Court, Explained
U.S. Federal District Courts
←Back to docket
S.D.N.Y.Substantive rulingFiled Apr. 24, 2025

Adasa Inc. v. R-Pac International LLC

Judge
Alvin Hellerstein
Docket
1:24-cv-06102
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
3
Intellectual PropertyCivil Procedure
In one sentence

In Adasa Inc. v. R-Pac International LLC, Judge Hellerstein construed patent claims and adopted the court’s constructions.

Who this affects

Adasa Inc. and R-Pac International LLC, whose patent dispute will proceed under the claim meanings adopted by the court.

What happened

In Adasa Inc. v. R-Pac International LLC, the court addressed disputed language in U.S. Patent No. 9,798,967, which Adasa and R-Pac presented for interpretation.

The court reviewed the parties’ proposed meanings and held a hearing on April 24, 2025, about ambiguities in the patent’s claim language. The opinion says the court adopted the constructions listed in the attached chart.

Judge Hellerstein entered the claim-construction order. The text provided does not show the chart’s individual rulings, so it does not identify how the court interpreted each disputed term.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Adasa Inc. v. R-Pac International LLC · No. 1:24-cv-06102
Judge
Alvin Hellerstein
Date
Apr. 24, 2025

Background

Adasa Inc. sued R-Pac International LLC, which the caption identifies as formerly known as R-Pac International Corp. and RIC Merger Sub LLC. The order concerns U.S. Patent No. 9,798,967.

Claim construction

Claim construction is the court’s interpretation of the words and phrases used in patent claims. Under the procedure described in the opinion, the court reviewed the parties’ respective positions and held a hearing on April 24, 2025, concerning ambiguities in the patent’s claim language.

Ruling

The court adopted the constructions set out in the column labeled “Court’s Rulings” in an attached chart. The opinion text supplied here does not make the chart’s contents readable, so the individual claim terms and the court’s specific constructions cannot be summarized from this text alone. Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein signed the claim-construction order.

The authoritative version

Read the full 3-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.

Open opinion PDF →
Summary written with AI assistance. See how summaries are made. Spot something wrong? Tell us.