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

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. and

APPLIED MATERIALS ISRAEL, LTD.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

NEGEVTECH, INC. and NEGEVTECH LTD.,

Defendants. /

No. C 04-3656 SI

ORDER CONTINUING CASE

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND

ADVISING COUNSEL OF POTENTIAL

ADMINISTRATIVE CLOSING

This action involves alleged infringement of two patents, Applied Materials’ U.S. Patent No.

5,982,921 (the “‘921 patent”) and its U.S. Patent No. 6,924,891 (the “‘891 patent”). The action has been

effectively stalled since October, 2005, based on the PTO re-examination proceedings concerning the

‘921 patent (initiated in June, 2005) and the re-examination request made to the PTO concerning the

‘891 patent (initiated in January, 2007).

Case management conferences (CMCs) have been scheduled and then postponed by stipulation

at least four times since the re-examination process began. Now, the parties seek to continue the CMC

currently scheduled for April 27, 2007 to a date in September, 2007. All of the continuances have been

sought and granted based on the unsettled state of the patent claims on account of the re-examination

proceedings. No realistic completion date has been suggested by anyone.

Accordingly, the parties’ request to continue the current CMC to September 14, 2007 is

GRANTED, and the stay in this action is extended until that date. However, if the PTO re-examination

proceedings as to the ‘921 and ‘891 patents have not been completed by that date, this action will be

ADMINISTRATIVELY CLOSED without prejudice to re-institution when/if the PTO proceedings are

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finalized and the relevant claims remain intact.

The parties shall file a joint status report no later than September 7, 2007 informing the Court

of the status of the matter.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 23, 2007 SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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