2:08-cv-02220 | HR Technology, Inc. v. Imura International U.S.A., Inc. et al

HR Technology, Inc. v. Imura International U.S.A., Inc. et al DC
- 2:08-cv-02220
- D. Kan.
- Judge: John W. Lungstrum
- Filed: 05/09/2008
- Closed: 10/03/2012
- Latest Docket Entry: 02/20/2014
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HR Technology, Inc. v. Imura International U.S.A., Inc. et al DC
- 2:08-cv-02220
- D. Kan.
- Judge: John W. Lungstrum
- Filed: 05/09/2008
- Closed: 10/03/2012
- Latest Docket Entry: 02/20/2014
- PACER
- Docket updated daily

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Breach of Contract

Trade Secret

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Willful Patent Infringement

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Consumer Products

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District of Kansas

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John W. Lungstrum

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US 6,232,585 B1 Enforceable

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Claim #	Claim Text	Outcome
1	Apparatus comprising:</claim-text> a magnetic induction heater including a magnetic field generator for generating a magnetic field, said heater having an RFID reader associated therewith; an object to be magnetically heated including an induction ble element and an RFID tag, and said heater having a microprocessor operably connected with said RFID reader for initiating the heating of said object only upon placement of said object proximal to said heater and in a position for RF communication between said tag and said reader, and for controlling the operation of said heater in response to information received from said tag. view more	Invalid Entry 436
2	The apparatus of claim <HIL><BOLD>1</BOLD></HIL>, said object comprising a food-holding container including an induction heating element.	Invalid Entry 436
3	The apparatus of claim <HIL><BOLD>1</BOLD></HIL>, said microprocessor operable to initiate different heater operation sequences in response to said information received from said tag.	Invalid Entry 436
4	A method of heating an object comprising the steps of:</claim-text> providing a magnetic induction heater including a magnetic field generator for generating a magnetic field, said heater having an RFID reader associated therewith; providing an t to be magnetically heated including an induction heatable element and an RFID tag, and placing said object proximal to said heater in a location for magnetic induction heating of said element and in a position for RF communication between said tag and said reader; and initiating the heating of said object and controlling the operation of said heater only in response to said placement of said object and receipt of information from said tag. view more	Invalid Entry 436
5	The method of claim <HIL><BOLD>4</BOLD></HIL>, said object comprising a food-holding container, said method including the step of placing food to be heated within said container.	Invalid Entry 436
6	The method of claim <HIL><BOLD>4</BOLD></HIL>, said initiating and controlling step being carried out using a microprocessor.	Invalid Entry 436
7	The method of claim <HIL><BOLD>6</BOLD></HIL>, said microprocessor operable to initiate different heater operation sequences in response to said information received from said tag.	Invalid Entry 436
24	In a magnetic induction heating assembly including a magnetic induction heater having a magnetic field generator and an object to be magnetically heated including an induction heatable element, the improvement which comprises an RFID tag associated with said object, an RFID tag reader associated with said heater, and a microprocessor operably coupled with the reader for at least in part controlling the heating of the object in response to information received by the reader from the RFID tag, when the object is placed proximal to the heater in a position for RF communication between the tag and reader, and heating of the object is initiated. view more	Invalid Entry 436
25	The assembly of claim <HIL><BOLD>24</BOLD></HIL>, said microprocessor operable to initiate the heating of said object when the object is placed in said position.	Invalid Entry 436

US 6,320,169 B1 Enforceable

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1	For use with an induction heating device, an induction heatable object including a component which will be heated when subjected to a magnetic field, and an RFID tag operably coupled with said object, said tag having electronic memory, there being digital electronic information stored in said memory pertaining to the induction heating history previously experienced by said object, said tag operable to transmit said information when interrogated by an RFID tag reader, said tag also operable to store updated information received from a tag writer. view more	Invalid Entry 459 Entry 436
2	The object of claim <HIL><BOLD>1</BOLD></HIL>, said object being food servingware.	Invalid Entry 459 Entry 436
3	The object of claim <HIL><BOLD>1</BOLD></HIL>, said RFID tag carrying information about a heating characteristic of said object.	Invalid Entry 459 Entry 436
4	The object of claim <HIL><BOLD>3</BOLD></HIL>, said heating characteristic comprising information about the class of objects to which said object belongs.	Invalid Entry 459 Entry 436
10	The object of claim <HIL><BOLD>1</BOLD></HIL>, said tag operable for receiving and storing digital information in said memory.	Invalid Entry 459 Entry 436
11	In an induction heating device including a component for generating a magnetic field in order to inductively heat an object, control circuitry operably coupled with said generating component for selective operation thereof to vary the magnitude of said magnetic field, the improvement which comprises apparatus coupled with said circuitry for transmitting information to and receiving digital information from an RFID tag associated with said object, said control circuitry operable to reduce the magnitude of said magnetic field during the times that said apparatus is transmitting or receiving said digital information. view more	Invalid Entry 459 Entry 436
12	The device of claim <HIL><BOLD>11</BOLD></HIL>, said control circuitry including a microprocessor, said apparatus comprising an RFID reader/writer and an RFID antenna.	Invalid Entry 459 Entry 436
15	The device of claim <HIL><BOLD>11</BOLD></HIL>, including electronic memory operably coupled with said control circuitry for storing said digital information received from said RFID tag.	Invalid Entry 459 Entry 436
16	The device of claim <HIL><BOLD>11</BOLD></HIL>, said component comprising an inverter.	Invalid Entry 459 Entry 436
17	The device of claim <HIL><BOLD>11</BOLD></HIL>, said control circuitry operable to stop the operation of said component during said times.	Invalid Entry 459 Entry 436
18	The combination comprising:</claim-text> an induction heating device comprising a component for generating a magnetic field in order to inductively heat and object, control circuitry operably coupled with said generating component for selectively ing the magnitude of the generated magnetic field, and apparatus coupled with said circuitry for receiving information from an RFID tag associated with said object; and an induction heatable object including a component which will be heated when subjected to a magnetic field, and an RFID tag operably coupled with said object, said RFID tag being operable to transmit information, and said apparatus operable to receive said information, the operation of said device during the induction heating of said object being at least in part responsive to said information received from said RFID tag. view more	Invalid Entry 459 Entry 436
19	The combination of claim <HIL><BOLD>18</BOLD></HIL>, said RFID tag carrying information about a heating characteristic of said object.	Invalid Entry 459 Entry 436
20	The combination of claim <HIL><BOLD>19</BOLD></HIL>, said heating characteristic comprising information about the class of objects to which said object belongs.	Invalid Entry 459 Entry 436
21	The combination of claim <HIL><BOLD>18</BOLD></HIL>, said RFID tag being operable for both transmitting and receiving information, said apparatus comprising a read/writer operable for receiving information from said RFID tag, and transmitting other tag. view more	Invalid Entry 459 Entry 436
22	The combination of claim <HIL><BOLD>21</BOLD></HIL>, said RFID tag having memory for storing received information.	Invalid Entry 459 Entry 436
23	The combination comprising:</claim-text> an induction heating device comprising a component for generating a magnetic field in order to inductively heat an object, control circuitry operably coupled with said generating component for selective tion thereof to vary the magnitude of said magnetic field, and an RFID tag reader coupled with said circuitry; and an induction heatable object including a component which will be heated when subjected to said magnetic field, and an RFID tag operably coupled with said object, said control circuitry operable to reduce the magnitude of said magnetic field during the times that said tag is transmitting said information to said reader. view more	Invalid Entry 459 Entry 436
24	The combination comprising:</claim-text> an induction heating device comprising a component for generating a magnetic field in order to inductively heat an object, control circuitry operably coupled with said generating component for selective tion thereof to vary the magnitude of said magnetic field, and an RFID tag reader coupled with said circuitry, said RFID tag reader including a transmitting antenna, there being no ground plane associated with said transmitting antenna; and an induction heatable object including a component which will be heated when subjected to said magnetic field, and an RFID tag operably coupled with said object. view more	Invalid Entry 459 Entry 436
25	A method of heating an induction heatable object comprising the steps of:</claim-text> providing an induction heatable object having an RFID tag operably coupled thereto; placing said object adjacent a magnetic induction heater, said heater ising a component for generating a magnetic field in order to inductively heat said object, control circuitry operably coupled with said generating component for selectively altering the magnitude of the generated magnetic field, and apparatus coupled with said circuitry for receiving information from an RFID tag associated with said object; and causing said RFID tag to transmit information to said apparatus for receipt thereby, and allowing said apparatus and control circuitry to control the operation of said component in at least partial response to the information transmitted by said RFID tag and received by said apparatus. view more	Invalid Entry 459 Entry 436
26	The method of claim <HIL><BOLD>25</BOLD></HIL>, said transmitted information comprising a heating characteristic of said object.	Invalid Entry 459 Entry 436
27	The method of claim <HIL><BOLD>26</BOLD></HIL>, said heating characteristic comprising information about the class of objects to which said object belongs.	Invalid Entry 459 Entry 436
28	The method of claim <HIL><BOLD>27</BOLD></HIL>, said heating characteristic comprising information about the induction heating history previously experienced by said object.	Invalid Entry 459 Entry 436
29	The method of claim <HIL><BOLD>25</BOLD></HIL>, including the step of causing said apparatus to transmit further information to said RFID tag.	Invalid Entry 459 Entry 436
30	The method of claim <HIL><BOLD>29</BOLD></HIL>, said RFID tag storing said further information in RFID tag memory.	Invalid Entry 459 Entry 436
31	The combination of claim <HIL><BOLD>29</BOLD></HIL>, said further information comprising the time that the last preceding induction heating of said object occurred.	Invalid Entry 459 Entry 436
32	The combination of claim <HIL><BOLD>31</BOLD></HIL>, including the step of causing said RFID tag to transmit said further information back to an RFID reader.	Invalid Entry 459 Entry 436
33	The method of claim <HIL><BOLD>25</BOLD></HIL>, including the step of intermittently stopping the operation of said component in order to cease generation of said magnetic field, and causing said RFID tag to transmit said information during at least ttent stops in generation of said magnetic field. view more	Invalid Entry 459 Entry 436
36	In an induction heating device including a component for generating a magnetic field in order to inductively heat an object, control circuitry operably coupled with said generating component for selective operation thereof to vary the magnitude of said magnetic field, the improvement which comprises apparatus coupled with said circuitry for transmitting information to and receiving digital information from an RFID tag associated with said object, said apparatus comprising a transmitting antenna, said transmitting antenna having no ground plane associated therewith. view more	Invalid Entry 459 Entry 436
37	The combination comprising:</claim-text> an induction heating device comprising a component for generating a magnetic field in order to inductively heat an object, control circuitry operably coupled with said generating component for selective tion thereof to vary the magnitude of said magnetic field, and an RFID tag reader coupled with said circuitry; and an induction heatable object including a component which will be heated when subjected to said magnetic field, and an RFID tag operably coupled with said object, said tag having electronic memory, there being digital electronic information stored in said memory pertaining to the induction heating history previously experienced by said object, said tag operable to transmit said information when interrogated by said RFID tag reader. view more	Invalid Entry 459 Entry 436
38	The combination of claim <HIL><BOLD>37</BOLD></HIL>, said object being food servingware.	Invalid Entry 459 Entry 436
39	The combination of claim <HIL><BOLD>38</BOLD></HIL>, said object being food servingware.	Invalid Entry 459 Entry 436
48	The combination of claim <HIL><BOLD>37</BOLD></HIL>, said RFID tag memory carrying digital information about a heating characteristic of said object.	Invalid Entry 459 Entry 436
49	The combination of claim <HIL><BOLD>48</BOLD></HIL>, said heating characteristic comprising information about the class of objects to which said object belongs.	Invalid Entry 459 Entry 436
55	The combination of claim <HIL><BOLD>37</BOLD></HIL>, said control circuit operable to reduce the magnitude of said magnetic field during the times when said tag is transmitting said information to said reader.	Invalid Entry 459 Entry 436
56	The combination of claim <HIL><BOLD>55</BOLD></HIL>, said control circuitry operable to intermittently stop the operation of said component in order to allow said apparatus to receive said information from said RFID tag.	Invalid Entry 459 Entry 436

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Imura International USA Incorporated

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Accused Product	Patent #	Claim #	Outcome
RFID cooking system	US 6,320,169 B1	All Asserted Claims	No infringement Entry 382

Mamoru Imura

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Accused Product	Patent #	Claim #	Outcome
RFID cooking system	US 6,320,169 B1	All Asserted Claims	No infringement Entry 382

Vita Craft Corporation

1 Detail

Accused Product	Patent #	Claim #	Outcome
RFID cooking system	US 6,320,169 B1	All Asserted Claims	No infringement Entry 382

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