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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

AMGEN INC., et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

SANDOZ INC., et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 14-cv-04741-RS 

CASE MANAGEMENT SCHEDULING 

ORDER 

Pursuant to Rule 16(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the parties attended a Case 

Management Conference on October 1, 2015. After considering the Joint Case Management 

Statement submitted by the parties and consulting with the attorneys of record for the parties and 

good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 

1. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION. 

MEDIATION. The expectation is the parties will seek to engage in private mediation prior 

to the claim construction hearing. 

2. DISCOVERY. 

Discovery shall be limited as follows: (a) fifteen (15) non-expert depositions per party; (b) 

twenty-five (25) interrogatories per party, including all discrete subparts; (c) a reasonable number 

of requests for production of documents or for inspection per party; and (d) forty (40) requests for 

admission per party, not including any requests for admission relating to authenticity. 

3. DISCOVERY DISPUTES. 

Discovery disputes will be referred to a Magistrate Judge. After the parties have met and 

conferred, the parties shall prepare a joint letter of not more than 8 pages explaining the dispute. 

Up to 12 pages of attachments may be added. The joint letter must be electronically filed under 

the Civil Events category of “Motions and Related Filings > Motions--General > Discovery Letter 

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Brief.” The Magistrate Judge to whom the matter is assigned will advise the parties of how that 

Judge intends to proceed. The Magistrate Judge may issue a ruling, order more formal briefing, or 

set a telephone conference or a hearing. After a Magistrate Judge has been assigned, all further 

discovery matters shall be filed pursuant to that Judge’s procedures. 

4. SCHEDULE. 

The following schedule is hereby set: 

 Deadline for Infringement Contentions for ’878 Patent Oct. 15, 2015 

 Deadline for Joining Parties and Amending Pleadings Oct. 15, 2015 

 Amgen’s Supplemental FRCP 26(a) Disclosures for ’878 Patent Nov. 5, 2015 

 Invalidity Contentions Due Dec. 11. 2015 

 Sandoz’s Supplemental FRCP 26(a) Disclosures Dec. 18, 2015 

 Exchange of Proposed Terms for Construction Dec. 22, 2015 

 Exchange of Prelim. Claim Constructions and Extrinsic Evidence Jan. 20, 2016 

 Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Statement Feb. 19, 2016 

 Completion of Claim Construction Discovery Mar. 16, 2016 

 Amgen’s Opening Claim Construction Brief Apr. 1, 2016 

 Sandoz’s Opposing Claim Construction Brief Apr. 15, 2016 

 Amgen’s Reply Claim Construction Brief Apr. 22, 2016 

 Tutorial, to be followed by Claim Construction Hearing May 4, 2016 

 at 9:30 a.m. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: October 1, 2015 

______________________________________ 

RICHARD SEEBORG 

United States District Judge 

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