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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:271 Patent Infringement

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER ALTERING DEADLINES RELATED 

TO PATENT L.R. 4-4 AND 4-5(a)

CASE NO. CV 14-00876 RS

Alfredo A. Bismonte (Cal. Bar. No. 136154)

Kimberly P. Zapata (Cal. Bar. No. 138291)

Jeremy M. Duggan (Cal. Bar No. 229854)

Beck, Bismonte & Finley, LLP

150 Almaden Blvd, 10th Floor

San Jose, CA 95113

Tel: (408) 938-7900

Fax: (408) 938-0790

Email: abismonte@beckllp.com

kzapata@beckllp.com

jduggan@beckllp.com

Wesley W. Whitmyer, Jr. (pro hac vice)

Benjamin J. Lehberger (pro hac vice) 

Benjamin C. White (pro hac vice)

ST. ONGE STEWARD JOHNSTON & REENS LLC

986 Bedford Street

Stamford, Connecticut 06905

Tel: (203) 324-6155

Fax: (203) 327-1096

Email: wwhitmyer@ssjr.com

blehberger@ssjr.com

bwhite@ssjr.com

litigation@ssjr.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff, Karl Storz

Endoscopy-America, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

KARL STORZ ENDOSCOPY- )

AMERICA, INC., )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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STRYKER CORPORATION and )

STRYKER COMMUNICATIONS, INC., )

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Defendants. )

Case No. CV 14-00876 RS

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER ALTERING DEADLINES 

RELATED TO PATENT L.R. 4-4 AND 4-

5(a)

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER ALTERING DEADLINES RELATED 

TO PATENT L.R. 4-4 AND 4-5(a) 2

CASE NO. CV 14-00876 RS

Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-1(b) and 7-12, Plaintiff Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc. 

(“KSEA”) and Defendants Stryker Corporation and Stryker Communications, Inc. (collectively, 

“Stryker”), by and through their respective undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate to and jointly 

request that the deadline for taking discovery relating to claim construction and complying with 

Patent L.R. 4-4 be extended to February 27, 2015 and that the deadline for filing opening claim 

construction briefs and supporting evidence and comply with Patent L.R. 4-5(a) be moved to 

February 13, 2015. The accompanying declaration of Benjamin C. White sets forth all requirements 

of Civil Local Rule 6-2, including identifying all previous time modifications in the case. For the 

Court’s convenience, the Parties will not repeat all information contained in Mr. White’s declaration,

but the Parties do note as follows:

1. Under the current schedule, the deadline for the Parties to complete discovery relating 

to claim construction pursuant to Patent L.R. 4-4 is February 5, 2015 and the deadline for the Parties 

to file their opening claim construction briefs and supporting evidence pursuant to Patent L.R 4-5(a) 

is February 20, 2015. (Case Management Scheduling Order, Doc. 59.) The Parties jointly request 

that the schedule be adjusted so that the Parties’ opening claim construction briefs and supporting 

evidence be due before the close of claim construction discovery. This will make the claim 

construction discovery period more efficient and will provide the Parties with additional time to 

complete the discovery, which will include expert depositions. Accordingly, the Parties jointly 

request that the deadline for opening claim construction briefs and supporting evidence be moved to 

February 13, 2015 and the deadline for claim construction discovery be moved to February 27, 2015. 

Thus, the Parties’ request would move the deadline for opening claim construction briefs and 

supporting evidence earlier by one week and would extend the deadline for claim construction 

discovery by three weeks and one day. 

2. This stipulated extension will not alter any other deadlines currently set by the Court.

3. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-2(a), this stipulation is accompanied by the Declaration

of Benjamin C. White setting forth (1) the reasons for the requested enlargement of time; (2) all

previous time modifications in this case; and (3) the effect of the requested enlargement of time.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER ALTERING DEADLINES RELATED 

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CASE NO. CV 14-00876 RS

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: January 6, 2015 REED SMITH LLP

William R. Overend (SBN 180209)

/s/ William R. Overend _____________

Attorneys for Defendants,

STRYKER CORPORATION and

STRYKER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

Dated: January 6, 2015 BECK, BISMONTE & FINLEY, LLP

/s/ Alfredo A. Bismonte1

Alfredo A. Bismonte

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Attorneys for Plaintiff,

KARL-STORZ ENDOSCOPY AMERICA, INC. 

1 In compliance with Civil Local Rule 5-1(i), I hereby attest that concurrence in the filing of this 

document has been obtained from each of the other signatories hereto.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER ALTERING DEADLINES RELATED 

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CASE NO. CV 14-00876 RS

[PROPOSED] ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED:

x The Parties have until February 13, 2015, to file their opening claim construction briefs 

and supporting evidence and to comply with Patent L.R. 4-5(a).

x The Parties have until February 27, 2015 to take discovery relating to claim construction 

and to comply with Patent L.R. 4-4.

Dated: , 2015 _

Honorable Richard G. Seeborg

United States District Judge

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