B. “group of Network Resource Managers” Plaintiff’s Proposed Construction Plain and Ordinary Meaning; Not subject to 35 U.S.C. § 112 ¶ 6; (not indefinite) Subject to 35 U.S.C. 112 ¶ 6 Function: “the steps of claim 1” Structure: none ...
... communicating on a common network level” (’966 Patent, Claim 1) Plaintiff’s Proposed Construction Defendant’s Proposed Construction Subject to 35 U.S.C. 112 ¶ 6 Function: “communicating on a common network level” Structure: none ...
As to Plaintiff’s alternative agument, Defendant responds that none of the purported structure is clearly linked to the claimed function.
... Plaintiff’s argument is unpersuasive because the issue is not whether a NRM could conceivably perform the function but rather is whether the patentee, having chosen to invoke 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 6 by reciting a “means for,” nonetheless ...
E. “means for announcing a domain property label” “means for announcing a domain property label of the first domain to the second NRM” (’796 Patent, Claim 15) Defendant’s Proposed Construction Subject to 35 U.S.C. 112 ¶ 6 Function: “announcing a domain property label of the first domain to the second NRM” Structure: none (indefinite) Plaintiff’s Proposed Construction Function: announcing a domain property label of the first domain to the second NRM. Structure: The structure(s) disclosed at 1:15- 16; 5:4-16; 5:37-39; 5:46-6:34; 7:27-8:10; 8:40-41; ...
... a domain property label of the first domain to the second NRM” (’796 Patent, Claim 15) Construction Subject to 35 U.S.C. 112, ¶ 6 Function: “announcing a domain property label of the first domain to the second NRM” Structure: none ...
The Court therefore hereby construes these terms as set forth in the following chart: Term “means for performing an appropriate action comprises means for receiving a call from a requesting device and extending resource reservations from the NRM unit to a particular endpoint” (’796 Patent, Claim 22) Construction Subject to 35 U.S.C. 112, ¶ 6 Function: “performing an appropriate action comprises means for receiving a call from a requesting device and extending resource reservations from the NRM unit to a particular endpoint” Structure: none (indefinite) - 32 - Case 2:22-cv-00172-JRG Document 163 Filed 05/29/24 Page 33 of 55 PageID #: 4062 Subject to 35 U.S.C. 112, ¶ 6 Function: “receiving a call from a requesting device and extending resource reservations from the ...
The Court therefore hereby construes these terms as set forth in the following chart: Term “means for using an NRM path vector to identify a third NRM within a third domain” (’796 Patent, Claim 15) Construction Subject to 35 U.S.C. 112, ¶ 6 Function: “using an NRM path vector to identify a third NRM within a third domain” Structure: none (indefinite) - 35 - Case 2:22-cv-00172-JRG Document 163 Filed 05/29/24 Page 36 of 55 PageID #: 4065 “means for using the NRM path vector to detect denials and/or failures along a path, between the first endpoint and a third ...