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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

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

JOHNSON & JOHNSON, et al.,

Defendants. /

No. C 02-00790 SI

ORDER RE: PRELIMINARY JURY

INSTRUCTIONS

The parties have jointly submitted proposed preliminary jury instructions for the Court’s review.

The Court accepts all preliminary instructions on which the parties agree. As for instructions where

there is disagreement among the parties, the Court orders as follows:

1. The Court will use Boston Scientific’s Proposed Preliminary Instruction 1.3 regarding the

preponderance of the evidence burden.

2. The Court will use Boston Scientific’s Proposed Preliminary Instruction 1.4 regarding the

clear and convincing evidence burden.

3. The Court will use Boston Scientific’s Proposed Preliminary Instruction 3 regarding joint

inventorship. However, the parties shall delete all language from line 15 on, beginning with the

sentence “The patent statute provides that . . . .” The final sentence of the instruction shall be the

sentence beginning with “Also, joint inventors need not make a contribution . . . .”

4. The Court will use Johnson & Johnson’s Proposed Preliminary Instruction 4 regarding

reduction to practice.

5. The Court will not use Johnson & Johnson’s Proposed Preliminary Instruction 5 regarding the

written description requirement. 

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United States District Court

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Counsel are directed to prepare a version of the preliminary jury instructions suitable for

projection to the jury while the instructions are being read. Counsel shall delete all source material,

commentary, and objections so as to provide the jury with a clean version of the instructions.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 5, 2007 

SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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