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Brevet US8033522 - Flush valve handle assembly providing dual mode operation - Google�BrevetsRecherche Images Maps Play YouTube Actualit�s Gmail Drive Plus »Connexion BrevetsA dual mode flush valve includes a handle assembly having a handle, a bushing and a plunger. The bushing has a sleeve with a passage therethrough for mounting the plunger for sliding and tilting. The passage is defined by first and second partially overlapping bores that coincide at the inner end of...http://www.google.fr/patents/US8033522?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US8033522 - Flush valve handle assembly providing dual mode operation Recherche avanc�e dans les brevetsTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents. Num�ro de publicationUS8033522 B2Type de publicationOctroi Num�ro de demandeUS 12/543,327 Date de publication11 oct. 2011 Date de priorit�25 ao�t 2005�tat de paiement des fraisPay�Autre r�f�rence de publicationCA2556377A1, CA2557102A1, CN1920359A, CN1920359B, CN1920360A, CN1920360B, CN101706017A, CN101706017B, CN103644358A, CN103644358B, US7607635, US8800955, US20060151729, US20100012875, US20120005816 Num�ro de publication12543327, 543327, US 8033522 B2, US 8033522B2, US-B2-8033522, US8033522 B2, US8033522B2 InventeursJohn R. Wilson Cessionnaire d'origineSloan Valve CompanyExporter la citationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManCitations de brevets (114), Citations hors brevets (244), R�f�renc� par (10), Classifications (8), �v�nements juridiques (2) Liens externes: USPTO, Cession USPTO, EspacenetFlush valve handle assembly providing dual mode operation
US 8033522 B2 R�sum�
A dual mode flush valve includes a handle assembly having a handle, a bushing and a plunger. The bushing has a sleeve with a passage therethrough for mounting the plunger for sliding and tilting. The passage is defined by first and second partially overlapping bores that coincide at the inner end of the sleeve and are spaced one above the other at the outer end of the sleeve. The bores define a horizontal plunger travel axis and an angled plunger travel axis. Depending on which direction the user actuates the handle the plunger will travel along one of these axes. Travel along the angled axis will lower the plunger tip, allowing earlier clearance of a relief valve and a reduced flow through the flush valve compared to actuation with the plunger travel along the horizontal axis.
This application is a Divisional Application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/211,273, filed Aug. 25, 2005, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,607,635, incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The present invention relates to flush valves for use with plumbing fixtures such as toilets, and more specifically to improvements in the bushing of the actuating handle assembly that will provide for user-selectable, dual mode operation of the flush valve.
The present invention is directed to a dual mode flush valve which allows the user to select the amount of water that will flow, depending on the amount of water required to clean a fixture. Except For the handle bushing and socket the valve may be conventional. It includes a valve body with an inlet and outlet and a valve seat between the inlet and outlet. A valve member is movable in and oat of engagement with the valve seat to open and close the valve. A pressure chamber defined between the valve member and the top of the valve body controls opening and closing, of the valve member. A relief valve mounted on the valve member opens and closes the pressure chamber. The relief valve includes astern and sleeve mounted in telescoping relation. These extend to a point where at least the sleeve is adjacent to a plunger that is actuated by a handle mounted to the valve body.
FIG. 1 is a partial section through a flush valve body.
The flush valve of the present invention includes a body 10 having an inlet 12 and an outlet 14. When installed the inlet is connected to a water supply and the outlet is connected to a fixture such as a toilet or urinal. A valve member is indicated generally at 16. In the illustrated embodiment the valve member is a diaphragm assembly but it could be otherwise, such as a piston assembly. The valve member includes a diaphragm 18 peripherally held to the body 10 by an inner cover 20. The diaphragm is seated upon a shoulder 22 at the upper end of body 10 and the peripheral edge 52 of the diaphragm is clamped in this position by the inner cover 20. An outer coyer 24 is screw threaded onto the body to hold the inner cover in position.
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Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Filed Jun. 8, 2010.8Answer to Counterclaim Second Amended Counterclaim, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Filed Aug. 12, 2010.9Answer, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Filed Feb. 8, 2010.10Appendix 1: Defendants' Final Invalidity and UnenForceability Contentions, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Oct. 22, 2010.11Appendix 2: Defendants' Final Invalidity and UnenForceability Contentions, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Oct. 22, 2010.12Appendix 3: Defendants' Final Invalidity and UnenForceability Contentions, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Oct. 22, 2010.13Appendix 4: Defendants' Final Invalidity and UnenForceability Contentions, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Oct. 22, 2010.14Appendix 5: Defendants' Final Invalidity and UnenForceability Contentions, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Oct. 22, 2010.15Appendix 6: Defendants' Final Invalidity and UnenForceability Contentions, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Oct. 22, 2010.16Appendix B: Information Disclosure Statement Filed with the Corrected Request for Inter Parties Reexamination of U.S. Patent No. 7,481,413, Filed Jul. 10, 2009.17Appendix B: Information Disclosure Statement for Reexamination of U.S. Patent No. 7,481,413, Filed May 11, 2009.18Appendix C: Chart Comparing Claims 1, and 4-16 of the '413 to the teachings of the U.S. Patent No. 2,210,860 Issued to Regnell on Aug. 6, 1940 ("the Regnell Reference") Filed with the Corrected Request for Inter Partes Reexamination of U.S. Patent No. 7,481,413, Filed Jul. 10, 2009.19Appendix C: Chart Comparing Claims 1, and 4-16 of the '413 to the teachings of the U.S. Patent No. 2,210,860 Issued to Regnell on Aug. 6, 1940 ("the Regnell Reference") Filed with the Request for Inter Parties Reexamination of U.S. Patent No. 7,481,413, Filed May 11, 2009.20Appendix D: Chart Comparing Chart Comparing Claims 1-16 of the '413 to the Teachings of U.S. Patent No. 2,210,860 Issued to Regnell and to Other Cited Prior Art References Filed with the Request for Inter Parties Reexamination of U.S. Patent No. 7,481,413, Filed May 11, 2009.21Appendix D: Chart Comparing Claims 1-16 of the 413 to the Teachings of U.S. Patent No. 2,210,860 Issued to Regnell in View of the U.S. Patent No. 5,730,415 Issued to Gronwick on Mar. 24, 1990 (the "Gronwick Reference") and Further in View of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers A112.19.14-2001 Issued Aug. 1, 2002 ("the ASME Reference"), Filed with the Corrected Request for Inter Partes Reexamination of U.S. Patent No. 7,481,413, Filed Jul. 10, 2009.22Appendix E: Chart Comparing Chart Comparing Claims 1-16 of the '413 to the Teachings of U.S. Patent No. 2,620,826 on Mar. 24, 1949, ("the Johns Reference") and Other Cited Prior Art References Filed with the Request for Inter Parties Reexamination of U.S. Patent No. 7,481,413, Filed May 11, 2009.23Appendix E: Chart Comparing Claims 1-16 of the '413 to the teachings of the U.S. Patent No. 1,912,937 Issued to George on Jun. 6, 1933, (the George Reference) Filed with the Corrected Request for Inter Partes Reexamination of U.S. Patent No. 7,481,413, Filed Jul. 10, 2009.24Appendix F: Chart Comparing Claims 1-16 of the '413 to the teachings of the George Reference in view of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers A112.19.14-2001 published Aug. 1, 2002), Filed with the Corrected Request For Inter Partes Reexamination Of U.S. Patent No. 7,481,413, Filed Jul. 10, 2009.25Appendix F: Chart Comparing Claims 1-16 of the '413 to the teachings of the U.S. Patent No. 1,912,937 Issued to George on Jun. 6, 1933, (the George Reference) Filed with the Request for Inter Parties Reexamination of U.S. Patent No. 7,481,413, Filed May 11, 2009.26Appendix G: Chart Comparing Chart Comparing Claims 1-16 of the '413 to the Teachings of the George Reference and Other Cited Prior Art References Filed with the Request for Inter Parties Reexamination of U.S. Patent No. 7,481,413, Filed May 11, 2009.27Appendix G: Chart Comparing Claims 1-16 of the '413 to the teachings of the U.S. Patent No 3,207,467 Issued to Buhler on Aug. 5, 1963 ("the Buhler Reference"). 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Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204.45Confidential exhibits to Rule 30(a)(1) deposition of Joseph Ballachino, Dated Nov. 19, 2010, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204.46Confidential exhibits to Rule 30(b)(6) deposition of Allen Becker, Dated Sep. 28, 2010, Sloan Valve Co. v Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Cout for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204.47Confidential transcript of Rule 30(a)(1) deposition of James Bauer, Dated Nov. 18, 2010, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204.48Confidential transcript of Rule 30(a)(1) deposition of Joseph Ballachino, Dated Nov. 19, 2010, Sloan Valve Co. v Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204.49Confidential transcript of Rule 30(b)(6) deposition of Allen Becker, Dated Sep. 28, 2010, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division; Case No. 1:10-cv-00204.50Confidential transcript of Rule 30(b)(6) deposition of Donald Kubiak, Dated Dec. 9, 2010, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., Untied States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204.51Coordinate measuring machine rendering of Zurn worn flush valve bushing bore performed by Sloan expert, Dated Dec. 9, 2010, Bates No. SVC0318174, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv00204.52Corrected Request for Inter Partes Reexamination of U.S. Patent No. 7,481,413 Filed Jul. 10, 2009.53Declaration under 35 C.F.R.� 1.132 by Mr. Michael Funari for U.S. Appl. No. 95/001,187, Executed Oct. 20, 2009, Exhibit A: Test Data.54Defendants' Corrected Responses to Plaintiff's Requests for Admission Nos. 35-37, Sloan Valve Co. v. 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Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Nov. 22, 2010.58Defendants' First Supplemental Responses to Plaintiff's Interrogatories Nos. 11-13, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Jul. 9, 2010.59Defendants' Initial Invalidity, UnenForceability and Non-Infringement Contentions, Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Apr. 16, 2010.60Defendants' Proposed Claim Terms to be Construed and Proposed Constructions, Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Dec. 6, 2010.61Defendants' Response to Plaintiff's Interrogatory No. 14, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Aug. 4, 2010.62Defendants' Response to Plaintiff's Request for Production of Documents and Things Nos. 1-30, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Apr. 28, 2010.63Defendants' Responses to Plaintiffs Interrogatories 11-13, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Jun. 25, 2010.64Defendants' responses to plaintiff's requests for admission Nos. 1-12, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Apr. 22, 2010.65Defendants' Responses to Plaintiff's Requests for Admission Nos. 13-28, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated May 25, 2010.66Defendants' Responses to Plaintiff's Requests for Admission Nos. 29-34, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00201, Dated Jun. 2, 2010.67Defendants' Responses to Plaintiff's Requests for Production of Documents and Things Nos. 31-48, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Jun. 29, 2010.68Defendants' Responses to Plaintiff's Requests for Production of Documents and Things Nos. 58-61, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Aug. 31, 2010.69Defendants' Supplemental Initial Invalidity, UnenForceability and Non-Infringement Contentions, Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Apr. 26, 2010.70Defendants' Supplemental Invalidity Contentions Under 35 U.S.C. � 112 and Non-Infringement Contentions, Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Jun. 11, 2010.71Defendants' Supplemental Response to Plaintiff's Interrogatory No. 1, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Sep. 1, 2010.72Defendants' Supplemental Response to Plaintiff's Interrogatory No. 1, Sloan Valve Co. v. 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Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated May 26, 2010.76Defendants' Supplemental Responses to Plaintiff's Requests for Production of Documents and Things Nos. 49-55, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Aug. 27, 2010.77Defendants' Third Supplemental Responses to Plaintiff's Interrogatories Nos. 1-10, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Jul. 9, 2010.78Defendants Zurn Industries, Inc and Zurn Industries, LLC's Second Amended Answer, Counterclaims, and Affirmative Defenses to Plaintiff Sloan Valve Company's Complaint, Dated Jul. 20, 2010, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division.79Deposition Transcript of Mr. Daniel Carroll, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Oct. 13, 2010.80Deposition Transcript of Mr. Jim Allen, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Nov. 12, 2010.81Deposition Transcript of Mr. Joel Bock, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Aug. 13, 2010.82Deposition Transcript of Mr. John Wilson, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Oct. 14, 2010.83Deposition Transcript of Mr. Mark Gutting-Kilzer, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Oct. 12, 2010.84Deposition Transcript of Mr. Matthew Martin, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Aug. 11, 2010.85Deposition Transcript of Mr. Michael Rechtin, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Aug. 12, 2010.86Deposition Transcript of Mr. Peter Jahrling, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Oct. 11, 2010.87Deposition Transcript of Ms. Julie Shireman, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Oct. 15, 2010.88Drawings relating to U.S. Patent No. 3,279,742 ("Billeter"), Bates Nos. SVC0317839-SVC0317841, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204.89Exhibit A: Defendants' Corrected Second Supplemental Initial Invalidity, UnenForceability and Non-Infringement Contentions, Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated May 14, 2010.90Exhibit A: Defendants' Final Invalidity and UnenForceability Contentions, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Oct. 22, 2010.91Exhibit A: Plaintiff Sloan Valve Company's Responses to Defendants' Final Invalidity Contentions, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Nov. 22, 2010.92Exhibit A: Plaintiff's Final Infringement Contentions, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Oct. 22, 2010.93Exhibit A: Plaintiff's Initial Infringement Contentions, Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Mar. 29, 2010.94Exhibit B: Defendants' Corrected Second Supplemental Initial Invalidity, UnenForceability and Non-Infringement Contentions, Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated May 14, 2010.95Exhibit B: Defendants' Final Invalidity and UnenForceability Contentions, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Oct. 22, 2010.96Exhibit B: Plaintiff Sloan Valve Company's Responses to Defendants' Final Invalidity Contentions, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Nov. 22, 2010.97Exhibit C: Defendants' Final Invalidity and UnenForceability Contentions, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Oct. 22, 2010.98Exhibit C: Plaintiff Sloan Valve Company's Responses to Defendants' Final Invalidity Contentions, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Nov. 22, 2010.99Exhibit D: Defendants' Final Invalidity and UnenForceability Contentions, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Oct. 22, 2010.100Exhibit D: Plaintiff Sloan Valve Company's Responses to Defendants' Final Invalidity Contentions, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Nov. 22, 2010.101Exhibit E: Defendants' Final Invalidity and UnenForceability Contentions, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Oct. 22, 2010.102Exhibit E: Plaintiff Sloan Valve Company's Responses to Defendants' Final Invalidity Contentions, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Nov. 22, 2010.103Exhibit F: Defendants' Final Invalidity and UnenForceability Contentions, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Oct. 22, 2010.104Exhibit F: Plaintiff Sloan Valve Company's Responses to Defendants' Final Invalidity Contentions, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Nov. 22, 2010.105Exhibit G: Defendants' Final Invalidity and UnenForceability Contentions, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Oct. 22, 2010.106Exhibit G: Plaintiff Sloan Valve Company's Responses to Defendants' Final Invalidity Contentions, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Nov. 22, 2010.107Exhibits 106-111 to Plaintiff Sloan Valve Company's Deposition of Michael Funari, Dated Dec. 2, 2010, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204.108Exhibits 109-143 to deposition of Jim Allen, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Nov. 12, 2010.109Exhibits 1-19 to deposition of Matthew Martin, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Aug. 11, 2010, Note: some exhibits have been redacted for confidentiality and are being submitted in a separate Information Disclosure Statement pursuant to MPEP � 724.110Exhibits 20-26 to deposition of Michael Rechtin, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Divison, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Aug. 12, 2010, Note: some exhibits have been redacted for confidentiality are are being submitted in a separate Information Disclosure Statement pursuant to MPEP � 724.111Exhibits 250-55 and 262 to Plaintiff Sloan Valve Company's Deposition of Michael Funari, Dated Dec. 16, 2010, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204.112Exhibits 27-34 to deposition of Joel Bock, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-002204, Dated Aug. 13, 2010.113Exhibits 35-53 to deposition of Peter Jahrling, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Oct. 11, 2010.114Exhibits 54-65 to deposition of Mark Gutting-Kilzer, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Oct. 12, 2010.115Exhibits 66-71 to deposition of Daniel Carroll, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Oct. 13, 2010.116Exhibits 72-88 to deposition of John Wilson, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Oct. 14, 2010.117Exhibits 89-108 to Depostion of Julie Shireman, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Oct. 15, 2010.118First Office Action for Canadian Patent Application No. 2,557,102, Dated Oct. 7, 2009.119First Office Action for Canadian Patent Application No. 2,557,102, Issued Jul. 15, 2010.120First Office Action for Canadian Patent Application No. 2,644,075, Issued May 14, 2010.121First Office Action for Chinese Patent Application No. 200610121276.0, Issued Jan. 22, 2010.122First Office Action for Chinese Patent Application No. 20061012128.1, Issued Jun. 19, 2009.123First Office Action for Mexican Patent Application No. PA/a/2006/009775, Dated Apr. 20, 2009.124First Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 11/211,273, Issued Feb. 18, 2009.125First Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 12/353,569, Issued May 17, 2010.126First Office Action Issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for U.S. Appl. No. 95/001,187, Issued Aug. 21, 2009.127International Preliminary Report on Patentability for PCT Application No. PCT/US2007/004983, Issued Sep. 2, 2008.128Japanese Patent Documents Produced During Discovery by Defendants Zurn Industries, Inc. and Zurn Industries, LLC, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204. No English translations were provided by Defendants.129Memorandum by Sloan Valve Company in Support of Motion to Dismiss, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Filed Feb. 23, 2010.130Memorandum in Opposition to Motion for Sanctions, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Filed Sep. 29, 2010.131Memorandum in Opposition to Motion to Bifurcate, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Filed Apr. 8, 2010.132Memorandum in Opposition to Motion to Dismiss, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Filed Mar. 10, 2010.133Memorandum in Support of Bifurcation, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Filed Mar. 19, 2010.134Memorandum in Support of Motion for Partial Summary Judgment, Sloan Valve Co v Zurn Industries, Inc et al., United States District Court for Northern Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Filed Nov. 15, 2010.135Memorandum in Support of Motion for Sanctions, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Filed Sep. 20, 2010.136Memorandum in Support of Motion to Compel, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Filed Jul. 23, 2010.137Memorandum in Support of Motion to Stay, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Filed Dec. 8, 2010.138Memorandum in Support of Motion to Stay, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Filed Sep. 20, 2010.139Motion for Leave to File Brief in Opposition, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Filed Dec. 15, 2010.140Motion for Sanctions, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Filed Sep. 20, 2010.141Motion to Bifurcate, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Filed Mar. 19, 2010.142Motion to Compel Discovery and to Award Sanctions, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Filed Jul. 23, 2010.143Motion to Dismiss, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Filed Feb. 23, 2010.144Motion to Stay, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Filed Sep. 20, 2010.145Notes from Sloan expert's inspection and flush volume testing of Zurn worn flush valve, Dated Dec. 9, 2010, Bates No. SVC0318175, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204.146Notice of Allowance for Canadian Patent Application No. 2,557,102, Issued Oct. 27, 2010.147Notice of Allowance for Mexican Patent Application No. PA/a/2006/009775, Issued Feb. 8, 2010.148Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 11/211,273, Issued Jul. 9, 2009.149Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 11/711,391, Issued May 26, 2010.150Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 11/711,391, Issued Sep. 17, 2010.151Notification of Provisional Rejection for Korean Patent Application No. 10-2008-7023167, Issued Apr. 6, 2010.152Notification Relation to Unity of Invention for Chinese Patent Application No. 200610121276.0, Issued Mar. 27, 2009.153Notification to Grant Patent for Chinese Patent Application No. 20061012128.1, Issued Sep. 13, 2010.154Office Action for Chinese Patent Application No. 200780012750.9, Issued May 11, 2010.155Office Action Issued for U.S. Appl. No. 11/711,391, Issued Oct. 28, 2009.156Order regarding Sloan's Motion to Dismiss, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., 712 F. Supp. 2d 743 (N.D. III. 2010), May 6, 2010, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204.157Owner's First Reply to Office Action, Filed Oct. 21, 2009.158Owners response to First Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 12/353,569, filed Oct. 26, 2010.159PACER Docket Report for Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204 as of Jan. 5, 2011.160Petition for Reinstatement and Amendment of Canadian Patent Application No. 2,556,377, Filed Jun. 3, 2010.161Photograph comparing Sloan short flush valve handle to Sloan long flush valve handle taken on Apr. 21, 2010, Bates No. SVC0011763, Sloan Valve Co. v.Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204.162Photographs from Sloan expert's inspection and replication of Zurn worn flush valve bushing bore, Dated Feb. 16-18, 2011, Bates Nos. SVC0318183-SVC0318205, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204.163Photographs of Coyne & Delany foot-activated "Flushboy" flush valve cited in Defendants' Corrected Second Supplemental Initial Invalidity, UnenForceability and Non-Infringement Contentions, Dated May 14, 2010 Zurn Bates Nos. ZP000038-ZP000057, p. 196, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204.164Photographs of Coyne & Delany foot-activated "Flushboy" flush valve taken on Apr. 21, 2010, Bates No. SVC0011766-SVC0011798, manufactured by Coyne & Delany Products, Charlottesville, Virginia, alleged to be prior art by Defendants, date of manufacture unknown, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204.165Photographs of new Zurn flush valve handle with brass bushing cited in Defendants' Corrected Second Supplemental Initial Invalidity, UnenForceability and Non-Infringement Contentions, Dated May 14, 2010, Zurn Bates Nos. ZP000062-ZP000067, p. 2, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204.166Photographs of new Zurn flush valve handle with brass bushing taken on Apr. 21, 2010, Bates No. SVC0011882-SVC0011891, Sloan Valve Co. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United State District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204.167Photographs of new Zurn flush valve handle with plastic bushing cited in Defendants' Corrected Second Supplemental Initial Invalidity, UnenForceability and Non-Infringement Contentions, Dated May 14, 2010, Zurn Bates Nos. ZP000073-ZP000076, p. 2, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204.168Photographs of new Zurn flush valve handle with plastic bushing taken on Apr. 21, 2010, Bates No. SVC0011892-SVC0011898, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204.169Photographs of simulated worn Zurn flush valve handle with brass bushing, created by Zurn circa 2008-2009, Bates No. SVC0011844-SVC0011881, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204.170Photographs of Sloan long flush valve handle (handle mislabeled in photograph as worn Zurn flush valve) taken on Apr. 21, 2010, Bates No. SVC0011799-SVC0011818, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204.171Photographs of Sloan long flush valve handle cited in Defendants' Corrected Second Supplemental Initial Invalidity, UnenForceability and Non-Infringement Contentions, Dated May 14, 2010, Zurn Bates Nos. ZP000077-ZP000081, p. 89, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204.172Photographs of Sloan short flush valve handle cited in Defendants' Corrected Second Supplemental Initial Invalidity, UnenForceability and Non-Infringement Contentions, Dated May 14, 2010, Zurn Bates nos. ZP000082-ZP000086, p. 138, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204.173Photographs of Sloan short flush valve handle taken on Apr. 21, 2010, Bates No. SVC0011819-SVC0011843, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204.174Photographs of worn Zurn flush valve handle with brass bushing cited in Defendants' Corrected Second Supplemental Initial Invalidity, UnenForceability and Non-Infringement Contentions, Dated May 14, 2010, Zurn Bates Nos. ZP000068-ZP000072, p. 38, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv00204.175Photographs of Zurn Australian dual flush valve relating to Plaintiff Sloan Valve Company's Deposition of Michael Funari, Held on Dec. 2, 2010, Bates Nos. SVC0317815-SVC0317819, p. 82, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204.176Photographs of Zurn handle life testing relating to Exhibits 250-253 and 262 to Plaintiff Sloan Valve Company's Deposition of Michael Funari, Held on Dec. 16, 2010, Bates No. SVC0317805-SVC0317814 and SVC0317612-SVC0317660, pp. 7, 47, 58, 64, and 102, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204.177Photographs of Zurn's manufactured worn bushings related to Plaintiff Sloan Valve Company's Deposition of Michael Funari, Held on Dec. 16, 2010, Bates Nos. SVC0317670-SVC0317671 and SVC0317827-SVC0317830, pp. 32, 42, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204.178Photographs showing side-by-side comparison of "worn Zurn flush valve handle with brass bushing" to "new Zurn flush valve handle with plastic bushing" and "new Zurn flush valve handle with brass bushing" taken Apr. 21, 2010, Bates No. SVC0011760-SVC0011762, SVC0011764 and SVC0011765 Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204.179Plaintiff Sloan Valve Company's Responses to Defendants' Final Invalidity Contentions, Sloan Valve Co. v. Zurn Industries, Inc. et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:10-cv-00204, Dated Nov. 22, 2010.180Plaintiff Sloan Valve Company's Responses to Defendants' Second Supplemental Invalidity Contentions, Valve Co. v. 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