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`EXHIBIT B
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`EXHIBIT B
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`EXHIBIT B
`U.S. Patent Nos. 5,555,190, and 6,505,131
`
`
`Invensys’ Proposed
`Construction
`Means-plus-function
`Function: generating a
`sequence of discrete
`enhanced values.
`
`Corresponding structure:
`Adaptive Notch Filters 204,
`1300, 1302, and 1310;
`4:63-6:47; 22:12-24:23;
`39:45-41:62.
`
`Terms, Phrases, or Clauses Claim
`Nos.
`“digital notch filtration
`’190:
`claims
`means, responsive to the
`1, 2, 18,
`generation of said
`19
`sequence of discrete
`sampled values, for
`generating a sequence of
`discrete enhanced values”
`
`“phase value
`determination means,
`responsive to the
`generation of said
`sequence of discrete
`
`’190:
`claims
`1, 18
`
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`Invensys’ References
`
`Micro Motion’s
`Proposed Construction
`Means-plus-function
`Function: generating a
`sequence of discrete
`enhanced values.
`
`Corresponding
`structure: adaptive
`notch filter
`
`
`Intrinsic Evidence:
`4:56-5:10; 5:34-6:47;
`10:48-11:51; 13:27-28;
`16:61-17:2; 18:27-33;
`19:6-52; 20:44-21:67;
`22:13-24:53; 25:55-
`27:32; 28:25-37;
`29:21-41; 38:10-43:11
`; (all related figures to
`all of the above).
`File History, e.g.,
`February 29, 1996
`Notice of Allowability;
`May 24, 1996 Rule
`1.312 Amendment
`After Allowance; July
`2, 1996 Notice of
`Entry
`
`Extrinsic Evid:
`Dr. Spanos
`Declaration and
`Testimony
`
`Means-plus-function
`Intrinsic Evidence:
`Means-plus-function
`Function: generating
`Function: generating the
`5:47-64; 11:60-13:48;
`the phase values of the
`phase values of the
`19:46-20:37; 23:36-41;
`oscillatory movement
`oscillatory movement of
`24:14-23; 32:13-66;
`said flow tube.
`of said flow tube.
`33:24-35:20; 39:27-43;
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`
`Micro Motion’s
`References
`See, e.g., ’190 patent,
`Fig. 2, block 204. The
`’190 patent describes:
`“Adaptive notch filter
`204 . . . enhances the
`signal values by
`effectively filtering all
`frequencies outside a
`band centered about
`the fundamental
`frequency of the
`vibrating flow tubes.”
`’190 patent, 10:54-59.
`
`
`See, e.g., ’190 patent,
`Fig. 2, block 206.
`“Phase computation
`elements 206
`determine the phase of
`
`
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`EXHIBIT B
`U.S. Patent Nos. 5,555,190, and 6,505,131
`
`
`Terms, Phrases, or Clauses Claim
`Nos.
`enhanced values, for
`generating the phase
`values of the oscillatory
`movement of said flow
`tube”
`
`’190:
`claims
`1, 35
`
`“phase difference means,
`responsive to the
`generation of said phase
`values, for determining a
`phase difference between
`the output signals of said
`first and second sensors”
`
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`Construction
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`Invensys’ References
`
`
`Corresponding structure:
`Phase computation element
`206; 11:62-13:48; 35:16-
`61; 33:24-35:11.
`
`Means-plus-function
`Function: determining a
`phase difference between
`the output signals of said
`first and second sensors.
`
`Corresponding structure:
`Phase computation
`elements 206; 13:12-48;
`33:24-35:11.
`
`Micro Motion’s
`Proposed Construction
`
`Corresponding
`structure: “phase”
`block that determines
`the phase of the
`sinusoidal signals
`represented by the
`enhanced discrete
`sample signals applied
`to the phase block
`
`
`Micro Motion’s
`References
`the sinusoidal signals
`represented by the
`enhanced discrete
`sample signals applied
`to their respective
`inputs.” ’190 patent,
`19:49-51.
`
`See, e.g., ’190 patent,
`Fig. 2, block 208.
`
`(all related figures to
`all of the above).
`File History, e.g.,
`February 29, 1996
`Notice of Allowability;
`May 24, 1996 Rule
`1.312 Amendment
`After Allowance; July
`2, 1996 Notice of
`Entry
`
`Extrinsic Evid:
`Dr. Spanos
`Declaration and
`Testimony
`
`Intrinsic Evidence:
`Means-plus-function
`Function: determining
`5:47-64; 11:60-13:48;
`a phase difference
`19:46-20:37; 23:36-41;
`between the output
`24:14-23; 32:13-66;
`signals of said first and
`33:24-35:20; 39:27-43;
`second sensors.
`(all related figures to
`
`all of the above).
`Corresponding
`File History, e.g.,
`structure: “Δt
`February 29, 1996
`Calculation” block that
`Notice of Allowability;
`receives phase
`May 24, 1996 Rule
`information related to
`1.312 Amendment
`the sensor signals.
`After Allowance; July
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`EXHIBIT B
`U.S. Patent Nos. 5,555,190, and 6,505,131
`
`
`Terms, Phrases, or Clauses Claim
`Nos.
`
`Invensys’ Proposed
`Construction
`
`Invensys’ References
`
`Micro Motion’s
`Proposed Construction
`
`Micro Motion’s
`References
`
`See, e.g., ’190 patent,
`Fig. 2, block 290.
`
`Means-plus-function
`Function: determining a
`mass flow rate value of the
`material flowing through
`the flow tube.
`
`Corresponding structure:
`Mass Flow Computation
`Element 290; 33:13-34:67;
`Calculation element 208;
`35:13-36:67.
`
`Indefinite for failure to
`disclose an algorithm.
`
`2, 1996 Notice of
`Entry
`
`Extrinsic Evid:
`Dr. Spanos
`Declaration and
`Testimony
`
`Intrinsic Evidence:
`5:57-64; 13:31-48;
`20:11-20; 33:20-22;
`35:13-36:67; 37:57-62;
`39:27-33 (all related
`figures to all of the
`above).
`File History, e.g.,
`February 29, 1996
`Notice of Allowability;
`May 24, 1996 Rule
`1.312 Amendment
`After Allowance; July
`2, 1996 Notice of
`Entry
`
`Extrinsic Evid:
`Dr. Spanos
`Declaration and
`Testimony
`
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`Means-plus-function
`Function: determining
`a mass flow rate value
`of the material flowing
`through the flow tube.
`
`Corresponding
`structure: “Mass Flow
`Computation” block
`that receives
`information related to
`phase difference from
`the “Δt Calculation”
`block.
`
`’190:
`claims
`1, 35
`
`“mass flow measurement
`means, responsive to the
`determination of phase
`difference, for
`determining a mass flow
`rate value of the material
`flowing through the flow
`tube”
`
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`EXHIBIT B
`U.S. Patent Nos. 5,555,190, and 6,505,131
`
`
`Terms, Phrases, or Clauses Claim
`Nos.
`“notch adaptation means,
`’190:
`claim 2
`cooperative with said
`digital notch filtration
`means, for altering filter
`parameters of said digital
`notch filtration means”
`
`“phase difference
`computation means to
`determine a phase
`difference between the
`output signals of said first
`
`’190:
`claim 18
`
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`Invensys’ References
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`Invensys’ Proposed
`Construction
`Means-plus-function
`Function: altering filter
`parameters of said digital
`notch filtration means.
`
`
`Corresponding structure:
`Element 1806; weight
`adaption element 210,
`1302, 1312; 24:26-29:62;
`41:63-43:11.
`
`Intrinsic Evidence:
`4:56-5:10; 5:34-6:47;
`10:48-11:51; 13:27-28;
`16:61-17:2; 18:27-33;
`19:6-52; 20:44-21:67;
`22:13-24:53; 25:55-
`27:32; 28:25-37;
`29:21-41; 38:10-43:11
`; (all related figures to
`all of the above).
`File History, e.g.,
`February 29, 1996
`Notice of Allowability;
`May 24, 1996 Rule
`1.312 Amendment
`After Allowance; July
`2, 1996 Notice of
`Entry
`
`Extrinsic Evid:
`Dr. Spanos
`Declaration and
`Testimony
`
`Means-plus-function
`Intrinsic Evidence:
`Means-plus-function
`Function: determining
`Function: determining a
`5:47-64; 11:60-13:48;
`a phase difference
`phase difference between
`19:46-20:37; 23:36-41;
`between the output
`the output signals of said
`24:14-23; 32:13-66;
`first and second sensors.
`signals of said first and
`33:24-35:20; 39:27-43;
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`Micro Motion’s
`Proposed Construction
`Means-plus-function
`Function: altering
`filter parameters of
`said digital notch
`filtration means.
`
`Corresponding
`structure: element
`1806 of FIG. 18,
`which is operable to
`update the parameters
`of the notch filters.
`
`
`Micro Motion’s
`References
`In the ’190 patent,
`element 1806 of FIG.
`18 is “operable to
`update the parameters
`of the notch filters.”
`’190 patent, 16:61-62.
`
`“The adaptation
`methods of the present
`invention adapt the
`notch filter parameters
`to account for changes
`in the fundamental
`frequency of the
`vibrating flow tubes.”
`’190 patent, 16:62-65.
`
`
`See, e.g., ’190 patent,
`Fig. 2, block 208.
`
`
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`EXHIBIT B
`U.S. Patent Nos. 5,555,190, and 6,505,131
`
`
`Terms, Phrases, or Clauses Claim
`Nos.
`and second sensors”
`
`’190:
`claim 35
`
`“digital filtration means,
`responsive to the
`generation of said
`sequence of discrete
`sampled values, for
`generating a sequence of
`discrete enhanced values”
`
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`EAST\69241091.3
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`Micro Motion’s
`References
`
`’190 patent, 4:53-59
`and 6:34-35.
`
`Micro Motion’s
`Proposed Construction
`second sensors.
`
`Corresponding
`structure: “Δt
`Calculation” block that
`receives phase
`information related to
`the sensor signals.
`
`
`Means-plus-function
`Function: generating a
`sequence of discrete
`enhanced values.
`
`Corresponding
`structure: digital filter
`with variable
`parameters.
`
`Invensys’ Proposed
`Construction
`
`Invensys’ References
`
`
`Corresponding structure:
`Phase computation
`elements 206; 13:12-48;
`33:24-35:11.
`
`Means-plus-function
`Function: generating a
`sequence of discrete
`enhanced values.
`
`Corresponding structure:
`Adaptive Notch Filters 204,
`1300, 1302, and 1310;
`4:63-6:47; 22:12-24:23;
`39:45-41:62.
`
`(all related figures to
`all of the above).
`File History, e.g.,
`February 29, 1996
`Notice of Allowability;
`May 24, 1996 Rule
`1.312 Amendment
`After Allowance; July
`2, 1996 Notice of
`Entry
`
`Extrinsic Evid:
`Dr. Spanos
`Declaration and
`Testimony
`
`Intrinsic Evidence:
`4:56-5:10; 5:34-6:47;
`10:48-11:51; 13:27-28;
`16:61-17:2; 18:27-33;
`19:6-52; 20:44-21:67;
`22:13-24:53; 25:55-
`27:32; 28:25-37;
`29:21-41; 38:10-43:11
`; (all related figures to
`all of the above).
`File History, e.g.,
`February 29, 1996
`Notice of Allowability;
`JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION STATEMENT
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`
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`EXHIBIT B
`U.S. Patent Nos. 5,555,190, and 6,505,131
`
`
`Terms, Phrases, or Clauses Claim
`Nos.
`
`Invensys’ Proposed
`Construction
`
`Invensys’ References
`
`Micro Motion’s
`Proposed Construction
`
`Micro Motion’s
`References
`
`May 24, 1996 Rule
`1.312 Amendment
`After Allowance; July
`2, 1996 Notice of
`Entry
`
`Extrinsic Evid:
`Dr. Spanos
`Declaration and
`Testimony
`
`Intrinsic Evidence:
`5:3-4; see also 4:63-5:5
`
`Extrinsic Evid:
`Dr. Spanos
`Declaration and
`Testimony
`
`Intrinsic Evidence:
`8:27-36, 9:4-14, 10:11-
`38;
`July 16, 2001 Office
`action, August 1, 2001
`Office action, October
`31, 2001 Amendment,
`March 14, 2002 Office
`Action, June 10, 2002
`Amendment, August 9,
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`“Values with virtually all
`noise signals eliminated”
`
`
`“dividing the determined
`frequency by the desired
`sampling rate”
`
`No need to separately
`construe.
`
`Plain and ordinary
`meaning.
`
`“Normalizing the
`determined frequency
`using desired sample
`rate.”
`
`
`
`’131 patent, 9:9-14,
`10:32-38.
`
`“enhanced value[s]”
`
`’190:
`claims
`1, 18, 35
`
`“calculating a normalized
`frequency”
`
`’131:
`claims
`1, 13, 26
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`EXHIBIT B
`U.S. Patent Nos. 5,555,190, and 6,505,131
`
`
`Terms, Phrases, or Clauses Claim
`Nos.
`
`Invensys’ Proposed
`Construction
`
`Invensys’ References
`
`Micro Motion’s
`Proposed Construction
`
`Micro Motion’s
`References
`
`’131 patent, 9:9.
`
`
`
`“Calculating a parameter
`ωd using the formula
`ωd=2π(12×Fd)/Fs (where Fd
`is the estimated frequency
`and Fs is frequency of the
`samples).”
`
`“calculating a single
`number from two equal-
`length sequences of
`numbers by multiplying the
`corresponding components
`in each sequence and
`adding together the results”
`
`“calculating a normalized
`pulsation”
`
`’131:
`claims
`1, 13, 26
`
`“calculating dot products”
`
`’131:
`claims
`1, 13, 26
`
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`“Converting the
`normalized frequency
`into angular form.”
`
`Plain and ordinary
`meaning.
`
`2002 Notice of
`Allowability
`
`Intrinsic Evidence:
`3:34-53, 8:9-22, 8:27-
`9:44, 10:30-38;
`July 16, 2001 Office
`action, August 1, 2001
`Office action, October
`31, 2001 Amendment,
`March 14, 2002 Office
`Action, June 10, 2002
`Amendment, August 9,
`2002 Notice of
`Allowability
`Intrinsic Evidence:
`9:2-43;
`July 16, 2001 Office
`action, August 1, 2001
`Office action, October
`31, 2001 Amendment,
`March 14, 2002 Office
`Action, June 10, 2002
`Amendment, August 9,
`2002 Notice of
`Allowability
`
`Extrinsic Evid:
`Dr. Rodriguez
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`EXHIBIT B
`U.S. Patent Nos. 5,555,190, and 6,505,131
`
`
`Terms, Phrases, or Clauses Claim
`Nos.
`
`Invensys’ Proposed
`Construction
`
`Invensys’ References
`
`Micro Motion’s
`Proposed Construction
`
`Micro Motion’s
`References
`
`
`
`Plain and ordinary
`meaning.
`
`Indefinite as insolubly
`ambiguous.
`
`Declaration and
`Testimony
`
`“The CRC concise
`encyclopedia of
`mathematics,” at 489
`(entry for “dot
`product”)
`Introduction to vector
`analysis at 26-27.
`Intrinsic Evidence:
`9:1-43; July 16, 2001
`Office action, August
`1, 2001 Office action,
`October 31, 2001
`Amendment, March
`14, 2002 Office
`Action, June 10, 2002
`Amendment, August 9,
`2002 Notice of
`Allowability
`Extrinsic Evid:
`Dr. Rodriguez
`Declaration and
`Testimony
`
`“The CRC concise
`encyclopedia of
`mathematics,” at 489
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`“demodulating … to a
`center frequency”
`
`’131:
`claims
`1, 13, 26
`
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`EXHIBIT B
`U.S. Patent Nos. 5,555,190, and 6,505,131
`
`
`Terms, Phrases, or Clauses Claim
`Nos.
`
`Invensys’ Proposed
`Construction
`
`Invensys’ References
`
`Micro Motion’s
`Proposed Construction
`
`Micro Motion’s
`References
`
`’131 patent, 3:39-42.
`
`’131 patent, 9:1-30.
`
`(entry for “dot
`product”)
`Introduction to vector
`analysis at 26-27.
`Intrinsic Evidence:
`3:34-53, 8:9-22, 8:27-
`9:44, 10:30-38; July
`16, 2001 Office action,
`August 1, 2001 Office
`action, October 31,
`2001 Amendment,
`March 14, 2002 Office
`Action, June 10, 2002
`Amendment, August 9,
`2002 Notice of
`Allowability
`“Calculating dot
`Intrinsic Evidence:
`products of a sequence
`9:1-43; July 16, 2001
`of data representing
`Office action, August
`the normalized
`1, 2001 Office action,
`pulsation and
`October 31, 2001
`sequences of data
`Amendment, March
`representing said
`14, 2002 Office
`signals from said first
`Action, June 10, 2002
`pick off sensor and
`Amendment, August 9,
`said second pick off
`2002 Notice of
`sensor to shift the
`Allowability
`frequency content of
`Extrinsic Evid:
`Dr. Rodriguez
`the signals.”
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`Indefinite as insolubly
`ambiguous.
`
`
`
`“A frequency greater than
`zero frequency and less
`than the operating
`frequency.”
`
`“A frequency less than
`the operating
`frequency.”
`
`“center frequency”
`
`’131:
`claims
`1, 13, 26
`
`’131:
`claims
`1, 13, 26
`
`calculating dot products of
`said normalized pulsation
`and said signals from said
`first pick-off sensor and
`said second pick-off
`sensor to translate said
`signals to said center
`frequency
`
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`EXHIBIT B
`U.S. Patent Nos. 5,555,190, and 6,505,131
`
`
`Micro Motion’s
`Proposed Construction
`
`Micro Motion’s
`References
`
`Invensys’ References
`
`Declaration and
`Testimony
`
`“The CRC concise
`encyclopedia of
`mathematics,” at 489
`(entry for “dot
`product”)
`Introduction to vector
`analysis at 26-27.
`
`Terms, Phrases, or Clauses Claim
`Nos.
`
`Invensys’ Proposed
`Construction
`
`
`
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