Effective Exploration, LLC v. Bluestone Natural Resources II, LLC, No. 2:16-cv-00607 (E.D. Tex. July 27, 2017)

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ON CLAIM CONSTRUCTION On June 9, 2017, the Court held a hearing to determine the proper construction of the dis- puted claim terms in United States Patent No. 8,813,840 (“the ’840 Patent”). The Court has con- sidered the arguments made by the parties at the hearing and in their cl aim construction briefs. Dkt. Nos. 67, 70, & 72.1 The Court has also considered the intrinsic evidence and made subsidiary factual findings about the extrinsic evidence. See Phillips v. AWH Corp. , 415 F.3d 1303, 1314 (Fed. Cir. 2005); Teva Pharm. USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc.