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Patent Lifecycle · Claim Meaning

US 7,523,373 — Claim 1

Filed Aug 30, 2006 Issued Apr 21, 2009 Inventors Andrew C. Russell, David R. Bearden et al. Assignee VLSI Technology LLC Status CAFC under review · PTAB: 3 PO-favorable, 2 petitioner-favorable
Claim Meaning · Lifecycle View

Every position taken, every ruling made — for each element of claim 1 of “Minimum memory operating voltage technique”, in chronological order.

Time flows downward. Each column is one limitation of the claim. Positions (dashed) are what someone asserts the claim means; decisions (filled) are what a tribunal rules. Position lifelines link an assertion to the decision that resolved it.

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