Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha v. Rorze Corporation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI Case No. 22-cv-04947-PCP
KAISHA,
8 Plaintiff, CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ORDER 9 v. 10 RORZE CORPORATION, et al., 11 Defendants.
12 This is a patent case involving robots used in semiconductor manufacturing. The patented invention aims to prevent robots that transfer semiconductor wafers between different pieces of manufacturing equipment from colliding with the doors of the specialized pods that transport the wafers. Plaintiff Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Kawasaki Heavy Industries) claims that defendants Rorze Corporation and Rorze Automation, Inc. infringe several of its patents. Kawasaki’s asserted patents are U.S. Reissue Patent Nos. RE45,772; RE46,465; RE47,145; RE47,909; and RE48,031. The asserted patents are reissues of U.S. Patent No. 7,874,782, which was issued on January 25, 2011. The asserted patents were reissued between 2015 and 2020. Kawasaki and Rorze dispute the construction of ten terms in these patents, which share a specification. After…