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Case 6:12-cv-00799-JRG Document 154 Filed 04/24/14 Page 1 of 6 PageID #: 4570
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`TYLER DIVISION
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`C.A. No. 6:12-cv-00799-LED
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`INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC.,
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`v.
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`Plaintiff,
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`EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. and
`MICRO MOTION INC., USA,
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`and
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`Defendants,
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`MICRO MOTION INC., USA,
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`v.
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`Counterclaim-Plaintiff,
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`INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC.,
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`Counterclaim-Defendant.
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`JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION CHARTS
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`Pursuant to Local Patent Rule 4-5(d) and the Court’s Fourth Amended Docket Control
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`Order dated January 22, 2014 (Dkt. 103), Plaintiff and Counterclaim-Defendant Invensys
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`Systems, Inc. (“Invensys”) and Defendant Emerson Electric Co. (“Emerson”) and Defendant and
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`Counterclaim Plaintiff Micro Motion, Inc. (“Micro Motion”) hereby submit the following Joint
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`Claim Construction Charts for disputed and agreed claim terms.
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`The Invensys Patents-in-Suit are U.S. Patent Nos. 7,124,646 entitled “Correcting for
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`Two-Phase Flow in a Digital Flowmeter” and issued on October 24, 2006 (“the ‘646 Patent”);
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`7,136,761 entitled “Digital Flowmeter” and issued on November 14, 2006 (“the ‘761 Patent);
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`6,311,136 entitled “Digital Flowmeter” and issued on October 30, 2001 (“the ‘136 Patent”);
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`EAST\75493901.3
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`7,505,854 entitled “Startup Techniques for a Digital Flowmeter” and issued on March 17, 2009
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`(“the ‘854 Patent”); 6,754,594 entitled “Digital Flowmeter and issued on June 22, 2004 (“the
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`‘594 Patent”); 7,571,062 entitled “Digital Flowmeter” and issued on August 4, 2009 (“the ‘062
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`Patent”); and 8,000,906 entitled “Digital Flowmeter” and issued on August 16, 2011 (“the ‘906
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`Patent”) (collectively, the “Invensys Patents”).
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`The Micro Motion Patents-in-Suit are U.S. Patent Nos. 5,555,190 entitled “Method and
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`Apparatus for Adaptive Line Enhancement in Coriolis Mass Flow Meter Measurement” and
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`issued on September 10, 1996 (“the ‘190 Patent”) and 6,505,131 entitled “Multi-Rate Digital
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`Signal Processor for Signals from Pick-Offs on a Vibrating Conduit” and issued on January 7,
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`2003 (“the ‘131 Patent”) (collectively, the “Micro Motion Patents-in-Suit”).
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`Section 1 of this submission identifies the claim terms and phrases of the Invensys
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`Patents-in-Suit and Micro Motion Patents-in-Suit for which the parties have agreed to a proper
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`construction. Section 2 and Exhibits A and B contain the parties’ proposed constructions for the
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`disputed terms and phrases of each of the Invensys Patents-in-Suit and Micro Motion Patents-in-
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`Suit.
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`1. Agreed Constructions of Claim Terms P.R. 4-5(d)
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`The parties have agreed to the following constructions for the Invensys Patents-in-Suit:
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`Agreed Construction
`“a proportional plus integral control algorithm”
`Plain and ordinary meaning.
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`Patent:Claim Claim Term
`’136: 17
`“a PI control algorithm”
`’062: 36
`“collect data
`corresponding to a
`subsequent cycle of the
`sensor signal
`simultaneously with
`processing the data for
`the current cycle”
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`And as to the Micro Motion Patents-in-Suit,
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`the parties have agreed to the following
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`constructions:
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`Patent:Claim Claim Term
`’131: 1, 13, 26
`“decimating said
`samples”
`“calculating [a] dot
`product”
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`’131: 1, 13, 26
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`’190: 2
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`“notch adaptation
`means, cooperative
`with said digital notch
`filtration means, for
`altering filter
`parameters of said
`digital notch filtration
`means”
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`Agreed Construction
`“converting from a first number of samples to a
`lesser number of 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”
`Means-plus-function
`Function: altering filter parameters of said digital
`notch filtration means.
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`Corresponding structure: element 1806 of FIG. 18,
`which is operable to update the parameters of the
`notch filters.
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`2. Disputed Constructions of Claim Terms P.R. 4-5(d)
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`Word versions of the attached P.R. 4-5(d) charts are being sent out tonight for hand
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`delivery to the Court tomorrow.
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`Dated: April 24, 2014
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Todd Patterson (with permission)------
`Claudia Wilson Frost
`State Bar No. 21671300
`Jeffrey L. Johnson
`State Bar No. 24029638
`Dawn M. Jenkins
`State Bar No. 24074484
`DLA PIPER LLP
`1000 Louisiana, Suite 2800
`Houston, TX 77002
`Telephone: 713.425.8400
`Facsimile: 713.425.8401
`Claudia.Frost@dlapiper.com
`Jeffrey.Johnson@dlapiper.com
`Dawn.Jenkins@dlapiper.com
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`Nicholas G. Papastavros
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`Daniel Rosenfeld
`DLA PIPER LLP
`33 Arch Street, 26th Floor
`Boston, MA 02110
`Telephone: 617.406.6000
`Facsimile: 617.406.6100
`Nick.Papastavros@dlapiper.com
`Daniel.Rosenfeld@dlapiper.com
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`Todd S. Patterson
`DLA PIPER LLP
`401 Congress Ave., Suite 2500
`Austin, TX 78701-3799
`Telephone: 512.457.7017
`Facsimile: 512.721.2217
`todd.patterson@dlapiper.com
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`ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF
`INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC.
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`/s/ Kadie M. Jelenchick
`Linda E.B. Hansen, WI Bar No. 1000660
`Richard S. Florsheim, WI Bar No. 1015905
`Jeffrey N. Costakos, WI Bar No. 1008225
`Kadie M. Jelenchick, WI Bar No. 1056506
`Matthew J. Shin, WI Bar No. 1090096
`Foley & Lardner LLP
`777 East Wisconsin Avenue
`Milwaukee, WI 53202
`Telephone: 414.271.2400
`Facsimile: 414.297.4900
`lhansen@foley.com
`rflorsheim@foley.com
`jcostakos@foley.com
`kjelenchick@foley.com
`mshin@foley.com
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`Guy N. Harrison
`State Bar No. 00000077
`Harrison Law Firm
`217 N. Center Street
`Longview, TX 75601
`Telephone: 903.758.7361
`Facsimile: 903.753.9557
`guy@gnhlaw.com
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`ATTORNEYS FOR EMERSON ELECTRIC
`CO. and MICRO MOTION, INC.
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`EAST\75493901.3
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`Case 6:12-cv-00799-JRG Document 154 Filed 04/24/14 Page 6 of 6 PageID #: 4575
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies that on April 24, 2014, all counsel of record who are deemed to
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`have consented to electronic service are being served with a copy of this document via the
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`Court’s CM/ECF system per Local Rule CV-5(a)(3). Any other counsel of record will be served
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`by facsimile transmission and/or first class mail.
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`/s/ Kadie M. Jelenchick
`Kadie M. Jelenchick
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`EAST\75493901.3
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