Claims are construed in communications patent
CIF Licensing, LLC, d/b/a/ GE Licensing v. Agere Systems, Inc. C.A. No. 07-170-JJF, July 10, 2008.
Farnan, J. The court construes a total of 14 claim terms from two patents
The patents-in-suit relate to technology used to optimize the rate at which data can be transmitted across communications channels. A Markman hearing was held on June 11, 2008 and this opinion issued one month later. The Court agrees with defendant that the preambles to certain claims are limiting. It does not, however, adopt defendant’s proposed constructions and agrees with plaintiff that the disputed claims are limited to purely hardware embodiments. The term “selector” is given its plain meaning and the claim is not invalid for indefiniteness or lack of enablement. Extrinsic evidence was not addressed in this opinion.
A full copy of the opinion is available here.
