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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

WACO DIVISION

NEONODE SMARTPHONE LLC,

 Plaintiff,

v. 

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.

and SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS

AMERICA, INC.,

 Defendants. 

Civil Case No. 6:20-cv-00507-ADA

JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION STATEMENT

Pursuant to the Standing Order Governing Proceedings (OGP) 4.3—Patent Cases and in 

advance of the Markman hearing on July 7, 2023, Plaintiff Neonode Smartphone LLC and 

Defendants Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America, Inc., hereby submit 

this Joint Claim Construction Statement regarding claim terms used in U.S. Patent No. 8,095,879. 

DISPUTED CLAIM CONSTRUCTIONS

Claim Term Plaintiff’s Proposed 

Construction

Defendants’ 

Proposed 

Construction

Term Proposed 

By

“the representation 

consists of only one 

option for activating 

the function” (claim 1)

Plain meaning Indefinite Both parties 

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“gliding” (claims 1, 12) / 

“the object gliding 

along the touch 

sensitive area” 

(claim 1) / “gliding the 

object along the touch 

sensitive area” (claim 

12) 

Plain meaning, not 

including a drag and 

drop operation 

“gliding”: Indefinite

Remainder of claim 

term: No 

construction 

necessary; plain and 

ordinary meaning 

Proposed by 

Samsung: 

“gliding” 

Proposed by 

Neonode: “the 

object gliding 

along the touch 

sensitive area,” 

“gliding the 

object along the 

touch sensitive 

area”

AGREED CLAIM CONSTRUCTIONS

Claim Term Agreed Construction Term Proposed By

The preamble of claim 1 Preamble is limiting as to the 

entirety of the preamble 

Neonode

“tapping” / “selection of a 

preferred service or setting 

is done by tapping” (claim 3)

No construction necessary; 

plain and ordinary meaning 

Neonode

“a shell upon an operating 

system” (claim 15)

No construction necessary; 

plain and ordinary meaning 

Neonode

Dated: June 27, 2023 Respectfully submitted,

By: /s/ Brian D. Melton

Brian D. Melton, Attorney-in-charge 

(TX Bar #24010620) 

Kalpana Srinivasan (CA Bar # 237460) 

Rocco Magni (TX Bar # 24092745) 

Bryce T. Barcelo (TX Bar # 24092081) 

W. Jeffrey Melsheimer (TX Bar # 24126417) 

SUSMAN GODFREY L.L.P.

1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 5100 

Houston, Texas 77002-5096 

Telephone: (713) 653-7807 

Facsimile: (713) 654-6666 

bmelton@susmangodfrey.com 

ksrinivasan@susmangodfrey.com 

rmagni@susmangodfrey.com 

bbarcelo@susmangodfrey.com

By: /s/ John M. Guaragna

John M. Guaragna 

Texas Bar No 24043308 

Brian Erickson 

Texas Bar No 24012594 

DLA PIPER LLP (US)

303 Colorado Street, Suite 3000 

Austin, TX 78701-4653 

Tel: 512.457.7125 

Fax: 512.457.7001 

john.guaragna@dlapiper.com 

Mark D. Fowler (Pro hac vice)

Bar No. 124235 

mark.fowler@dlapiper.com 

Erik Fuehrer (Pro hac vice)

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jmelsheimer@susmangodfrey.com

Philip J. Graves (Pro Hac Vice)

CA State Bar No. 153441 

Greer N. Shaw (Pro Hac Vice)

CA State Bar No. 197960 

GRAVES & SHAW LLP

355 S. Grand Ave., Suite 2450 

Los Angeles, CA 90071 

Telephone: (213) 204-5101 

Email: pgraves@gravesshaw.com

Email: gshaw@gravesshaw.com 

Craig D. Cherry (TX Bar No. 24012419) 

ccherry@cjsjlaw.com 

Mark D. Siegmund (TX Bar No. 24117055) 

msiegmund@ cjsjlaw.com 

CHERRY JOHNSON SIEGMUND 

JAMES, PLLC

400 Austin Ave., 9th Floor 

Waco, Texas 76701 

Telephone: (254) 732-2242 

Facsimile: (866) 627-3509 

COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF 

Bar No. 252578

Erik.fuehrer@dlapiper.com 

DLA PIPER LLP (US)

2000 University Avenue 

East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2214 

Tel: 650.833.2000 

Fax: 650.833.2001 

Tiffany Miller (Pro hac vice)

Tiffany.miller@dlapiper.com 

DLA PIPER LLP (US)

4365 Executive Drive, Suite 1100 

San Diego, CA 92121-2133 

Tel: 858.677.1400 

Fax: 858.677.1401 

Zachary Loney (Pro hac vice)

DLA Piper LLP (US)

303 Colorado St., Suite 3000 

Austin, TX 78701 

Tel: 512.457.7000 

Zachary.loney@us.dlapiper.com 

Benjamin Mueller (Pro hac vice)

Benjamin.mueller@dlapiper.com 

DLA PIPER LLP (US)

444 West Lake Street, Suite 900 

Chicago, IL 60606-0089 

Tel: 312.368.4000 

Fax: 312.236.7516 

COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned certifies that on June 27, 2023, the foregoing document was electronically 

filed with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system and all counsel of record will receive an 

electronic copy via the Court’s CM/ECF system. 

/s/ Brian D. Melton 

Brian D. Melton 

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