With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". of claim construction. 8 . The district court held claim 10 invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 112(d) of the America Invents Act ("AIA”). See Multilayer v. Inteplast, 2013 WL 5972195, at *40. 35 U.S.C. § 112(d) replaced the earlier (pre-AIA) 35 U.S.C. § 112 ¶ 4 when § 4(c) of the America Invents Act ("AIA”), Pub.L. No. 112-29, took effect on September 16, 2012. 125 Stat. 284, 296, 297 (2011). Because the '055 patent was filed in 1999, long before this effective date, pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. § 112 ¶ 4 in fact controls. The district court’s error is harmless, as the AIA did not alter the substance of this provision. 9 . The district court also found that at least some VLDPE and ULDPE resins can also be broadly characterized as LLDPE resins. Id. at *32; see also Multilayer v. Berry, 63 F.Supp.3d at 794 (<HOLDING>). 10 . Claim 24 does not specify whether the

A: holding that the employment of some noncivil servants can properly be characterized as noncommercial
B: holding that under the district courts construction of lldpe resins within the classes of mlldpe vldpe and uldpe can also broadly be characterized as lldpe resins
C: holding that an ex post facto claim can only be successful if the law can be characterized as punishment in the constitutional sense
D: holding that nonconsensual oversecured creditor shall receive the statutory rate of interest unless it can be characterized as a penalty
B.