Intel Corporation v. Tela Innovations, Inc.

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 INTEL CORPORATION, Case No. 3:18-cv-02848-WHO

8 Plaintiff,

CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ORDER

v. 9 Re: Dkt. No. 163 10 TELA INNOVATIONS, INC., Defendant. 11

12 13 Before me are six patents from the same patent family, all assigned to declaratory 14 judgment defendant Tela Innovations, Inc., and all asserted against plaintiff Intel Corporation. 15 The patented technology aims to improve the design and manufacturability of integrated circuits 16 by ameliorating difficulties associated with the lithographic gap, or the size difference between 17 ever-shrinking semiconductor features and the wavelength of light used to fabricate them. The 18 parties have asked me to construe seven terms from the asserted claims. My constructions are 19 below. 20 BACKGROUND 21 Between November 4, 2008 and January 22, 2019, the United States Patent and Trademark 22 Office (“PTO”) issued United States Patent Nos. 7,446,352 (“the ’352 Patent”), 7,943,966 (“the 23 ’966 Patent”), 7,948,012 (“the ’012…