Grecia v. Samsung Electronics America, No. 19-1019 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 20, 2019)

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William Grecia asserted claims 21, 22, 24, 25, and 27– 30 of U.S. Patent No. 8,533,860 (’860 patent) in a patent infringement suit against Samsung Electronics America, Inc. in Grecia v. Samsung E lectronics America, Inc. , No. 16–cv–9691 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 7, 2018). At claim construc- tion, the district court concluded that claim 21 invokes 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 6 and is indefinite under § 112, ¶ 2.1 Be- cause claims 22, 24, 25, and 27 –30 depend from claim 21, the district court ruled that those claims were likewise in- definite.