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

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Case No. 5:14-cv-03750-PSG 

CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ORDER

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION

CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS 

WIRELESS, LTD.,

 Plaintiff,

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SOLID INC., et al., 

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Case No. 5:14-cv-03750-PSG

CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ORDER

Plaintiff Corning Optical Communications Wireless, Ltd. claims Defendants SOLid Inc. 

and Reach Holdings LLC infringe United States Patent Nos. 5,969,837 and 7,438,504. Consistent 

with Pat. L.R. 4-3(c), the parties seek construction of various claim terms.

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 The parties appeared 

for a hearing on the matters at hand earlier today. To avoid unnecessary delay, the court proceeds 

to issue its constructions without its full reasoning and analysis: 

PATENT 

NO.

CLAIM TERM/PHRASE CONSTRUCTION

’837 “[remote unit comprising] plural 

antennas for communicating with 

communicators along plural wireless 

communications networks” 

“two or more antennas for sending and/or 

receiving wireless signals to/from communications devices over the plural 

wireless communications networks” 

’837 “wherein a low frequency control signal is multiplexed by said communications

interface onto said optical fiber” 

“a low frequency control signal is a 

signal used to convey control information 

and having a lower frequency than the analog communications signals; the 

 

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communications interface includes the 

device(s) and/or circuitry that multiplex(es) the low frequency control signal with another signal to be

transmitted on the optical fiber” 

’837 “wherein a low frequency data signal is multiplexed by said communications 

interface to a microprocessor” 

“a low frequency data signal is a signal 

used to convey data and having a lower 

frequency than the analog 

communications signals; the

communications interface includes the 

device(s) and/or circuitry that 

multiplex(es) the low frequency data 

signal with another signal to be

transmitted to a microprocessor”

’837 “fiberoptic transmitter receiving said [single/combined] radio frequency 

analog output and providing a 

corresponding optical output” 

Plain and ordinary meaning 

’837 “fiberoptic receiver receiving an optical 

input and providing an RF analog output” Plain and ordinary meaning 

’837 “soft limiter for substantially preventing 

distortion due to an inadvertent increase 

in communication power” 

“device(s) and/or circuitry for reducing a 

signal’s power without substantially distorting the information conveyed by the signal” 

’837 “wherein a single duplex cable 

interconnects each of said antennas with 

said communications interface”

“wherein a single cable that allows 

transmission in both directions 

interconnects each of said antennas with 

said communications interface”

’504 “multiple input multiple output (MIMO) signals” “multiple signals that have overlapping 

frequency spectrums and that are transmitted and/or received by separate antennas with overlapping coverage areas

and that carry a different data stream”

’504 “endpoint [of a DAS network]” “(1) antenna location [of a DAS network] 

communicating with end users (“antenna 

endpoint”), or (2) distribution location 

[of a DAS network] where signals are received from a radio service(s) source and processed signals are distributed to at 

least one antenna location (“distribution endpoint”)” 

’504 “frequency shifting n-1 of the MIMO 

signals into signals with n-1 separate frequencies” 

“changing the frequency of n-1 of the 

MIMO signals, each to a different frequency, to create n-1 frequency shifted signals” 

’504 “a single coaxial cable extending for at 

least part of a path from the first endpoint to a second endpoint of the DAS 

network” 

“a single coaxial cable connected to an 

antenna endpoint and extending for at 

least part of a path to a distribution 

endpoint of the DAS network, for 

carrying both uplink and downlink 

signals” 

’504 “at the second endpoint, reconstructing 

the original MIMO signals” “at the second endpoint, constructing a replica of the original MIMO signals” 

’504 “providing a plurality n of original “providing a number (n) of MIMO 

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