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, y. CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ORDER HAMAMATSU CORPORATION, et al., 1] Defendants. Plaintiff SEMICAPS Pte Ltd. (““SEMICAPS’”) filed this patent case against Defendants |} Hamamatsu Corporation, Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., and Photonics Management Corp. 14 || (collectively, “Hamamatsu”). SEMICAPS alleges that Hamamatsu infringes several claims of || U.S. Patent No. 7,623,982 (the “°982 patent’), which relates to testing of electronic circuits using || alaser. The parties dispute the construction of three terms. This order follows briefing, a || technology tutorial, and a claim construction hearing pursuant to Markman v. Westview || Jnstruments, Inc., 517 U.S. 370 (1996). 19 || I. BACKGROUND A. The ‘982 Patent SEMICAPS is the owner by assignment of the ‘982 patent titled, “Method of Testing an || Electronic Circuit and Apparatus…