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(19) United States (12) Reissued Patent

(10) Patent Number: US RE41,812 E (45) Date of Reissued Patent: Oct. 12, 2010

Taylor et al. (54)

ELECTRO-KINETIC AIR TRANSPORTER CONDITIONER

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Inventors: Charles E. Taylor, Punta Gorda, FL (US); Shek Fai Lau, Foster City, CA

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FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS

(73) Assignee: Sharper Image Acquisition LLC, New

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York, NY (US)

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(21) Appl. No.: 11/041,926 (22)

Filed:

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Jan. 21, 2005

European Search Report, mailed Feb. 6, 2006. US. Appl. No. 60/104,573, ?led Oct. 16, 1998, Krichtafo

Related US. Patent Documents Reissue of: 6,713,026 (64) Patent No.: Issued: Mar. 30, 2004 Appl. No .: 09/730,499 Filed: Dec. 5, 2000

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(Continued) Primary ExamineriThao T. Tran (74) Attorney, Agent, or FirmiArent Fox LLP

US. Applications:

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Continuation of application No. 09/186,471, ?led on Nov. 5, 1998, now Pat. No. 6,176,977.

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Int. Cl.

An electro-kinetic electro-static air conditioner includes a

moved air with ions and safe amounts of oZone. The ion

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generator includes a high voltage pulse generator whose out put pulses are coupled between ?rst and second electrode

US. Cl. ......................... .. 96/89; 96/95; 422/186.04;

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ABSTRACT

self-contained ion generator that provides electro-kinetically

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422/186.04; 204/286; 96/29, 39, 40, 83, 95, 96/ 98

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exceeds about 15:1 and preferably is about 20:1. An electric

?eld produced by the high voltage pulses between the arrays produces an electrostatic ?ow of ionized air containing safe amounts of oZone. A bias electrode, electrically coupled to the second array electrodes, affects net polarity of ions gen erated. The out?ow of ionized air and oZone is thus condi tioned.

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MagaZine, Oct. 1992, 6 pp. Exhibit D: Friedrich Ci90A, “HoW the Ci90A Works,”

BestAirCleaner.com,

http://WWW.bestaircleaner.com/faq/

Cited Prior Art of Record for Asserted US. Patent Nos.

c90Works.asp, 1 page.

6,176,977; 4,789,801; 6,350,417 Exhibit B: Supplemental

Exhibit E: Service Information for the Friedrich Ci90A Electronic Air Cleaner, 2003. 12 pp. Exhibit F: Information on the Ionic BreeZe Quadra Silent Air

List of the Following US. Patent Cited as Prior Art by

Defendants: Exhibit C: Charts Preliminary Invalidity Con tentions for US. Patent Nos. 6,176,977; 4,789,801; 6,350, 417.

Exhibit C: Charts Preliminary Invalidity Contentions for US. Patent Nos. 6,176,977; 4,789,801; 6,350,417. Exhibit A: List of Cited Prior Art of Record for Asserted

US. Patent Nos. 6,176,977; 4,789,801; 6,350,417. Exhibit B: Supplemental List of the FolloWing US. Patent Cited as Prior Art by Defendants.

Exhibit C: Charts Preliminary Invalidity Contentions for US. Patent Nos. 6,176,977; 4,789,801; 6,350,417. Defendants HoneyWell and KaZ, Inc.’s Final Invalidity Con tentions and Attached Exhibits A, B, and C, Dated: Mar. 24, 2004.

Exhibit A: Defendants’Charts of Final Invalidity Conten tions Relating to Claim 24 of US. Patent No. 4,789,801. Exhibit B: Defendants’Charts of Final Invalidity Conten tions Relating to the Claims of US. Patent No. 6,176,977. Exhibit C: Defendants’Charts of Final Invalidity Conten tions Relating to Claim 16 of US. Patent No. 6,350,417.

KaZ’s Responsive Claim Construction Brief, Dated: Sep. 30, 2004.

Court Docket for Sharper Image Corporation V. Target Cor

poralion, Ionic Pro, LLC, Sylmark, Inc., SylmarkLLC, Qwik Cook, Inc., Home Trends, FacZoriesZU, LLC, and Chaim Mark Bess, Case No. 04%)824 CW, United States District Court, Northern District of California, Oakland Division.

Defendants Target Corporation’s, Ionic Pro, LLC’s, QWik Cook, Inc.’s, and Factories2U, LLC’s AnsWer and Counter claim to Plaintiff Sharper Image Corporation’s Second Amended Complaint, Dated: May 27, 2004.

Defendants Ideal Products, LLC’s, Sylmark, Inc.’s, Sylmark LLC’s, and Chaim Mark Bess’s AnsWer to Second Amended

Complaint, Dated: May 24, 2004. Defendants’ L.R. 3i3 Preliminary Invalidity Contentions and Attached Exhibits A, B, and C, Dated: Jun. 1, 2004. Exhibit A: Charts of Preliminary Invalidity Contentions for US. Patent No. 6,709,484. Exhibit B: Charts of Preliminary Invalidity Contentions for US. Patent No. 6,713,026. Defendants’ Supplemental Patent L.R. 3i3 Preliminary Invalidity Contentions, Dated: Jun. 25, 2004.

Defendants’ Opposition to Plaintiff Sharper Image Corpora tion’s Motion for a Preliminary Injunction, Dated: Jul. 23, 2004.

Declaration of Peter Spiegel in Support of Defendants’ Opposition to Plaintiff Sharper Image Corp’s Motion for a

Preliminary Injunction (Document 530) and Attached Exhibits AiH, Dated Jul. 21, 2004. Exhibit A: Ed Leiber, “Air Puri?ers: GroWth of Iconic

Cleaners Refuels Overall HighiEnd Segment, ”HomeWorld Business MagaZine,Home Health Care Report, 2004, 1 page.

Puri?er, Sharperimage.com http://WWW.sharperimage.com/ us/en/catalog/productvieW/sku=SI637SNX/hppos=1, 2 pp. Exhibit G: Richard Thalheimer, “The 7 Reasons Why IBQ is the Best Air Cleaner forYour Home,” http://WWW.sharperim

age.com/us/en/templates/products/ pipmoreWork1printable.jhtml, 3 pp. Exhibit H: Ionic Pro Ionic Air Puri?er OWner’s Guide, No date. 19 pp. Exhibit G: Richard Thalheimer, “The 7 Reasons Why IBQ is the Best Air Cleaner for Your Home, ” http://WWWsharper

image.com/us/en/templates/products/ pipmoreWork1printable.jhtml, 3 pp. Exhibit H: Ionic Pro Air Puri?er OWner’s Guide, No date. 19 PP~

Declaration of Jonathan Kagan in Support of Defendants’ Opposition to Plaintiff Sharper Image Corp.’s Motion for a

Preliminary Injunction (Document 530) and Attached Exhibits AiB, Dated: Jul. 23, 2004. Exhibit A: US. Patent No. D 389,567; Inventor: Gude?n; Issued: Jan. 10, 1998; ?led Nov. 14, 1996. Exhibit B: US. Patent No. 6,296,692 B1; Inventor: Gut mann; Issued: Oct. 2, 2001; ?led May 8, 1996. Miscellaneous Administrative Request to File SuriReply in Opposition to Plaintiff’ s Motion for Preliminary Injunction, Dated: Aug. 4, 2004.

Defendants’Opening Claim Construction Brief, Dated: Sep. 30, 2004. Declaration of Jonathan Kagan in Support of Defendants’

Opening Claim Construction Brief (Document 534) and Attached Exhibits GiN, Dated: Sep. 30, 2004. Exhibit G: Plaintiff Sharper Image Corporation’s Prelimi nary Claim Constructions and Extrinsic Evidence Pursuant to Patent Local Rule 442, Dated: Jul. 6, 2004, 6 pp. Exhibit H: Excerpts from Webster’s Third NeW International

Dictionary of the English Language, p. 1097. Exhibit I: Excerpts from Webster’s Third NeW International

Dictionary of the English Language, p. 737. Exhibit J: Excerpts from Webster’s Third NeW International

Dictionary Dictionary of the English Language, p. 2546. Exhibit K: Excerpts from Webster’s Third NeW International

Dictionary of theEnglish Language, p. 132. Exhibit L: Excerpts from Webster’s Third NeW International Dictio nary of the English Language, p. 99 and 1079. Exhibit M: O?ice Action for Plaintiff’s ’026 Patent, Feb. 27, 2003. 11 pp. Exhibit N: Amendment and Response to Of?ce Action for Plaintiff’ s ’026 Patent, Jun. 18, 2003. 19 pp. Exhibit L: Excerpts from Webster’s Third NeW International

Dictionalry of the English Language, p. 99 and 1079.. Exhibit M: O?ice Action for Plaintiff’ s ’026 Patent, Feb. 27, 2003, 11 pp. Exhibit N: Amendment N: Amendment and Response to O?ice Action for Plaintiff’ s ’026 Patent, Jun. 18, 2003. 19 PP

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Miscellaneous Administrative Request to File SuriReply Re: Claim Construction, Dated: Oct. 12, 2004. Defendants’ Second Amended L.R. 343 Preliminary Invalid

ity Contentions, Dated: Nov. 29, 2004, and Attached Exhib its A, B, and C: Exhibit A: Charts of Invalidity Contentions for US. Patent

Brookstone’s Preliminary Claim Construction and Extrinsic Evidence Under Patent Local Rule 442 Disclosure and

Attached Exhibits AiL, Dated: Dec. 6, 2004. Exhibit A: Excerpts from Webster’s Third NeW International

Dictionary (Unabridged) (Merriam Webster, Inc. 1989) pp. 732, 737, 742, 1027, 1097, 1192, 1768, 1936, 2053,

Exhibit B: Charts of Invalidity Contentions for US. Patent

240942410, 2518, 2541, 2546, and 2627. Exhibit B: Excerpts from VanNorstrand’s Scienti?c Ency

No. 6,713,026. Exhibit C: Copy of the Following References Cited by

Exhibit C: Excerpts from the McGrawiHill Dictionary of

No. 6,709,484.

clopedia.

Defendants as Prior Art: US. Patent D 326,514, Inventor:

Engineering (2d Ed. 2002).

Alsup et al.; Issued May 26, 1992; ?led Feb. 27, 1990 US. Patent 5,043,033 (Friedrich Unit); Inventor: Alsup et al.; Issued Jul. 23, 1991, ?led Jul. 13, 1990 Consumer Reports.org, “Air Cleaners: Behind the Hype,” http://

Exhibit D: Excerpts from Old English Dictionary (oniline

WWW.consumerreports.org/main/content/ printable.j sp?FOLDER%3C%3EFOLDERiid, Oct. 2003, 6 pp. “Household Air Cleaners,” Consumer Reports Maga Zine, Oct. 1992, 6 pp. Court Docket for Sharper Image Corporation v. Broohstone Company, Inc., Case No. 0441572 MMC, United States Dis trict Court, Northern District of California, San Francisco Division.

AnsWer and Counterclaim in Sharper Image Corporation v. Brookstone, Inc., Case No. 0441572 MMC, dated: Jun. 3,

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Proposed TestimonyiSummary of Expert Testimony Pur suant to Local Rule 4*2(b).

Exhibit G: Final Transcript of SHRP Q4 Sharper Image Cor poration’s Earning Conference Call, Mar. 25, 2004 Exhibit H: Sharper Image Web Page for Deluxe Spire FeeliGood Fan Exhibit I: Transcript of the Markman Hearing, Oct. 22,

2004.

2004 Exhibit J: Hearing Transcript of Defendant’s Motion to

Brookstone’s Preliminary Invalidity Contentions and

Strike, from Sharper Image Corporation v. Consumer's Union of United States, Incorporated, Case No. C034094 MMC, N. Dist. California, San Francisco Division. Exhibit K: Photograph of Installed HoneyWell Electrostatic Precipi

Attached Exhibits AiN, Dated: Nov. 5, 2004. Exhibit A: English Translation of Japanese Unexamined

Utility Model Application No. S62i20653; Publication Date: Feb. 7, 1987.

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