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

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING FRESENIUS’ MOTION TO

COMPEL BAXTER TO ANSWER AGREED VERSION OF

FRESENIUS’ INTERROGATORY NO. 18

Case No. C 03-01431 SBA (EDL)ı

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Robert A. Van Nest, SBN 84065, rav@kvn.com

Stuart L. Gasner, SBN 164675, slg@kvn.com

David J. Silbert, SBN 173128, djs@kvn.com

Keker & Van Nest, LLP

710 Sansome Street

San Francisco, CA 94111-1704

Telephone: (415) 391-5400

Facsimile: (415) 397-7188

Todd G. Miller, SBN 163200, miller@fr.com

Fish & Richardson P.C.

12390 El Camino Real

San Diego, CA 92130

Telephone: (858) 678-5070

Facsimile: (858) 678-5099

Mathias W. Samuel, pro hac vice, samuel@fr.com

Fish & Richardson P.C., P.A.

60 South Sixth Street, Suite 3300

Minneapolis, MN 55402

Telephone: (612) 335-5070

Facsimile: (612) 288-9696

Attorneys for Plaintiffs/Counterclaim Defendants

Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc. and Fresenius USA, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS,

INC., a New York corporation; and FRESENIUS

USA, INC., a Massachusetts corporation,

Plaintiffs and Counterdefendants,

v.

BAXTER INTERNATIONAL, INC., a

Delaware corporation; and BAXTER

HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, a

Delaware corporation,

Defendants and Counterclaimants.

Case No. C 03-01431 SBA (EDL)

[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING

FRESENIUS’ MOTION TO COMPEL

BAXTER TO ANSWER AGREED

VERSION OF FRESENIUS’

INTERROGATORY NO. 18

Judge: Hon. Elizabeth Laporte

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING FRESENIUS’ MOTION TO

COMPEL BAXTER TO ANSWER AGREED VERSION OF

FRESENIUS’ INTERROGATORY NO. 18

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff Fresenius’ Motion to Compel is granted in part.

Baxter shall answer by February 6, 2006, the following agreed version of Interrogatory No. 18

which is stated in full below:

Describe in detail any and all innovations in either hardware or software,

developed by the inventors of the Baxter patents prior to April 19, 1991,

required for a touch screen on a hemodialysis machine to send a signal to

the main controller of the hemodialysis machine that a region on the touch

screen has been touched, excluding any innovations necessary to control

any specific hemodialysis parameters.

In addition to describing in detail any and all such innovations in hardware and software,

Baxter is ordered to disclose where in both the specification and claims of the Baxter patents such

innovations are set forth. Baxter should either cite the column and line numbers for such

disclosures or it should copy such disclosures into its answer.

Dated: _____________________ _____________________________________

Hon. Elizabeth D. Laporte

United States Magistrate Judge

Submitted by:

s/Mathias W. Samuel

Todd G. Miller - #163200, miller@fr.com

Fish & Richardson P.C.

12390 El Camino Real

San Diego, CA 92130

Telephone: (858) 678-5070

Facsimile: (858) 678-5099

Robert A. Van Nest - #84065, rav@kvn.com

Stuart L. Gasner - #164675, slg@kvn.com

David L. Silbert - #173128, djs@kvn.com

Keker & Van Nest, LLP

710 Sansome Street

San Francisco, CA 94111-1704

Telephone: (415) 391-5400

Facsimile: (415) 397-7188

Mathias W. Samuel (appearing pro hac vice), samuel@fr.com

Fish & Richardson P.C., P.A.

60 South Sixth Street, Suite 3300

Minneapolis, MN 55402

Telephone: (612) 335-5070

Facsimile: (612) 288-9696

January 23, 2006

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte

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FRESENIUS’ INTERROGATORY NO. 18

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Kameron Parvin, SNB 232349, parvin@fr.com

Fish & Richardson P.C.

500 Arguello Street, Suite 500

Redwood City, CA 94053

Telephone: (650) 839-5070

Facsimile: (650) 839-5071

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