WHIRLPOOL CORP. v. LG ELECTRONICS, INC.

No. 4:03-CV-113.

423 F.Supp.2d 730 (2004)

WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION and Whirlpool Patents Company, Plaintiffs and Counterdefendants, v. LG ELECTRONICS, INC. and LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc., Defendants and Counterplaintiffs.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

August 2, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher E. Tracy, James H. Geary, Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C., Kalamazoo, MI, Mary C. Bonnema, McGarry Bair, LLP, Grand Rapids, MI, for Plaintiffs.

Kevin A. Rynbrandt, Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP, Kalamazoo, MI, for Defendants.


OPINION RE CLAIM CONSTRUCTION

QUIST, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, Whirlpool Corporation and Whirlpool Patents Company ("Whirlpool"), charge Defendants, LG Electronics, Inc. and LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. ("LG"), with infringing at least claims 1-4, 8-11, and 15-17 of U.S. Patent No. 5,219,370 ("the '370 patent") and at least claims 1, 5, 6, 8, 11, and 12 of U.S. Patent No. 5,233,-718 ("the '718 patent"). The patents pertain

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