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UltimatePointer, LLC (“UltimatePointer”) appeals from a final judgment in favor of Nintendo Co., Ltd. and Nintendo of America, Inc. (collectively, “Nintendo”) after the district court granted summary judgment (1) that Nintendo did not infringe claims 1, 3, 5, 6, and 12 of UltimatePointer’s U.S. Patent 8,049,729 (the “’729 patent”), UltimatePointer, LLC v. Nintendo Co, No. 2:14-cv- 00865-RSL, 2014 WL 7340604, at *1–2 (W.D. Wash. Dec. 22, 2014) (“Infringement Opinion”); and (2) that claims 1, 3, 5, and 6 of the ’729 patent are invalid as indefinite, UltimatePointer, LLC v. Nintendo Co., 73 F. Supp. 3d 1305, 1308–09 (W.D. Wash. 2014) (“Indefiniteness Opinion”). For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment of noninfringement and reverse the determination of indefiniteness.

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