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Case 6:21-cv-00210-ADA Document 43 Filed 01/18/22 Page 1 of 5
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`PROXENSE, LLC,
` Plaintiff
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`-v-
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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
`AND SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS
`AMERICA, INC.,
` Defendant
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`6:21-CV-00210-ADA
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`ORDER
`Before the Court are the parties’ claim construction briefs. Plaintiff Proxense, LLC
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`(hereinafter “Proxense”) submitted its Complaint for Patent Infringement and Demand for Jury
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`Trial on April 23, 2021 (ECF No. 1). Defendants Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung
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`Electronics America, Inc. (collectively “Samsung”) submitted the opening Markman Brief on
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`October 28, 2021, and the Reply Markman Brief on December 6, 2021. (ECF Nos. 33, 37,
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`respectively). Plaintiff submitted its response on November 17, 2021, and sur-reply brief (ECF
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`Nos. 35, 39, respectively). The Court held the Markman hearing on December 27, 2021. (ECF No.
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`42). This Order informs the parties of the Court’s constructions.
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`I. Standard of Review
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`Generally, courts construe claim terms according to their plain and ordinary meaning.
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`Phillips v. AWH Corp., 415 F.3d 1303, 1312 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (en banc). The Federal Circuit applies
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`a “heavy presumption” in favor of construing terms according to their plain and ordinary meaning,
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`that is, the “meaning that the term would have to a person of ordinary skill in the art in question at
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`the time of the invention.” Azure Networks, LLC v. CSR PLC, 771 F.3d 1336, 1347 (Fed. Cir.
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`MICROSOFT 1009
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`2014) (vacated on other grounds); Phillips, 415 F.3d at 1313. The “only two exceptions to [the]
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`general rule” that claim terms are construed according to their plain and ordinary meaning are
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`when the patentee acts as his own lexicographer or disavows the full scope of the claim term either
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`in the specification or during prosecution. Thorner v. Sony Computer Entm’t Am. LLC, 669 F.3d
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`1362, 1365 (Fed. Cir. 2012). To act as his own lexicographer, the patentee must “clearly set forth
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`a definition of the disputed claim term,” and “clearly express an intent to define the term.” Id. at
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`1365. To disavow the full scope of a claim term, the patentee’s statements in the specification or
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`prosecution history must represent “a clear disavowal of claim scope.” Id. at 1366. Accordingly,
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`when “an applicant’s statements are amenable to multiple reasonable interpretations, they cannot
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`be deemed clear and unmistakable.” 3M Innovative Props. Co. v. Tredegar Corp., 725 F.3d 1315,
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`1326 (Fed. Cir. 2013).
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`While the specification “may aid the court” in analyzing disputed language in a claim,
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`“particular embodiments and examples appearing in the specification will not generally be read
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`into the claims.” Comark Commc’ns, Inc. v. Harris Corp., 156 F.3d 1182, 1187 (Fed. Cir. 1998)
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`(internal citations omitted). Absent a “clear indication in the intrinsic record that the patentee
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`intended the claims to be…limited,” courts do not read limitations found in the specification into
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`the claims. Liebel-Flarsheim Co. v. Medrad, Inc., 358 F.3d 898, 913 (Fed. Cir. 2004).
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`NO. Claim Term
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`1
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`Persistently storing
`. . . a tamper proof
`format written to a
`storage
`element on the
`integrated device
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`Plaintiff’s
`Proposed
`Construction
`No construction
`necessary or
`possible, plain and
`ordinary meaning
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`II. Discussion
`Defendant’s
`Proposed
`Construction
`Permanently storing
`in a form that
`prevents
`subsequent writing
`to store new data or
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`Court’s Final
`Construction
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`No construction
`necessary or
`possible, plain and
`ordinary meaning
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`2
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`

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`that is unable to be
`subsequently
`altered”
`(730:1, 15) / “a
`tamper proof
`format written to
`the memory that is
`unable to
`be subsequently
`altered” (730:8).
`“device ID code”
`(730:1, 3, 8, 10, 12,
`15) / “ID Code”
`(905:1-3, 8-11, 13-
`14; 989:1-2, 4-8)
`“receiving an access
`message from the
`agent allowing the
`user access to an
`application” (Claims
`1, 8, 15) / “receiving
`an access message
`from the agent”
`(Claim 12)
`“access message”
`(Claims 1, 8, 12, 15)
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`“wherein the
`biometric data and
`the scan data are
`both based on a
`fingerprint scan by
`the user” (Claim 5).
`“hybrid device”
`(Claims 1-12,15, 20).
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`“Personal digital
`key” (Claims 1, 10).
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`2
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`3
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`4
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`5
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`6
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`7
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`modifications to
`existing data
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`A unique code
`identifying a device
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`The device-specific
`code that identifies
`the device
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`A unique code
`identifying a device
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`No construction
`necessary or possible,
`plain and ordinary
`meaning.
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`A signal or
`notification enabling
`or announcing access
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`Receiving a signal
`from the agent
`permitting a user to
`access an application,
`/ Receiving a signal
`from the agent
`permitting a user to
`access.
`A signal permitting a
`user to access.
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`No construction
`necessary
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`A signal or notification
`enabling or
`announcing access
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`No construction
`needed, plain and
`ordinary meaning.
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`Invalid under §112 ¶4 No construction
`needed, plain and
`ordinary meaning.
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`Indefinite
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`A device that
`includes an antenna,
`a transceiver for
`communicating with
`the RDC and a
`controller and
`memory for storing
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`A device comprising
`an integrated personal
`digital key (PDK) and
`an integrated receiver-
`decoder circuit.
`An operably connected
`collection of elements
`including an antenna
`and a transceiver for
`communicating with a
`RDC and a controller
`and memory for
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`A device comprising
`an integrated personal
`digital key (PDK) and
`an integrated receiver-
`decoder circuit.
`An operably
`connected collection
`of elements including
`an antenna and a
`transceiver for
`communicating with a
`RDC and a controller
`and memory for
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`3
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`information
`particular to a user.
`The fingerprint,
`palm print, retinal
`scan, iris scan,
`photograph,
`signature, voice
`sample, or
`DNA/RNA
`information that
`uniquely identifies
`an individual.
`Purchasing account
`numbers, such as the
`debit card, ATM
`card, or bank
`account numbers.
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`A device that
`provides a wireless
`interface to the PDK.
`
`storing information
`particular to a user
`No construction
`necessary, plain and
`ordinary meaning.
`
`No construction
`necessary, plain and
`ordinary meaning.
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`A component or
`collection of
`components, capable
`of wirelessly receiving
`data in an encrypted
`format and decoding
`the encrypted data for
`processing.
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`Information that is
`received from a
`predecessor device.
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`Information passed
`from a first device to a
`second device for use
`by the second device.
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`No construction
`needed.
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`No construction
`needed.
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`8
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`9
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`“biometric
`information”
`(Claims 1, 4, 10, 13).
`
`storing information
`particular to a user.
`No construction
`necessary, plain and
`ordinary meaning.
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`“financial
`information”
`(Claims 5, 6, 14, 17).
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`No construction
`necessary, plain and
`ordinary meaning.
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`10
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`“receiver-decoder
`circuit” (Claims 1,
`10).
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`11
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`“inheritance
`information”
`(Claims 9, 18 (not
`asserted)).
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`12
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`“enablement signal”
`(Claims 10-12, 17)
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`Alternatively,
`information about the
`transaction utilized to
`verify, authorize, or
`complete a
`transaction.
`A component
`or collection
`of
`components,
`capable of
`wirelessly
`receiving data
`in an
`encrypted
`format and
`decoding the
`encrypted
`data for
`processing.
`Information
`passed from a
`first device to
`a second
`device for use
`by the second
`device.
`A message
`that enables or
`authorizes
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`4
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`Alternatively, a
`signal that
`authorizes.
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`SIGNED this 18th day of January, 2022.
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