Arterbury et al v. Odessa Separator, Inc., No. 5:16-cv-00183 (E.D. Tex. Aug. 23, 2018)

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ON CLAIM CONSTRUCTION On August 7, 2018, the Court held a hearing to determine the proper construction of the disputed claim terms in United States Patent No . 5,810,081 (“the ’081 Patent”). The Court has considered the arguments made by the parties at the hearing and in their claim construction briefs. Dkt. Nos. 32, 34, & 35.1 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.