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To: Bilow who wrote (68173)	3/17/2001 11:56:57 AM
From: Ali Chen	Respond to of 93625

"..the earlier Rambus patent of which the above is a divisional / continuation have all claims restricted to an invention that uses a multiplexed bus. In order to cover SDRAM, Rambus had to expand the definition of "bus" to include the SDRAM case." I would add that in the earlier Rambus patents, they use the old RAS-CAS-DATA memory protocol as prior art, bashing it as bad and the mutiplexed Rambus is good, and therefore, as smart Infineon lawyers presented to the judge, you cannot expand claims to the protocol you already excluded - it would be a nonsense.

To: Bilow who wrote (68173)	3/17/2001 2:03:25 PM
From: The Prophet	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

Very anthropomorphic of you - I didn't know you had it in you. I love your argument that the ruling is correct because the Street must be right. Not only is it demonstrably disprovable by the last go-round when the shorts were annihilated by the Bus, but Markman constructions are reversed 50% of the time. RMBS can and may win the lawsuit anyway, but limiting the claims to a multiplexed bus would be like saying that the invention of airbags for use in a car could not be applied to the use of airbags in a plane. Silly.