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

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Case No. C06-3986 RMW (PVT) 

STIPULATION AND [] ORDER 

MODIFYING THE MODIFIED SCHEDULE 

DM_US:20216896_2

HOWREY LLP

Henry C. Bunsow (SBN 60707) 

K.T. Cherian (SBN 133967) 

Brian A. E. Smith (SBN 188147) 

Scott Wales (SBN 179804) 

HOWREY LLP 

525 Market Street, Suite 3600 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 848-4900 

Facsimile: (415) 848-4999 

Attorneys for Defendant 

VERITY INSTRUMENTS, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

VERITY INSTRUMENTS, INC., 

Defendants. 

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Case No. C06-3986 RMW (PVT) 

STIPULATION AND [] ORDER 

MODIFYING THE SCHEDULE ORDERED 

JANUARY 8, 2007

The parties hereto, hereby stipulate and agree, through their counsel of record, as follows: 

 WHEREAS, pursuant to this Court’s January 8, 2007 Order Modifying the Schedule Set Forth 

In the Case Management Order of November 8, 2006 (“Modified Scheduling Order”) the Court has 

scheduled the last day for parties to exchange Preliminary Claim Constructions and provide 

preliminary identification of extrinsic evidence as February 16, 2007; 

 WHEREAS, the parties have discussed settlement and the Early Neutral Evaluation on 

February 5, 2007 and wish to have an additional two-week period to exchange information and pursue 

settlement discussions. 

 WHEREAS, a continuation of the dates set forth in the Modified Scheduling Order will not 

affect the current case schedule beyond the Further Case Management Conferences as no other dates 

have been scheduled; 

*E-FILED - 3/1/07*

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 WHEREAS, the parties respectfully request that the Court adopt the proposed schedule set 

forth below: 

EVENT CURRENT MODIFIED 

SCHEDULE 

PROPOSED SCHEDULE 

Last day for parties to exchange 

Preliminary Claim 

Constructions and provide 

preliminary identification of 

extrinsic evidence 

Patent L.R. 4-2(a) 

February 16, 2007 

(Friday) 

March 2, 2007 

(Friday) 

File Joint Claim Construction 

and Pre-hearing Statement 

Patent L.R. 4-3 

March 7, 2007 

(Wednesday) 

March 21, 2007 

(Wednesday) 

Complete all discovery relating 

to Claim Construction 

Patent L.R. 4-4 

April 6, 2007 

(Friday) 

April 20, 2007 

(Friday) 

Further Case Management 

Conference to set briefing 

schedule and hearing dates for 

Tutorial, Markman Hearing, and 

Summary Judgment Motions. 

April 13, 2007 

(Friday) 

April 27, 2007 

(Friday) 

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Case No. C06-3986 RMW (PVT) 

STIPULATION AND [] ORDER 

MODIFYING THE MODIFIED SCHEDULE 

DM_US:20216896_2

HOWREY LLP

IT IS SO STIPULATED 

DATED: February 15, 2007 

NIXON PEABODY LLP 

By: /s/ Patrick T. Michael

PATRICK T. MICHAEL 

Two Embarcadero Center 

Suite 2700 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 984-8200 

Facsimile: (415) 984-8300 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 

DATED: February 15, 2007 

HOWREY LLP 

By: /s/ Brian A.E. Smith

BRIAN A.E. SMITH 

525 Market Street, Suite 

3600 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: (415) 848-4900 

Facsimile: (415) 848-4999 

Attorneys for Defendants 

VERITY INSTRUMENTS, INC. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED 

Dated: February ____, 2007 

The Hon. Ronald M. Whyte 

Judge, United States District Court 

3/1/07 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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