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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
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`GREENTHREAD, LLC
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`Plaintiff,
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`vs.
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`Civil Action No.
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`MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.; MICRON
`TECHNOLOGY TEXAS, LLC
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`Defendants.
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`ORIGINAL COMPLAINT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT
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`Plaintiff Greenthread, LLC (“Greenthread” or “Plaintiff”) files this Original Complaint
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`against Micron Technology, Inc., and Micron Technology Texas, LLC (collectively “Micron” or
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`“Defendants”) and hereby alleges as follows:
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`THE NATURE OF THE ACTION
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`1.
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`Greenthread owns a family of patents related to transistors and other components
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`of integrated semiconductor devices. Greenthread’s patented inventions describe semiconductor
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`devices that employ graded dopants and well regions for creating electric fields for aiding and/or
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`limiting the movement of carriers to (or from) the semiconductor surface to (or from) the
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`semiconductor substrate. These inventions improve semiconductor devices by (1) creating faster,
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`more efficient, and more reliable processors, logic devices, DRAM and NAND flash, and image
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`sensors and (2) allowing manufacturers to scale down the feature size of their semiconductor
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`products.
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`2.
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`Defendants have infringed and continue to infringe six Greenthread patents: U.S.
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`Patent Nos. 8,421,195 (the “’195 Patent”), 9,190,502 (the “’502 Patent”), 10,510,842 (the “’842
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`Patent”), 10,734,481 (the “’481 Patent”), 11,121,222 (the “’222 Patent”), and 11,316,014 (the
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`“’014 Patent”), (collectively “the Greenthread Patents”), copies of which are attached hereto as
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`Exhibits 1-6, respectively. Defendants have infringed and continue to infringe the Greenthread
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`Patents by making, using, selling, offering for sale, and/or importing into the United States,
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`semiconductor devices with infringing graded dopant regions and/or electronic products
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`containing the same.
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`THE PARTIES
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`3.
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`Plaintiff Greenthread, LLC (“Greenthread”) is a limited liability company
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`organized and existing under the laws of Texas, having its principal place of business at 7424
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`Mason Dells Drive, Dallas, Texas 75230-3244.
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`4.
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`Defendant Micron Technology, Inc. is a corporation organized and existing under
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`the laws of Delaware with its headquarters at 8000 S. Federal Way, Boise, Idaho.
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`5.
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`Defendant Micron Technology Texas, LLC is an Idaho limited liability company
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`with its headquarters at 8000 S. Federal Way, Boise, Idaho 83716. Upon information and belief,
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`Micron Technology Texas, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Micron Technology, Inc.
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`SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION
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`6.
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`This court has subject matter jurisdiction over the patent infringement claims
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`asserted in this case under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1338(a).
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`PERSONAL JURISDICTION AND VENUE
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`7.
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`This Court has personal jurisdiction over Defendants Micron Technology, Inc. and
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`Micron Technology Texas, LLC as citizens/residents of Delaware. On information and belief, the
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`court further has personal jurisdiction over all Defendants, because they have regularly conducted
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`and continue to conduct business in the United States, in the State of Delaware, and in this judicial
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`district. On information and belief, all Defendants have committed infringing activities in
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`Delaware and in this judicial district by making, using, offering for sale, and/or selling in the
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`United States and/or importing into the United States, products and systems that infringe upon the
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`Greenthread Patents, or by placing such infringing products and systems into the stream of
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`commerce with the awareness, knowledge, and intent that they would be used, offered for sale, or
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`sold by others in this judicial district and/or purchased by consumers in this district.
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`8.
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`Venue is proper as to Defendants Micron Technology, Inc. and Micron Technology
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`Texas, LLC pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1391(b) and 1400(b) because they are citizens/residents of
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`Delaware and have committed, and continue to commit, acts of infringement in this District.
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`9.
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` “Micron Accused Products” are products accused of meeting the claim limitations
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`of a Greenthread Patent in this suit. Specifically, Micron designs and manufactures certain flash
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`products (“Micron Accused Flash Products”) and or dynamic random access memory (“DRAM”)
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`products (“Micron Accused DRAM Products”), including SSDs, microSD/SD cards, and thumb
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`drives, which infringe upon one or more claims of the Greenthread Patents. An exemplary, non-
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`exhaustive, list of the Micron Accused Products is identified in Exhibit 8 and is herein incorporated
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`by reference.
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`10.
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`Exhibit 8 demonstrates how exemplary Micron Accused Products meet the claim
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`limitations of Greenthread Patents and is herein incorporated by reference. The exemplary
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`products identified therein meet each and every element of at least one claim of the Greenthread
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`Patents.
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`THE GREENTHREAD PATENTS
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`11.
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`On April 16, 2013, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office duly and legally issued
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,421,195 (“the ’195 Patent”), entitled “Semiconductor Devices with Graded
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`Dopant Regions,” listing Dr. Mohan Rao as the inventor, from a patent application filed January
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`12, 2007. The ’195 Patent claims priority from U.S. Patent Application No. 10/934,915,1 filed on
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`September 3, 2004. A true and correct copy of the ’195 Patent is attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and
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`incorporated herein by reference.
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`12.
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`On November 17, 2015, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office duly and legally
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`issued U.S. Patent No. 9,190,502 (“the ’502 Patent”), entitled “Semiconductor Devices with
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`Graded Dopant Regions,” listing Dr. Mohan Rao as the inventor, from a patent application filed
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`October 16, 2014. The ’502 Patent claims priority from U.S. Patent Application No. 10/934,915,2
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`filed on September 3, 2004. A true and correct copy of the ’502 Patent is attached hereto as Exhibit
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`2 and incorporated herein by reference.
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`13.
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`On December 17, 2019, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office duly and legally
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`issued U.S. Patent No. 10,510,842 (“the ’842 Patent”), entitled “Semiconductor Devices with
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`Graded Dopant Regions,” listing Dr. Mohan Rao as the inventor, from a patent application filed
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`on May 9, 2017. The ’842 Patent claims priority from U.S. Patent Application No. 10/934,915,3
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`filed on September 3, 2004. A true and correct copy of the ’842 Patent is attached hereto as Exhibit
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`3 and incorporated herein by reference.
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`14. On August 4, 2020, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office duly and legally issued
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,734,481 (“the ’481 Patent”), entitled “Semiconductor Devices with Graded
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`1 Pub. No. US 2006/0049464.
`2 Pub. No. US 2006/0049464.
`3 Pub. No. US 2006/0049464.
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`Dopant Regions,” listing Dr. Mohan Rao as the inventor, from a patent application filed on
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`December 17, 2019. The ’481 Patent claims priority from U.S. Patent Application No.
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`10/934,915,4 filed on September 3, 2004. A true and correct copy of the ’481 Patent is attached
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`hereto as Exhibit 4 and incorporated herein by reference.
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`15.
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`On September 14, 2021, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office duly and legally
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`issued U.S. Patent No. 11,121,222 (“the ’222 Patent”), entitled “Semiconductor Devices with
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`Graded Dopant Regions,” listing Dr. Mohan Rao as the inventor, from a patent application filed
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`on July 27, 2020. The ’222 Patent claims priority from U.S. Patent Application No. 10/934,915,5
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`filed on September 3, 2004. A true and correct copy of the ’222 Patent is attached hereto as Exhibit
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`5 and incorporated herein by reference.
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`16.
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`On April 26, 2022, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office duly and legally issued
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`U.S. Patent No. 11,316,014 (“the ’014 Patent”), entitled “Semiconductor Devices with Graded
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`Dopant Regions,” listing Dr. Mohan Rao as the inventor, from a patent application filed on July 9,
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`2021. The ’014 Patent claims priority from U.S. Patent Application No. 10/934,915,6 filed on
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`September 3, 2004. A true and correct copy of the ’014 Patent is attached hereto as Exhibit 6 and
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`incorporated herein by reference.
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`17.
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`The ’195, ’502, ’842, ’481, ’222, and ’014 Patents are collectively referred to as
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`the “Greenthread Patents.”
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`18.
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`Greenthread exclusively owns all rights, title, and interest in the Greenthread
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`Patents necessary to bring this action, including the right to recover past and future damages.
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`Certain of the Greenthread Patents were previously owned by Dr. G.R. Mohan Rao (“Dr. Rao”).
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`4 Pub. No. US 2006/0049464.
`5 Pub. No. US 2006/0049464.
`6 Pub. No. US 2006/0049464.
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`On April 27, 2015, Dr. Rao assigned to Greenthread the then-issued Greenthread Patents and all
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`related “continuations, continuations-in-part and extensions of said Applications and Patents and
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`any pending applications or issued patents that directly claim or are amended to claim priority to
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`any of the Applications or Patents.” Dr. Rao’s assignment was recorded with the U.S. Patent and
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`Trademark Office on May 13, 2015, and again on July 22, 2021, and is attached hereto as Exhibit
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`7. Greenthread has therefore owned all rights to the Greenthread Patents necessary to bring this
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`action throughout the period of Micron’s infringement and still owns those rights to the
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`Greenthread Patents.
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`19.
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`20.
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`Defendants are not currently licensed to practice the Greenthread Patents.
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`The Greenthread Patents are valid and enforceable.
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`FACTUAL BACKGROUND
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`21.
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`Dr. G.R. Mohan Rao (“Dr. Rao”), the sole inventor of the Greenthread Patents, has
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`been an innovator in the semiconductor industry since the 1960s. He is a named inventor on more
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`than 100 Patents worldwide and authored numerous technical publications over the last 50 years.
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`22.
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`In September 1968, Dr. Rao received a Ph.D. in physics with a specialization in
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`electronics from Andhra University in Waltair, India. He then traveled to the United States to
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`attend a graduate program in physics at the University of Cincinnati.
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`23.
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`After learning of an opportunity to work with Professor William Carr of Southern
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`Methodist University (“SMU”), Dr. Rao transferred to SMU where he earned a Ph.D. in Electrical
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`Engineering. While there, he worked in the SMU laboratory with Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments
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`(a pioneering electrical engineer who would later receive a Nobel Prize for his work), on metal-
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`oxide-silicon transistors (“MOS devices”), which are used for switching and amplifying electronic
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`signals in electronic devices. MOS devices form the basis of modern electronics and are the most
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`widely used semiconductor devices in the world. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has called
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`this device a “groundbreaking invention that transformed life and culture around the world.”7 Dr.
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`Rao built these devices from scratch while a graduate student at SMU.
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`24.
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`Through his mentor, Jack Kilby, Dr. Rao interviewed with—and was ultimately
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`hired by—Texas Instruments to continue his work on MOS devices in 1972. Dr. Rao worked at
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`Texas Instruments for the next twenty-two years, rising from an engineer to a Senior Fellow. At
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`that time, Texas Instruments had only 12 Senior Fellows out of approximately 20,000 engineers.
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`Eventually, Dr. Rao moved into a management position at Texas Instruments, ultimately becoming
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`a Senior Vice President in 1985.
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`25.
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`At Texas Instruments, Dr. Rao received his first patent while working in a process
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`and product engineering capacity to solve a production problem with Texas Instruments’ 4-kilobit
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`RAM product. That patent was merely the beginning of Dr. Rao’s long inventive career. Indeed,
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`from the late 1970s through the mid-1980s, Dr. Rao worked on or managed projects relating to
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`Texas Instruments’ 64kb RAM, 256Kb RAM, 1Mb RAM, 4 Mb RAM, EEPROM, SRAM, and
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`microcontrollers. For that work, Dr. Rao received numerous additional U.S. Patents.
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`26.
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`The USPTO was not the only organization to recognize Dr. Rao’s achievements.
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`Some of Dr. Rao’s work at Texas Instruments was so remarkable that it has been credited in
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`multiple exhibits in the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution.8
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`For example, the Smithsonian has displayed Texas Instruments’ experimental 1-megabit CMOS
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`DRAM, produced in April 1985 under Dr. Rao’s leadership, and credited Dr. Rao for the
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`achievement.9
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`7 https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/news-updates/remarks-director-iancu-2019-international-
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`8 http://smithsonianchips.si.edu/texas/wafer.htm
`9 http://smithsonianchips.si.edu/texas/t_360.htm
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`In 1994, Dr. Rao left Texas Instruments for Cirrus Logic. During his two-year
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`tenure at Cirrus Logic, he received more U.S. Patents relating to his work on integrated graphics
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`controllers and memory.
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`28.
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`In 1996, Dr. Rao started a company called Silicon Aquarius. Through a relationship
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`between Silicon Aquarius and Matsushita, Dr. Rao led a design team in working on a 256Mb
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`DRAM chip. After Silicon Aquarius ceased operations, Dr. Rao did consulting work for a number
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`of different consulting companies and devoted much of his free time to thinking about various
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`challenges and problems with which the semiconductor industry had struggled for years.
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`29.
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`In 2003, Dr. Rao and Philip John founded Greenthread to continue Dr. Rao’s
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`pioneering work. A focal point of Dr. Rao’s research was poor refresh time and the related
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`problem of how to deal with and control the movement of both wanted and unwanted carriers in
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`semiconductor devices, including memory and logic devices. Dr. Rao realized that graded dopants
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`could be used to create a “drift layer” and other structures to facilitate the movement—in an
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`upward or downward direction, as appropriate—of carriers from the semiconductor surfaces down
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`into the substrate and vice versa. It was Dr. Rao’s work on this problem that culminated in the
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`Greenthread Patents.
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`MICRON’S INFRINGEMENT
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`30. Micron has directly infringed, and continues to infringe, one or more claims of each
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`of the Greenthread Patents through making, using, offering to sell, selling within the United States,
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`and/or importing into the United States semiconductor products that practice the claimed
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`inventions (i.e., the Micron Accused Products).
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`31.
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`Specifically, Micron has designed, manufactured, and/or incorporated into other
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`products flash memory (“Micron Accused Flash Products”) and dynamic random access memory
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`(“DRAM”) products (“Micron Accused DRAM Products”).
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`32.
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`A non-exhaustive, exemplary list of Micron Accused Products is further identified
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`in Exhibit 8.
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`33.
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`As shown in Exhibit 8, an exemplary Micron Accused Flash Product which is a
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`Micron 16 nm node NAND flash memory meets each and every element of at least one claim of
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`the Greenthread Patents.
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`34.
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`As shown in Exhibit 8, an exemplary Micron Accused DRAM Product, 20 nm node
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`Micron MT58K256M32JA-100:A GDDR5X DRAM, meets each and every element of at least
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`one claim of the Greenthread Patents.
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`35.
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`Exhibit 8 contains two series of claim charts, an A-series for the exemplary Micron
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`Accused DRAM Products and a B-series for the exemplary Micron Accused Flash Products.
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`36.
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`Upon information and belief, Micron fabricated and designed flash products using
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`similar designs according to a limited number of processes, many or all of which utilize
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`substantially similar process steps, including process steps for creating regions with graded dopant
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`concentrations. Upon information and belief, Micron Accused Flash Products are in relevant part
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`substantially similar to the exemplary Micron 16 nm node NAND flash memory and DRAM
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`shown in Exhibit 8, particularly with regard to the manner in which the exemplary Micron 16 nm
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`node flash memory includes and utilizes regions with graded dopant concentrations. Exhibit 8 is
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`thus illustrative of the manner in which the Micron Accused Flash Products meet the claim
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`limitations of the Greenthread Patents.
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`37.
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`Upon information and belief, Micron fabricated and designed DRAM products
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`using similar designs according to a limited number of processes, many or all of which utilize
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`substantially similar process steps, including process steps for creating regions with graded dopant
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`concentrations. Upon information and belief, Micron Accused DRAM Products are in relevant
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`part substantially similar to the exemplary Micron Accused DRAM Product, 20 nm node Micron
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`MT58K256M32JA-100:A GDDR5X DRAM shown in Exhibit 8, particularly with regard to the
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`manner in which the exemplary Micron Accused DRAM Product, 20 nm node Micron
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`MT58K256M32JA-100:A GDDR5X DRAM includes and utilizes regions with graded dopant
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`concentrations. Exhibit 8 is thus illustrative of the manner in which the Micron Accused Flash
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`Products meet the claim limitations of the Greenthread Patents.
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`38. Micron’s infringement is willful. On August 10, 2015, Micron’s attorney David
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`Westergard was informed that Micron products infringed the Greenthread Patents. After April 29,
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`2022, upon information and belief, Micron was again informed of its infringement in connection
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`with allegations Greenthread made against Dell Inc., Dell Technologies Inc., (“Dell”) and Intel
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`Corporation (“Intel”) relating to Dell’s incorporation of Micron Accused Products into Dell
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`products in Greenthread, LLC v. Intel Corp. et al., Case No. 6:22-cv-00105-ADA (W.D. Tex). See
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`Dkt. 38 (Greenthread’s First Amended Complaint for Patent Infringement); and Dkt. 38-10
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`(Exhibit 10 to Greenthread’s First Amended Complaint for Patent Infringement, including
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`Greenthread’s preliminary infringement contentions relating to Dell’s incorporation or sale of
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`infringing Micron products).
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`39. Micron was again informed of its infringement when it was served with a third
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`party subpoena in the referenced matter in December 2023, which included Greenthread’s
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`infringement contentions as an exhibit. Upon information and belief, Micron was further informed
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`of its infringement in Greenthread’s Second Amended Complaint, filed on January 27, 2023. See
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`Dkt. 120-8 at 113-167; 262-318. Micron learned of Greenthread’s allegations against Intel and
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`Dell concerning Micron Accused Products at least through Greenthread’s subpoena and, on
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`information and belief, from Intel and Dell and/or through monitoring of patent infringement
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`actions. 10
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`10 Multiple courts have upheld Greenthread’s construction of the Greenthread Patents in related
`matters. In Greenthread, LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al., Case No. 2:19-cv-00147-
`JRG (E.D. Tex.), the Eastern District of Texas Court adopted Greenthread’s claim construction.
`See Dkt. 67. In Greenthread, LLC v. Intel Corp., et al., Case No. 6:22-cv-00105-ADA (W.D. Tex),
`the Western District of Texas similarly issued a preliminary claim construction order adopting
`Greenthread’s construction. See Dkt. 36-21 in Greenthread, LLC v. Intel Corp., Case No. 3:22-cv-
`02001-JR (attaching as an exhibit the Western District of Texas’s preliminary claim construction
`order in a status update before the District of Oregon). The claims in this matter against Intel were
`ultimately severed and transferred to Oregon, and the District of Oregon adopted the Western
`District of Texas’ preliminary claim construction. See Dkt. 44 (“The Court also finds that the
`WDTX’s preliminary constructions and summary judgment rulings are neither legally incorrect
`nor factually distinguishable. As a result, the Court adopts the WDTX’s preliminary constructions
`and summary judgment rulings as its own. . .”). The Western District of Texas also denied
`Defendants’ motions to dismiss and for summary judgment on similar grounds. See Dkt. 36-22 in
`Greenthread, LLC v. Intel Corp., Case no. 3:22-cv-02001-JR (attaching as an exhibit the Western
`District of Texas’ denial of Defendants’ motion for summary judgment); Dkt. 110 in Greenthread
`LLC v. Intel Corp., Case No. 6:22-cv-00105-ADA (W.D. Tex). The District of Oregon similarly
`adopted these rulings. See Dkt. 44 in Greenthread, LLC v. Intel Corp., Case no. 3:22-cv-02001-
`JR.
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`COUNT I: INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. 8,421,195
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`40.
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`Greenthread incorporates by reference and re-alleges all of the foregoing
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`paragraphs of this Complaint and exhibits attached hereto as if fully set forth herein.
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`41.
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`The following allegations are based on publicly available information and a
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`reasonable investigation of the structure and operation of the Micron Accused Products.
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`Greenthread reserves the right to modify this description, including, for example, on the basis of
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`information about the Micron Accused Products that it obtains during discovery.
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`42.
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`Defendants’ infringement has damaged and continues to damage Greenthread in an
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`amount yet to be determined, of at least a reasonable royalty.
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`43.
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`As alleged above and in Exhibit 8, the products analyzed in Exhibit 8 meet each
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`and every one of the claim limitations of at least one claim of the ’195 Patent.
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`44.
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`As alleged above, the products analyzed in Exhibit 8 are exemplary of the Micron
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`Accused Products.
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`45.
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`As alleged above, Defendants have infringed and continue to infringe at least one
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`claim of the ’195 Patent by making, using, offering to sell, selling within the United States, and/or
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`importing into the United States Micron Accused Products. As alleged above, Defendants have
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`and continue to infringe at least one claim of the ’195 Patent by making, using, offering to sell,
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`selling within the United States, and/or importing into the United States Micron Accused Products.
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`Defendants’ infringement is and continues to be willful.
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`46.
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`Defendants’ infringement has damaged and continues to damage Greenthread in an
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`amount yet to be determined, of at least a reasonable royalty.
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`COUNT II: INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. 9,190,502
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`47.
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`Greenthread incorporates by reference and re-alleges all of the foregoing
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`paragraphs of this Complaint and exhibits attached hereto as if fully set forth herein.
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`48.
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`The following allegations are based on publicly available information and a
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`reasonable investigation of the structure and operation of the Micron Accused Products.
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`Greenthread reserves the right to modify this description, including, for example, on the basis of
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`information about the Micron Accused Products that it obtains during discovery.
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`49.
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`As alleged above and in Exhibit 8, the products analyzed in Exhibit 8 meet each
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`and every one of the claim limitations of at least one claim of the ’502 Patent.
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`50.
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`As alleged above, the products analyzed in Exhibit 8 are exemplary of the Micron
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`Accused Products.
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`51.
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`As alleged above, Defendants have infringed and continue to infringe at least one
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`claim of the ’502 Patent by making, using, offering to sell, selling within the United States, and/or
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`importing into the United States Micron Accused Products. Defendants’ infringement is and
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`continues to be willful.
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`52.
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`Defendants’ infringement has damaged and continues to damage Greenthread in an
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`amount yet to be determined, of at least a reasonable royalty.
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`COUNT III: INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. 10,510,842
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`53.
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`Greenthread incorporates by reference and re-alleges all of the foregoing
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`paragraphs of this Complaint and exhibits attached hereto as if fully set forth herein.
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`54.
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`The following allegations are based on publicly available information and a
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`reasonable investigation of the structure and operation of the Micron Accused Products.
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`Greenthread reserves the right to modify this description, including, for example, on the basis of
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`information about the Micron Accused Products that it obtains during discovery.
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`55.
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`As alleged above and in Exhibits 8, the products analyzed in Exhibit 8 meet each
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`and every one of the claim limitations of at least one claim of the ’842 Patent.
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`56.
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`As alleged above, the products analyzed in Exhibit 8 are exemplary of the Micron
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`Accused Products.
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`57.
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`As alleged above, Defendants have infringed and continue to infringe at least one
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`claim of the ’842 Patent by making, using, offering to sell, selling within the United States, and/or
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`importing into the United States Micron Accused Products. Defendants’ infringement is and
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`continues to be willful.
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`58.
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`Defendants’ infringement has damaged and continues to damage Greenthread in an
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`amount yet to be determined, of at least a reasonable royalty.
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`COUNT IV: INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. 10,734,481
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`59.
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`Greenthread incorporates by reference and re-alleges all of the foregoing
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`paragraphs of this Complaint and exhibits attached hereto as if fully set forth herein.
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`60.
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`The following allegations are based on publicly available information and a
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`reasonable investigation of the structure and operation of the Micron Accused Products.
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`Greenthread reserves the right to modify this description, including, for example, on the basis of
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`information about the Micron Accused Products that it obtains during discovery.
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`61.
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`As alleged above and in Exhibits 8, the products analyzed in Exhibit 8 meet each
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`and every one of the claim limitations of at least one claim of the ’481 Patent.
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`62.
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`As alleged above, the products analyzed in Exhibit 8 are exemplary of the Micron
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`Accused Products.
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`63.
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`As alleged above, Defendants have infringed and continue to infringe at least one
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`claim of the ’481 Patent by making, using, offering to sell, selling within the United States, and/or
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`importing into the United States Micron Accused Products. Defendants’ infringement is and
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`continues to be willful.
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`64.
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`Defendants’ infringement has damaged and continues to damage Greenthread in an
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`amount yet to be determined, of at least a reasonable royalty.
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`COUNT V: INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. 11,121,222
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`Greenthread incorporates by reference and re-alleges all of the foregoing
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`65.
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`paragraphs of this Complaint and exhibits attached hereto as if fully set forth herein.
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`66.
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`The following allegations are based on publicly available information and a
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`reasonable investigation of the structure and operation of the Micron Accused Products.
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`Greenthread reserves the right to modify this description, including, for example, on the basis of
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`information about the Micron Accused Products that it obtains during discovery.
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`67.
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`As alleged above and in Exhibit 8, the products analyzed in Exhibit 8 meet each
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`and every one of the claim limitations of at least one claim of the ’222 Patent.
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`68.
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`As alleged above, the products analyzed in Exhibit 8 are exemplary of the Micron
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`Accused Products.
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`69.
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`As alleged above, Defendants have infringed and continue to infringe at least one
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`claim of the ’222 Patent by making, using, offering to sell, selling within the United States, and/or
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`importing into the United States Micron Accused Products. Defendants’ infringement is and
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`continues to be willful.
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`70.
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`Defendants’ infringement has damaged and continues to damage Greenthread in an
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`amount yet to be determined, of at least a reasonable royalty.
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`COUNT VI: INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. 11,316,014
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`71.
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`Greenthread incorporates by reference and re-alleges all of the foregoing
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`paragraphs of this Complaint and exhibits attached hereto as if fully set forth herein.
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`72.
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`The following allegations are based on publicly available information and a
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`reasonable investigation of the structure and operation of the Micron Accused Products.
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`Greenthread reserves the right to modify this description, including, for example, on the basis of
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`information about the Micron Accused Products that it obtains during discovery.
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`73.
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`As alleged above and in Exhibits 8, the products analyzed in Exhibit 8 meet each
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`and every one of the claim limitations of at least one claim of the ’014 Patent.
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`74.
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`As alleged above, the products analyzed in Exhibit 8 are exemplary of the Micron
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`Accused Products.
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`75.
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`As alleged above, Defendants have infringed and continue to infringe at least one
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`claim of the ’014 Patent by making, using, offering to sell, selling within the United States, and/or
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`importing into the United States Micron Accused Products. Defendants’ infringement is and
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`continues to be willful.
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`76.
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`Defendants’ infringement has damaged and continues to damage Greenthread in an
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`amount yet to be determined, of at least a reasonable royalty.
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`DAMAGES
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`77.
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`As a result of Defendants’ acts of infringement, Greenthread has suffered and
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`continues to suffer actual and consequential damages. However, Greenthread does not yet know
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`the full extent of the infringement and the amount of damages cannot be ascertained except through
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`discovery and special accounting. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Greenthread seeks
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`recovery of damages at least for reasonable royalties, unjust enrichment, and benefits received by
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`Defendants as a result of using the patented technology. Greenthread further seeks any other
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`damages to which Greenthread is entitled under law or in equity, including enhanced damages for
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`Defendants’ willful infringement.
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`DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL
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`78.
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`Greenthread hereby demands a jury trial for all issues so triable.
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`PRAYER FOR RELIEF
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`WHEREFORE, Greenthread respectfully requests that this Court enter judgment in its
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`favor as follows:
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`A.
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` That Judgment be entered that Defendants have infringed one or more claims of
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`the Greenthread Patents, literally and under the doctrine of equivalents;
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`B.
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`That, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. § 283, Defendants and all its affiliates,
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`employees, agents, officers, directors, attorneys, successors, and assigns and all those acting on
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`behalf of or in active concert or participation with any of them, be preliminarily and permanently
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`enjoined from (1) infringing the Greenthread Patents and (2) making, using, selling, and offering
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`for sale, or importing into the United States, the Micron Accused Products;
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`C.
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`An award of damages sufficient to compensate Greenthread for Defendants’
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`infringement under 35 U.S.C. § 284;
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`D.
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`That the case be found exceptional under 35 U.S.C. § 285 and that Greenthread be
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`awarded its reasonable attorneys’ fees;
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`E.
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`F.
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`G.
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`H.
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`Costs and expenses in this action;
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`Damages for pre-issuance infringement under 35 U.S.C. § 154(d);
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`An award of prejudgment and post-judgment interest; and
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`Such other and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper.
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`Dated: March 24, 2023
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`OF COUNSEL:
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`McKool Smith, PC
`Alan L. Whitehurst
`Nicholas T. Matich
`Arvind Jairam
`1999 K Street NW
`Washington, DC 20006
`awhitehurst@mckools