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`FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
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`HOUSTON DIVISION
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`% Jury Trial Demanded
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`CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
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`WES’l“ERNGE(I3O L.L.C..
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`ION GEOPHYSICAL CORPORATION,
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`Defendant.
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`John M. Desmmzajs, P C
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`Timothy K. Gilman
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`&. VESELKA, L.L.P.
`Bank of America Center
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`700 Louisiana, Suite 2300
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`Tel: (713) 221-2323
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`Attorneyyfor Plaint:ff/
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`KIRKLAND 3:: ELLIS LLP
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`Ex. PGS 1016
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`ION's current streamer steering devices were developed years later and do not embody
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`the ’992 patent.
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`(EX. 43 at 11:15-19: EX. 44 at llS:21-116:2; Ex. 16 at 3)
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`CLAINI TERMS ARE PROPERLY CONSTRUED BASED ON THEIR
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`"[:jhe claims of a patent define the invention to which the patentee is entitled the right to
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` " PhillipsxL.4W1EICa:pc,4J,5F3dL303,L3l2QFed
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`The "words oi a claim ‘are generally given their orcfmary and customary meaning’ .
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`meaning that the term would have to a person of ordinary skill in the art in question at the time of
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`invention." Phillips, 4liF3iLa1 1312-134" the arijs
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`deemed to read the claim term not only in the context of the particular claim in which the
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`I313. "The specification ‘is always highly relevant to the claim construction analysis. Usually, it
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`is dlspositlve; it IS the single best guide to the meaning of a disputed term.” Id. at 1315.
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`PROPOSED CONSTRUCTIONS FOR THE BITTLESTON PATENTS
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`"streamer positioning device(s)"
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`confusing for a jury.
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`In such cases, claim construction "involves little more than the application
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`attempting to limit the claims to a preferred embodiment. Teleflax, Inc. v. Ficosa N. Am. Corp. ,
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`299 F.3d 1313., 1324 (Fed. Cir. 2002‘). As disclosed in the specification. combined vertical and
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`lateral control is merely a preferred embodiment:
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`[preferred] embodiments.“ Phillips, 415 F.3d at 1323. "[1 [t is W3]1*SBttlCd that claims are not to
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`be confined to [a preferred] embodiment." DEW, Inc.
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`17. Shoe Pavilion, Inn, 537 F.3d 1342,
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`Moreover, IOTT‘s proposed construction would improperly excIna!e“from the scope or
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`"streamer positioning devices" embodiments that the Bittleston patents explicitly disclose as
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`examples of "streamer positioning devices," e. g., devices that only control lateral steering. See
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`interpret claim terms in a way that excludes disclosed examples in the
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`”globa1 control system"
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`system that monitors the positioning oi the
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`between a global control system 22 located on or near the seismic survey vessel 10 and a local
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`control system located within or near the bird 18.“
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`I at 3:3§-39} Consistent with its
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`ordinary meaning, the "global“ control system oversees and sends commands to other devices.
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`location or a desired displacement. (Ex. 1 at 5:54-58, 5:63-67, 6:11-14, 6:1’?-21) Each of these
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`can be vertical or horizontal, or cornbined Vertical/horizontal.
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`(Id. at 6:24-29 ("vertical and7or
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`horizontal displacements"); Ex. 3 at C1. 2 ("desired force selected from a desired horizontal
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` . €332, e.g., Ex. 3 a:tCls. 4-MS; EX. l at 217-9, 3:318-333
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`lClN‘s proposed construction again commits the “cardinal sin of claim construction" by
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`attempting to limit the Bittleston patents to a preferred embodiment:
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`During the operation of the streamer positioning control system, the global control
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`dlesired horizontalforce 42 and a desired verticalforce 44 to the local control
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`(Id at 5:54-58) This is improper. , 299 F.Mwa1E4; , 544 F. 3d at 1251.
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`"desired displacement“ embodiment discussed above. Verzzon, 533 FT3d at F305. Moreover,
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`some independent claims only recite laterally steering -— there is no basis to read into "global
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`control system” a requirement for vertical forces or positioning information.
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`(E.g., Ex. 1 at Cl.
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` ‘ someelairnsdonotreeiIea"loealconIroLsystenL“(Eg,i¢iatCls.I,8)
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`ION’s proposed construction -— reads a "local control system" into those claims — is properly
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`erd aswell. BSW, 537 F.3d a’fil“3”48.
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`"location information“
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`The Bittleston patents teach a. variety of types of "location information.“ While "desired
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`vertical depth and horizontal position“ are types of ”loeation information,“ these two types are
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`system 22 can transmit the magnitude and direction of the displacement between
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`1 at 6:11-20) WestemGeeo‘s proposed construction is consistent with the examples
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`disclosed in the specification, as well as the understanding of those of skill in the art. (Ex. 18 at
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`{[4}; see also, Ex. 40 at 16320-16421, 164:7-9)
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`from the specification into the claim limitations. Tefeflex, 299 F.3d at 1324.
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`It excludes
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`disclosed embodiments (e.g., "cIisp1acements"Tfrom the scope of the claims. Verizon, SUB F.3d
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`at 1305. And it seeks to read a requirement for both lateral and depth control into every claim.
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`of the propositions “on” and ’*in—line with" correspond to these two known options.
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