IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`Case No. 2:23-cv-00212-JRG
`(Consolidated Lead Case)
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`Case No. 2:23-cv-00157-JRG
`(Member Case)
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`Case No. 2:23-cv-00179-JRG
`(Member Case)
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`GREENTHREAD, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`GREENTHREAD, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED,
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`Defendant.
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`GREENTHREAD, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`AMS-OSRAM AG ET AL.
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`Defendant.
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`GREENTHREAD’S PRELIMINARY INFRINGEMENT CONTENTIONS FOR
`OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES INC.
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`Pursuant to the Court’s Scheduling Order (Dkt. 17) and Patent Rules 3-1 and 3-2, Plaintiff
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`Greenthread, LLC (“Greenthread”) provides its initial disclosures and infringement contentions,
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`including identification of asserted patents and claims, the priority date for each asserted claim,
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`accused products, and accompanying document production. Claim charts are attached as Exhibits
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`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`Case No. 2:23-cv-00212-JRG
`(Consolidated Lead Case)
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`Case No. 2:23-cv-00157-JRG
`(Member Case)
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`Case No. 2:23-cv-00179-JRG
`(Member Case)
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`GREENTHREAD, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`GREENTHREAD, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED,
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`Defendant.
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`GREENTHREAD, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`AMS-OSRAM AG ET AL.
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`Defendant.
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`GREENTHREAD’S PRELIMINARY INFRINGEMENT CONTENTIONS FOR
`OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES INC.
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`Pursuant to the Court’s Scheduling Order (Dkt. 17) and Patent Rules 3-1 and 3-2, Plaintiff
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`Greenthread, LLC (“Greenthread”) provides its initial disclosures and infringement contentions,
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`including identification of asserted patents and claims, the priority date for each asserted claim,
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`accused products, and accompanying document production. Claim charts are attached as Exhibits
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`A-1 through A-6. Pursuant to Local Patent Rule 2-2, some of the document production
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`accompanying these disclosures are marked “Restricted – Outside Attorneys Eyes Only,” and such
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`documents labeled or designated as “Restricted – Outside Attorneys Eyes Only” shall be disclosed
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`only to outside attorneys of record and the employees of such outside attorneys.
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`Greenthread’s disclosures are based on publicly available materials regarding the accused
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`infringing products of OmniVision Technologies, Inc. (“OmniVision”). Greenthread does not yet
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`have access to any of Defendant’s discovery materials that may be relevant to its infringement
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`claims and thus relies on publicly available materials. In light of the absence of discovery and
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`reliance on publicly available materials, Greenthread has procured limited physical testing to the
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`extent practicable, of certain products believed to be representative of, and similar to, the accused
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`infringing products in pertinent respects. Greenthread explicitly reserves the right to supplement
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`or alter its disclosures herein, as a matter of right, as permitted by the Court, based on the Court’s
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`claim constructions, based on additional information obtained through formal discovery or other
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`means, and/or based on other circumstances.
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`I.
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`P.R. 3-1(A) & 3-1(E) – ASSERTED PATENTS AND CLAIMS AND PRIORITY
`DATE
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`Based on the information presently available to it, Greenthread identifies the asserted
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`claims of each asserted patent that Greenthread alleges is infringed by Defendant, and the priority
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`date of those claims, as set forth in the table below. Based on the information presently available
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`to it, Greenthread alleges that all asserted claims of each particular asserted patent are entitled to
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`the same priority date, which is the earliest priority date afforded to the asserted patents.
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`Asserted Patents
`10,510,842
`(“the ’842 patent”)
`10,734,481
`(“the ’481 patent”)
`11,121,222
`(“the ’222 patent”)
`8,421,195
`(“the ’195 patent”)
`9,190,502
`(“the ’502 patent”)
`11,316,014
`(the “’014 Patent”)
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`Asserted Claims1
`1, 2, 5-10, 13-18
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`Priority Date of Asserted Claims
`September 3, 2004
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`1, 2, 4-9, 13, 15-20, 22, 24-27, 31-
`36
`1, 2, 4-9, 13, 15-20, 21, 23, 25-28,
`32-42, 44
`1-2, 5-6
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`September 3, 2004
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`September 3, 2004
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`September 3, 2004
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`7-12
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`September 3, 2004
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`1-2, 4-9, 13, 15-21, 23, 25-28
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`September 3, 2004
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`Greenthread notes that the claims identified in the table reflect the asserted claims in this
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`case, and the absence of a claim from the list does not imply that the claim is not infringed.
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`Greenthread explicitly reserves the right to supplement or alter its identification of asserted claims
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`and priority dates, as a matter of right, as permitted by the Court, based on any further claim
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`constructions, additional information obtained through formal discovery or other means, and/or
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`based on other circumstances.
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`II.
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`P.R. 3-1(B) – OMNIVISION ACCUSED PRODUCTS
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`Based upon information presently available to it, Greenthread asserts infringement by the
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`accused products set forth below in this section. For each accused product identified below,
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`Greenthread’s contentions apply to the accused product and any other similar past, present, or
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`future products, as well as systems incorporating the accused products or other products with the
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`same or substantially similar features.
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`1 To the extent Exhibits A-1 through A-6 describe infringement of additional claims those claims
`are likewise asserted.
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`As described further in Exhibits A-1 through A-6, OmniVision’s products infringe one or
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`more asserted claims of each of the asserted patents.
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`OmniVision Accused Products include products made (in whole or in part), used, sold,
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`offered for sale, or imported into the United States by OmniVision, that comprise or consist of the
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`same or similar structures, features, or functionalities as the exemplary OmniVision OV24A1Q
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`shown in Exhibits A-1 through A-6. As shown in Exhibits A-1 through A-6, OmniVision Accused
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`Products each infringe one or more claims of the Asserted Patents. OmniVision Accused Products
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`include products from at least the following product categories/types: image sensors, ASICs,
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`CameraCubeChip®, LCOS, power management, touch and display, OVMed® ISP, and
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`OVMed® cable module devices. The following listing of OmniVision semiconductor products
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`is derived from publicly available information at OmniVision’s website, e.g., as noted in Exhibit
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`8 to Greenthread’s Complaint (Dkt. 1-8), and also from https://www.ovt.com/products/.
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`Greenthread reserves the right to supplement the list of OmniVision Accused Products as
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`discovery proceeds and as permitted by the Court, the Local Patent Rules, the Federal Rules of
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`Procedure, and any other applicable rules or law.
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`Product Name / Part Number
`Nyxel OX02C1S
`Nyxel OX01H1B
`Nyxel OX05B1S GS
`OVMed® OCHTA Cable Module
`OP03011 LCOS panel
`OV02E CMOS image sensor
`OS04D CMOS image sensor
`OS04L image sensor
`OX01E20 system-on-chip (SoC)
`OV50H
`OG0VE global shutter (GS) image sensor
`CameraCubeChip® package (OCH2B)
`OS04E10 CMOS image sensor
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`OS04L CMOS 4-megapixel (MP)
`OS05B CMOS image sensor
`OS04L image sensor
`OV50E image sensor
`OAX4600
`OS03B10 CMOS image sensor
`OX05B1S
`OVB0B
`OX03D
`OX03D4C
`TD4377 TDDI
`OV32C
`OAH0428 bridge chip
`OH0FA image sensor
`OVM6946
`PureCel®Plus-S
`OCHSA and OCHTA cable modules
`OH0TA image sensor
`OH08A CMOS image sensors
`OH08B CMOS image sensors
`OV60A
`OV02C
`OAX4000 ASIC Image Signal Processor
`OVMed® OCHTA camera module
`OH0TA image sensor
`OH0TA OVMed® medical image sensor
`OV50A image sensor
`OS02H10 image sensor
`OX03F10 automotive image sensor
`OV40A image sensor
`OS04C10 image sensor
`OV32B image sensor
`OAX8000
`OV64A image sensor
`OH02A1S
`OH0130 ASIC-based board
`OH0120 ASIC-based board
`OS02G10 security image sensor
`OX03C10 ASIL-C automotive image sensor
`OVM9284 CameraCubeChip® module
`OX03A2S image sensor
`OX01E10 SoC
`OV64B
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`Nyxel®2
`OV02B
`OV64C
`OV48C
`OS12D40 image sensor
`OG0VA image sensor
`OC0VA CameraCubeChip®
`OA805
`OA798
`OX08A
`OX08B
`OCHSA
`OCOSA
`OV7251-2B
`OV6948
`OVM6948 CameraCubeChip®
`OV12D
`OX01F10 SoC
`OG01A sensor
`OS04A10
`OV48B
`OV0VA10 SoC
`OVM7251 CameraCubeChip® module
`OV5678
`OX01D10
`OAX4010 automotive image signal processor
`OV2312 automotive image sensor
`OV2778 automotive image sensor
`OV08B image sensor
`OV32A image sensor
`OH0119 OVMed® medical image signal processor
`OH0137 OVMed® medical image signal processor
`OH0138 OVMed® medical image signal processor
`OH0142 OVMed® medical image signal processor
`OH0105 OVMed® medical image signal processor
`OV02K image sensor
`OV13B image sensor
`OV16A image sensor
`OV9284 image sensor
`OV16E10 image sensor
`OP02220 quid crystal on silicon (LCOS) microdisplay
`OV24B1Q
`OV24B2Q
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`OV24B1B
`OV24B10
`OS02F10 image sensor
`OS04B10 image sensor
`OS02C10 image sensor
`OG02B1B image sensor
`OG02B10 image sensor
`OV9285 image sensor
`OV9286 image sensor
`OV2741 image sensor
`OH01A image sensor
`OVMed® image signal processor
`OS08A20 image sensor
`OV9738 image sensor
`OV01A image sensor
`OV01A10
`OV01A1B
`OV01A1S
`OX03A10 image sensor
`OX01B40 image sensor
`OV24A sensor family
`OV24A1Q
`OV24A1B
`OV24A10
`OS05A20 image sensor
`OV2775 image sensor
`OV495 image signal processor and serializer camera
`module
`OV13A10 image sensor
`OV13A1Q image sensor
`OV16B10 image sensor
`OV6948 image sensor
`OV493
`OX1A10 image sensor
`OX2A10 image sensor
`OV2311 image sensor
`OS02A image sensor
`OV2736 image sensor
`OV12A10 image sensor
`OV12A1B
`OV13880
`OV20381 image sensor
`OV9716 image sensor
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`OV12A10 image sensor
`OV12A1B image sensor
`OV9281 image sensor
`OV9282 image sensor
`OS08A image sensor
`OV7261 image sensor
`OS05A image sensor
`OV16885 image sensor
`OV16885-4C
`OV20880
`OV20880-4C
`OV16885
`OV16885-4C
`OV20880
`OV20880-4C
`OV12895
`OV2732
`OV2735
`OV10650 image sensor
`OV10652 image sensor
`OV491
`OV495
`OV2775
`OV4689 CameraChip™ sensor
`OV2718
`OV9755 CameraChip™ sensor
`OVM6946
`OV12890 image sensor
`OV13855 sensor
`OV4686 sensor
`OV9756 sensor
`OV13870 PureCel®Plus-S image sensor
`OVP2200 LCOS displays
`OVP921
`OV6946 CameraChip™ sensor
`OV2744 image sensor
`OV16860 image sensor
`PureCel Plus
`PureCel Plus-S
`OV5675 image sensor
`OV5695 image sensor
`OV2718, a high definition (HD) CameraChip™
`sensor
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`OV10823 sensor
`OV788 video compression chip
`OV9712 CameraChip™ image sensor
`OV9750 CameraChip™
`OV788 system-in-package
`OV0788-U44G
`CameraChip™
`OV9732 CameraChip™
`OV9733 (CameraChip™)
`OV2281 PureCel® sensor
`OV8856 PureCel® sensor
`OV13853
`OVM7699
`OV6946
`OV9734 CameraChip™
`OV9752 CameraChip™
`OV16880 image sensor
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`P.R. 3-1(C) – INFRINGEMENT CONTENTIONS CLAIM CHARTS
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`Based upon information presently available to it, Greenthread’s preliminary infringement
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`III.
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`claim charts are provided as attached Exhibits A-1 through A-6. In each claim chart, the discussion
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`for dependent claims should be read as incorporating by reference the discussion corresponding to
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`the claims from which they depend. In addition, the discussion for each row in the chart should
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`be read within the context of the discussion for the entire claim to which that row pertains. Where
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`the charts incorporate excerpts of particular documents, the reference to those excerpts is
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`exemplary and not to the exclusion of any other excerpt or version of the document or any versions
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`of related documents.
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`These infringement claim charts are based upon Greenthread’s investigation to date. More
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`complete information about the OmniVision Accused Products is in the possession of Defendant
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`and is expected to be obtained through discovery. Greenthread explicitly reserves the right to
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`supplement or alter its preliminary infringement claim charts, as a matter of right, as permitted by
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`the Court, based on the Court’s claim constructions, based on additional information obtained
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`through formal discovery or other means, and/or based on other circumstances.
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`IV.
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`P.R. 3-1(D) – LITERAL INFRINGEMENT AND/OR DOCTRINE OF
`EQUIVALENTS
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`Unless otherwise noted in the claim charts, Greenthread alleges that Defendant infringes
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`literally all asserted claims. To the extent any differences are alleged to exist between the asserted
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`claims and Defendant’s Accused Products, such differences are insubstantial and Defendant’s
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`Accused Products perform substantially the same function, in substantially the same way, to yield
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`substantially the same result, and therefore Defendant infringes under the doctrine of equivalents.
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`Greenthread explicitly reserves the right to supplement or alter its disclosure concerning
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`the doctrine of equivalents, as a matter of right, as permitted by the Court, based on the Court’s
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`claim constructions, based on additional information obtained through formal discovery or other
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`means, and/or based on other circumstances. In the event that a claim limitation is deemed to be
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`missing under a literal infringement analysis, Greenthread also reserves the right to demonstrate
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`the presence of a substantial equivalent of such limitation and to pursue infringement under the
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`doctrine of equivalents.
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`V.
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`P.R. 3-1(F) – GREENTHREAD’S PRACTICING PRODUCTS
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`Greenthread does not presently, and has not previously offered any products or used any
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`services that practice any of the Asserted Claims of the Asserted Patent.
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`VI.
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`P.R. 3-2 – DOCUMENT PRODUCTION
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`Greenthread is not aware of documents responsive to P.R. 3-2(a). Greenthread reserves
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`the right to supplement and/or amend this production as more information becomes available and
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`as permitted by the Court, the Local Patent Rules, the Federal Rules of Procedure, and any other
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`applicable rules or law.
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`Greenthread is producing documents in the production range GT-EDTX-000001-0001642,
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`including (1) documents evidencing conception and reduction to practice for each claimed
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`invention at GT-EDTX_0001551-1597, GT-EDTX_0001598-1622, GT-EDTX_0001623-1642
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`(each of which is designated “Restricted – Outside Attorneys Eyes Only”), pursuant to P.R. 3-2(b);
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`and (2) a copy of the file history for each patent in suit at the following, pursuant to P.R. 3-2(c):
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`Patent
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`‘195 patent
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`’502 patent
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`’842 patent
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`’481 patent
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`’222 patent
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`’014 patent
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`File History Production Range
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`GT-EDTX_0000092-0483
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`GT-EDTX_0000484-0650
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`GT-EDTX_0000651-0849
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`GT-EDTX_0000850-0989
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`GT-EDTX_0000990-1274
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`GT-EDTX_0001275-1485
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`Dated: July 6, 2023.
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`MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
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`/s/ Alan L. Whitehurst
`Alan L. Whitehurst
`D.C. Bar No. 484873
`awhitehurst@mckoolsmith.com
`Nicholas J. Matich
`D.C. Bar No. 1024907
`nmatich@mckoolsmith.com
`Arvind Jairam
`D.C. Bar No. 1017133
`ajairam@mckoolsmith.com
`MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
`1999 K Street NW
`Washington, DC 20006
`Telephone: 202-370-8300
`Telecopier: 202-370-8344
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`Samuel F. Baxter
`Texas Bar No. 01938000
`sbaxter@mckoolsmith.com
`Jennifer Truelove
`Texas Bar No. 24012906
`jtruelove@mckoolsmith.com
`MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
`104 East Houston Street, Suite 300
`Marshall, TX 75670
`Telephone: 903-923-9000
`Telecopier: 903-923-9099
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`John B. Campbell
`Texas Bar No. 24036314
`jcampbell@mckoolsmith.com
`MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
`303 Colorado Street, Suite 2100
`Austin, Texas 78701
`Telephone: 512-692-8700
`Telecopier: 512-692-8744
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`Archis “Neil” Ozarkar
`Texas Bar No. 24079096
`nozarkar@mckoolsmith.com
`MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
`600 Travis Street, Suite 7000
`Houston, Texas 77002
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`Telephone: 713-485-7300
`Telecopier: 713-485-7344
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`Emily Tate
`New York Bar No. 5769153
`etate@mckoolsmith.com
`MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
`One Manhattan West
`395 9th Avenue, 50th Floor
`New York, NY 10001
`Telephone: 212-402-9400
`Telecopier: 212-402-9444
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`ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF
`GREENTHREAD, LLC
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing document was served on the
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`following counsel of record on July 6, 2023 via electronic mail using the following contact
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`information.
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`David H Bluestone
`David.Bluestone@bfkn.com
`Barack, Ferrazzano, Kirschbaum, & Nagelberg LLP
`200 West Madison St., Suite 3900
`Chicago, IL 60606
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`ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT OMNIVISION
`TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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` /s/ Alan L. Whitehurst
`Alan L. Whitehurst
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