Cyntec Company, Ltd. v. Chilisin Electronics Corp.

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CYNTEC COMPANY, LTD.,

Case No. 18-cv-0939-PJH Plaintiff, 6 v. ORDER RE PROPOSED JURY INSTRUCTION REGARDING "BY CHILISIN ELECTRONICS CORP., et MEANS OF" LIMITATION al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 186, 187, 189, 191 Defendants.

11 At the May 20, 2021 case management conference in the above-captioned case, Chilisin argued that there was “an open issue on the proper construction” of the “by means of” claim limitation and requested that the court reopen claim construction and conduct additional claim construction proceedings. Dkt. 181 at 1; Dkt. 188 at 10. Cyntec argued that there was no open issue because the court already determined during claim construction that the term should be given its plain and ordinary meaning, and that Chilisin was simply seeking another “bite at the apple.” Dkt. 188 at 17. The court directly rejected Chilisin’s request to conduct additional claim construction proceedings. The…