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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:145 Patent Infringement

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OKI AMERICA, INC. et al.,

Plaintiffs,

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 ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.,

Defendant.

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No. C 04-03171 CRB

ORDER RE: MARKMAN HEARING

The Court has reviewed the parties’ Markman briefs in anticipation of the hearing

scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 2, 2006. The parties are directed to respond

to the following questions at the hearing. Although the questions are directed to a particular

party, the opposing party will also have an opportunity to respond.

‘678 Patent: Claim 5: “whereby the meniscus . . . onto said substrate surface”

1. AMD: In order for the meniscus to form, how close must the nozzle be to the

spinning surface of the substrate? Could a meniscus form between the nozzle and the

spinning surface of the substrate regardless of the distance between the two?

‘672 Patent: Claim 55: “multiplexing . . . second bus”

2. Oki: The patent at column 30, lines 14-15, states that “[i]ncoming data is

multiplexed, via MUX 803 into the 64 word queue, 804, for the channel.” Does the

multiplexing to which this statement refers require interleaving? How does your answer

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impact your contention that the word multiplexing, as used in Claim 55, requires

interleaving?

3. AMD: If the address signals and the data signals are not interleaved, what

process in the invention would constitute multiplexing?

4. Both parties: Respond to the following proposed construction of “multiplexing

address signals being transferred to said second bus by said access means and said

controller means, together with data signals being transferred to said second bus.” “Said

access means and said controller means are transferring address and data signals to the

second bus. In this step, those address and data signals are combined for transmission over

the second bus.”

The Markman hearing will be limited to the above terms.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 31, 2006

 

CHARLES R. BREYER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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