Opinion
6:22-CV-00905-ADA-DTG
04-10-2024
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC., HALLIBURTON U.S. TECHNOLOGIES, INC., AND HALLIBURTON GROUP TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Plaintiffs, v. U.S. WELL SERVICES, LLC, and PROFRAC HOLDING CORPORATION, Defendants.
SECOND CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ORDER
DEREK T. GILLILAND UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
The Court construes the terms of U.S. Patent No. RE 49,348 (the “'348 Patent”) and U.S. Patent No. RE49,456 (the “'456 Patent”) as follows:
| Disputed Term | Court's Preliminary Construction |
| “an amount of electricity sufficient to power” / “wherein the amount of electricity is sufficient to power” ('348 Patent Claims 27,49) ('456 Patent Claims 42, 47) | Not indefinite. Plain and ordinary meaning. |
| “using the amount of electricity” / “wherein the amount of electricity used” ('348 Patent Claims 27, 34, 49, 50) ('456 Patent Claims 42, 45, 48, 50) | Not indefinite. Plain and ordinary meaning. |
| “field gas” ('348 Patent Claims 27, 29, 32, 49) ('456 Patent Claims 27, 42, 45, 47, 55) | Plain and ordinary meaning. |