Patent opinions from the Eastern District of Texas and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

E.D. Tex.

Collins, et al v. Gillette Company The, No. 2:04-cv-00038 (E.D. Tex. June 22, 2005)

Claims Construed
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Case No.
No. 2:04-cv-00038, Dkt. No. 79
Decided
June 22, 2005
Judge
T. John Ward, J.
Document
Memorandum Opinion and Order
Docket Entry
MEMORANDUM OPINION and ORDER - The court adopts the pltfs' construction of "a substrate with an alloyed layer" and construes this phrase accordingly
Length
10 pages

From the Opinion

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After consideri ng the submissions and the ar guments of counsel, the court is sues the following order concerning the claim construction issues: I. Introduction In this pat ent infringement suit, P laintiffs Carl Collins and Farzi n Davanloo accuse The Gillette Company of infringing two United States patents. The plaintiffs are research scientists at the University of Texas at Dallas as well as the inventors and owners of U.S. Patent Nos. 5,411,797 (“the ‘797 patent”) and 5,478,650 (“the ‘650 patent”).