Sklar v. Microsoft Corporation, No. 2:06-cv-00007 (E.D. Tex. July 16, 2007)

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This Opinion construes terms in claim 5 in U.S. Patent Nos. 6,025,843 (“the ‘843 patent”) and in claims 11 and 19 in 6,243,094 (“the ‘094 patent”) (collectively “the patents-in-suit”). Peter Sklar (“Sklar”) alleges that the Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”) infringes the patents-in-suit. On March 29, 2007, the Court conducted a claim construction hearing in this matter. BACKGROUND Sklar co-developed an improved user interface for performing computer database searches and filtering search results that resu lted in U.S. Patent No.