TYCO FIRE PRODUCTS LP v. VICTAULIC COMPANY

Filing 94

ORDER THAT THE DISPUTED CLAIM TERMS ARE DEFINED AS OUTLINED HEREIN, ETC. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT PARTIES SHALL MEET & CONFER & SUBMIT TO THE COURT A JOINTLY PROPOSED SCHEDULING ORDER BY 4/6/2012.SIGNED BY HONORABLE EDUARDO C. ROBRENO ON 3/27/12. 3/28/12 ENTERED AND COPIES E-MAILED.(kw, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
TYCO FIRE PRODUCTS, L.P.,
Plaintiff,
v.
VICTAULIC COMPANY
Defendant.

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CIVIL ACTION
NO. 10-4645

O R D E R
AND NOW, this 27th day of March, 2012, for the reasons
set forth in the Court’s accompanying memorandum dated March 27,
2012, it is ORDERED that the disputed claim terms are defined as
follows:

Terms & Patent(s)
dry
’736 Patent

Court’s Construction
A type of fire protection
wherein fluid flow lines
are filled with air or
another gas and upon
release of this air or
other gas, water enters
the fluid flow lines.

ceiling-only
’736 Patent

storage occupancy
’736 Patent

Sprinklers are only
located at the ceiling,
above the stored items or
materials. There are no
sprinklers between the
ceiling sprinklers and the
floors.
An occupancy used
primarily for the storage
or sheltering of goods,
merchandise, products,
vehicles or animals.

’736 Patent

Sprinklers that limit the
size of a fire by
distribution of water so
as to decrease the heat
release rate and pre-wet
adjacent combustibles,
while controlling ceiling
gas temperatures.

network of pipes

A configuration of pipes.

control mode
sprinklers

’736 Patent
branch lines
’736 Patent
hydraulically
remote sprinklers
’736 Patent

hydraulic design
area
’736 Patent

The pipes in which the
sprinklers are placed,
either directly or through
risers.
Sprinklers that place the
greatest water demand on a
system in order to provide
a prescribed minimum
discharge pressure or
flow.
An area, defined in
squared units of measure,
comprising a defined
number of hydraulically
remote sprinklers at
defined spacing between
each sprinkler.

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maximum fluid
delivery delay
period
’736 Patent

minimum fluid
delivery delay
period
’736 Patent

pressure decay;
decay of gas
pressure

The maximum intentionally
delayed period of time
following the activation
of the first sprinkler to
the activation of another
specified sprinkler in the
system.
The minimum intentionally
delayed period of time
following the activation
of the first sprinkler to
the activation of another
specified sprinkler in the
system.
No construction necessary.

’736 Patent
control mode
specific
application
sprinkler
’736 Patent

most hydraulically
demanding
sprinklers
’736 Patent

A type of sprinkler that
is capable of limiting the
size of a fire by
distribution of water so
as to decrease the heat
release rate and pre-wet
adjacent combustibles,
while controlling ceiling
gas temperature to avoid
structural damage and that
is functional at a minimum
operating pressure with a
specific number of
operating sprinklers for a
given protection scheme.
Sprinklers that place the
greatest water demand on a
system in order to provide
a prescribed minimum
discharge pressure or
flow.

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least hydraulically Sprinklers that place the
demanding
least water demand on a
sprinklers
system in order to provide
a prescribed minimum
’736 Patent
discharge pressure or
flow.
identifying

No construction necessary.

’736 Patent
verifying

No construction necessary.

’736 Patent
surround and drown
’736 Patent

fire suppression
protection;
suppression of a
fire

To substantially surround
a burning area with a
discharge of water to
rapidly reduce the heat
release rate.
To deliver water density
sufficient to contain or
extinguish a fire.

’201 Patent
sprinkler for
providing fire
suppression
protection in a
storage enclosure
’201 Patent

A sprinkler to deliver
water density sufficient
to contain or extinguish a
fire for protection of a
storage enclosure, not
necessarily an ESFR
sprinkler.

a generally tubular No construction necessary.
body defining a
passageway along a
longitudinal axis
’201 Patent

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the passageway
having a changing
cross-section as
the passageway
extends along the
longitudinal axis
between an inlet
opening at one end
of the body and an
outlet opening at
the other end

The passageway having a
changing cross-section as
the passageway extends
along the longitudinal
axis between an inlet
opening at one end of the
body and an outlet opening
at the other end, wherein
the changing cross-section
need not be continuously
changing.

’201 Patent
the passageway
having a minimum
diameter to define
. . . a first
diameter of the
sprinkler

No construction necessary.

’201 Patent
the plurality of
peripheral edges
defining the
maximum diameter of
the redirecting
member as a second
diameter of the
sprinkler

The outer edges of the
plurality of tines defines
the maximum diameter of
the redirecting member as
a second diameter of the
sprinkler.

’201 Patent
It is hereby further ORDERED, that the parties shall
meet and confer and submit to the Court a jointly proposed
scheduling order by April 6, 2012.

AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Eduardo C. Robreno
EDUARDO C. ROBRENO, J.
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