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From: Mark Scott <Mark_Scott@txwd.uscourts.gov> 
`Date: Monday, May 2, 2022 at 5:05 PM 
`To: Alfonso Chan <achan@shorechan.com>, Melissa Copp 
`<Melissa_Copp@txwd.uscourts.gov>, Brian Melton <BMelton@SusmanGodfrey.com>, Halima 
`Shukri Ndai <hndai@shorechan.com>, Krisina Zuniga <KZuniga@susmangodfrey.com>, Michael 
`Shore <mshore@shorechan.com>, Chris Bunt <rcbunt@pbatyler.com>, Scott Glass 
`<SGlass@susmangodfrey.com>, Steven Shepard <SShepard@susmangodfrey.com>, Charley 
`Ainsworth <charley@pbatyler.com>, Brett Thompsen <brett.thompsen@bakerbotts.com>, 
`Frank Zhu <frank.zhu@bakerbotts.com>, Melissa Smith <melissa@gillamsmithlaw.com>, Neil 
`Sirota <neil.sirota@bakerbotts.com>, Robert Maier <robert.maier@bakerbotts.com>, Syed 
`Fareed <syed.fareed@bakerbotts.com>, "kevin.meek@bakerbotts.com" 
`<kevin.meek@bakerbotts.com>, "mark.speegle@bakerbotts.com" 
`<mark.speegle@bakerbotts.com>, "paula.heyman@bakerbotts.com" 
`<paula.heyman@bakerbotts.com>, "tom.brown@dell.com" <tom.brown@dell.com>, "Shelton, 
`Barry K." <bshelton@winston.com> 
`Cc: TXWDml_Law Clerks WA Judge Albright & Gilliland 
`<TXWDml_LawClerks_WA_JudgeAlbright&Gilliland@txwd.uscourts.gov> 
`Subject: RE: W21CV398, 933 ‐ MyPAQ vs. Samsung/Dell Tech ‐ Markman Hearing Zoom Link 
`
`EXTERNAL Email  
`Thank you both. The parties are welcome to attend in-person or via zoom tomorrow. We have
`a hybrid set-up for the hearing.
`
`The Court’s preliminary claim constructions are below. By 11 AM tomorrow, please send your
`final demonstratives, as well as the final list of terms that you plan to argue.
`
`Plaintiff’s Proposed
`Construction
`
`Plain and ordinary
`meaning
`
`Defendant’s
`Proposed
`Construction
`Indefinite
`
`Court’s Preliminary
`Construction
`
`Not indefinite. Plain-and-
`ordinary meaning.
`
`Term
`
`“the primary-sided
`switch […] and the
`additional
`components […],
`are integrated in at
`least one
`additional
`semiconductor
`chip”
`
`U.S. Patent No.
`7,403,399, Cls. 1,
`13
`
`Proposed by
`Samsung
`
`MyPAQ, Exhibit 2028
`IPR2022-00311
`Page 1 of 4
`
`

`

`Plain and ordinary
`meaning
`
`Indefinite
`
`Not indefinite. Plain-and-
`ordinary meaning wherein the
`plain-and-ordinary meaning is
`“said semiconductor chip(s).”
`
`no construction
`required
`
`the terms of the
`preamble are
`limiting
`
`Preambles are not limiting except
`for”
`
`
`’759 Patent, Cl. 1:
`“power converter,”
`“power system
`controller,” and “a signal
`indicating a system
`operational state”
`’759 Patent, Cl. 6:
`“power system”
`’514 Patent, Cl. 1:
`“power converter”
`
`
`
`
`
`“an operational
`condition of the load
`more than just the
`present output
`voltage of the power
`converter”
`
`“an operational
`condition of the load
`more than an output
`voltage of the power
`converter”
`
`“an operational condition of the
`load more than just the present
`output voltage of the power
`converter”
`
`“said
`semiconductor
`chip”
`
`U.S. Patent No.
`7,403,399, Cls. 1,
`13
`
`Proposed by
`Samsung
`
`Preambles of
`Claims 1, 6, & 16
`of U.S. Patent No.
`7,675,759 and
`Claim 1 of U.S.
`Patent No.
`8,477,514
`
`Proposed by
`Defendants
`
`“system
`operational state of
`[a/said] load”
`
`U.S. Patent No.
`7,675,759, Cls. 1,
`6, 16 and U.S.
`Patent No.
`8,477,514, Cl. 1
`
`Proposed by All
`Parties
`
`“power converter
`operational state”
`
`“state of operation of
`the power converter”
`
`U.S. Patent No.
`7,675,759, Cls. 1,
`2, 3, 6, 11, 12, 16,
`19
`
`Proposed by All
`Parties
`
`Plain-and-ordinary meaning
`wherein the plain-and-ordinary
`meaning is “state of operation of
`the power converter”
`
`“an operational
`condition of the
`power converter
`beyond controlling
`an output
`characteristic of the
`power converter”
`
`“internal operating
`characteristic”
`
`plain and ordinary
`meaning, which is an
`
`plain and ordinary
`meaning, which is an
`
`Plain-and-ordinary meaning,
`which is an operating
`
`MyPAQ, Exhibit 2028
`IPR2022-00311
`Page 2 of 4
`
`

`

`characteristic internal to the
`power converter1
`
` 1
`
` Note not for the jury: An
`“internal operating characteristic”
`and “output characteristic” are
`not necessarily mutually
`exclusive.
`
`
`operating
`characteristic
`internal to the power
`converter
`
`
`“a circuit that
`generates a constant
`voltage”
`
`
`Plain-and-ordinary meaning
`
`
`operating
`characteristic internal
`to the power
`converter. An
`“internal operating
`characteristic” and
`“output
`characteristic” are
`not necessarily
`mutually exclusive.
`
`
`Plain and ordinary
`meaning
`
`
`Plain and ordinary
`meaning
`
`
`Indefinite
`
`
`Indefinite
`
`
`plain and ordinary
`meaning
`
`
`“a signal generated
`externally from the
`power converter”
`
`
`Plain-and-ordinary meaning
`
`
`“voltage level
`driving the gate”
`
`
`“variable voltage
`level applied to the
`gate of a power
`switch during the on-
`state”
`
`
`Plain-and-ordinary meaning
`wherein the plain-and-ordinary
`meaning is “voltage level driving
`the gate”
`
`
`
`U.S. Patent No.
`7,675,759, Cls. 1,
`6, 16, and U.S.
`Patent No.
`8,477,514, Cls. 1,
`3,5–6, 8, 10–11,
`14–16, 19–20
`
`Proposed by
`Plaintiff
`
`“regulator circuit”
`
`U.S. Patent No.
`7,978,489, Cls. 1,
`5, 22, 26, 43, 47
`
`Proposed by
`Samsung
`
`“the connector
`receptacle”
`
`U.S. Patent No.
`7,978,489, Cl. 60
`
`Proposed by
`Defendants
`
`“a/said signal”
`
`U.S. Patent No.
`8,477,514, Cls. 1,
`6, 11, 16
`
`Proposed by
`Defendants
`
`“gate drive voltage
`level”
`
`U.S. Patent No.
`8,477,514, Cls. 5,
`10, 15, 20
`
`Proposed by All
`Parties
`
`
`MyPAQ, Exhibit 2028
`IPR2022-00311
`Page 3 of 4
`
`

`

`“direct current
`voltage node
`originating
`internally”
`
`plain and ordinary
`meaning where
`internal means
`internal to the power
`converter
`
`Plain-and-ordinary meaning
`wherein the plain-and-ordinary
`meaning of “internal” means
`“originating internally from the
`power converter.”
`
`“internal direct
`current bus
`voltage”
`
`U.S. Patent No.
`8,477,514, Cls. 5,
`10, 15, 20
`
`Proposed by
`Plaintiff
`
`Method Steps of
`Claim 16
`
`no construction
`required
`
`U.S. Patent No.
`8,477,514, Cl. 16
`
`Proposed by
`Defendants
`
`Have a good evening,
`Mark
`
`method steps must
`be performed in
`recited order
`
`No ordering except:
`Step [2] cannot begin
`
`until after the “state of
`the power drain” is
`established in step [1].
`Step [3] cannot begin
`until step [2] completes.
`
`
`
`Mark J. Scott
`Law Clerk to the Honorable Derek T. Gilliland
`U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
`Office: 254-340-6151
`
`MyPAQ, Exhibit 2028
`IPR2022-00311
`Page 4 of 4
`
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