Case 1:19-cv-00819-ADA Document 100 Filed 07/28/20 Page 1 of 3
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`AUSTIN DIVISION
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`NEODRON, LTD.,
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`DELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
` Defendant
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`NEODRON, LTD.,
` Plaintiff
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`HP INC.,
` Defendant
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`NEODRON LTD.,
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`MICROSOFT CORPORATION,
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`A-19-CV-00819-ADA
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`A-19-CV-00873-ADA
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`A-19-CV-00874-ADA
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`A-19-CV-00898-ADA
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`A-19-CV-00903-ADA
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`NEODRON, LTD.,
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`AMAZON.COM, INC.,
` Defendant
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`NEODRON LTD.,
` Plaintiff
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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.,
`LTD., SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS
`AMERICA, INC.,
` Defendants
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`CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT CLERK
`WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS BY
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`FILED
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`DEPUTY
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`July 28, 2020
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`Case 1:19-cv-00819-ADA Document 100 Filed 07/28/20 Page 2 of 3
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`CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ORDER
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`The Court held a Markman hearing on June 30, 2020, during which the Court orally
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`provided the following claim constructions. The Court now enters those claim constructions.
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`Claim Term
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`“wherein the plurality of drive
`electrodes are substantially area
`filling within the sensing region
`relative to the plurality of sense
`electrodes”
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`Patent(s)
`Claim(s)
`’784 Patent
`Claims 1-3
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`’784 Patent
`Claims 1-3
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`“together, the plurality of sense
`electrodes and the plurality of
`isolated conductive elements
`are substantially area filling
`within the sensing region
`relative to the plurality of sense
`electrodes”
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`“a substrate having a surface
`with an arrangement of
`electrodes mounted thereon”
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`“sensing area”
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`5* “wherein row sensing
`electrodes of sensing cells at
`opposing ends of at least one of
`the rows are electrically
`coupled to one another by
`respective row wrap-around
`connections made outside of the
`sensing area”
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`’502 Patent
`Claims 1-2,
`5-8, 11-14,
`16
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`’502 Patent
`Claims 1-2,
`5-8, 11-14,
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`’502 Patent
`Claims 1-2,
`5-8, 11-14,
`16
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`Court’s Construction
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`Not indefinite.
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`Plain and ordinary meaning where the
`drive electrodes are substantially area
`filling and where the drive electrodes
`are more area filling than the sense
`electrodes.
`Not indefinite.
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`Plain and ordinary meaning where the
`sense electrodes and isolated
`conductive elements are substantially
`area filling and where the sense
`electrodes and isolated conductive
`elements are more area filling than the
`sense electrodes.
`Plain and ordinary meaning, which is
`“a substrate having a surface with an
`arrangement of electrodes mounted
`thereon,” but wherein “a surface of the
`substrate is a subset of the surface area
`of the substrate and not the entire
`surface area or opposing surfaces of the
`substrate”
`“an area defined by the sensing cells”
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`Plain and ordinary meaning, which is
`“wherein row sensing electrodes of
`sensing cells at opposing ends of at
`least one of the rows are electrically
`coupled to one another by respective
`row wrap-around connections made
`outside of the sensing area”
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`Case 1:19-cv-00819-ADA Document 100 Filed 07/28/20 Page 3 of 3
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`Claim Term
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`“sensor value”
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`“to measure a parameter of the
`first variable resistance
`electrode”
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`Patent(s)
`Claim(s)
`’286 Patent
`Clams 1, 3-
`5, 8-10, 12-
`13, 15-17,
`20-21, 23-24
`’747 Patent
`Claims 10,
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`Court’s Construction
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`Plain and ordinary meaning, which is
`“a measurable sensor signal value”
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`Plain and ordinary meaning, wherein
`“parameter” includes but is not limited
`to a value determined by the resistance.
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`The Court will enter its memorandum in support of these claim constructions shortly.
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`SIGNED this 27th day of July, 2020.
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`ALAN D ALBRIGHT
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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