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

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JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER LIMITING POTENTIAL DAMAGES — No. C 02-790 SI 

[SEE SIGNATURE PAGE FOR ATTORNEY NAMES] 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION, 

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., 

SCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS, INC., and 

SCHNEIDER (EUROPE) GmbH, 

Plaintiffs, 

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JOHNSON & JOHNSON 

and CORDIS CORPORATION, 

Defendants. 

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No. C 02-790 SI (filed Feb. 14, 2002) 

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER 

LIMITING POTENTIAL DAMAGES 

[Civil L.R. 7-12] 

CORDIS CORPORATION, 

Counterclaim-Plaintiff, 

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BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION, 

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., 

SCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS, INC., and 

SCHNEIDER (EUROPE) GmbH, 

Counterclaim-Defendants. 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER LIMITING POTENTIAL DAMAGES — No. C 02-790 SI 

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER

WHEREAS Plaintiffs are asserting infringement of the following U.S. Patents: 

• No. 5,501,759 to Forman (method claims, issued Mar. 26, 1996) 

• No. 5,843,032 to Kastenhofer (product claims, issued Dec. 1, 1998) 

• No. 5,961,765 to Kastenhofer (method claims, issued Oct. 5, 1999) 

• No. 6,027,477 to Kastenhofer (product claims, issued Feb. 22, 2000) 

• No. 6,471,673 to Kastenhofer (product claims, issued Oct. 29, 2002), and 

WHEREAS Cordis Corporation is asserting infringement of the following U.S. Patents: 

• No. 5,538,510 to Fontirroche (product claims, issued July 23, 1996) 

• No. 5,820,594 to Fontirroche (product claims, issued Oct. 13, 1998) 

• No. 5,824,173 to Fontirroche (method claims, issued Oct. 20, 1998), and 

WHEREAS Plaintiffs and Cordis Corporation want to avoid any disputes concerning 

compliance with the patent marking statute, 35 U.S.C. § 287(a); 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED THAT: 

1. Plaintiffs will not seek damages in this action for any infringement of the following 

patents before the following dates: 

U.S. Patent No. Earliest date of damages for any infringement

5,501,759 to Forman Apr. 3, 2000 (earliest possible date of infringement) 

5,843,032 to Kastenhofer Feb. 1, 2001 (earliest possible date of marking) 

5,961,765 to Kastenhofer Oct. 5, 1999 (date of issuance) 

6,027,477 to Kastenhofer Feb. 1, 2001 (earliest possible date of marking) 

6,471,673 to Kastenhofer Oct. 29, 2002 (date of issuance) 

2. Cordis Corporation will not seek damages in this action for any infringement of the 

following patents before the following dates: 

U.S. Patent No. Earliest date of damages for any infringement

5,538,510 to Fontirroche Oct. 15, 2002 (date of counterclaim) 

5,820,594 to Fontirroche Oct. 15, 2002 (date of counterclaim) 

5,824,173 to Fontirroche Oct. 20, 1998 (date of issuance) 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER LIMITING POTENTIAL DAMAGES — No. C 02-790 SI 

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 

Dated: July 6, 2007 

By: /s/ Dominic E. Massa 

William F. Lee (Admitted in N.D. Cal.) 

(william.lee@wilmerhale.com) 

Dominic E. Massa (Pro Hac Vice) 

(dominic.massa@wilmerhale.com) 

WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE 

AND DORR LLP 

60 State Street 

Boston, Massachusetts 02109 

Telephone: (617) 526-6000 

Facsimile: (617) 526-5000 

Mark D. Selwyn (SBN 244180) 

Nathan L. Walker (SBN 206128) 

Christine Duh (SBN 228544) 

WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE 

AND DORR LLP 

1117 California Avenue 

Palo Alto, California 94304 

Telephone: (650) 858-6000 

Facsimile: (650) 858-6100 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs-Counterclaim 

Defendants BOSTON SCIENTIFIC 

CORPORATION, BOSTON SCIENTIFIC 

SCIMED, INC., SCIMED LIFE 

SYSTEMS, INC., and SCHNEIDER 

(EUROPE) GmbH 

By: /s/ David T. Pritikin 

Robert B. Morrill (SBN 035488) 

(rmorrill@sidley.com) 

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 

555 California Street 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: (415) 772-1200 

Facsimile: (415) 772-7400 

David T. Pritikin (Pro Hac Vice) 

(dpritikin@sidley.com) 

William H. Baumgartner, Jr. (Pro Hac Vice) 

(wbaumgartner@sidley.com) 

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 

One South Dearborn Street 

Chicago, Illinois 60603 

Telephone: (312) 853-7000 

Facsimile: (312) 853-7036 

Attorneys for Defendants 

JOHNSON & JOHNSON and 

CORDIS CORPORATION

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JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER LIMITING POTENTIAL DAMAGES — No. C 02-790 SI 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: _______________________ ____________________________________ 

 SUSAN ILLSTON 

 United States District Judge 

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