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`Case 1:16-cv-00681-RGA Document 70 Filed 12/05/17 Page 1 of 3 PageID #: 3116
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELA WARE
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`NICHIA CORPORATION,
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`Defendant.
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`Plaintiff,
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`TCL MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY
`HOLDINGS LIMITED and TIE
`TECHNOLOGY, INC.,
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`!MOlf0M,W CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ORDER
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`As set forth in the Memorandum Opinion entered by the Court on November 28, 2017
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`{D.I. 67), after having considered the submissions of the parties and hearing oral argument on the
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`matter, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED:
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`1.
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`As used in the '631 patent (claim 1), the '959 patent (claims 1 and 9), the '375
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`patent (claim 1), and the '092 patent (claim 1) the term "absorbing a part of' is construed to
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`mean "absorbing only a part of."
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`2. ~-As used in the asserted claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,915,631
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`(the "'631 patent"), claims 1 and 11; and U.S. Patent No. 7,901,959 (the "'959 patent"), claims 1
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`and 9, the term "transparent material" requires no claim construction. However, a transparent
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`material can be made of multiple layers of different materials, and is not limited to a "transparent
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`material" that is "unitary."
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`[Niehitt's plOposal.] 11te Comt deteffBiRea that RQ constmction was necessary ~ichia
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`bslieves tha:t this-term snoatd not be included in the Cla:im ConstrttetieR Otd.eL_
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`NICHIA EX2023
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`3.
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`As used in the '631 patent, claim 1, the term "main emission peak" is construed to
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`mean "peak emission wavelength."
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`4.
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`As used in the '631 patent, claim 1; and the '959 patent, claims 5 and 13, the term
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`"diffuses" is construed to mean "scatters."
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`5.
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`As used in the '631 patent, claim 3; and the '959 patent, claims 1 and 9, the term
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`"overlap with each other to make a continuous combined spectrum" is construed to mean "partly
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`extend over each other to make a continuous combined spectrum."
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`6.
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`As used in U.S. Patent No. 8,309,375 (the '"375 patent"), claim 1, the term "the
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`blue color light from said light emitting component and the yellow color light from said
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`phosphor are mixed to make a white color light" is construed to mean "the part of the blue color
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`light from said light emitting component that is transmitted without being absorbed by said
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`phosphor and the yellow color light from said phosphor are combined to create a white color
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`light."
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`7.
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`As used in U.S. Patent No. 7,855,092 (the "'092 patent"), claim 1, the term "the
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`blue color light and the light from said phosphor being mixed to make the white-color" is
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`construed to mean "the part of the blue color light from said LED chip that is transmitted without
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`being absorbed by said phosphor and the light from said phosphor are combined to create the
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`white-color."
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`8.
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`As used in the '092 patent, claim 8, the term "dispersive member for ... "; and as
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`used in the '092 patent, claim 9, the term "reflective member for ... " are construed as means-
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`plus function limitations as follows:
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`Function
`"dispersing light
`from said light
`emitting diode"
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`Correspondin2 Structure
`"dispersive sheet 706, as described in
`Figures 7-9, and lines 7:20-26, 20:7-
`60 (and equivalents)"
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`Term
`"dispersive
`member for
`dispersing
`light from
`said light
`emitting
`diode"
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`"reflective member
`for reflecting light
`from said light
`emitting diode"
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`"reflecting light
`from said light
`emitting diode"
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`"reflector 705, reflector film 707, or
`barium titanate dispersed in an acrylic
`binder as white color reflector, as
`described in Figures 7-9, 5:13-32,
`7:20-26, 20:7-60, 27:36-44, and
`30:3-11 (and equivalents)"
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`SO ORDERED this 5_ day of December, 2017
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`NICHIA EX2023
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