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

E.D. Tex.

MacLean-Fogg Company v. Eaton Corporation, No. 2:07-cv-00472 (E.D. Tex. Aug. 14, 2009)

Claims Construed
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Case No.
No. 2:07-cv-00472, Dkt. No. 132
Decided
August 14, 2009
Judge
John D. Love, M.J.
Document
Memorandum Opinion and Order
Docket Entry
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER - For reasons stated herein, the court adopts the construction set forth herein. For the ease of reference, the courts claim interpretations are set forth in a table attached to this opinion as Appendex A
Length
24 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.

This claim construction order sets forth the Court’s constructions for the disputed claim terms in the five pa tents asserte d by Plaintiff MacL ean-Fogg ( “MF”): 1) U .S. Patent No. 7,025,025 (“the ‘025 patent”); 2) U.S. Patent No. 7,069,891 (“the ‘891 patent”); 3) U.S. Patent No. 7,281,329 (“the ‘329 pate nt”); 4) U.S. Patent No. 7,284,520 ( “the ‘ 520 pate nt”); and 5) U.S. Patent No. 7,293,540 (“ the ‘540 pa tent”). Plaintiff has filed a n Opening Claim Cons truction Br ief (“Opening”) (Do c. No.