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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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`Plaintiff,
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`Case No. 6:19-cv-00236-ADA
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`v.
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`LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.,
`LG ELECTRONICS, INC., and
`SONY CORPORATION,
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`Defendants.
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`JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION STATEMENT
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`LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. V. SOLAS OLED, LTD.
`IPR2020-01055
`Exhibit 2007
`Page 1
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`Case 6:19-cv-00236-ADA Document 76 Filed 05/01/20 Page 2 of 9
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`Under the Court’s December 21, 2019 Scheduling Order (Dkt. 59) and April 11, 2020
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`Order, Plaintiff Solas OLED Ltd. (“Solas”) and Defendants LG Display Co., LTD, LG Electronics,
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`Inc., and Sony Corporation (“Defendants”) submit this Joint Claim Construction Statement. This
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`case involves three asserted patents: U.S. Patent Nos. 7,907,137 (“’137 patent,” Dkt. 32-3)
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`7,432,891 (“’891 patent,” Dkt. 32-1), and 7,573,068 (“’068 patent,” Dkt. 32-2). Solas asserts
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`claims 1 and 3 of the ’891 patent, claims 10, 11, 15, 36, 37, and 39 of the ’137 patent, and claims
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`1, 5, 10, 12, 13, and 17 of the ’068 patent.
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`I.
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`AGREED CLAIM CONSTRUCTIONS
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`A.
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`’137 Patent
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`Claim Terms
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`“luminance gradation”
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`Asserted
`Claim(s)
`10, 36
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`Agreed Construction
`light emitting level
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`B.
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`’068 Patent
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`Claim Terms
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`“supply lines”
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`Asserted
`Claim(s)
`1, 13
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`Agreed Construction
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`conductive lines supplying current or voltage
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`II.
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`DISPUTED TERMS FOR CONSTRUCTION
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`A.
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`’137 Patent
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`Claim Terms
`“a gradation current
`having a current value”
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`Asserted
`Claim(s)
`10, 36
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`Solas’s Construction Defendants’ Construction
`a current having a current
`an actual current (not
`value and conveying
`voltage) with a value
`corresponding to a
`information about a level
`luminance level
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`1
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`Claim Terms
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`“gradation signal”
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`Asserted
`Claim(s)
`10, 15, 36,
`37, 39
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`Solas’s Construction Defendants’ Construction
`signal conveying
`a gradation current with a
`current value sent to a pixel
`information about a level
`to set a luminance
`gradation
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`15, 39
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`Not indefinite
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`Indefinite
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`“generates, as the
`gradation signal, a non-
`light emitting display
`voltage having a
`predetermined voltage
`value”
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`“a non-light emitting
`display voltage having a
`predetermined voltage
`value for allowing the
`optical element to
`perform a non-light
`emitting operation is
`generated as the gradation
`signal”
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`“. . . through a data line
`. . . through the data line
`. . . through the data line”
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`10, 36
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`“before”
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`“after”
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`10
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`36
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`plain and ordinary
`meaning. “a data line”
`means “one or more data
`lines.” The antecedent
`basis for “the data line” is
`“a data line.”
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`the gradation current is
`supplied, the threshold
`voltage is detected, and the
`compensation voltage is
`applied through the same
`data line
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`plain and ordinary meaning
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`
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`plain and ordinary meaning
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`earlier in time (not at the
`same time)
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`later in time (not at the
`same time)
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`2
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`B.
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`’891 Patent
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`Asserted
`Claim(s)
`1, 3
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`Solas’s Construction Defendants’ Construction
`Plain and ordinary
`The claimed “providing”
`meaning. The claimed
`by the current measuring-
`“providing” by the current
`and voltage regulating
`measuring- and voltage
`circuit (“said current
`regulating circuit (“said
`measuring- and voltage
`current measuring- and
`regulating circuit providing
`voltage regulating circuit
`to the data conductor a
`providing to the data
`voltage signal which is
`conductor a voltage signal
`dependent on a current
`which is dependent on a
`measuring result and a
`current measuring result
`voltage comparison”) is
`required to occur during
`and a voltage comparison”)
`driving of the third thin
`is not required to occur
`during driving of the third
`film transistor’s gate.
`thin film transistor’s gate.
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`Claim Terms
`“a third thin film
`transistor which during
`driving its gate through a
`driving conductor taps a
`diode driving current at
`an output of said first
`current-driving transistor
`and supplies a current
`measuring-[measuring]
`and voltage regulating
`circuit, said current
`measuring- and voltage
`regulating circuit
`providing to the data
`conductor a voltage
`signal which is dependent
`on a current measuring
`result and a voltage
`comparison”
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`“current measuring”
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`1, 3
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`3
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`“wherein all above
`mentioned elements of
`the driving circuit are
`located at a same side of
`said light emitting diode”
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`plain and ordinary meaning measuring actual current
`(not voltage)
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`wherein all above
`mentioned elements of the
`driving circuit are
`electrically connected to
`and physically located on
`the same side of the layers
`of said light emitting diode
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`wherein all above
`mentioned elements of the
`driving circuit are
`electrically connected to
`the anode or cathode of
`said light emitting diode
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`3
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`LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. V. SOLAS OLED, LTD.
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`C.
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`’068 Patent
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`Claim Terms
`“formed on said
`plurality of supply lines
`along said plurality of
`supply lines”
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`Asserted
`Claim(s)
`1
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`Solas’s Construction
`formed on said plurality
`of supply lines over the
`length or direction of said
`plurality of supply lines
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`Defendants’
`Construction
`formed on said plurality
`of supply lines over the
`length of said plurality of
`supply lines
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`“connected to said
`plurality of supply lines
`along said plurality of
`supply lines”
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`13
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`“patterned”
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`“patterned together”
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`“signal lines”
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`1, 13
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`1, 13
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`1, 13
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`“feed interconnections”
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`1, 10, 12,
`13, 17
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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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`formed in one or more
`layers
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`connected to said plurality
`of supply lines over the
`length of said plurality of
`supply lines
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`formed in a single layer
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`patterned to fit together
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`patterned at the same time
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`conductive lines
`supplying signals
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`conductive structures in a
`layer or layers that
`provide connections to a
`source that supplies
`voltage and/or current
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`conductive lines
`supplying a value
`corresponding to a
`luminance level
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`conductive structures, in a
`layer or layers different
`from the gates, sources
`and drains, that provide
`connections to a source
`that supplies voltage
`and/or current
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`Dated: May 1, 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
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`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
`Email: 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
`E-mail: 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
`Fax: 903.757.2323
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff SOLAS OLED, LTD.
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`/s/ Jennifer H. Doan
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`Jennifer H. Doan
`Texas Bar No. 08809050
`Email: jdoan@haltomdoan.com
`Joshua R. Thane
`Email: jthane@haltomdoan.com
`Texas Bar No. 24060713
`J. Randy Roeser
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`Email: rroeser@haltomdoan.com
`Texas Bar No. 24089377
`Cole A. Riddell
`Email: criddell@haltomdoan.com
`Texas Bar No. 24105423
`HALTOM & DOAN
`6500 Summerhill Road, Suite 100
`Texarkana, TX 75503
`Tel: 903.255.1000
`Fax: 903.255.0800
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`Douglas E. Lumish
`California State Bar No. 183863
`Email: doug.lumish@lw.com
`Gabriel S. Gross
`California State Bar No. 254672
`Email: gabe.gross@lw.com
`Andrew Max Goldberg
`California State Bar No. 307254
`Email: drew.goldberg@lw.com
`LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
`140 Scott Drive
`Menlo Park, CA 94025
`Tel: 650.328.4600
`Fax: 650.463.2600
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`Joseph H. Lee
`California State Bar No. 248046
`Email: joseph.lee@lw.com
`LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
`650 Town Center Drive, 20th Floor
`Costa Mesa, CA 92626
`Tel: 714.540.1235
`Fax: 714.755.8290
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`Blake R. Davis
`California State Bar No. 294360
`Email: blake.davis@lw.com
`LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
`505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000
`San Francisco, CA 94111
`Tel: 415.391.0600
`Fax: 415.395.8095
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`Attorneys for Defendants
`LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.; LG
`ELECTRONICS, INC.; and SONY
`CORPORATION
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`Gregory S. Gewirtz (pro hac vice pending)
`Email: ggewirtz@lernerdavid.com
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`LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. V. SOLAS OLED, LTD.
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`Jonathan A. David (pro hac vice pending)
`Email: jdavid@lernerdavid.com
`LERNER, DAVID, LITTENBERG,
`KRUMHOLZ & MENTLIK, LLP
`20 Commerce Drive
`Cranford, NJ 07016
`Tel: 908.654.5000
`Fax: 908.654.7866
`Email: litigation@lernerdavid.com
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`Attorneys for Defendant SONY
`CORPORATION
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`LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. V. SOLAS OLED, LTD.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I certify that on May 1, 2020, all counsel of record who are deemed to have consented to
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`electronic service are being served with a copy of this document via the Court’s CM/ECF system
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`pursuant to Local Rule CV-5(a)(3)(A).
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`/s/ Philip X. Wang
`Philip X. Wang
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`LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. V. SOLAS OLED, LTD.
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