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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VOLTERRA SEMICONDUCTOR

CORPORATION,

Plaintiff,

v.

 PRIMARION, INC., ET AL.,

Defendants.

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Case No. C-08-05129 JCS

ORDER CONSTRUING CLAIM TERM

“FABRICATED ON A SURFACE OF THE

SUBSTRATE”

On November 12, 2008, Plaintiff Volterra Semiconductor Corporation (“Volterra”) filed a

complaint alleging infringement and contributory infringement by Defendants of the following

patents: 1) U.S. Patent No. 6,278,264 (the “‘264 patent”); 2) U.S. Patent No. 6,462,522 (the “‘522

patent”); 3) U.S. Patent No. 6,713,823 (the “‘823 patent”); 4) U.S. Patent No. 6,020,729 (the “‘729

patent”); and 5) U.S. Patent No. 6,225,795 (the “‘795 patent”). The Court construed a number of

claim terms found in the asserted claims of these patents in an Order filed February 22, 2010

[Docket No. 697] (“the Claim Construction Order”). However, it did not construe the term

“fabricated on a surface of the substrate,” found in claims 26 and 34 of the ‘264 patent and claims 22

and 24 of the ‘522 patent. Although the Court had tentatively construed that term in its November

17, 2009 preliminary injunction order (“the Preliminary Injunction Order”), it did not address the

term in its Claim Construction Order because the parties did not include it in their list of claim terms

to be construed. The parties now request that the Court construe the term. Having carefully

reviewed the briefs of the parties, the Court adopts Volterra’s proposed construction for the reasons

stated in the Preliminary Injunction Order at 29-33. Accordingly, the Court construes the term 

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“fabricated on a surface of the substrate” to mean “formed upon metal conductive layers of the

integrated circuit chip and positioned above the substrate.” 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 9, 2010

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JOSEPH C. SPERO

United States Magistrate Judge

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