NCR Corp. v. Documotion Research, Inc., C.A. No. 14-395 – GMS, November 3, 2015.
Sleet, J. Claim construction opinion issues regarding twenty-five terms from four patents.
The disputed technology relates to cutting adhesive patches. The following terms were considered:
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“single column”
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“single column… in a minor area of back surface”
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“with the remaining major area of said back surface being devoid of adhesive”
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“adhesive-free major area”
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“devoid of adhesive”
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“said labels extend transversely across said web in cantilever from said adhesive column to permit hand grasping of said adhesive-free major area”
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“reducing surface area along said feedpath”
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“an identically repeating series of differently sized adhesive patches…aligned in a column along said web”
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“and differently sized adhesive zones therebetween aligned in a column along said web”
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“said adhesive patches vary in width between leading and trailing edges thereof along said running axis”
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“index marks”
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“adhesive layer is variably patterned”
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“to include areas with adhesive and areas without adhesive to vary locations of contact between the adhesive layer and a cutting mechanism making variably located lateral cuts across width of the substrate”
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“variably located lateral cuts”
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“the areas without adhesive comprise adhesive free lanes arranged vertically and/or horizontally within the adhesive layer”
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“elongated diamond shapes”
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“repeat length”
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“a label configured to be custom cut from the roll of media by a thermal at custom lengths”
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“the front portion displaying information for a transaction”
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“pattern for adhesive material” and “adhesive pattern”
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“repeat distance”
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“providing the pattern and repeat distance to a printing press or a coater”
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“providing the pattern and repeat distance to a printing press or a coater, wherein the printing press or the coater (i) coats a first side of a web of media with thermally sensitive inks”
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“to assist in reducing any buildup of adhesive material on a cutting mechanism when the cutting mechanism subsequently cuts laterally across the media web”
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“is of a shape which assists in evenly distributing any buildup of adhesive material on a surface of a printer”