Judge Andrews construes claims of patents relating to elevator modernizing technology

Judge Richard G. Andrews recently issued a claim construction opinion construing plaintiff Inventio AG’s patents-in-suit, U.S. Patent No. 6,892,861 and U.S. Patent No. 6,935,465, relating to “elevator modernizing technology.” Inventio AG v. ThyssenKrupp Elevator Americas Corp., C.A. No. 08-874-RGA (D. Del. Mar. 6, 2013). This case is on remand from the Federal Circuit after the Federal Circuit reversed the Court’s previous claim construction opinion finding the claims indefinite. Id. at 1. Judge Andrews construed the terms “computing unit” and “modernizing device.”

Inventio AG v. ThyssenKrupp Elevator Americas Corp., C.A. No. 08-874-RGA (D. Del. Mar. 6, 2013) by