Case 1:11-cv-00426-RGA Document 82 Filed 11/28/12 Page 1 of 3 PageID #: 1266

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE

TASER INTERNATIONAL, INC., Plaintiff,

v.

C.A. 11-426-RGA

KARBON ARMS, LLC,

Defendant.

CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ORDER

Plaintiff Taser International, Inc. asserts four patents against Defendant Karbon Arms, LLC. These are U.S. Patent No. 6,999,295 ('"295 Patent"), U.S. Patent No. 7,782,592 ('"592 Patent"), U.S. Patent No. 7,602,597 ("'597 Patent"), and U.S. Patent No. 7,800,885 ('"885 Patent"). All of these patents relate to the technology of electronic control devices, also known as tasers or stun-guns. The parties dispute the construction of certain terms within each of these patents. In construing these terms, the Court chiefly relied on the intrinsic evidence, beginning with the claims as the most important source of construction. The Court also looked to the specifications for guidance as to the scope of these claims, while being careful to avoid importing limitations from the embodiments. The Court construes the terms at issue as follows:

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I. The '295 Patent Term "a dual operating mode" "a first mode" "a second mode" "power supply" Court's construction capable of two distinct modes of circuit operation a first mode of circuit operation a second mode of circuit operation circuitry that provides electricity

II. The '592 Patent Term "a first mode" "a second mode" "power supply" "sourcing, for a first period, electricity" "reducing an output voltage magnitude capability of the source" "after reducing" "sourcing electricity for a second period longer than the first period" Court's construction a first mode of circuit operation a second mode of circuit operation circuitry that provides electricity plain and ordinary meaning reducing the source's capability to provide an output voltage so that the maximum output voltage the source is capable of providing after reducing is less than the former maximum output voltage the source was capable of providing plain and ordinary meaning plain and ordinary meaning

III. The '597 Patent Term "a stimulus signal" "series of pulses" "a particular pulse of the series" "determining" "stage" Court's construction electricity known to cause a response in the target plain and ordinary meaning plain and ordinary meaning plain and ordinary meaning a time period

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IV. The '885 Patent

Term "after ionization of air in the circuit" "generating a first compliance signal of the current" "a first maximum amplitude" "generating a second compliance signal of the current" "being less than" "a second maximum amplitude" "a respective effective duration" "tailoring a compliance signal group" "differ" "a sequence [of compliance signals]" "a series of compliance signal groups"

Court's Construction plain and ordinary meaning a first outputting of electricity intended for pain compliance or interference with muscle control plain and ordinary meaning a second outputting of electricity intended for pain compliance or interference with muscle control plain and ordinary meaning plain and ordinary meaning plain and ordinary meaning Decision reserved pending further briefing plain and ordinary meaning a series in time [of compliance signals] plain and ordinary meaning

IT IS SO ORDERED.

NovemberZK._, 2012

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