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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`OCEAN SEMICONDUCTOR LLC,
` Plaintiff
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`-v-
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`MEDIATEK INC., MEDIATEK USA
`INC.,
` Defendants
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`OCEAN SEMICONDUCTOR LLC,
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` Plaintiff
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`-v-
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`NVIDIA CORPORATION,
` Defendants
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`OCEAN SEMICONDUCTOR LLC,
` PLAINTIFF
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`-v-
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`NXP USA, INC.,
` Defendants
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`OCEAN SEMICONDUCTOR LLC,
` PLAINTIFF
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`-v-
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`RENESAS ELECTRONICS
`CORPORATION, RENESAS
`ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.,
` Defendants
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`6-20-CV-01210-ADA
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`6-20-cv-01211-ADA
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`6-20-cv-01212-ADA
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`6-20-cv-01213-ADA
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`Case 6:20-cv-01215-ADA Document 53 Filed 12/09/21 Page 2 of 4
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`OCEAN SEMICONDUCTOR LLC,
` PLAINTIFF
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`-v-
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`SILICON LABORATORIES INC.,
` Defendants
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`OCEAN SEMICONDUCTOR LLC,
` PLAINTIFF
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`-v-
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`STMICROELECTRONICS INC.,
` Defendants
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`OCEAN SEMICONDUCTOR LLC,
` PLAINTIFF
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`-v-
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`WESTERN DIGITAL
`TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
` Defendants
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`6-20-cv-01214-ADA
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`6-20-cv-01215-ADA
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`6-20-cv-01216-ADA
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`CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ORDER
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`The Court held a Markman hearing on December 9, 2021. During that hearing, the Court
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`provided its final constructions. The Court now enters those claim constructions.
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`SIGNED this 9th day of December, 2021.
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`ALAN D ALBRIGHT
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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`Case 6:20-cv-01215-ADA Document 53 Filed 12/09/21 Page 3 of 4
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`Plaintiff’s Proposed
`Construction
`No construction is necessary
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`Defendants’ Proposed
`Construction
`Indefinite
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`Court’s Preliminary
`Construction
`Not indefinite. Plain-and-
`ordinary meaning.
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`Plain and ordinary meaning1
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` Note not for the jury:
`“pneumatic cylinder” uses
`pneumatic force only
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`No construction is necessary,
`or in the alternative, “a
`pneumatic, hydraulic,
`electromagnetic or mechanical
`device”
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`“said process tool”
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`Indefinite
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`Indefinite
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`No construction is necessary
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`“a software agent that
`schedules, initiates, and
`executes activities on behalf of
`a single manufacturing domain
`entity”
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`“a software agent that at least
`schedules activities on behalf
`of a single manufacturing
`domain entity at any given
`time”
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`Term
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`1: “ultra-thin resist layer[s]”
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,420,097,
`Cls. 1–14, 17
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`Proposed by Defendants
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`2: “pneumatic cylinder”
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,660,651,
`Cls. 19–24, 75, and 81
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`Proposed by all parties
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`3: “said process chamber”
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,660,651,
`Cls. 31, 32, and 34-37
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`Proposed by all parties
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`4: “software scheduling agent”
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,907,305,
`Cls. 1–5 and 7–11; U.S. Patent
`No. 6,968,248, Cls. 1–12
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`Proposed by Defendants
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`Case 6:20-cv-01215-ADA Document 53 Filed 12/09/21 Page 4 of 4
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`Plaintiff’s Proposed
`Construction
`No construction is necessary
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`Defendants’ Proposed
`Construction
`“simultaneously measuring
`with a single measuring tool”
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`Court’s Preliminary
`Construction
`Plain-and-ordinary meaning
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`No construction is necessary,
`or in the alternative,
`“abnormality or fault that
`relates to an actual fault”
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`Indefinite
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`Indefinite
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`No construction is necessary,
`or in the alternative, “a
`parameter that provides a
`significant contribution to the
`fault”
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`Not indefinite. “an actual
`fault”
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`Not indefinite. Plain-and-
`ordinary meaning.
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`Term
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`5: “concurrently measuring”
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,080,330,
`Cls. 19–21
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`Proposed by Defendants
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`6A: “significant fault”
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,676,538, Cl.
`5
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`Proposed by All Parties
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`6B: “determining in said
`computer whether said
`parameter is a significant
`factor”
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,676,538, Cl.
`7
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`Proposed by All Parties
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