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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:271 Patent Infringement

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ORDER REGARDING U.S. PATENT NO. 4,738,565—No. C-05-01709 RMW

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

E-FILED on 5/24/07

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

ADVANTICA, INC., a Delaware corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

GOLD WING ENGINEERING, ERIK

GUTIERREZ, JOEL GUTIERREZ,

SALVADOR GUTIERREZ, and JSJ

PIPELINE COMPANY,

Defendants.

No. C-05-01709 RMW

CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ORDER

REGARDING U.S. PATENT NO. 4,738,565

[Re Docket Nos. 53, 59, 60, 61]

Advantica, Inc. sued defendants for infringement of U.S. Patent Number 4,738,565 ("the '565

patent"), which claims a method for replacing existing underground pipes. The parties sought claim

construction of fourteen terms or phrases in the '565 patent. Advantica filed its Claim Construction

Opening Brief on March 12, 2007. On March 28, 2007, defendants filed a Statement of

Nonopposition to Plaintiff’s Claim Construction Brief stating they did not oppose the construction of

the claim terms set out in the Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Statement and asking that the

claim construction hearing scheduled for May 16, 2007, at 2:00 PM be cancelled. Advantica filed a

reply on April 3, 2007, agreeing there was no need for a claim construction hearing. 

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CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ORDER REGARDING U.S. PATENT NO. 4,738,565—No. C-05-01709 RMW

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ORDER

1. Pursuant to the agreement of the parties, the court adopts the following claim construction as

detailed in this order.

CLAIM LANGUAGE CONSTRUCTION

"mole" a part of the device which engages the inside of

the existing pipe

"fracturing surface" a surface which fractures the existing pipe

"fracturing engagement" an engagement with the existing pipe which

fractures same

"tubular assembly" the tubular assembly forming the replacement

pipe

"forcing the mole" exerting a force on the mole for movement

through the existing main

"irregular fragments" the fragments of the existing main after they are

broken

"at least a portion of the outward spreading of

the fragments occurring under the action of the

fracturing surface essentially concurrently with

the fracturing of the existing main into such

fragments"

since the element which breaks the existing

pipe is larger than the internal diameter of the

existing pipe, as the existing pipe is broken, the

fragments must move outwardly and this occurs

under the action of the fracturing surface

essentially concurrently with the act of

fracturing the existing main into fragments

"generally conically tapering configuration" the tool may have a generally conical tapering

configuration

"in substantially axial registry" the tool which fractures the existing main is

placed in axial registry, meaning in axial

alignment, with the center line of the existing

main to be replaced

"intense local pressure" the force exerted by the fracturing tool on the

existing main to cause it to crack and fracture

"in axial registry" the respective elements, for example the

fracturing apparatus and the replacement

apparatus, are placed in axial alignment with

the center line of the existing main to be

replaced

"a pipe fracturing portion of generally frustoconical configuration"the pipe fracturing tool may be of generally

frusto-conical configuration

"endwise" endwise, rather than sideways

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CLAIM LANGUAGE CONSTRUCTION

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"spreading the fragments outwardly generally

about the axis of the tool"

the tool which breaks the existing main, being

circular, such as generally frusto-conical, will

spread the fragments outwardly in all directions

about the axis of the tool

2. As the parties have agreed that no hearing is necessary, the scheduled claim construction

hearing is hereby cancelled.

DATED: 5/21/07

RONALD M. WHYTE

United States District Judge

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CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ORDER REGARDING U.S. PATENT NO. 4,738,565—No. C-05-01709 RMW

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Notice of this document has been electronically sent to:

Counsel for Plaintiffs:

Marvin Petry mpetry@stites.com

Kenneth B. Grossfeld hgsac@aol.com 

Brian M. Englund benglund@hgla.com

Counsel for Defendants:

Shannon N. Cogan shannon.cogan@berliner.com

Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this document to co-counsel that have not

registered for e-filing under the court's CM/ECF program.

Dated: 5/24/07 /s/ MAG

Chambers of Judge Whyte

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