Atmel Corp. v. Information Storage Devices, Inc.

ORDER CONSTRUING ’750, ’776, AND ’811 PATENTS; DENYING CROSS-MOTIONS TO STRIKE; AND DENYING IN PART AND SETTING BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT OF INDEFINITENESS

FERN M. SMITH, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Pending before the Court is the parties’ dispute about the proper construction of three patents that relate to the production and design of computer memory chips, called EEPROMs, that are programmable, electrically erasable, and non-volatile. These chips are useful in applications, such as programmable car radios, in which it is advantageous to enable the device to…