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To: rll who wrote (4589)	1/29/1999 6:16:00 PM
From: David W. Tucker	Respond to of 60323

The NASD computers got screwed up in the afternoon causing everything to be delayed. Therefore, if you were watching things at 4:15 it still looked like the market was wide open. It definitely seemed strange. All in all I think Sandisk showed a lot of strength this week. The pull backs were brief and trading was very steady. Profit takers and buyers seemed to get what they wanted. Back to a previous question from Ausdauer (been busy here): When I mentioned "prior art" I was referring to the possible finding of prior documents that could be used to prove that the patent should have never been issued in the first place. In other words, a patent (foreign or domestic) or literature document which discloses everything "claimed" in the patent. A patent "claim(s)" is the legal language at the end of the patent text which spells out exactly what aspects of the invention are being protected. However, the term "claims construction" mentioned recently by Sandisk is something different. I am not sure what they are referring to here. Patent attorneys (or agents) "construct" (write) claims when they are initially prosecuting the patent, but I think they are referring to something else. I work in the patent business, but I'm not an attorney (I do patent research). Maybe this helps or maybe it just confuses everyone. Best I can do for now. If anyone wants to take this further (the Lexar case), the papers filed with the court should be available to the public (sometimes a copy of the INDEX of Papers will tell you what's going on). I have not looked into this. Have a great weekend. dave