Case 3:14-cv-00757-REP-DJN Document 176 Filed 05/29/15 Page 1 of 7 PageID# 17087
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
`RICHMOND DIVISION
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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., and
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA,
`INC.,
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`Plaintiffs,
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`CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:14CV757-REP
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`v.
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`NVIDIA CORPORATION, OLD MICRO,
`INC. F/K/A VELOCITY MICRO, INC., AND
`VELOCITY HOLDINGS, LLC,
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`Defendants.
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`JOINT IDENTIFICATION OF CLAIM TERMS FOR CONSTRUCTION
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`Pursuant to the requirements set forth in the April 15, 2015 Pretrial Conference and the
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`Parties’ Revised Proposed Pretrial Schedule (Dkt. No. 96-1), Plaintiffs Samsung Electronics Co.,
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`Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America Inc. (“Samsung”) and Defendants NVIDIA Corporation,
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`Old Micro, Inc. f/k/a Velocity Micro, Inc., and Velocity Holdings, LLC (“Defendants”) hereby
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`provide the following list of claim terms identified by the parties for construction.
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`request ID value / request ID
`(applies to all asserted
`claims1)
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`a [first/second] request ID
`(Claim 18, 21, 222)
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`U.S. Patent No. 5,860,158
`Samsung: an identifier assigned to each cache request that
`distinguishes it from other cache requests
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`NVIDIA: numerical value assigned by the cache controller
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`(Agreed) a request ID corresponding to the [first/second] cache
`request
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`1 “Applies to all asserted claims” means that, for each asserted claim, the term appears in that claim or in an
`independent claim upon that claim depends.
`2 This term appears in claim 18 upon which claims 21 and 22 depend.
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`NVIDIA Corp.
`Exhibit 1115
`Page 001
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`a second device
`(Claim 15, 17)
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`shift register for delaying
`(Claim 173)
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`determin[ed/ing]
`(applies to all asserted
`claims)
`[preambles of 84, 18, 19, 21,
`23, 24]
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`an insulating layer
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`claims)
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`forming a trench in said
`substrate, and wherein said
`field isolation layer fills said
`trench
`(Claim 6)
`insulating spacer along a
`sidewall of the [second]
`patterned conductive layer
`(applies to all asserted
`claims)
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`reference voltage
`(applies to all asserted
`claims)
`controlling propagation
`delay time
`(Claims 26, 27, 28, 295)
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`U.S. Patent No. 5,860,158
`(Agreed) a device that may be the same as or different than the
`first device
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,262,938
`Samsung: a circuit including a register for delaying
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`NVIDIA: register that moves its contents to the left or right for
`delaying
`Samsung: plain and ordinary meaning
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`NVIDIA: comput[ed/ing] by the SDRAM
`Samsung: preambles are not limiting
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`NVIDIA: preambles are limiting
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,287,902
`Samsung: a structure comprising one or more electrically
`insulating sublayers
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`NVIDIA: plain meaning
`Samsung: etching a recess into said substrate and subsequently
`filling said recess with a field isolation layer
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`NVIDIA: plain meaning
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`Samsung: an insulating sidewall spacer adjacent to the [second]
`patterned conductive layer
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`NVIDIA: an insulating spacer, along a sidewall of the [second]
`patterned conductive layer, that prevents etch damage to the
`field isolation layer if the contact hole is misaligned
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,819,602
`Samsung: plain and ordinary meaning
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`NVIDIA: constant, known voltage level for comparison
`Samsung: plain and ordinary
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`NVIDIA: selectively delaying a signal as it passes through a
`circuit
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`3 This term appears in unasserted claim 8 upon which asserted claim 17 depends.
`4 Asserted claim 17 depends from unasserted independent claim 8.
`5 This term appears in claim 26 upon which claims 27-29 depend.
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`NVIDIA Corp.
`Exhibit 1115
`Page 002
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`[preamble of claim 26]
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`a gate insulating layer
`(applies to all asserted
`claims)
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`depositing a third metal gate
`electrode layer onto the
`second metal gate electrode
`layer
`(applies to all asserted
`claims)
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`depositing a second metal
`gate electrode layer onto
`inner sidewalls of the
`spacers and onto an upper
`surface of the patterned first
`metal gate electrode layer
`(applies to all asserted
`claims)
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`sending parallel digital video
`data
`(applies to all asserted
`claims)
`means for generating a cable
`sensing signal to be sent to
`said first external video port
`over the digital cable,
`thereby informing the video
`controller of the digital cable
`connection state of said first
`external port
`(applies to all asserted
`claims)
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`None
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,819,602
`Samsung: preamble is not limiting
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`NVIDIA: preamble is limiting
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,252,675
`Samsung: a structure comprising one or more dielectric-material
`sublayers
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`NVIDIA: plain meaning
`Samsung: creating a structure comprising one or more metal
`sublayers each formed by a deposition process onto the second
`metal gate electrode layer
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`NVIDIA: applying, without using conformal deposition, a metal
`gate electrode layer to the one conformal metal gate electrode
`layer
`Samsung: creating a structure comprising one or more metal
`sublayers each formed by a deposition process onto inner
`sidewalls of the spacers and onto an upper surface of the
`patterned first metal gate electrode layer
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`NVIDIA: applying, using conformal (i.e., U-shaped) deposition,
`one metal gate electrode layer to the inner sidewalls of the
`spacers and to the upper surface of the patterned first metal gate
`electrode layer
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,804,724
`Samsung: plain and ordinary meaning
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`NVIDIA: simultaneously transmitting all bits of a given byte of
`the video data
`Samsung:
`Function: generating a cable sensing signal
`Structure: DVCC and resistor R1 depicted in Figure 14
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`NVIDIA:
`Function: generating a cable sensing signal to be sent to said
`first external video port over the digital cable, thereby informing
`the video controller of the digital cable connection state of said
`first external port
`Structure: Monitor Cable Sensing Circuit 527 described in Fig.
`14 and at 7:31-8:16, and equivalents.
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,073,054
`None
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`NVIDIA Corp.
`Exhibit 1115
`Page 003
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`contacts
`(applies to all asserted
`claims)
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`sufficient flexibility
`(Claims 1, 3, 4, 6, 6 15)
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`U.S. Patent No. 5,777,854
`Samsung: Plain and ordinary meaning
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`NVIDIA: protrusions from the base that contact the cover,
`and/or protrusions from the cover that contact the base
`Samsung: Plain and ordinary meaning. Not indefinite in
`context of “having sufficient flexibility to enable more than one
`contact to contact said other region.”
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`NVIDIA: Indefinite.
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`6 This term appears in claim 1 upon which claims 3, 4, and 6 depend.
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`NVIDIA Corp.
`Exhibit 1115
`Page 004
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`Dated: May 29, 2015
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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.
`BY COUNSEL
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`/s/ Robert W. McFarland
`Robert W. McFarland (VSB No. 24021)
`McGuireWoods LLP
`101 W. Main Street, Suite 9000
`Norfolk, Virginia 23510
`Telephone: (757) 640-3716
`Facsimile: (757) 640-3966
`E-mail: rmcfarland@mcguirewoods.com
`E-mail: smcconaughy@mcguirewoods.com
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`Brian C. Riopelle (VSB No. 36454)
`McGuireWoods LLP
`One James Center 901 E. Cary Street
`Richmond, VA 23219
`Telephone: (804) 775-1084
`Facsimile: (804) 698-2150
`E-mail: briopelle@mcguirewoods.com
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`Darin W. Snyder (Pro Hac Vice)
`Alexander B. Parker (Pro Hac Vice)
`Elysa Q. Wan (Pro Hac Vice)
`O’Melveny & Myers LLP
`Two Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor
`San Francisco, CA 94111
`E-mail: dsnyder@omm.com
`E-mail: aparker@omm.com
`E-mail: ewan@omm.com
`Vision L. Winter (Pro Hac Vice)
`Ryan K. Yagura (Pro Hac Vice)
`O’Melveny & Myers LLP
`400 South Hope Street, 18th Floor
`Los Angeles, CA 90071
`E-mail: vwinter@omm.com
`E-mail: ryagura@omm.com
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`Attorneys for Plaintiffs Samsung Electronics Co.,
`Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
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`NVIDIA Corp.
`Exhibit 1115
`Page 005
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`May 29, 2015
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`NVIDIA CORPORATION, OLD MICRO, INC.
`F/K/A VELOCITY MICRO, INC., AND
`VELOCITY HOLDINGS, LLC
`By Counsel
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`/s/ Dabney J. Carr
`Dabney J. Carr, IV, VSB No. 28679
`E-Mail: dabney.carr@troutmansanders.com
`Robert A. Angle, VSB No. 37691
`E-Mail: robert.angle@troutmansanders.com
`TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP
`1001 Haxall Point Richmond, VA 23219
`Telephone: (804) 697-1200
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`Maximilian A. Grant (pro hac vice)
`E-Mail: max.grant@lw.com
`LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
`555 Eleventh Street, N.W., Ste. 1000
`Washington, DC 20004
`Tel: (202) 637-2200; Fax: (202) 637-2201
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`Clement J. Naples (pro hac vice)
`E-Mail: clement.naples@lw.com
`LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
`885 Third Avenue
`New York, NY 10022-4834
`Telephone: (212) 906-1200
`Facsimile: (212) 751-4864
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`Counsel for NVIDIA Corporation, Old Micro, Inc.
`f/k/a Velocity Micro, Inc., and Velocity Holdings,
`LLC
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`NVIDIA Corp.
`Exhibit 1115
`Page 006
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on May 29, 2015, a true and correct copy of the foregoing was filed
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`electronically using the CM/ECF system. As such, this document was served on all counsel who
`have consented to electronic service, including as follows:
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`Dabney Jefferson Carr, IV
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` Troutman Sanders LLP
` 1001 Haxall Point
` Richmond, VA 23219
` Telephone: 804-697-1238
` Facsimile: 804-698-5119
` Email: Dabney.carr@troutmansanders.com
` Robert.angle@troutmansanders.com
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`Maximillan Grant
`Latham & Watkins LLP
`555 Eleventh Street, NW, Suite 1000
`Washington, DC 20004
`Telephone: 202-637-2200
`Facsimile: 202-637-2201
`Email: max.grant@lw.com
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`Clement Joseph Naples
`Latham & Watkins LLP
`885 Third Avenue, 25th Floor
`New York, NY 10022
`Telephone: 212-906-1200
`Facsimile: 212-906-1201
`Email: clement.naples@lw.com
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` Counsel for NIVIDIA Corporation, Old Micro, Inc.
` f/k/a Velocity Micro, Inc. and Velocity Holdings, LLC
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`/s/ Robert W. McFarland
`Robert W. McFarland (VSB No. 24021)
`MCGUIREWOODS LLP
`101 West Main Street, Suite 9000
`Norfolk, Virginia 23510
`Telephone: (757) 640-3716
`Facsimile: (757) 640-3966
`E-mail: rmcfarland@mcguirewoods.com
`Attorneys for PLAINTIFFS Samsung Electronics
`Co., Ltd., and Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
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`NVIDIA Corp.
`Exhibit 1115
`Page 007
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