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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

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CARL ZEISS VISION INTERNATIONAL

GMBH and CARL ZEISS VISION INC.,

Plaintiffs,

CASE NO. 07cv0894 DMS (POR)

AMENDED ORDER

CONSTRUING PATENT CLAIMS

vs.

SIGNET ARMORLITE, INC.,

Defendant. ____________________________________

AND ALL RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS.

After reviewing the parties’ recently filed motions, the parties’ supplemental briefs, and the

evidence on file herein, the Court has determined that it is appropriate to reconsider its construction

of the phrase “a few different radii,” as found in Claim 6 of the ‘713 Patent. During the claim

construction proceedings, it appeared the parties agreed that the phrase should be construed as “about

ten different radii.” The Court found support for that construction in the intrinsic evidence, and thus,

adopted that construction as its own. 

Upon reconsideration, the Court finds it would be erroneous to limit the phrase to “about ten

different radii.” Although there are several references to “about 10 different radii” throughout the

patent, none of those reference, either alone or in combination, are sufficient to impose that numerical

limitation on the claim. Rather, the Court finds that one of ordinary skill in the art, after reading the

claims and consulting the intrinsic evidence, would construe the phrase “a few different radii”

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according to its plain and ordinary meaning. The Court hereby amends its June 2, 2008 Order

Construing Patent Claim to include this new construction.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: March 29, 2010

HON. DANA M. SABRAW

United States District Judge

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