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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`Advanced Silicon Technologies LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`NXP Semiconductors N.V.,
`NXP B.V., and
`NXP USA, Inc.,
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`Case No. 6:22-cv-00466-ADA-DTG
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`Jury Trial Demanded
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`Defendants.
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`Joint Claim Construction Statement
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`The parties submit this Joint Claim Construction Statement for asserted U.S. Patent Nos.
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`7,804,435 ('435 Patent) and 8,933,945 ('945 Patent) under the Scheduling Order (ECF No. 45).
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`1.
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`Agreed Constructions
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`The parties have met and conferred and have agreed on the following constructions:
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`Claim(s)
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`Term
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`Agreed Construction
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`'945 Patent, Claims 1, 21
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`"memory controller"
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`2.
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`Disputed Constructions
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`The charts below identify each disputed claim term and in what claims it appears,
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`followed by each party's proposed construction. Each disputed term was proposed by Defendant.
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`2.1.
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`"A method for reducing power consumption for a video decoder comprising"
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`Claim(s)
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`AST's Proposal
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`NXP's Proposal
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`'435 Patent, Claim 26
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`Preamble is non-limiting
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`Preamble is limiting
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`2.2.
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`"graphics pipeline"
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`Claim(s)
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`AST's Proposal
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`NXP's Proposal
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`'945 Patent,
`Claims 1, 4, 12, 21
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`"hardware, which may be one or
`more circuits"1
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`2.3.
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`"graphics pipelines operative to process data in a dedicated tile"
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`Claim(s)
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`AST's Proposal
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`NXP's Proposal
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`'945 Patent,
`Claims 1, 21
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`"graphics pipeline operative such
`that data for a specific tile is
`processed by one and only one
`pipeline"
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`2.4.
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`"a memory controller . . . operative to transfer pixel data between each of a
`first pipeline and a second pipeline [the two graphics pipelines] and a
`memory shared among the at least two graphics pipelines"
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`Claim(s)
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`AST's Proposal
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`NXP's Proposal
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`'945 Patent,
`Claims 1-4, 17-20
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`"a memory controller . . . operative
`to transfer pixel data to, from, and
`between (1) the first graphics
`pipeline and the second graphics
`pipeline, and also (2) the two
`graphics pipelines and a memory
`shared among the two graphics
`pipelines"
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`2.5.
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`"NxM number of pixels"
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`Claim(s)
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`'945 Patent,
`Claim 21
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`AST's Proposal
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`NXP's Proposal
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`"rectangular block of pixels that is
`not square"
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`1 NXP truncated its originally proposed construction of "hardware, which may be one or more circuits, that
`processes graphics data" in response to AST's contention that "processes graphics data" was "needless language
`[that] could only cause confusion in view of the full claim set." Dkt. 50 at 9. NXP is amenable to either its original
`construction or its narrowed proposal offered to focus the parties' dispute.
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`Dated: January 24, 2023
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /s/ Eric C. Green
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`Richard S. Zembek (SBN 00797726)
`richard.zembek@nortonrosefulbright.com
`Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
`Fulbright Tower
`1301 McKinney, Suite 5100
`Houston, Texas 77010-3095
`Tel.: (713) 651-5151
`Fax: (713) 651-5246
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`Eric C. Green (SBN 24069824)
`eric.green@nortonrosefulbright.com
`Catherine Garza (SBN 24073318)
`cat.garza@nortonrosefulbright.com
`Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
`98 San Jacinto Boulevard, Suite 1100
`Austin, Texas 78701
`Tel.: (512) 474-5201
`Fax: (512) 536-4598
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`Attorneys for Defendant
`NXP USA, Inc.
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`By: /s/ Patrick A. Fitch
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`Brian A. Carpenter (State Bar No. 3840600)
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`carpenter@caglaw.com
`Carstens, Allen & Gourley, LLP
`1105 Wooded Acres, Suite 415
`Waco, Texas 76701
`(254) 294-1854 (Telephone)
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`Robert R. Brunelli (admitted pro hac vice)
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`rbrunelli@sheridanross.com
`Patrick A. Fitch (admitted pro hac vice)
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`pfitch@sheridanross.com
`Alex W. Ruge (admitted pro hac vice)
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`aruge@sheridanross.com
`Brian Boerman (admitted pro hac vice)
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`bboerman@sheridanross.com
`Sheridan Ross P.C.
`1560 Broadway, Suite 1200
`Denver, Colorado 80202
`(303) 863-9700 (Telephone)
`(303) 863-0223 (Facsimile)
`litigation@sheridanross.com
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff
`Advanced Silicon Technologies LLC
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`Certificate of Service
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`I hereby certify that, on January 24, 2023, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk
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`of Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send notification of such filing to all counsel of
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`record in the above-referenced matter.
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`/s/ Thomas J. Armento
`Thomas J. Armento
`Paralegal
`Sheridan Ross P.C.
`1560 Broadway, Suite 1200
`Denver, CO 80202
`(303) 863-9700 (Telephone)
`(303) 863-0223 (Facsimile)
`litigation@sheridanross.com
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