Semicaps PTE Ltd v. Hamamatsu Corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SEMICAPS PTE LTD, Case No. 17-cv-03440-DMR

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT'S v. MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A

MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION

HAMAMATSU CORPORATION, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 66 Defendants.

Plaintiff SEMICAPS Pte Ltd. (“SEMICAPS”) filed this patent case against Defendants Hamamatsu Corporation, Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., and Photonics Management Corp. (collectively, “Hamamatsu”), alleging that Hamamatsu infringes the claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,623,982 (the “‘982 patent”). Hamamatsu moved to dismiss the complaint, arguing that the asserted claims are directed to patent-ineligible subject matter. On August 16, 2019, the court denied Hamamatsu’s motion to dismiss the complaint. Hamamatsu now moves for leave to file a motion for reconsideration of the court’s August 16, 2019 order. For the following reasons, the motion is denied. I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND The ‘982 patent is titled “Method of…