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TABLE OF CONTENTS INITIAL DETERMINATION ON VIOLATION OF SECTION 337 AND RECOMMENDED DETERMINATION ON REMEDY AND BOND .................................................................................... v I. BACKGROUND .............................................................................................................................. 1 A. Institution and Procedural History of this Investigation .......................................................... 1 B. The Parties ............................................................................................................................... 4 1. Complainants 02 Micro International Ltd. and 02 Micro Inc ...................................... 4 2. Respondent Monolithic Power Systems Inc .................................................................. 5 3. Respondent Microsemi Corporation ............................................................................. 5 4. Respondents ASUSTeK Computer Inc. and ASUS Computer InternationaL ............. 5 5. Respondents LG Electronics and LG Electronics U.S.A. ............................................. 6 6. Respondents LG Display Co., Ltd. and LG Display America, Inc ............................... 6 7. Respondents BenQ Corporation and BenQ America Corp ........................................... 6 C. Overview of the Technology ................................................................................................... 6 D. The Patent at Issue ................................................................................................................... 7 E. The Products at Issue ............................................................................................................. 12 II. mRlSDICTION AND IMPORTATION ....................................................................................... 13 III. CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ............................................................................................................ 15 A. Applicable Law ...................................................................................................................... 15 B. Level of Skill in the Art ......................................................................................................... 18 C. The Disputed Claim Terms of the '382 Patent and Their Proper Construction ..................... 18 1. Claim 1, Portion of Element 'f', and Claim 8, Portion of Element 'h'-"a timer circuit . .. for providing a time-out sequence of a predetermined duration" ........................ 18 2. Claim 1, Portion of Element 'f', and Claim 8, Portion of Element 'h' -"when saidfirst voltage signal exceeds a predetermined threshold for said predetermined duration" .......... 22 3. Claim 1, Portion of Element 'g' and Claim 8, Portion of Element 'i' -"shutting down said first switch and said second switch after said predetermined duration" ....................... 23 4. Claim 1, Portion of Element 'd' and Claim 8, Portion of Element 'f' -"electrically coupled' ................................................................................................................................. 26 IV. INFRINGEMENT DETERMINATION ........................................................................................ 26 A. Applicable Law ...................................................................................................................... 26 1. Direct Infringement. .................................................................................................... 26 2. Indirect Infringement .................................................................................................. 27 Induced Infringement. ................................................................................................. 27 Contributory Infringement. ......................................................................................... 27 B. Analysis of the Accused MPS Products with Respect to the '382 patent... ........................... 28 1. Claim 1 ........................................................................................................................ 41 2. Claim 2 ........................................................................................................................ 42 3. Claim 4 ........................................................................................................................ 43 4. Claim 7 ........................................................................................................................ 44 5. Claim 8 ........................................................................................................................ 45 6. Claim 9 ........................................................................................................................ 46 7. Claim 11 ...................................................................................................................... 47 8. Claim 14 ...................................................................................................................... 48 9. Conclusion .................................................................................................................. 49 C. Analysis of the Accused ASUS Products with Respect to the '382 patent. .......................... 50 1. Claim 1 ........................................................................................................................ 53 ASUS EeeTop Unit. .................................................................................................... 53 ASUS VHI96T Monitor ............................................................................................. 53 ASUS LS221 Monitor ................................................................................................. 53
ASUS F5RL Notebook ............................................................................................... 54 Other ASUS products identified in CX-403C. ............................................................ 54 2. Claim 2 ........................................................................................................................ 55 ASUS EeeTop Unit. .................................................................................................... 55 ASUS VH196T Monitor ............................................................................................. 55 ASUS LS221 Monitor ................................................................................................. 55 ASUS F5RL Notebook ............................................................................................... 56 Other ASUS products identified in CX-403C. ............................................................ 56 3. Claim 4 ........................................................................................................................ 56 ASUS EeeTop Unit. .................................................................................................... 56 ASUS VH196T Monitor ............................................................................................. 57 ASUS LS221 Monitor. ................................................................................................ 57 ASUS F5RL Notebook ............................................................................................... 58 Other ASUS products identified in CX-403C ............................................................. 58 4. Claim 7 ........................................................................................................................ 58 ASUS EeeTop Unit. .................................................................................................... 58 ASUS VH196T Monitor ............................................................................................. 58 ASUS LS221 Monitor ................................................................................................. 58 ASUS F5RL Notebook ............................................................................................... 59 Other ASUS products identified in CX-403C. ............................................................ 59 5. Claim 8 ........................................................................................................................ 59 ASUS EeeTop Unit. .................................................................................................... 59 ASUS VH196T Monitor ............................................................................................. 60 ASUS LS221 Monitor ................................................................................................. 60 ASUS F5RL Notebook ............................................................................................... 61 Other ASUS products identified in CX-403C. ............................................................ 61 6. Claim 9 ........................................................................................................................ 61 ASUS EeeTop Unit. .................................................................................................... 62 ASUS VH196T Monitor ............................................................................................. 62 ASUS LS221 Monitor ................................................................................................. 62 ASUS F5RL Notebook ............................................................................................... 62 Other ASUS products identified in CX-403C. ............................................................ 63 7. Claim 11 ...................................................................................................................... 63 ASUS EeeTop Unit. .................................................................................................... 63 ASUS VHI96T Monitor ............................................................................................. 63 ASUS LS221 Monitor ................................................................................................. 64 ASUS F5RL Notebook ............................................................................................... 64 Other ASUS products identified in CX-403C. ............................................................ 64 8. Claim 14 ...................................................................................................................... 65 ASUS EeeTop Unit. .................................................................................................... 65 ASUS VHI96T Monitor ............................................................................................. 65 ASUS LS22I Monitor. ................................................................................................ 65 ASUS F5RL Notebook ............................................................................................... 65 Other ASUS products identified in CX-403C. ............................................................ 65 9. Conclusion .................................................................................................................. 66 D. Analysis of the Accused Microsemi Products with Respect to the '382 patent. ................... 66 1. Claim 1 ........................................................................................................................ 69 LXI69I Family ........................................................................................................... 70 LXI692 Family ........................................................................................................... 78 LX1693 Family ........................................................................................................... 83 LX 1691 Modules ........................................................................................................ 89
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APPENDIX A ACCUSED ASUS PRODUCTS
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