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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
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`WACO DIVISION
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`GREENTHREAD, LLC
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`INTEL CORPORATION, DELL INC., AND
`DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
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`Defendants.
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`Case No. 6:22-cv-105-ADA
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`DEFENDANTS’ PRELIMINARY CLAIM CONSTRUCTIONS
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`Intel Ex. 1018
`Page 1
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`Pursuant to the Scheduling Order (Dkt. 43) and the Standing Order Governing Proceedings
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`for Patent Cases in the Western District of Texas, Defendants Intel Corporation (“Intel”) and Dell
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`Inc. and Dell Technologies Inc. (collectively, “Dell,” and together with Intel, “Defendants”)
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`hereby provide the following Preliminary Proposed Claim Constructions regarding United States
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`Patent Nos. 10,510,842 (“the ’842 Patent”), 8,106,481 (“the ’481 Patent”), 11,121,222 (“the ’222
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`Patent”), 8,421,195 (“the ’195 Patent”), 9,190,502 (“the ’502 Patent”), and 11,316,014 (“the ’014
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`Patent”) (collectively, “the Patents-in-Suit”) that are asserted by Greenthread, LLC (“Plaintiff” or
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`“Greenthread”) for terms that may require construction by the Court, for purposes of this litigation
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`only.
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`1
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`Intel Ex. 1018
`Page 2
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`Term
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`“To aid the movement of
`minority carriers from …
`to …”
`“To aid carrier movement
`from … [to/towards] …”
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`“surface layer” / “an active
`region . . . disposed on one
`surface of said surface
`layer” / “a single drift layer
`disposed between the other
`surface of said surface
`layer and [said/the]
`substrate”
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`“active region”
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`“well region”
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`Patent/Claim
`’195: 1
`’502: 7
`’842: 1, 9
`’481: 1, 20
`’222: 1, 21, 39, 41, 42, 44
`’014: 1, 21
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`’195: 1
`’502: 7
`’222: 44
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`’195: 1
`’502: 7
`’842: 1, 5–7, 9, 13–15, 17–18
`’481: 1, 4–6, 8–9, 13, 20, 24–27
`’222: 1, 4–6, 8, 13, 20–21, 25–28,
`35, 38–42, 44
`’014: 1, 4–6, 8–9, 13, 20–21, 25–
`28
`’195: 1
`’502: 7
`’481: 1, 20
`’222: 1, 21, 40, 44
`’014: 1, 21
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`“said [drift layer
`further/well region] having
`a [first/second] static
`unidirectional electric drift
`field”
`“said [drift layer/well
`region] having a graded
`concentration of dopants
`generating a [first/second]
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`’195: 1
`’502: 7
`’222: 44
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`Preliminary Proposed Construction
`Indefinite
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`Alternative construction: “To
`sweep the [minority] carriers
`vertically downward from …
`[to/towards] …”
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`Indefinite
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`“A region that forms the current
`path of one or more devices when
`those devices are active, i.e., the
`source, drain and channel regions
`of one or more CMOS transistors,
`or the emitter, base and collector
`of one or more bipolar transistors.”
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`“A well, whether formed by single
`or multiple implants. Portions of a
`well are not well regions.”
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`“said [drift layer further/well
`region] having a [first/second]
`static electric drift field that is
`unidirectional over the [drift
`layer/well region]”
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`Intel Ex. 1018
`Page 3
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`Term
`static unidirectional electric
`drift field”
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`“substrate”
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`“active region … within
`which transistors can be
`formed”
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`“a substrate of a first
`doping type”
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`“disposed adjacent”
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`“isolation region”
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`Patent/Claim
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`Preliminary Proposed Construction
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`’195: 1
`’502: 7
`’842: 1, 2, 4, 9–10, 12, 17
`’481: 1–3, 8, 15, 20, 22–23, 32
`’222: 1–3, 8, 15, 21, 23–24, 33,
`39–42, 44
`’014: 1–3, 8, 15, 21, 23–24
`’842: 1, 9
`’481: 1, 20
`’222: 1, 21, 39, 41, 42
`’014: 1, 21
`’842: 1, 9
`’481: 1, 20
`’222: 1, 21, 39, 41, 42
`’014: 1, 21
`’842: 1, 9
`’481: 1, 20
`’222: 1, 21, 39, 41, 42
`’014: 1, 21
`’842: 7, 15
`’481: 6, 26
`’222: 6, 27
`’014: 6, 27
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`“the initial material within which
`or on which the semiconductor
`device is fabricated”
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`Indefinite
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`“a substrate with either p-type
`doping or n-type doping”
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`Plain and Ordinary Meaning
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`Plain and Ordinary Meaning
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`Intel Ex. 1018
`Page 4
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`Dated: September 19, 2022
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`Gregory S. Arovas (Pro Hac Vice)
`Robert A. Appleby (Pro Hac Vice)
`Todd M. Friedman (Pro Hac Vice)
`Leslie M. Schmidt (Pro Hac Vice)
`Jon R. Carter (Pro Hac Vice)
`Christopher DeCoro (Pro Hac Vice)
`KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
`601 Lexington Avenue
`New York, NY 10022
`Tel: (212) 446-4800
`Fax: (212) 446-4900
`Email: greg.arovas@kirkland.com
`Email: robert.appleby.com
`Email: todd.friedman@kirkland.com
`Email: leslie.schmidt@kirkland.com
`Email: jon.carter@kirkland.com
`Email: christopher.decoro@kirkland.com
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`Nyika O. Strickland (Pro Hac Vice)
`KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
`300 North LaSalle Street
`Chicago, IL 60654
`Tel: (312) 862-2000
`Fax: (202) 862-2200
`Email: nyika.strickland@kirkland.com
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`Abigail Lauer Litow (Pro Hac Vice)
`John Rhine (Pro Hac Vice)
`KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
`1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20004
`Tel: (202) 879-5000
`Fax: (202) 879-5200
`Email: abigail.litow@kirkland.com
`Email: john.rhine@kirkland.com
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`Bao Nguyen (Pro Hac Vice)
`KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
`555 California Street 27th Floor
`San Francisco, CA 94104
`Tel: (415) 439-1400
`Fax: (415) 439-1500
`Email: bao.nguyen@kirkland.com
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Robert A. Appleby
`J. Stephen Ravel
`Texas State Bar No. 16584975
`KELLY HART & HALLMAN LLP
`303 Colorado, Suite 2000
`Austin, Texas 78701
`Tel: (512) 495-6429
`Email: steve.ravel@kellyhart.com
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`Attorneys for Defendants Intel Corporation;
`Dell Inc.; and Dell Technologies Inc.
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`Intel Ex. 1018
`Page 5
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`Lewis Popovski (Pro Hac Vice)
`Abhishek Bapna (Pro Hac Vice)
`Ryan J. Sheehan (Pro Hac Vice)
`George S. Soussou (Pro Hac Vice)
`PATTERSON BELKNAP WEBB &
`TYLER LLP
`1133 Avenue of the Americas
`New York, NY 10036
`Telephone: (212) 336-2000
`Facsimile: (212) 336-2222
`lpopovski@pbwt.com
`abapna@pbwt.com
`rsheehan@pbwt.com
`gsoussou@pbwt.com
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`Michael J. Newton (TX Bar No.
`24003844)
`Brady Cox (TX Bar No. 24074084)
`ALSTON & BIRD LLP
`2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 2300
`Dallas, Texas 75201
`Phone: (214) 922-3400
`Fax:
`(214) 922-3899
`mike.newton@alston.com
`brady.cox@alston.com
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`Lauren N. Griffin (NC Bar No. 54766)
`ALSTON & BIRD LLP
`One South at The Plaza
`101 S Tryon St, Suite 4000
`Charlotte, NC 28280
`Telephone: 704.444.1059
`Facsimile: 704.444.1111
`lauren.griffin@alston.com
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`Paige Arnette Amstutz
`Texas State Bar No. 00796136
`SCOTT DOUGLASS & McCONNICO
`LLP
`303 Colorado Street, Suite 2400
`Austin, Texas 78701
`Telephone: (512) 495-6300
`Email: pamstutz@scottdoug.com
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`Attorneys for Defendants Dell Inc.; and
`Dell Technologies Inc.
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`Intel Ex. 1018
`Page 6
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that the foregoing document was served via email on the Plaintiff’s
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`counsel of record on September 19, 2022.
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`/s/Jon R. Carter
`Jon R. Carter
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`Intel Ex. 1018
`Page 7
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