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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`JAWBONE INNOVATIONS, LLC
`Plaintiff,
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`-v-
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`GOOGLE LLC F/K/A GOOGLE INC.,
`Defendant.
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`6:21-CV-00985-ADA
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`CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ORDER
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`The Court held a Markman hearing on October 14, 2022. During that hearing, the Court
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`provided its final constructions. The Court now enters those claim constructions.
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`SIGNED this 14th day of October, 2022.
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`ALAN D ALBRIGHT
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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`Page 1 of 4
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`Case 6:21-cv-00985-ADA Document 88 Filed 10/14/22 Page 2 of 4
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`Note: The parties notified the Court that Terms #4, #5, #6, and #7 were no longer disputed.
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`Term
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`#1: “microphone”
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,246,058,
`Claim 1; U.S. Patent No.
`8,467,543, Claims 1, 8, 19, 20,
`26
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`Proposed by Defendant
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`#2: “the acoustic signals” /
`“the acoustic signal received at
`the one receiver” / “the
`acoustic signals received at
`each of the two receivers”
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,246,058,
`Claim 1
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`Proposed by Defendant
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`Plaintiff’s Proposed
`Construction
`Plain and ordinary meaning; no
`construction necessary
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`Defendants’ Proposed
`Construction
`Plain and ordinary meaning,
`which is “physical microphone”
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`Court’s Preliminary
`Construction
`Plain-and-ordinary meaning
`wherein the plain-and-ordinary
`meaning includes virtual
`microphones.
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`Plain and ordinary meaning; no
`construction necessary
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`Indefinite
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`“the acoustic signals”: Not
`indefinite. Plain-and-ordinary
`meaning. Preamble is not
`limiting except for “acoustic
`signals having varying levels
`of background noise.”
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`“the acoustic signal[s] received
`at the [one / two] receiver[s]”:
`Not indefinite. Plain-and-
`ordinary meaning.
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`Case 6:21-cv-00985-ADA Document 88 Filed 10/14/22 Page 3 of 4
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`Plaintiff’s Proposed
`Construction
`“a mathematical expression that
`specifies the relationship
`between an output signal and an
`input signal”
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`Defendants’ Proposed
`Construction
`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`Court’s Preliminary
`Construction
`Plain-and-ordinary meaning
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`Plain and ordinary meaning;
`no construction necessary
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`Indefinite
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`Indefinite.
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`Term
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`#3: “transfer function”
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,019,091,
`Claims 1, 4, 5, 9, 11, 15; U.S.
`Patent No. 10,779,080, Claims
`1, 14; U.S. Patent No.
`11,122,357, Claims 1, 15
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`Proposed by Plaintiff
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`#8: “approximately similar” /
`“approximately, dissimilar” /
`“approximately dissimilar”
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,321,213,
`Claims 2, 37, 38; U.S. Patent
`No. 8,326,611, Claims 3, 4,
`30*
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`Proposed by Defendant
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` The parties’ respective claim
`construction briefs mistakenly
`listed claim 29 of the ’611
`Patent (instead of claim 30) as
`containing this term. In the
`’611 Patent, the term is recited
`only in claims 3, 4, and 30; it
`is not recited in claim 29.
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`Case 6:21-cv-00985-ADA Document 88 Filed 10/14/22 Page 4 of 4
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`Plaintiff’s Proposed
`Construction
`Plain and ordinary meaning;
`no construction necessary
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`Defendants’ Proposed
`Construction
`Indefinite
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`Court’s Preliminary
`Construction
`Not indefinite
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`Plain and ordinary meaning; no
`construction necessary
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`Indefinite
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`Indefinite
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`Plain and ordinary meaning;
`no construction necessary
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`“calculate a linear transfer
`function using the first and the
`second microphone signals to
`apply the transfer function to a
`microphone signal”
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`Plain-and-ordinary meaning
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`Term
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`#9: “a relationship for speech”
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,321,213,
`Claims 14, 42; U.S. Patent No.
`8,326,611, Claim 1
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`Proposed by Defendant
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`substantially
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`“.
`#10:
`similar/dissimilar. . .”
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,503,691,
`Claims 1, 23, 27, 28, 29, 41;
`U.S. Patent No. 10,779,080,
`Claims 1, 14; U.S. Patent No.
`11,122,357, Claims 1, 15
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`Proposed by Defendant
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`#11: “apply a varying linear
`transfer function between the
`first and second microphone
`signals”
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`U.S. Patent No. 11,122,357,
`Claims 1, 15
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`Proposed by Defendant
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