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

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1 JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER DISMISSING

CERTAIN CLAIMS, COUNTERCLAIMS AND DEFENSES

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Robert A. Van Nest, SBN 84065, rav@kvn.com 

Stuart L. Gasner, SBN 164675, slg@kvn.com 

David J. Silbert, SBN 173128, djs@kvn.com 

Keker & Van Nest, LLP 

710 Sansome Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111-1704 

Telephone: (415) 391-5400 

Facsimile: (415) 397-7188 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Counterdefendants 

FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, INC. 

and FRESENIUS USA, INC. 

Michael J. Abernathy (admitted pro hac vice), mabernathy@bellboyd.com 

Lisa A. Carroll (admitted pro hac vice), lcarroll@bellboyd.com 

Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC 

70 West Madison Street, Suite 3100 

Chicago, IL 60602 

Telephone: (312) 372-1121 

Facsimile: (312) 827-8000 

Attorneys for Defendants and Counterclaimants BAXTER 

INTERNATIONAL INC. and BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, 

INC., a New York corporation; and FRESENIUS 

USA, INC., a Massachusetts corporation, 

 Plaintiffs and Counterdefendants,

v. 

BAXTER INTERNATIONAL, INC., a 

Delaware corporation; and BAXTER 

HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, a 

Delaware corporation, 

 Defendants and Counterclaimants.

Case No. C 03-01431 SBA (EDL) 

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER 

DISMISSING CERTAIN CLAIMS, 

COUNTERCLAIMS AND DEFENSES 

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Todd G. Miller, SBN 163200, miller@fr.com 

Fish & Richardson P.C. 

12390 El Camino Real 

San Diego, CA 92130 

Telephone: (858) 678-5070 

Facsimile: (858) 678-5099 

Mathias W. Samuel, pro hac vice, samuel@fr.com 

Thomas S. McClenahan, SBN 203204, mcclenahan@fr.com 

Fish & Richardson P.C., P.A. 

60 South Sixth Street, Suite 3300 

Minneapolis, MN 55402 

Telephone: (612) 335-5070 

Facsimile: (612) 288-9696 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Counterdefendants 

FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, INC. 

and FRESENIUS USA, INC. 

Daniel J. Furniss, SBN 73531, djfurniss@townsend.com 

Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP 

379 Lytton Avenue 

Palo Alto, CA 94301 

Telephone: (650) 326-2400 

Facsimile: (650) 326-2422 

Attorneys for Defendants and Counterclaimants BAXTER 

INTERNATIONAL INC. and BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION

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Plaintiffs and Counterdefendants Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc. and Fresenius 

USA, Inc. (collectively “Fresenius”) and Defendants and Counterclaimants Baxter International, 

Inc. and Baxter Healthcare Corporation (collectively “Baxter), by and through their respective 

counsel, hereby stipulate as follows: 

1. All claims, counterclaims, and defenses of the parties concerning Fresenius’ model 

2008H hemodialysis machine are hereby dismissed with prejudice. 

2. All claims, counterclaims, and defenses of the parties concerning Baxter’s U.S. 

Patent No. 5,486,286 and claims 1 and 6 of Baxter’s U.S. Patent No. 5,326,476 are hereby 

dismissed with prejudice. 

3. Fresenius’ Third Affirmative Defense (Laches), Fourth Affirmative Defense 

(Estoppel), Sixth Affirmative Defense (Failure to Mark), and Eighth Affirmative Defense 

(Prosecution Laches) are hereby dismissed with prejudice as to all patents currently asserted by 

Baxter. 

4. Fresenius’ Tenth Affirmative Defense (Unenforceability) is hereby dismissed with 

prejudice as to Baxter’s U.S. Patent Nos. 5,486,286 and 5,744,027 only. 

5. Fresenius’ defense of improper inventorship based on alleged contribution by Ziba 

Design is hereby dismissed with prejudice as to all patents currently asserted by Baxter. 

6. Fresenius’ defense of indefiniteness is hereby dismissed with prejudice as to claims 

1, 13 and 14 of Baxter’s U.S. Patent No. 6,284,131 only. 

Dated: March 10, 2006 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C., P.A. 

By: /s/ Thomas S. McClenahan 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Counterdefendants

Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc. and 

Fresenius USA, Inc. 

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Dated: March 9, 2006 BELL, BOYD & LLOYD LLC 

By: /s/ Thomas L. Gemmell 

Attorneys for Defendants and Counterclaimants

Baxter International Inc. and Baxter Healthcare 

Corporation 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: _3/14/06 By: ___________________________________

 HON. SAUNDRA B. ARMSTRONG 

United States District Court Judge 

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SIGNATURE ATTESTATION

 I, Thomas S. McClenahan, herby attest: 

 1. I have on file all holograph signatures for any signatures indicated by a 

“conformed” signature (/s/) within this e-filed document. 

 2. I shall maintain records of the original with the holograph signature for subsequent 

production for the Court if so ordered or for inspection upon request by a party until one year after 

final resolution of the action pursuant to General Order 45 of the United States District Court for 

the Northern District of California. 

 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California and the United 

States of America that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed in Minneapolis, Minnesota on 

March 10, 2006. 

Dated: March 10, 2006 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C., P.A. 

 By: /s/ Thomas S. McClenahan 

 Thomas S. McClenahan 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Counterdefendants 

 FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, 

 INC., and FRESENIUS USA, INC. 

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