Corning Optical Communications Wireless Ltd. v. Solid, Inc. et al

Filing 198

CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ORDER Signed by Judge Paul S. Grewal on April 22, 2015 (psglc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/22/2015)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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SAN JOSE DIVISION

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CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS
WIRELESS, LTD.,
Plaintiff,

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v.
SOLID INC., et al.,

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Defendants.

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Case No. 5:14-cv-03750-PSG
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Plaintiff Corning Optical Communications Wireless, Ltd. claims Defendants SOLid Inc.
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and Reach Holdings LLC infringe United States Patent Nos. 5,969,837 and 7,438,504. Consistent
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with Pat. L.R. 4-3(c), the parties seek construction of various claim terms. 1 The parties appeared

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for a hearing on the matters at hand earlier today. To avoid unnecessary delay, the court proceeds
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to issue its constructions without its full reasoning and analysis:
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PATENT
NO.

CLAIM TERM/PHRASE

CONSTRUCTION

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’837

“[remote unit comprising] plural
antennas for communicating with
communicators along plural wireless
communications networks”

“two or more antennas for sending and/or
receiving wireless signals to/from
communications devices over the plural
wireless communications networks”

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“wherein a low frequency control signal
is multiplexed by said communications
interface onto said optical fiber”

“a low frequency control signal is a
signal used to convey control information
and having a lower frequency than the
analog communications signals; the

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’837

“wherein a low frequency data signal is
multiplexed by said communications
interface to a microprocessor”

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“fiberoptic transmitter receiving said
[single/combined] radio frequency
analog output and providing a
corresponding optical output”

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Plain and ordinary meaning
“fiberoptic receiver receiving an optical
input and providing an RF analog output”

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“soft limiter for substantially preventing
distortion due to an inadvertent increase
in communication power”

“device(s) and/or circuitry for reducing a
signal’s power without substantially
distorting the information conveyed by
the signal”

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“wherein a single duplex cable
interconnects each of said antennas with
said communications interface”

“wherein a single cable that allows
transmission in both directions
interconnects each of said antennas with
said communications interface”

’504

“multiple input multiple output (MIMO)
signals”

“multiple signals that have overlapping
frequency spectrums and that are
transmitted and/or received by separate
antennas with overlapping coverage areas
and that carry a different data stream”

’504

“endpoint [of a DAS network]”

“(1) antenna location [of a DAS network]
communicating with end users (“antenna
endpoint”), or (2) distribution location
[of a DAS network] where signals are
received from a radio service(s) source
and processed signals are distributed to at
least one antenna location (“distribution
endpoint”)”

’504

“frequency shifting n-1 of the MIMO
signals into signals with n-1 separate
frequencies”

“changing the frequency of n-1 of the
MIMO signals, each to a different
frequency, to create n-1 frequency shifted
signals”

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“a single coaxial cable extending for at
least part of a path from the first endpoint
to a second endpoint of the DAS
network”

“a single coaxial cable connected to an
antenna endpoint and extending for at
least part of a path to a distribution
endpoint of the DAS network, for
carrying both uplink and downlink
signals”

’504

“at the second endpoint, reconstructing
the original MIMO signals”

“at the second endpoint, constructing a
replica of the original MIMO signals”

’504

“providing a plurality n of original

“providing a number (n) of MIMO

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communications interface includes the
device(s) and/or circuitry that
multiplex(es) the low frequency control
signal with another signal to be
transmitted on the optical fiber”
“a low frequency data signal is a signal
used to convey data and having a lower
frequency than the analog
communications signals; the
communications interface includes the
device(s) and/or circuitry that
multiplex(es) the low frequency data
signal with another signal to be
transmitted to a microprocessor”
Plain and ordinary meaning

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