Patent 10,492,541 B2 including, but not limited to, water, beads, solvents, active ingredients, ethanol, plant extracts, natural or artificial flavors, and/or vapor formers such as glycerine and propylene glycol.
Specifically, for purposes of the Petition, Petitioner proposes that the Board should construe the term “face” according to Patent Owner’s contentions in the District Court case, namely, to mean “‘the surface of an object,’ which does not need to be bounded by one or more edges.” Id. at 8 (quoting Ex. 1024, 29; Ex. 1026, 27–28).
Patent Owner does not expressly adopt, or direct us to, the District Court’s construction of those phrases, although the order construing those terms was available at the time of filing of the Preliminary Response.
The view provided in Juul 1 (on the left in the above image) reflects, within the transparent lower portion, three circular or spherical elements, which appear to be air bubbles floating within a liquid.
For example, in connection with the front, rear, and side faces allegedly identifiable in Verleur’s cartomizer 200A, Petitioner does not explain where one surface ends or another begins, and no explanation is self- evident upon review of Figure 12.