in

det

ail i

n Pr

of. K

avci

c’sd

ecla

rati

on

Mix

ed-u

p jt

erm

s

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The

CMU

v. M

arve

llLi

tiga

tion

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Rop

es &

Gra

y re

pres

ents

Mar

vell

befo

re th

e U

SPTO

Req

uest

er r

eque

sted

ree

xam

inat

ion

of o

nly

litig

ated

cla

ims

Req

uest

er d

id n

ot s

eek

Inte

r Pa

rtes

Rev

iew

Mar

vell’

s lit

igat

ion

coun

sel w

ould

nei

ther

adm

it n

or d

eny

that

M

arve

ll is

beh

ind

the

Req

uest

Dr.

Lee

(Req

uest

er’s

exp

ert)

and

Zin

ing

Wu

(Mar

vell’

s CT

O)

both

had

the

sam

e th

esis

adv

isor

at S

tanf

ord

at th

e sa

me

tim

e --

Prof

. Joh

n Ci

offi,

a fo

rmer

Mar

vell

boar

d m

embe

r

Even

if M

arve

ll di

d no

t req

uest

ree

xam

inat

ion,

its

cond

uct i

n th

e lit

igat

ion

is h

ighl

y pr

obat

ive

give

n it

s ex

pert

ise,

acc

ess

to Z

eng

and

ince

ntiv

e to

turn

ove

r ev

ery

ston

e.

See

Dayc

oPr

ods.,

Inc.

v. To

tal C

onta

inm

ent,

Inc.,

CMU

v. M

arve

ll

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CMU

v. M

arve

ll

Rop

es &

Gra

y re

pres

ents

Mar

vell

befo

re U

SPTO

, see

, e.g

., Se

r. N

o. 1

4/16

6,42

8

Wit

ness

es

for

Mar

vell

in C

MU

cas

e

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CMU

v. M

arve

ll

Rop

es &

Gra

y lis

ts M

arve

ll as

a c

lient

on

its

web

site

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CMU

sue

d M

arve

ll on

Mar

ch 6

, 200

9

Mar

vell

mou

nted

a v

igor

ous

defe

nse

Mar

vell

cite

d Se

ctio

ns 4

.4 a

nd 5

.2 o

f Ze

ngTh

esis

in it

s in

valid

ity

cont

enti

ons

Mar

vell’

s ex

pert

, Pro

f. Jo

hn P

roak

is,

revi

ewed

Zen

g’s

Thes

is in

pre

pari

ng h

is

expe

rt r

epor

t but

did

not

opin

e th

at it

in

valid

ates

cla

im 4

.

CMU

v. M

arve

ll

Prof

. Joh

n Pr

oaki

s

Mar

vell’

s Inv

alid

ity C

onte

ntio

ns, N

ov. 1

6, 2

009

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Mar

vell

Had

Eve

ry In

cent

ive

to P

ut o

n Be

st P

ossi

ble

Def

ense

Des

pite

ass

erti

ng Z

eng’

sTh

esis

in 2

009,

Mar

vell

Igno

red

Zeng

’sTh

esis

at T

rial

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CMU

v. M

arve

ll

Exce

rpt f

rom

lab

note

book

of M

arve

ll en

gine

er,

Greg

ory

Burd

(Tri

al E

x. P-

196)

Quo

tes

from

Judg

e Fi

sche

r

copi

ed C

MU’

s pa

tent

s co

nsci

ousl

y an

d de

liber

atel

y fo

r an

en

tire

dec

ade.”

Mar

vell

delib

erat

ely

copi

ed C

MU’

s Pa

tent

s.”

Seco

ndar

y In

dici

a of

Non

obvi

ousn

ess

Unp

rece

dent

ed s

econ

dary

indi

cia

of n

onob

viou

snes

sre

veal

ed a

t tri

al

Copy

ing

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Copy

ing

Seco

ndar

y In

dici

a of

Non

obvi

ousn

ess

CMU

v. M

arve

ll

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Com

mer

cial

Suc

cess

Seco

ndar

y In

dici

a of

Non

obvi

ousn

ess

CMU

v. M

arve

ll

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AN

exus

Bet

wee

n M

arve

ll’s

Copy

ing

and

its

Com

mer

cial

Suc

cess

CMU

v. M

arve

llSe

cond

ary

Indi

cia

of N

onob

viou

snes

s

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CMU

v. M

arve

ll

Prai

se a

nd A

ccla

im in

the

Indu

stry

Seco

ndar

y In

dici

a of

Non

obvi

ousn

ess

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CMU

v. M

arve

ll

Sati

sfac

tion

of L

ong-

felt

Nee

dSe

cond

ary

Indi

cia

of N

onob

viou

snes

s

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Failu

re b

y O

ther

s

CMU

v. M

arve

llSe

cond

ary

Indi

cia

of N

onob

viou

snes

s

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Key

Poi

nts

Zeng

’sSe

ctio

ns 4

.4 a

nd 5

.2 D

o N

ot H

ave

Any,

Let

Alo

ne a

“S

et,”

of S

igna

l-Dep

ende

nt B

ranc

h M

etri

c Fu

ncti

ons.

Liti

gati

on C

onfir

ms

that

Zen

g’s

Thes

is

Doe

s N

ot In

valid

ate.