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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE MCKESSON AUTOMATION, INC., Plaintiff, v. SWISSLOG ITALIA S.P.A. and TRANSLOGIC CORPORATION, Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

C.A. No. 06-028 (SLR/LPS)

FIRST REVISED JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION STATEMENT Pursuant to Magistrate Judge Stark's Order in this case, dated June 5, 2008, Plaintiff and Defendants submit the following list of agreed upon and disputed claim terms or phrases appearing in the asserted claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 5,468,110 ("the `110 patent), and the 5,593,267 ("the `267 patent"). The parties agree that all claim terms not identified herein are not in dispute and, therefore, do not require construction. By proposing constructions for claim terms, agreeing with Plaintiff on constructions of claim terms, and/or accepting constructions of claim terms proposed by Plaintiff, Defendants do not waive and reserve all rights with respect to any invalidity contention outlined in Defendants' Fourth Revised Prior Art and Invalidity Statement, except that Defendants agree not to base any invalidity contention under 35 U.S.C. section 112 on the language of a construction of a claim term that was previously proposed by Plaintiff and accepted herein by Defendants. The parties filed their Joint Claim Construction Statement previously on June 16, 2008. Defendants believe that the recent Federal Circuit case of O2 Micro Int'l Ltd. v. Beyond Innovation Tech. Co. Ltd., 521 F.3d 1351 (Fed. Cir. April, 2008), attached hereto as Exhibit A, necessitated the filing of the instant Revised Joint Claim Construction Statement, which Plaintiff

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does not oppose. Defendants believe O2 Micro requires a Court to construe a disputed term even if the Court believes that the term should be given its plain and ordinary meaning. For this reason, the parties have revised their constructions herein to provide the plain and ordinary meaning construction of terms that are in dispute and which were identified previously by at least one party as not requiring construction. BLANK ROME LLP MORRIS, NICHOLS ARSHT & TUNNELL LLP

/s/ Dale R. Dubé (#2863)
Dale R. Dubé (#2863) 1201 N. Market Street Suite 800 Wilmington, DE 19801 (302) 425-6400 [email protected] Blair M. Jacobs Robert A. Gutkin Christina A. Ondrick SUTHERLAND ASBILL & BRENNAN LLP 1275 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20004 Attorneys for Plaintiff McKesson Automation, Inc. July 31, 2008
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/s/ Julia Heaney (#3052)
Julia Heaney (#3052) 1201 N. Market Street P.O. Box 1347 Wilmington, DE 19801 (302) 351-9221 [email protected] Alfred Fabricant Lawrence Drucker Richard LaCava Bryan DeMatteo DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP 1177 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 Attorneys for Defendants Swisslog Italia S.p.A. and Translogic Corporation

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U.S. PATENT NO 5,468,110 CLAIM TERM package holding means CLAIM 1, 8 AGREED UPON CONSTRUCTION The disclosed function is the holding of packages. The corresponding structures are the rods, brackets, shelves and dividers as disclosed at positions 30, 25, 29 and 31 of, e.g., FIG. 3-6, and col. 5, lines 10-19 and 25-40. The disclosed function is moving the automated picking means to the selected storage locations. The corresponding structure is a vehicle that travels over a track, and is driven by a drive system including a motor, as disclosed at col. 5, line 49 ­ col. 6, line 2 and Fig. 6. The disclosed function is moving the picking means over the track. The corresponding structure is the drive system including a motor disclosed at col. 5, line 52-55 and FIG. 6.

means for moving the automated picking means to selected storage locations means for moving the picking means over the track

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CLAIM TERM x,y coordinate/ x,y coordinate location

CLAIM 1

PLAINTIFF'S PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION one or more points that designates the position of a package where the picking means selects, grabs and replaces packages.1

DEFENDANTS' PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION plain and ordinary meaning ­ i.e., a location identifier, in which X designates a position of the location along an X-Axis and Y designates a position of the location along a Y-Axis.

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During the meet and confer on June 12-13, 2008 regarding the Joint Claim Construction Statement, Plaintiff informed Defendants of its intention to remove two instances of the term "in a plane" from its construction of "x,y coordinate" and "x,y coordinate location." Defendants object to Plaintiff's change in construction of these terms at this juncture and after initial and rebuttal reports of the parties' technical experts have been served. Defendants have informed Plaintiff that they would also object to any attempt by Plaintiff to serve revised technical reports addressing these new constructions. -3-

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CLAIM TERM picking means/automated picking means

CLAIM 1

package reader associated with the picking means

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PLAINTIFF'S PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION The disclosed function is to hold packages and to select and place packages in the storage area locations. The corresponding structure is a device that includes a housing, a gripper, an extension rod and a storing rod as disclosed at col. 7, lines 57-64 and Fig. 7. a device that provides the identity of a package to the computer directing the picking means

DEFENDANTS' PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION Function: "to hold packages, to select packages from the storage area locations and place packages in the storage area locations in accordance with computer controlled instructions" Corresponding Structure: picking means 38 a package reader attached to the picking means

U.S. PATENT NO 5,593,267 CLAIM TERM means for moving the column with respect to the row means for storing a plurality of medicine packages/means for storing packages identifying means CLAIM 3 AGREED UPON CONSTRUCTION The disclosed function is the moving of the column with respect to the row. The corresponding structure is the drive system including a motor, as disclosed at col. 5, line 52 ­ col. 6, line 5 and FIG. 6. The disclosed function is the storing of a plurality of medicine packages. The corresponding structure is a storage rod as disclosed at col. 8, lines 18-23 and Figs. 7-11. The disclosed function is the identification of a package. The corresponding structure is the bar code reader as disclosed at col. 5, line 66 ­ col. 6, line 18. The disclosed function is the production of a suction. The corresponding structure is the vacuum generator as disclosed at col. 7, line 48 ­ col. 8, line 7 and FIG. 11. The disclosed function is the sensing of a package. The corresponding structure is the vacuum sensor as disclosed at col. 7, line 48 ­ col. 8, line 18 and FIG. 11.

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means for producing a suction means for sensing when a package is properly positioned

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CLAIM TERM x, y coordinate location/x and y coordinate

CLAIM 1, 7

PLAINTIFF'S PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION one or more points that designates the position of a package where the picking means selects, grabs and replaces packages.2 The disclosed function is the picking of medicine packages from the support rods. The corresponding structure is a device that includes a housing, a gripper, an extension rod, and a storing rod as disclosed at col. 7, lines 57-64 and Fig. 7. The disclosed function is the obtaining of a medicine package. The corresponding structure is a device including a suction head, vacuum generator and an extension rod as disclosed at col. 7, line 60 ­ col. 8, line 33 and FIGS. 7 and 11. 112 ¶6 construction not required. Plain and ordinary meaning ­ i.e., a device having a housing, means for storing packages, means for producing a suction, a suction rod, and a means for sensing.

means for picking medicine packages from the support rods

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DEFENDANTS' PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION plain and ordinary meaning ­ i.e., a location identifier, in which X designates a position of the location along an X-Axis and Y designates a position of the location along a Y-Axis. Function: "picking medicine packages from the support rods in accordance with instructions received from a computer" Corresponding Structure: Picking means 38

means for obtaining a medicine package/obtaining means

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Function: "obtaining a medicine package" Corresponding Structure: obtaining means 50

picking means for picking packages from the support rods in accordance with instructions received from a computer

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Function: "picking packages from the support rods in accordance with instructions received from a computer" Corresponding Structure: picking means 38.

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During the meet and confer on June 12-13, 2008 regarding the Joint Claim Construction Statement, Plaintiff informed Defendants of its intention to remove two instances of the term "in a plane" from its construction of "x,y coordinate location" and "x and y coordinate." Defendants object to Plaintiff's change in construction of these terms at this juncture and after initial and rebuttal reports of the parties' technical experts have been served. Defendants have informed Plaintiff that they would also object to any attempt by Plaintiff to serve revised technical reports addressing these new constructions. -5-

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