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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] STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

REGARDING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

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KENNETH B. WILSON, State Bar No. 130009 

 kwilson@perkinscoie.com 

STEFANI E. SHANBERG, State Bar No. 206717 

 sshanberg@perkinscoie.com 

SARAH E. PIEPMEIER, State Bar No. 227094 

 spiepmeier@perkinscoie.com 

PERKINS COIE LLP 

180 Townsend Street, Third Floor 

San Francisco, California 94107-1909 

Telephone: (415) 344-7000 

Facsimile: (415) 344-7050 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterclaim-Defendant 

CHIP-MENDER, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

CHIP-MENDER, INC., 

a California corporation, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY, 

an Ohio corporation, 

 Defendant. 

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[PROPOSED] 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

REGARDING CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS 

Plaintiff and Counterclaim-Defendant Chip-Mender, Inc. (“Chip-Mender”) and Defendant 

and Counterclaim-Plaintiff The Sherwin-Williams Company (“Sherwin-Williams”), by and 

through their respective undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate and agree to the request for, and 

entry of, the following Protective Order: 

1. All documents, materials, items, and/or information that contain or comprise 

confidential research, development, or commercial information produced or submitted during the 

course of this action either by a party or by a nonparty to a party shall be governed by this 

Protective Order (the “Confidential Material”). 

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2. Any information or materials produced by any party or nonparty as part of 

discovery in this action may be designated by such party or nonparty as (1) “Confidential” or (2) 

“Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only” under the terms of this Protective Order. 

3. As a general guideline, information or materials designated as “Confidential” shall 

be information (regardless of how generated) or tangible things that qualify for protection under 

standards developed under Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(c). Absent a specific order by this Court, once 

designated as “Confidential,” such designated information shall be used by the parties solely in 

connection with this litigation, and not for any business, competitive, or governmental purpose or 

function, and such information shall not be disclosed to anyone except as provided herein. 

4. As a further general guideline, information or materials designated as “Highly 

Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only” shall be extremely sensitive “Confidential Material” whose 

disclosure to another party or nonparty would create a substantial risk of injury that could not be 

avoided by less restrictive means. Absent a specific order by this Court, once designated as 

“Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only,” such designated information shall be used by the 

parties solely in connection with this litigation, and not for any business, competitive, or 

governmental purpose or function, and such information shall not be disclosed to anyone except as 

provided herein. 

5. Each party or nonparty that designates information or items for protection under 

this Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific material that qualifies under the 

appropriate standards. Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. The 

designation of information or material as “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ 

Eyes Only” for purposes of this Protective Order shall be made in the following manner by the 

party or nonparty seeking protection: 

(a) in the case of documents, exhibits, briefs, memoranda, interrogatory 

responses, responses to requests for admission, or other materials (apart from depositions or other 

pretrial or trial testimony): by affixing the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” as appropriate, to at least the first page of any 

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document containing any confidential information or material at the time such documents are 

produced or such information is disclosed, or as soon thereafter as the party or nonparty seeking 

protection becomes aware of the confidential nature of the information or material disclosed and 

sought to be protected hereunder; and 

(b) in the case of depositions or other pretrial or trial testimony: (i) by a 

statement on the record, by counsel, during such deposition or other pretrial or trial proceeding 

that the entire transcript or a portion thereof shall be designated as “Confidential” or “Highly 

Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only,” as appropriate, hereunder; or (ii) by written notice of such 

designation sent by counsel to all parties within twenty (20) days after the mailing (via overnight 

mail) to counsel of the transcript of the deposition. During a deposition, the deponent or his 

counsel, or any other counsel of record present at the deposition, may invoke the provisions of this 

Protective Order in a timely manner, giving adequate warning to counsel for the party or nonparty 

that testimony about to be given is deemed “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ 

Eyes Only.” The parties shall treat all deposition and other pretrial and trial testimony as “Highly 

Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only” hereunder until the expiration of twenty (20) days after the 

mailing (via overnight mail) to counsel of the transcript of the deposition. Unless so designated, 

any confidentiality is waived after the expiration of the 20-day period unless otherwise stipulated 

or ordered. The parties may modify this procedure for any particular deposition or proceeding 

through agreement on the record at such deposition or proceeding or otherwise by written 

stipulation, without further order of the Court. 

If any document or information designated as “Confidential” or “Highly 

Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only” is used during the course of a deposition, that portion of the 

deposition record reflecting such confidential information shall be sealed and stamped with the 

designated degree of confidentiality, and access thereto shall be limited pursuant to the other terms 

of this Protective Order. 

6. Information or material designated as “Confidential,” or copies or extracts 

therefrom and compilations and summaries thereof, may be disclosed, summarized, described, 

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characterized, or otherwise communicated or made available in whole or in part only to the 

following persons: 

(a) parties’ outside counsel of record in this action and regular and temporary 

employees of such counsel to whom it is necessary that the information or material be shown for 

the purposes of this litigation; 

(b) the officers, directors, and employees of the parties whose assistance is 

needed by counsel for the purposes of this litigation; 

(c) consultants as defined in Paragraph 8 herein and pursuant to the provisions 

of Paragraph 9 herein; 

(d) the Court, pursuant to Paragraph 12 herein; 

(e) court reporters employed in connection with this action; 

(f) graphics or design services retained by counsel for a party for purposes of 

preparing demonstrative or other exhibits for deposition, trial, or other court proceedings in this 

action, subject to and conditioned upon compliance with Paragraph 10 herein; 

(g) non-technical jury or trial consulting services retained by counsel for a 

party, subject to and conditioned upon compliance with Paragraph 10 herein; 

(h) the author of the document or the original source of the information; and 

(i) any other person only upon order of the Court or upon written consent of 

the party producing the confidential information or material. 

7. Information or material designated as “Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes 

Only,” or copies or extracts therefrom and compilations and summaries thereof, may be disclosed, 

summarized, described, characterized, or otherwise communicated or made available in whole or 

in part only to the following persons: 

(a) parties’ outside counsel of record in this action and regular and temporary 

employees of such counsel to whom it is necessary that the information or material be shown for 

the purposes of this litigation; 

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(b) consultants as defined in Paragraph 8 herein and pursuant to the provisions 

of Paragraph 9 herein and subject to and conditioned upon compliance with Paragraph 10 herein; 

(c) the Court, pursuant to Paragraph 12 herein; 

(d) court reporters employed in connection with this action; 

(e) graphics or design services retained by counsel for a party for purposes of 

preparing demonstrative or other exhibits for deposition, trial, or other court proceedings in this 

action, subject to and conditioned upon compliance with Paragraph 10 herein; 

(f) non-technical jury or trial consulting services retained by counsel for a 

party, subject to and conditioned upon compliance with Paragraph 10 herein; 

(g) any other person only upon order of the Court or upon written consent of 

the party producing the confidential information or material subject to and conditioned upon 

compliance with Paragraph 10 herein; 

(h) two (2) in-house counsel for Sherwin-Williams who are directly involved 

in, and whose access to materials and information designated “Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ 

Eyes Only” is reasonably required for the management, prosecution, defense, or settlement of this 

litigation, or the supervision or oversight of outside litigation counsel and clerical support staff of 

such in-house counsel; and 

(i) two (2) employees for Chip-Mender who are directly involved in, and 

whose access to materials and information designated “Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes 

Only” is reasonably required for the management, prosecution, defense, or settlement of this 

litigation, or the supervision or oversight of outside litigation counsel and clerical support staff. 

8. For purposes of Paragraphs 6(c) and 7(b) herein, a consultant shall be defined as a 

person who is neither an employee of a party, nor anticipated to become an employee in the near 

future, and who is retained or employed as a bona fide consultant or expert for purposes of this 

litigation, whether full or part time, by or at the direction of counsel for a party. 

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9. The procedure for having a consultant approved for access to information or 

materials designated as “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only” shall be 

as follows: 

(a) The party seeking to have a consultant, as defined in Paragraph 8 herein, 

approved shall make a written request, sent via hand delivery, facsimile, or electronic mail, that (i)

sets forth the full name of the consultant and the city and state of his primary residence, (ii) 

attaches a copy of the consultant’s current resume, (iii) identifies the consultant’s current 

employer(s), (iv) identifies each person or entity from whom the consultant has provided 

professional services at any time during the preceding five years, and (v) identifies (by name and 

number of the case, filing date, and location of the court) any litigation in connection with which 

the consultant has provided any professional services during the preceding five years. 

(b) A party that makes a request and provides the information specified in the 

preceding paragraph may disclose the subject confidential material to the identified consultant 

unless, within seven (7) court days of delivering the request, the party receives a written objection 

to the request, setting forth in detail the grounds on which it is based. 

(c) If any other party so objects, the parties shall confer and attempt to resolve 

the dispute. If the parties cannot resolve the dispute, or if the conference does not take place, then 

the party seeking to make the disclosure may move the Court as provided in Civil Local Rule 7 

(and in compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5, if applicable) seeking permission from the court to 

do so. Any such motion must describe the circumstances with specificity, set forth in detail the 

reasons for which the disclosure is reasonably necessary, assess the risk of harm that the 

disclosure would entail, and suggest any additional means that might be used to reduce that risk. 

In addition, any such motion must be accompanied by a competent declaration in which the 

movant describes the parties’ efforts to resolve the matter by agreement (i.e., the extent and 

content of the meet and confer discussions) and sets forth the reasons advanced by the objecting 

party for its refusal to approve the disclosure. 

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In any such proceeding, the party opposing the disclosure to the consultant shall 

bear the burden of proving that the risk of harm that the disclosure would entail (under the 

safeguards proposed) outweighs the seeking party’s need to disclose the confidential material to its 

consultant. 

10. All persons listed in Paragraphs 6(b), 6(c), and 6(f) above may be given access to 

information or material designated as “Confidential,” provided that they first confirm their 

understanding and agreement to abide by the terms of this Protective Order by completing and 

signing a copy of an undertaking in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. Similarly, all persons 

listed in Paragraphs 7(b), 7(e), 7(h) and 7(i) above may be given access to information or material 

designated as “Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only” provided that they first confirm their 

understanding and agreement to abide by the terms of this Protective Order by completing and 

signing a copy of an undertaking in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. 

11. Any person may be examined as a witness at trial or during a deposition concerning 

any information or material designated as “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ 

Eyes Only” which that person had lawfully received or authored prior to and apart from this 

action. During examination, any such witness may be shown information or material designated as 

“Confidential” or “Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only” by a party that appears on its 

face, or from other documents or testimony, to have been received or authored by that witness 

from or communicated to that witness by that same party, provided that they first confirm their 

understanding and agreement to abide by the terms of this Protective Order by completing and 

signing a copy of an undertaking in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. 

12. Confidential Material shall be submitted to the Clerk of the Court in accordance 

with Civil Local Rule 79-5. 

13. A party may challenge any other party’s designation of information or materials 

produced herein as “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only” by serving a 

written objection upon the producing party. Unless a prompt challenge to a confidentiality 

designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable substantial unfairness, unnecessary economic 

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burdens, or a later significant disruption or delay, a party does not waive its right to challenge a 

confidentiality designation by electing not to mount a challenge promptly after the original 

designation is disclosed. A party that elects to initiate a challenge must do so in good faith and 

must begin the process by conferring directly (in voice to voice dialogue; other forms of 

communication are not sufficient) with counsel for the designating party. The parties shall confer 

in good faith as to the validity of the designation. In conferring, the challenging party must 

explain the basis for its belief that the confidentiality designation was not proper and must give the

designating party an opportunity to review the designated material, to reconsider the 

circumstances, and if no change in its designation is offered, to explain the basis for its chosen 

designation. 

To the extent the parties are unable to reach an agreement as to the designation, the 

objecting party may move the court pursuant to Local Civil Rule 7 (and in compliance with Civil 

Local Rule 79-5, if applicable) that identifies the challenged material and sets forth in detail the 

basis for the challenge. Each such motion must be accompanied by a competent declaration that 

affirms that the movant complied with the meet and confer requirements imposed above and that 

sets forth with specificity the justification for the confidentiality designation that was given by the 

designating party in the meet and confer dialogue. 

The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the designating 

party. Until a dispute over the asserted designation is finally resolved by the parties or the Court,

all parties and persons shall treat the information or materials in question as designated as 

“Confidential” or “Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only.” 

14. All “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only” information 

and material covered by this Protective Order shall be kept in secure facilities, and access to those 

facilities shall be permitted only to those designated persons set forth in Paragraphs 6 and 7 above 

as persons properly having access thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Confidential” or 

“Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only” information and material may be kept in an office 

of counsel of record that is accessible to janitorial workers. 

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15. All counsel for the parties who have access to information or material designated as 

“Confidential” or “Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only” under this Protective Order 

acknowledge they are bound by this Order and submit to the jurisdiction of this Court for purposes 

of enforcing this Order. 

16. Entering into, agreeing to, and/or producing or receiving information or material 

designated as “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only,” or otherwise 

complying with the terms of this Protective Order shall not: 

(a) waive any right to object on any ground to use in evidence of any of the 

material covered by this Stipulated Protective Order; 

(b) waive any objection otherwise available to the disclosure or production of 

any information or item on any ground not addressed in this Protective Order. 

17. This Protective Order has no effect upon, and shall not apply to, a party’s use or 

disclosure of its own confidential information for any purpose. Nothing contained herein shall 

impose any restrictions on the use or disclosure by a party of documents, information or material 

designated as “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only” obtained lawfully 

by such party independently of any proceedings in this action, or which: 

(a) was already known to such party by lawful means prior to acquisition from, 

or disclosure by, any other party in this action; 

(b) is or becomes publicly known through no fault or act of such party; or 

(c) is rightfully received by such party from a third party that has authority to 

provide such information or material and without restriction as to disclosure. 

18. If a party inadvertently produces “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential – 

Attorneys’ Eyes Only” information without marking it as such, it may be disclosed to others until 

the receiving party becomes aware of the error, unless it appears from the face of the document 

that it contains non-public, confidential, proprietary, commercially sensitive, or trade secret 

information of the producing party. As soon as the receiving party becomes aware of the 

inadvertent production, the information must be treated as if it had been timely designated under 

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this Protective Order, and the receiving party must endeavor in good faith to obtain all copies of 

the document that it distributed or disclosed to persons not authorized to access such information 

by Paragraphs 6 or 7 above, as well as any copies made by such persons. If timely corrected, an 

inadvertent failure to designate qualified information or items “Confidential” or “Highly 

Confidential – Attorney’s Eyes Only” does not, standing alone, waive the designating party’s right 

to secure protection under this Order for such material. 

19. If a party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed Confidential 

Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this Stipulated Protective 

Order, that party must immediately (1) notify in writing the designating party of the unauthorized 

disclosures, (2) use its best efforts to retrieve all copies of the Confidential Material, (3) inform the 

person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order, and 

(4) request such person or persons complete and sign a copy of the undertaking in the form 

attached hereto as Exhibit A. 

20. The terms of this Protective Order shall apply to all manner and means of 

discovery, including entry onto land or premises, and inspection of books, records, documents, 

and tangible things. 

21. It is the present intention of the parties that the provisions of this Protective Order 

shall govern discovery and other pretrial and trial proceedings in this action. Nonetheless, each of 

the parties hereto shall be entitled to seek modification of this Protective Order by application to 

the Court on notice to the other parties hereto for good cause. 

22. The parties agree to be bound by the terms of this Protective Order pending its 

entry by the Court, or pending the entry of an alternative thereto which is satisfactory to all parties, 

and any violation of its terms shall be subject to the same sanctions and penalties as if the 

Protective Order had been entered by the Court. 

23. The provisions of this Protective Order shall, absent written permission of the 

producing party or further order of the Court, continue to be binding throughout and after the 

conclusion of this action, including without limitation any appeals therefrom. Within sixty (60) 

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days after receiving notice of the entry of an order, judgment, or decree finally disposing of this 

action, including any appeals therefrom, all persons having received information or material 

designated as “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only” hereunder shall 

return such material and all copies thereof (including summaries and excerpts) to counsel for the 

producing party, or shall certify destruction thereof. Counsel described in paragraphs 6(a) and 

7(a) above shall be entitled to retain court papers, deposition and trial transcripts, and attorney 

work product (including court papers, transcripts, and attorney work product that contain 

information or material designated as “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes 

Only”) and to one copy of documents produced by the opposing party designated as 

“Confidential” or “Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only” provided that such counsel, and 

employees of such counsel, shall not disclose any such information and material designated as 

“Confidential” or “Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only” contained in such court papers, 

transcripts, attorney work product, or documents to any person or entity except pursuant to a 

written agreement with the producing party of the information or material. All materials returned 

to the parties or their counsel by the Court likewise shall be disposed of in accordance with this 

paragraph. 

24. In the event that any information or material designated as “Confidential” or 

“Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only” hereunder is used in any court proceeding in this 

action or any appeal therefrom, such information or material shall not lose its status as 

“Confidential” or “Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only” through such use. Counsel for 

the parties shall confer on such procedures as are necessary to protect the confidentiality of any 

documents, information, and transcripts used in the course of any court proceedings, and shall 

incorporate such procedures, as appropriate, in the pre-trial order. 

25. If any party (a) is subpoenaed in another action, (b) is served with a demand in 

another action to which it is a party, or (c) is served with any other legal process by one not a party 

to this action, seeking information or material which was produced or designated as “Confidential” 

or “Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only” by someone other than that party, the party shall 

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give prompt actual written notice, by hand or facsimile transmission, in no event more than five 

(5) days of receipt of such subpoena, demand, or legal process, to those who produced or 

designated the information or material “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes 

Only” and shall object to its production to the extent permitted by law. Should the person seeking 

access to the information or material take action against the party or anyone else covered by this 

Protective Order to enforce such a subpoena, demand or other legal process, the party shall 

respond by setting forth the existence of this Protective Order. The designating party shall bear 

the burdens and the expenses of seeking protection in that court of its confidential material, and 

nothing in these provisions should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a party in this 

action to disobey a lawful directive from another court. 

PERKINS COIE LLP 

Dated: April 11, 2006 By: /s/ 

 Sarah E. Piepmeier 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and CounterclaimDefendant Chip-Mender, Inc. 

JONES DAY 

Dated: April 11, 2006 By: /s/ 

Peter N. Larson 

Attorneys for Defendant and CounterclaimPlaintiff Sherwin-Williams Company 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: _____________, 2006 

United States District Court Judge 

Phyllis J. Hamilton 

April 14

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton

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EXHIBIT A

CERTIFICATION TO RECEIVE CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL

I, , hereby certify my understanding that 

Confidential Material is being provided to me pursuant to the terms and restrictions of the 

Protective Order dated , in Chip-Mender, Inc. v. Sherwin-Williams 

Company (Case No. 05-CV-3465 (PJH)). My address is 

 . My present occupation is 

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 I have been given a copy of that Protective Order, and I have read it. I agree to be bound 

by the Protective Order. I will not reveal the Confidential Material to anyone, except as allowed 

by the Protective Order. I will maintain all such Confidential Material – including copies, notes, 

or other transcriptions made therefrom – in a secure manner to prevent unauthorized access to it. 

No later than thirty (30) days after the conclusion of this action, I will return the Confidential 

Material – including copies, notes, or other transcriptions made therefrom – to the counsel who 

provided me with the Confidential Material. I hereby consent to the jurisdiction of the United 

States District Court of the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division, for the 

purpose of enforcing the Protective Order. 

 Executed this day of , at 

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 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. 

 

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REGARDING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

Case No. 05-CV-3465 (PJH) 

14 BY060940.007

ATTESTATION PURSUANT TO GENERAL ORDER 45 

I, Sarah E. Piepmeier, attest that I obtained the concurrence of Peter N. Larson in filing this 

document. 

I declare under penalty of perjury of the laws of the United States that the foregoing is true 

and correct. 

Executed this 11th day of April, 2006 at San Francisco, California. 

 /s/ 

 Sarah E. Piepmeier 

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