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

E.D. Tex.

Fiber Systems International, Inc. v. Applied Optical Systems, Inc., No. 2:06-cv-00473 (E.D. Tex. July 21, 2009)

Claims Construed
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Case No.
No. 2:06-cv-00473, Dkt. No. 253
Decided
July 21, 2009
Judge
Charles Everingham IV, M.J.
Document
Memorandum Opinion and Order
Docket Entry
MEMORANDUM OPINION and ORDER - This opinion resolves the parties various claim construction disputes. The court will address briefly the technology at issue in the case and then turn to the merits of the claim construction issues as set for…
Length
13 pages

From the Opinion

The passage below is extracted verbatim from the opening of the document. It has not been editorially summarized — consult the full opinion for the court's complete reasoning.

I. Introduction The plaintiff, Fiber Systems International, Inc. (“FSI”), filed its complaint against defendant, Applied Optical Systems, Inc. (“ AOSI”), on November 14, 2006. FSI asserts that AOSI infringes claims 1-6, 24-26, and 31-35 of U.S. Patent No. 6,305,849 (“the ‘849 patent”). 1 Claims 1 and 31 of the ‘849 pate nt are independent claims. Cl aims 2-6 and 24-26 depend from claim 1; claims 32-35 depend from claim 31. This opinion resolv es the parties’ various claim construction disputes.