Exhibit A

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Exhibit A – Proposed Constructions and Supporting Intrinsic and Extrinsic Evidence

A. U.S. Patent No. 9,094,868

Term 

No.

Claim Term Headwater’s Proposed 

Construction and Supporting 

Evidence

Defendants’ and Intervenor Defendants’ Proposed 

Construction and Supporting Evidence

1 “link partner”

(claims 6, 8, and 33)

No construction necessary; 

plain and ordinary meaning.

Supporting Evidence:

Intrinsic Evidence

’868 patent at Abstract, 1:19-

36, 1:40-64, 3:43-4:2, 14:5-

15:6, 15:55-16:15, 24:40-31:33,

33:19-44, 45:59-46:3, Figs. 8-

11 and associated text.

“a device with which another device communicates (e.g., a UE or 

base station)”

Supporting Evidence:

Intrinsic Evidence

’868 Patent at 1:18-24, 25:56-60, 26:30-33, 45:59-46:3, 27:54-60, 

Figs. 1-21. 

Extrinsic Evidence

Expert declaration of Stan McClellan; Hargrave, F., Hargrave’s 

Communications Dictionary (IEEE 2001); Newton, H., Newton’s 

Telecom Dictionary (2011); Telecom Dictionary (2007); Webster’s 

New World Telecom Dictionary (2008); ; Rutenbeck, J., Tech 

Terms (2006); U.S. Patent No. 9,258,103.

2 “UE link” 

(claims 16, 17)

No construction necessary; 

plain and ordinary meaning.

Supporting Evidence:

Intrinsic Evidence

“connection between UE and base station”

Supporting Evidence:

Intrinsic Evidence

’868 Patent at 25:16-24, 27:24-26, 27:36-39, cls. 16 and 17, Figs. 

1-21.

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’868 patent at Abstract, 1:19-

36, 1:40-64, 3:43-4:2, 14:5-

15:6, 15:55-16:15, 24:40-31:33, 

33:19-44, 45:59-46:3, Figs. 8-

11 and associated text.

Extrinsic Evidence

Expert declaration of Stan McClellan; Hargrave, F., Hargrave’s 

Communications Dictionary (IEEE 2001); Newton, H., Newton’s 

Telecom Dictionary (2011); Telecom Dictionary (2007); Webster’s 

New World Telecom Dictionary (2008); ; Rutenbeck, J., Tech 

Terms (2006).

3 “wherein at least 

one of the 

plurality of 

positionings or the 

estimated at least 

one future 

positioning of the 

UE further 

comprises at least 

one of an error, an 

accuracy, a 

deformation, a 

velocity, an 

acceleration” 

(claim 23)

Not indefinite; no construction 

necessary; plain and ordinary 

meaning.

Supporting Evidence:

Intrinsic Evidence

’868 patent at Abstract, 1:19-

36, 1:40-64, 24:40-31:33, Figs. 

8-11 and associated text.

Indefinite under 35 U.S.C. § 112.

Supporting Evidence:

Intrinsic Evidence

Abstract, 1:19-27, 1:33-36, 1:40-64, 24:40-62, 28:9-32, 30:57-

31:9, Fig. 8, cls. 1, 23.

Extrinsic Evidence

Expert declaration of Stan McClellan.

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B. U.S. Patent No. 9,413,502

Term 

No.

Claim Term Headwater’s Proposed 

Construction and 

Supporting Evidence

Defendants’ and Intervenor Defendants’ Proposed Construction and 

Supporting Evidence

1 directly to the 

first data network

/ directly with a 

first data network

(claims 1, 28, 30, 

and 31)

No construction 

necessary; plain and 

ordinary meaning.

Supporting Evidence:

Intrinsic Evidence

’502 patent at Abstract, 

1:18-33, 1:37-2:11, Figs 

1-16 and associated text.

No written description under 35 U.S.C. § 112.

Supporting Evidence:

Extrinsic Evidence

Expert declaration of Stan McClellan; Cambridge Dictionary, available at

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/directly.

2 through a 

selectable one of 

to the second data 

network

(claims 1, 28, 30)

Not indefinite; no 

construction necessary; 

plain and ordinary 

meaning.

Supporting Evidence:

Intrinsic Evidence

’502 patent at Abstract, 

1:18-33, 1:37-2:11, Figs 

1-16 and associated text.

Indefinite under 35 U.S.C. § 112.

Supporting Evidence:

Extrinsic Evidence

Expert declaration of Stan McClellan.

3 one or more 

second

parameters of 

Not indefinite; no 

construction necessary; 

Indefinite under 35 U.S.C. § 112.

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associated with

the second data 

network

(claim 19)

plain and ordinary 

meaning.

Supporting Evidence:

Intrinsic Evidence

’502 patent at Abstract, 

1:18-33, 1:37-2:11, Figs 

1-16 and associated text.

Supporting Evidence:

Intrinsic Evidence

’502 Patent at 12:34-39.

Extrinsic Evidence

Expert declaration of Stan McClellan.

4 wherein the first 

parameter of the 

bUE device 

selection is based 

on a joint first 

parameter 

between at least 

two of the 

plurality of bUE 

devices

(claim 20)

Not indefinite; no 

construction necessary; 

plain and ordinary 

meaning.

Supporting Evidence:

Intrinsic Evidence

’502 patent at Abstract, 

1:18-33, 1:37-2:11, Figs 

1-16 and associated text.

Indefinite under 35 U.S.C. § 112.

Supporting Evidence:

Extrinsic Evidence

Expert declaration of Stan McClellan.

5 wherein the joint 

first parameter 

enables joint or 

simultaneous 

wireless 

communication 

on a shared 

resource block 

(RB) of at least 

two of the 

Not indefinite; no 

construction necessary; 

plain and ordinary 

meaning.

Supporting Evidence:

Intrinsic Evidence

Indefinite under 35 U.S.C. § 112.

Supporting Evidence:

Intrinsic Evidence

’502 Patent at cl. 23.

Extrinsic Evidence

Expert declaration of Stan McClellan.

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plurality of bUE 

devices

(claim 21)

’502 patent at Abstract, 

1:18-33, 1:37-2:11, Figs 

1-16 and associated text.

6 further 

comprising 

selecting the 

plurality of bUE 

devices such that 

at least one of the 

one or more UE 

devices has an 

associated bUE, 

thereby enabling 

joint or 

simultaneous 

wireless 

communication 

over one or more 

shared resource 

blocks (RB)

(claim 22)

Not indefinite; no 

construction necessary; 

plain and ordinary 

meaning.

Supporting Evidence:

Intrinsic Evidence

’502 patent at Abstract, 

1:18-33, 1:37-2:11, Figs 

1-16 and associated text.

Indefinite under 35 U.S.C. § 112.

Supporting Evidence:

Intrinsic Evidence

’502 Patent at cl. 23.

Extrinsic Evidence

Expert declaration of Stan McClellan.

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