UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ELY HOLDINGS LIMITED, et al., Case No. 18-cv-06721-JCS
Plaintiffs,
CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ORDER
v. 9 Re: Dkt. Nos. 85, 92 O’KEEFFE’S, INC., Defendant.
I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs Ely Holdings Limited and Greenlite Glass Systems Inc. brought this action alleging that Defendant O’Keeffe’s, Inc. d/b/a SaftiFirst (“Safti”) infringed U.S. Patent No. 7,694,475 (the “’475 patent”), which relates to configurations of structural glass and fire-rated glass in architectural flooring. The parties ask the Court to construe nine disputed terms in the claims of the ’475 patent. The Court held a tutorial and hearing on December 19, 2019, and resolves the parties’ disputes as discussed below.1 The parties shall file supplemental materials no later than January 2, 2020 addressing the nature of certain products cited in the ’475 patent. II. BACKGROUND To summarize at a broad level, the ’475 patent describes a glass flooring system in which a layer of structural glass is above a…