Nanology Alpha LLC v. WITec Wissenschaftliche Instrumente und Technologie GmbH, No. 6:16-cv-00445 (E.D. Tex. Nov. 30, 2017)

From the Opinion

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On September 13, 2017, the Court held a hearing to determine the proper construction of the disputed claim terms in United States Patent No. 5,756,997 (“the ’997 Patent”). The Court has considered the arguments made by the parties at the hearing and in their claim construction briefs. Docket Nos. 40 , 44, & 4 9.1 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. , 135 S. Ct.