Semicaps PTE Ltd v. Hamamatsu Corporation

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 SEMICAPS PTE LTD, Case No. 17-cv-03440-DMR 8 Plaintiff, 9 y. CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ORDER 10 HAMAMATSU CORPORATION, et al., 1] Defendants. 12 Plaintiff SEMICAPS Pte Ltd. (““SEMICAPS’”) filed this patent case against Defendants 13 |} Hamamatsu Corporation, Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., and Photonics Management Corp. 14 || (collectively, “Hamamatsu”). SEMICAPS alleges that Hamamatsu infringes several claims of 15 || U.S. Patent No. 7,623,982 (the “°982 patent’), which relates to testing of electronic circuits using 16 || alaser. The parties dispute the construction of three terms. This order follows briefing, a 17 || technology tutorial, and a claim construction hearing pursuant to Markman v. Westview 18 || Jnstruments, Inc., 517 U.S. 370 (1996). 19 || I. BACKGROUND 20 A. The ‘982 Patent 71 SEMICAPS is the owner by assignment of the ‘982 patent titled, “Method of Testing an 22 || Electronic Circuit and Apparatus…