Opinion
No. 3:14-cv-00141-MO
11-20-2014
RICKY D. HANGARTNER, Plaintiff, v. INTEL CORPORATION, Defendant.
OPINION AND ORDER
,
On November 17, 2014, I held a claim construction hearing in the above-entitled patent action. At issue are claim terms appearing in U.S. Patent Number 6,463,422 ("422 patent"). In this Order, I announce my constructions of the following terms. An explanatory opinion will follow.
| Claim Term | Construction |
| equalizing charge on the gates of the transistor inverter circuits | No construction |
| cause the cross-coupled pair to randomly assume one of two stable states | No construction |
| proposed solution to a computing problem | No construction |
| conjunctive normal form | "described as a series of one or more clauses, each clause made up of one or more literals (variables or their complements)" |
| one nondeterministic logic element for generating a | No construction |
| respective random boolean value for each one of the said one or more variables | |
| unstable equilibrium | "a condition where the inputs and outputs of a cross-coupled pair of inverters are in substantially the same state and are substantially unchanging and a small disturbance would produce a change away from that state" |
| while power is removed from the cross-coupled pair, thereby driving the cross-coupled pair to an unstable equilibrium, whereby ... the cross-coupled pair [] randomly assume[s] one of two stable states when power is restored to the cross-coupled pair | "the cross-coupled pair of inverters is driven to an unstable equilibrium while power is removed from the pair; when power is restored, the pair transitions from the existing unstable equilibrium state to a randomly assumed stable state" |
| common synchronization means coupled to all of the nondeterministic logic elements for synchronizing operation of the nondeterministic logic elements | "Function: synchronizing operation of the nondeterministic logic elements Corresponding structure: signal 32, and delay element 64" |
| coupled to all of the nondeterministic logic elements | "coupled to all of the multiple nondeterministic logic elements" |
IT IS SO ORDERD.
DATED this 20th day of November, 2014.
/s/ Michael W. Mosman
MICHAEL W. MOSMAN
United States District Judge