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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:145 Patent Infringement

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REQUEST TO MODIFY INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE DATE PURSUANT TO CIVIL LOCAL RULES 6-2 

AND 7-12; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

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Frank E. Scherkenbach, SBN 142549 (scherkenbach@fr.com) 

Fish & Richardson P.C. 

225 Franklin Street 

Boston, MA 02110-2804 

Telephone: (617) 542-5070 

Facsimile: (617) 542-8906 

John M. Farrell, SBN 99649 (jfarrell@fr.com) 

Karen I. Boyd, SBN 189808 (boyd@fr.com) 

Fish & Richardson P.C. 

500 Arguello Street, Suite 500 

Redwood City, CA 94063 

Telephone: (650) 839-5070 

Facsimile: (650) 839-5071 

Thomas S. McClenahan, SBN 203204 (mcclenahan@fr.com) 

Michael J. Kane (pro hac vice) (michael.kane@fr.com) 

William R. Woodford (pro hac vice) (woodford@fr.com) 

Fish & Richardson P.C. 

3300 Dain Rauscher Plaza 

60 South Sixth Street 

Minneapolis, MN 55402 

Telephone: (612) 335-5070 

Facsimile: (612) 288-9696 

Attorneys for Defendant 

KYPHON INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

(SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION) 

MEDTRONIC, INC., MEDTRONIC 

VASCULAR, INC., MEDTRONIC USA, INC., 

MEDTRONIC VASCULAR GALWAY LTD., 

MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK, INC., and 

SDGI HOLDINGS, INC., 

 Plaintiffs, 

v. 

KYPHON INC., 

 Defendant. 

Civil Action No. C06-02559 SI 

REQUEST TO MODIFY INITIAL CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE DATE 

PURSUANT TO CIVIL LOCAL RULES 

6-2 AND 7-12; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

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WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs Medtronic, Inc., Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Medtronic USA, Inc., 

Medtronic Vascular Galway Ltd., Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc. and SDGI Holdings, Inc. 

(collectively, “Medtronic”) filed their complaint against Kyphon Inc. (“Kyphon”) on April 13, 

2006; and 

WHEREFORE, pursuant to the Pretrial Preparation Order entered by the Court on 

December 19, 2006, a Further Case Management Conference in this matter is scheduled for 

February 9, 2007 at 2:30 p.m.; and 

WHEREFORE, the lead counsel for Kyphon who will be attending the Further Case 

Management Conference on its behalf is scheduled to speak at a conference in Florida and will be 

out-of-state and unavailable as a result on February 9, 2007; and 

WHEREFORE, Kyphon wishes to reschedule the Further Case Management Conference 

for a date on which its counsel is available to attend and the Court is available to hear the matter; 

WHEREFORE, Medtronic does not oppose Kyphon’s request to reschedule the Further 

Case Management Conference on the date indicated below; and 

WHEREFORE, there have been no previous time modifications in this case; 

IT IS HEREBY REQUESTED that the Further Case Management Conference scheduled 

for February 9, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. shall instead be held on February 2, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. 

Dated: January 24, 2007 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. 

By: s/ John M. Farrell 

John M. Farrell (SBN# 99649) 

Attorneys for Defendant 

KYPHON INC. 

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ORDER

 PURSUANT TO KYPHON’S UNOPPOSED REQUEST, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: _________________, 2007 

 ______________________________________ 

 Hon. Susan Illston 

 Judge of the United States District Court 

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PROOF OF SERVICE

I certify that, on January 24, 2007, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(c), I caused a copy of 

REQUEST TO MODIFY INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE DATE 

PURSUANT TO CIVIL LOCAL RULES 6-2 AND 7-12; [PROPOSED] ORDER to be served 

by U.S. Mail or by electronic mail (as indicated) on the individuals listed in the table below: 

Sean DeBruine (sdebruine@akingump.com) 

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. 

3000 El Camino Real, Suite 400 

Palo Alto, CA 94306 

Telephone: (650) 838-2000 

Facsimile: (650) 838-2001 

Via U.S. Mail & Electronic Mail 

Steven M. Zager (szager@akingump.com) 

Michael Simons (msimons@akingump.com) 

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. 

1111 Louisiana Street, 44th Floor 

Houston, TX 77002 

Telephone: (713) 220-5800 

Facsimile: (713) 236-0822 

Via U.S. Mail & Electronic Mail 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

MEDTRONIC, INC., MEDTRONIC 

VASCULAR, INC., MEDTRONIC 

USA, INC., MEDTRONIC VASCULAR 

GALWAY, LTD., MEDTRONIC 

SOFAMOR DANEK, INC., & SDGI 

HOLDINGS, INC. 

I declare under penalty of perjury that the above is true and correct. Executed on January 

24, 2007. 

/s/ 

Janel M. Pearson 

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