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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`SOLAS OLED LTD.,
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`v.
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`DELL INC.,
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`SOLAS OLED LTD.,
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`v.
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`GOOGLE LLC,
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`SOLAS OLED LTD.,
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`v.
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`APPLE INC.,
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`SOLAS OLED LTD.,
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`v.
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`HP INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`Defendant.
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`Plaintiff,
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`Defendant.
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`Plaintiff,
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`Defendant.
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`Plaintiff,
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`Defendant
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`Case No. 6:19-cv-00514-ADA
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`Case No. 6:19-cv-00515-ADA
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`Case No. 6:19-cv-00537-ADA
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`Case No. 6:19-cv-00631-ADA
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`JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION STATEMENT
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`SOLAS OLED LTD.,
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`v.
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`DELL INC.,
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`SOLAS OLED LTD.,
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`v.
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`GOOGLE LLC,
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`SOLAS OLED LTD.,
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`v.
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`APPLE INC.,
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`SOLAS OLED LTD.,
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`v.
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`HP INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`Defendant.
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`Plaintiff,
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`Defendant.
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`Plaintiff,
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`Defendant.
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`Plaintiff,
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`Defendant
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`Case No. 6:19-cv-00514-ADA
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`Case No. 6:19-cv-00515-ADA
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`Case No. 6:19-cv-00537-ADA
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`Case No. 6:19-cv-00631-ADA
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`JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION STATEMENT
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`Case 6:19-cv-00537-ADA Document 53 Filed 07/31/20 Page 2 of 12
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`Under the scheduling orders in the four above-captioned cases, Plaintiff Solas OLED LTD.
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`(“Solas”) and Defendants Dell Inc. (“Dell”), Google LLC (“Google”), Apple Inc. (“Apple”), and
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`HP Inc. (“HP”) submit this Joint Claim Construction Statement. The four cases are consolidated
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`for claim construction proceedings with the hearing scheduled for August 14, 2020.
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`The four cases involve a total of five asserted patents: U.S. Patent Nos. 6,072,450 (“’450
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`patent”), 7,446,338 (“’338 patent”), 7,573,068 (“’068 patent”), 7,499,042 (“’042 patent”), and
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`7,663,615 (“’615 patent”). Specifically:
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`• The ’450 patent is asserted in Solas v. Dell (6:19-cv-00514-ADA), Solas v. Google
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`(6:19-cv-00515-ADA) and Solas v. Apple (6:19-cv-00537-ADA);
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`• The ’338 patent is asserted in Solas v. Google (6:19-cv-00515-ADA) and Solas v. Apple
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`(6:19-cv-00537-ADA);
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`• The ’068 patent is asserted in Solas v. Apple (6:19-cv-00537-ADA) and Solas v. HP
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`(6:19-cv-00631); and
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`• The ’042 and ’615 patents are asserted in Solas v. HP (6:19-cv-00631).
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`The following are the parties’ agreed and proposed claim constructions.
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`I.
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`AGREED CLAIM CONSTRUCTIONS
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`A.
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`’450 patent
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`Claim Term /
`Asserted Claim(s)
`“active elements”
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`(claims 1, 4)
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`“light lays [sic] in a
`first wavelength range
`pass through said at
`least one filter
`selectively when
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`Agreed Construction
`circuit elements that have gain or that direct current flow, e.g.,
`transistors
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`Plain and ordinary meaning. “lays [sic]” means and should be
`replaced with “rays”
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`Claim Term /
`Asserted Claim(s)
`incident light rays in a
`second wavelength
`range including said
`first wave length
`range enter said at
`least one filter”
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`(claim 12)
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`B.
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`’338 patent
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`Claim Term /
`Asserted Claim(s)
`“the pixel electrodes
`being arrayed along
`the interconnections
`between the
`interconnections on
`the surface of the
`transistor array
`substrate”
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`(claim 1)
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`“write current”
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`(claim 1)
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`C.
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`’068 patent
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`Claim Term /
`Asserted Claim(s)
`“feed interconnections”
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`(claims 1, 13)
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`Agreed Construction
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`Agreed Construction
`the pixel electrodes are arrayed along the interconnections and
`located between the interconnections, and the pixel electrodes are
`on the surface of the transistor array substrate
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`pull-out current
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`Agreed Construction
`conductive structures in a different layer or layers than the
`supply line that also provide connections to a source that
`supplies voltage and/or current
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`“patterned together
`[with]”
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`“patterned to fit together [with]” wherein “patterning” may
`consist of one of more fabrication steps1
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`1 Solas, Apple, and HP filed a joint motion adopting this construction, while also preserving the
`right of Apple and HP to appeal the construction based on the positions, record, and arguments
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`2
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`Claim Term /
`Asserted Claim(s)
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`(claims 1, 13)
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`D.
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`’615 patent
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`Agreed Construction
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`Claim Term /
`Asserted Claim(s)
`“gradation”
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`level
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`Agreed Construction
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`(claims 11, 13)
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`“light emission control section”
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`(claim 11)
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`drive transistor
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`II.
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`DISPUTED TERMS FOR CONSTRUCTION
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`A.
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`’338 patent
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`Solas’s Construction
`layered structure upon which
`or within which a transistor
`array is fabricated
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`extend from an external
`surface of the transistor array
`substrate
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`Defendants’ Construction
`a layered structure composed of a
`bottom insulating layer through a
`topmost layer on whose upper surface
`pixel electrodes are formed, which
`contains an array of transistors
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`extend above the upper surface of the
`transistor array substrate
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`Claim Term /
`Asserted Claim(s)
`“transistor array
`substrate”
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`(claim 1, 4)
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`“project from a
`surface of the
`transistor array
`substrate”
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`(claim 1)
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`made in Solas OLED Ltd. v. LG Display Co., Ltd. et al., 6:19-CV-00236-ADA (W.D. Tex.), which
`the court granted. Dkt. 47, 49.
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`B.
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`’068 patent
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`Claim Term /
`Asserted Claim(s)
`“supply lines”
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`(claims 1, 13)
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`“signal lines”
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`(claims 1, 13)
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`“formed on said
`plurality of supply lines
`along said plurality of
`supply lines”
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`(claim 1)
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`“connected to said
`plurality of supply lines
`along said plurality of
`supply lines”
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`(claim 13)
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`“source”
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`(claims 1, 5, 12, 13, 17)
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`“drain”
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`(claims 1, 5, 12, 13, 17)
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`Solas’s Construction
`conductive lines supplying
`current or voltage
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`conductive lines supplying
`signals
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`Defendants’ Construction
`conductive lines, each supplying a
`driving current or voltage to a
`plurality of pixel circuits
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`conductive lines carrying data
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`formed on said plurality of
`supply lines over the length
`or direction of said
`plurality of supply lines
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`stacked on or making multiple
`contacts with said plurality of
`supply lines over the length of
`each supply line
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`connected to said plurality
`of supply lines over the
`length or direction of said
`plurality of supply lines
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`stacked on or making multiple
`contacts with said plurality of
`supply lines over the length of
`each supply line
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`source electrode
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`Alternatively: “the patterned
`conductive film that is connected
`to one end of the TFT channel
`region through a doped
`semiconductor region.”
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`drain electrode
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`Alternatively: “the patterned
`conductive film that is connected
`to one end of the TFT channel
`region through a doped
`semiconductor region.”
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`C.
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`’042 patent
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`Claim Term /
`Asserted Claim(s)
`“selection period”
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`(claim 1)
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`Solas’s Construction
`time period during which a
`plurality of pixel circuits is
`selected
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`HP’s Construction
`time duration in which a selected
`selection scan line is kept active2
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`“sequentially
`selects said
`plurality of
`selection scan
`lines in each
`selection period”
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`(claim 1)
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`“designating
`current”
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`(claim 1)
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`selects said plurality of selection
`scan lines one per each of a plurality
`of non-overlapping selection periods
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`Plain and ordinary meaning,
`i.e., current designating a value
`corresponding to an image
`signal
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`current corresponding to an image
`signal having a specified current
`value that is held constant
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`“current lines”
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`(claim 1)
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`Plain and ordinary meaning,
`i.e., conductive lines for
`carrying current
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`conductive lines, each connected to
`a plurality of pixel circuits and
`carrying current
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`HP’s Construction
`Indefinite
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`D.
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`’615 patent
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`Claim Term /
`Asserted Claim(s)
`“the operation”
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`(claim 11)
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`Solas’s Construction
`Plain and ordinary meaning, not
`indefinite. Within the claim phrase
`“a drive voltage for making the light
`emission control section perform the
`operation,” the term “the operation”
`refers to "generating a light emission
`drive current having a predetermined
`current value in accordance with the
`electric charges accumulated in the
`electric charge accumulating section
`and supplying the light emission
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`2 HP is also amenable to a construction of “time duration in which a selection scan line is kept
`selected.”
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`Claim Term /
`Asserted Claim(s)
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`“precharge voltage”
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`(claim 11)
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`“writing control
`section”
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`(claim 11)
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`Solas’s Construction
`drive current to the light emission
`element.”
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`Plain and ordinary meaning, i.e.,
`circuit section that controls writing
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`“data lines”
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`(claim 11)
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`Plain and ordinary meaning, i.e.,
`conductive lines for supplying
`information
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`HP’s Construction
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`Indefinite
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`a transistor that controls the
`writing of both the gradation
`sequence signal and the
`precharge voltage from a data
`line to the charge
`accumulating section
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`conductive lines, each
`connected to and carrying
`data to a plurality of light
`emission drive circuits
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`Dated: July 31, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Philip X. Wang
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`Marc Fenster
`California State Bar No. 181067
`Email: mfenster@raklaw.com
`Reza Mirzaie
`Email: rmirzaie@raklaw.com
`California State Bar No. 246953
`Neil A. Rubin
`California State Bar No. 250761
`Email: nrubin@raklaw.com
`Philip X. Wang
`California State Bar No. 262239
`pwang@raklaw.com
`Kent N. Shum
`California State Bar No. 259189
`Email: kshum@raklaw.com
`RUSS AUGUST & KABAT
`12424 Wilshire Blvd. 12th Floor
`Los Angeles, CA 90025
`Tel: 310.826.7474
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`Sean A. Luner
`California State Bar No. 165443
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`E-mail: sean@dovel.com
`Gregory S. Dovel
`California State Bar No. 135387
`Email: greg@dovel.com
`Jonas Jacobson
`Email: jonas@dovel.com
`California State Bar No. 269912
`DOVEL & LUNER, LLP
`201 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 600
`Santa Monica, CA 90401
`Tel: 310.656.7066
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`T. John Ward, Jr.
`Texas State Bar No. 00794818
`E-mail: jw@wsfirm.com
`Claire Abernathy Henry
`Texas State Bar No. 24053063
`Email: claire@wsfirm.com
`Andrea L. Fair
`Texas State Bar No. 24078488
`E-mail: andrea@wsfirm.com
`WARD, SMITH & HILL, PLLC
`PO Box 1231
`Longview, TX 75606
`Tel: 903.757.6400
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff SOLAS OLED, LTD.
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`By /s/ Mark Liang
`Melissa R. Smith
`Texas Bar No. 24001351
`GILLAM & SMITH, LLP
`303 South Washington Avenue
`Marshall, Texas 75670
`Tel: (903) 934-8450
`Email: melissa@gillamsmithlaw.com
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`Ryan K. Yagura
`Texas Bar No. 24075933
`Nicholas J. Whilt
`Brian M. Cook
`Boris Mindzak
`O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP
`400 South Hope Street, 18th Floor
`Los Angeles, CA 90071
`Telephone: 213-430-6000
`Email: ryagura@omm.com
`Email: nwhilt@omm.com
`Email: bcook@omm.com
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`Email: bmindzak@omm.com
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`Darin W. Snyder
`David S. Almeling
`Mark Liang
`O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP
`Two Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor
`San Francisco, CA 94111
`Telephone: 415-984-8846
`Email: dsnyder@omm.com
`Email: dalmeling@omm.com
`Email: mliang@omm.com
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`ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT HP INC.
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`By /s/ Mark Liang
`Michael E. Jones
`SBN: 10929400
`POTTER MINTON, PC
`110 North College, Suite 500
`Tyler, TX 75702
`Tel: 903-597-8311
`Fax: 903-593-0846
`mikejones@potterminton.com
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`Ryan K. Yagura
`Texas Bar No. 24075933
`Nicholas J. Whilt
`Brian M. Cook
`Boris Mindzak
`O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP
`400 South Hope Street, 18th Floor
`Los Angeles, CA 90071
`Telephone: 213-430-6000
`Email: ryagura@omm.com
`Email: nwhilt@omm.com
`Email: bcook@omm.com
`Email: bmindzak@omm.com
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`Darin W. Snyder
`David S. Almeling
`Mark Liang
`O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP
`Two Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor
`San Francisco, CA 94111
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`Telephone: 415-984-8846
`Email: dsnyder@omm.com
`Email: dalmeling@omm.com
`Email: mliang@omm.com
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`ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT AND
`GOOGLE LLC
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`By /s/ Melissa R. Smith
`Melissa R. Smith
`Texas Bar No. 24001351
`GILLAM & SMITH, LLP
`303 South Washington Avenue
`Marshall, Texas 75670
`Tel: (903) 934-8450
`Email: melissa@gillamsmithlaw.com
`Fax: (903) 934-9257
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`Jeffrey H. Lerner
`jlerner@cov.com
`David A. Garr
`dgarr@cov.com
`Jared R. Frisch
`jfrisch@cov.com
`Grant D. Johnson
`gjohnson@cov.com
`Daniel W. Cho
`dwcho@cov.com
`COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
`One CityCenter
`850 Tenth Street, NW
`Washington, DC 20001-4956
`Phone: (202) 662-6000
`Fax: (202) 662-6291
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`Robert T. Haslam
`rhaslam@cov.com
`COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
`3000 El Camino Real
`5 Palo Alto Square, 10th Floor
`Palo Alto, CA 94306-2112
`Phone: (650) 632-4700
`Fax: (650) 632-4800
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`COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT DELL INC.
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`AND INTERVENOR SAMSUNG
`DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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`By: /s/ Michael D. Jay
`JOHN M. GUARAGNA
`Texas Bar No. 199277
`john.guaragna@dlapiper.com
`DLA PIPER LLP (US)
`401 Congress Avenue, Suite 2500
`Austin, TX 78701-3799
`Tel: 512.457.7000
`Fax: 512.457.7001
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`MICHAEL D. JAY (pro hac vice)
`Bar No. 223827
`michael.jay@dlapiper.com
`NANDAN R. PADMANABHAN (pro hac vice)
`Bar No. 280309
`nandan.padmanabhan@dlapiper.com
`DLA PIPER LLP (US)
`2000 Avenue of the Stars
`Suite 400 North Tower
`Los Angeles, California 90067-4704
`Tel: 310.595.3000
`Fax: 310.595.3300
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`MARK FOWLER (pro hac vice)
`Bar No. 124235
`mark.fowler@dlapiper.com
`DLA PIPER LLP (US)
`2000 University Avenue
`East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2214
`Tel: 650.833.2000
`Fax: 650.833.2001
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`Attorneys for DEFENDANT APPLE INC.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I certify that on June 31, 2020, all counsel of record were served with a copy of the
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`foregoing document via electronic mail.
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`/s/ Philip X. Wang
`Philip X. Wang
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