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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
`
`Omni MedSci, Inc.,
`
`Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant,
`
`
`
`
`
`
`vs.
`
`Apple Inc.
`
`Civil Action No. 2:18-cv-134-RWS
`
`Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff.
`
`Jury Trial Demanded
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`
`
`
`
`
`
`DEFENDANT APPLE INC.’S PRELIMINARY CLAIM CONSTRUCTIONS AND
`EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE PURSUANT TO PATENT LOCAL RULE 4-2
`
`Pursuant to the Court’s Amended Docket Control Order (ECF No. 65) and Patent Local
`
`Rule 4-2, Defendant Apple Inc. (“Apple”) submits the following preliminary claim constructions
`
`and extrinsic evidence in connection with the following proposed claim terms, phrases and
`
`clauses for U.S. Patent Nos. 9,651,533 (the “’533 patent”), 9,757,040 (the “’040 patent”),
`
`9,861,286 (the “’286 patent”), and 9,885,698 (the “’698 patent”) (collectively the “Patents-in-
`
`Suit”).
`
`Apple’s extrinsic evidence can be found at APL-OMNI_00075906 – 76040. Apple
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`reserves the right to add extrinsic evidence, particularly for constructions on which the parties
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`disagree. Apple further reserves the right to supplement or amend its constructions, if necessary,
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`in light of, for example, Plaintiff’s Proposed Constructions and Extrinsic Evidence.
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`
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`1
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`Petitioner Apple Inc. – Ex. 1040, p. 1
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`

`

`Apple Proposed
`Terms/Phrases/Clauses
`“Beam”
`
`Patents
`(Asserted Claim(s))
`533 patent (5, 13)
`040 patent (1)
`698 patent (1, 3)
`286 patent (16)
`
`“Pulse rate”
`
`’533 patent (5, 13)
`
`
`
`
`
`“wherein at least a
`portion of the one or
`more [plurality of]
`optical wavelengths is a
`near-infrared
`wavelength between 700
`nanometers and 2500
`nanometers”
`“[a plurality of / one or
`more] lenses”
`
`Whether the preamble
`of claims 16-17, 19, and
`20 of the 286 patent are
`limiting
`Whether the preamble
`of claims 1-3 of the 698
`patent are limiting
`
`Omni Proposed
`Terms/Phrases/Clauses
`“the receiver is
`configured to be
`synchronized to [pulses
`of/modulation of] the
`light source”
`“first distance” /
`“second distance” /
`“different distance”
`
`
`
`
`
`Proposed
`Construction
`A collection of nearly
`parallel rays of light
`transmitted to a
`particular location by a
`light source
`
`
`frequency at which an
`LED turns on and off
`wherein at least a
`portion of the one or
`more optical
`wavelengths originates
`from a near-infrared
`light source
`
`[a plurality of / one or
`more] transparent,
`curved surface used to
`focus or make photons
`of light parallel
`Not limiting
`
`’533 patent (5, 13)
`’040 patent (1)
`’698 patent (1)
`’286 patent (16)
`
`’533 patent (5, 13)
`’040 patent (1)
`’698 patent (1)
`’286 patent (16)
`
`’286 patent (16, 17,
`19, 20)
`
`’698 patent (1, 2, 3)
`
`Not limiting
`
`Patents
`(Asserted Claim(s))
`533 patent (5, 13)
`040 patent (2)
`
`Proposed
`Construction
`No construction needed
`
`533 patent (8, 16)
`040 patent (4)
`286 patent (20)
`
`The “first distance” is
`the distance between
`the receiver and a first
`
`2
`
`Petitioner Apple Inc. – Ex. 1040, p. 2
`
`

`

`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`Omni Proposed
`Terms/Phrases/Clauses
`
`Patents
`(Asserted Claim(s))
`
`698 patent (1)
`286 patent (16, 19)
`040 patent (1)
`698 patent (1)
`
`“modulating [of] at least
`one of the LEDs”
`
`“use a lock-in technique
`that detects the
`modulation frequency”
`
`
`
`Proposed
`Construction
`light emitting diode.
`The “different, second
`distance” is the
`distance between the
`receiver and a second
`light emitting diode,
`which is different from
`the “first distance.”
`changing or varying the
`intensity of at least one
`LED
`No construction needed
`
`3
`
`Petitioner Apple Inc. – Ex. 1040, p. 3
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`

`

`
`
`Date: November 1, 2018
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`
`
`
`
`
`
`Respectfully submitted,
`
`/s/ Kelley A. Conaty
`
`
`
`Kelley A. Conaty (TX Bar No.: 24040716)
`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
`2021 McKinney Avenue Suite 2000
`Dallas, TX 75201
`Phone: (214) 981-3300 /
`Fax: (214) 981-3400
`Email: kconaty@sidley.com
`
`Melissa Richards Smith (TX Bar No.
`24001351)
`GILLAM & SMITH, LLP
`303 South Washington Avenue
`Marshall, TX 75670
`Phone: (903) 934-8450 /
`Fax: (903) 934-9257
`Email: melissa@gillamsmithlaw.com
`
`Ching-Lee Fukuda
`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
`787 Seventh Avenue
`New York, NY 10019
`Phone: (212) 839-5300 /
`Fax: (212) 839-5599
`Email: clfukuda@sidley.com
`
`David L. Anderson (pro hac vice)
`LEAD ATTORNEY
`Irene Yang
`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
`555 California Street, Suite 2000
`San Francisco, CA 94104
`Phone: (415) 772-1200 /
`Fax: (415) 772-7400
`Email: dlanderson@sidley.com
`Email: irene.yang@sidley.com
`
`Jeffrey Kushan
`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
`1501 K Street, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20005
`Phone: (202) 736-8000 / Fax: (202) 736-8711
`Email: jkushan@sidley.com
`Attorneys for Apple Inc.
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`
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`4
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`Petitioner Apple Inc. – Ex. 1040, p. 4
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`

`

`
`
`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`
`I hereby certify that on November 1, 2018 a copy of the foregoing document entitled
`DEFENDANT APPLE INC.’S PRELIMINARY CLAIM CONSTRUCTIONS AND
`EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE PURSUANT TO PATENT LOCAL RULE 4-2, including all
`attachments, was delivered via electronic mail to counsel of record for Omni MedSci, Inc. as
`follows:
`
`Thomas A. Lewry
`John S. LeRoy
`Robert C. J. Tuttle
`John M. Halan
`Christopher C. Smith
`Brooks Kushman P.C.
`1000 Town Center, Twenty-Second Floor
`Southfield, Michigan 48075
`Telephone: (248) 358-4400
`Facsimile: (248) 358-3351
`tlewry@brookskushman.com
`jleroy@brookskushman.com
`rtuttle@brookskushman.com
`jhalan@brookskushman.com
`csmith@brookskushman.com
`omsc0105L@brookskushman.com
`
`
`
`
`T. John Ward, Jr.
`Claire Abernathy Henry
`WARD, SMITH & HILL, PLLC
`PO Box 1231
`Longview, Texas 75606-1231
`(903) 757-6400 (telephone)
`(903) 757-2323 (facsimile)
`jw@wsfirm.com
`claire@wsfirm.com
`
`
`
`/s/ Melinda Hanhan
`Paralegal
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`5
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`Petitioner Apple Inc. – Ex. 1040, p. 5
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