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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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1 Cook Incorporated is the assignee of this patent.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MEDTRONIC, INC., ET AL,

Plaintiff,

 v.

W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.,

Defendant. /

No. C 06-04455 JSW

ORDER RE CLAIM

CONSTRUCTION

On August 14, 2007, this matter came before the Court for a hearing pursuant to

Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc., 517 U.S. 370 (1996) to construe disputed terms and

phrases of the patents-in-suit.

At that hearing, the parties advised the Court that they were close to an agreement on the

meaning of the term guide wire. The parties are HEREBY ORDERED to file a joint statement

with the Court as to whether or not they were able to reach agreement on that term by no later

than September 28, 2007. The parties are FURTHER ORDERED not to submit additional

argument. Rather, they should simply advise the Court whether they agree on the meaning of

the term.

The Court does, however, request additional briefing from the parties on another matter.

The Court has located a reference to the ‘062 Patent in U.S. Patent 5,314,472 to Fontaine1

, in

which the stent of the ‘062 Patent is described as including “a cylindrical, open-ended spiral

component made of low memory metal wire that provides radial support inside a blood vessel.” 

The Court also located a reference in Medtronic, Inc. v. Advanced Cardiovascular Syst., Inc.,

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182 F. Supp. 2d 810, 813 (D. Mn. 2000) to the ‘062 Patent, in which that court suggests that the

stent of the ‘062 Patent is a balloon-expandable stent. Finally, at pages 44-48 of the parties’

Amended Joint Claim Construction Statement, Gore relies on statements in the prosecution

history of the Wiktor Patents in support of its proposed constructions, but Gore has not included

the references cited in the evidentiary record before the Court.

Accordingly, the parties are HEREBY ORDERED to submit supplemental briefing, not

to exceed ten (10) pages, that addresses the references above and their impact, if any, on the

“low memory metal” and “balloon-expandable” limitations proposed by Gore. The parties

shall submit their briefs, and the portions of the prosecution history referenced above, to

the Court by no later than October 9, 2007. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 19, 2007 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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