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

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STIPULATED DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE 1 CASE NO. 04-1934 VRW 

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SCOTT R. BROWN (CSB# 151635) 

MICHAEL B. HURD (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 

DAVID V. AYRES (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 

HOVEY WILLIAMS LLP 

2405 Grand Boulevard, Suite 400 

Kansas City, Missouri 64108-2519 

Phone: (816) 474-9050 

Fax: (816) 474-9057 

Attorneys for the Plaintiffs 

NELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT, INC. and 

BOARD OF REGENTS, UNIVERSITY OF 

TEXAS SYSTEM 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

NELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT, INC., and 

BOARD OF REGENTS, UNIVERSITY OF 

TEXAS SYSTEM, 

 Plaintiffs, 

v. 

SMITHS MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL 

LTD.,SMITHS MEDICAL ASD, INC., 

BREGAS AB, VITAL SIGNS, INC. 

VITAL SIGNS SWEDEN AB, and FUTALL 

AB, 

 Defendants. 

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Case No.: 04-1934 VRW 

STIPULATED DISMISSAL WITH 

PREJUDICE

Date: Not Applicable 

Time: Not Applicable 

Judge: Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker 

STIPULATED DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE

 Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant Nellcor Puritan Bennett Incorporated, Plaintiff Board 

of Regents, The University of Texas System, and Defendant Vital Signs, Inc., Defendant Vital 

Signs Sweden AB, and Defendant Futall AB in this case, hereby jointly stipulate that all 

claims or causes of action asserted in this suit between and among Plaintiff and CounterDefendant Nellcor Puritan Bennett Incorporated, Plaintiff Board of Regents, The University 

of Texas System, and Defendant Vital Signs, Inc., Defendant Vital Signs Sweden AB, and 

Defendant Futall AB are hereby dismissed with prejudice to the right of the parties to assert in 

the future any such claims. 

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 The above parties further stipulate that all attorneys’ fees and costs are to be borne by 

the party that incurred them. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

Date: September 8, 2006 /s/ Scott R. Brown

 SCOTT R. BROWN (CSB# 151635) 

MICHAEL B. HURD (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 

DAVID V. AYRES (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 

HOVEY WILLIAMS LLP 

2405 Grand Boulevard, Suite 400 

Kansas City, Missouri 64108-2519 

Phone: (816) 474-9050 

Fax: (816) 474-9057 

 Attorneys for the Plaintiffs and 

 Counter-Defendants 

 NELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT, INC. and 

 BOARD OF REGENTS, UNIVERSITY OF 

 TEXAS SYSTEM 

 Respectfully submitted, 

Date: September 8, 2006 /s/ Frank L. Bernstein

 Frank L. Bernstein(CSB#189504) 

 KENYON & KENYON LLP 

 333 West San Carlos Street 

 San Jose, California 

 Phone: (408) 975-7500 

 Fax: (408) 975-7501 

 Attorneys for the Defendants 

 VITAL SIGNS, INC., VITAL SIGNS SWEDEN AB, 

 and FUTALL AB 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Signed this ____ day of _______________ 2006. 

_______________________________________ 

Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker 

14th September

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a true copy of Nellcor Puritan Bennett, Inc. and Board of 

Regents, The University of Texas System’s STIPULATED DISMISSAL WITH 

PREJUDICE is being served upon the following counsel of record this 8th day of 

September, 2006, via e-mail to: 

Scott R. Brown 

Hovey Williams LLP 

2405 Grand Boulevard, Suite 400 

Kansas City, Missouri 64108-2519 

E-mail: Scott Brown [srb@hoveywilliams.com] 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Nellcor Puritan Bennett, Inc. and 

Board of Regents, University of Texas System 

Date: September 8, 2006 /s/ Frank L. Bernstein 

 Frank L. Bernstein 

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