American underwater products, a California based company doing business
as Oceanic, manufactures diving equipment. It offers regulators, computers,
gauges, masks, boots, gloves, knives, instruments, thermal wear, accessories,
battery kits, lens protectors, operating manuals, and safety products. The
company also provides BCD accessories, like cummerbunds, weight pockets,
integrated retractors; and light accessories. Amphibian develops new
technologies that expand the domain of ubiquitous consumer electronic devices.
The patents involved in this suit are given below:
Patent No.
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Issue Date
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Expiration
Date[[ii]]
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Title
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American
underwater products, Inc (as per face page)
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Dec 06, 2005
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Jul 08,
2023
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Dive
Computer with Global Positioning System Receiver
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American
underwater products, Inc.
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May 08, 2012
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Jul 08,
2023
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Dive
Computer with Global Positioning System Receiver
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According to the complaint, the defendant’s product iGills SE-35 (Dive
computer) allegedly infringes the above patents. iGills SE-35 as shown in Fig.1
is designed to be used in combination with an iPhone and especially made to
function as a dive computer when combined with an iPhone and the iGills iPhone
diving app.
Fig. 1 iGills SE-35
The plaintiff in the past has filed a suit against Body Glove
International, LLC (case no. 8:09-cv-00056) in January 2009 and the suit is still
pending in court.
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