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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:145 Patent Infringement

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER MODIFYING 

DECEMBER 19, 2006 PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER 

TCivil Action No. C06-02559 SI 

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Frank E. Scherkenbach, SBN 142549 (scherkenbach@fr.com) 

Fish & Richardson P.C. 

225 Franklin Street 

Boston, MA 02110-2804 

Telephone: (617) 542-5070 

Facsimile: (617) 542-8906 

Karen I. Boyd, SBN 189808 (boyd@fr.com) 

Fish & Richardson P.C. 

500 Arguello Street, Suite 500 

Redwood City, CA 94063 

Telephone: (650) 839-5070 

Facsimile: (650) 839-5071 

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

Fish & Richardson P.C. 

3300 Dain Rauscher Plaza 

60 South Sixth Street 

Minneapolis, MN 55402 

Telephone: (612) 335-5070 

Facsimile: (612) 288-9696 

Attorneys for Defendant 

KYPHON INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

(SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION) 

MEDTRONIC, INC., MEDTRONIC 

VASCULAR, INC., MEDTRONIC USA, INC., 

MEDTRONIC VASCULAR GALWAY LTD., 

MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK, INC., and 

SDGI HOLDINGS, INC., 

 Plaintiffs, 

v. 

KYPHON INC., 

 Defendant. 

Civil Action No. C06-02559 SI 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER MODIFYING DECEMBER 19, 

2006 PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER 

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Pursuant to the Court’s March 29, 2007 Order Granting Plaintiffs’ Motion for Leave to 

Amend Preliminary Infringement Contentions, the parties have conferred regarding scheduling of 

claim construction briefing and related dates associated with the addition to this suit of claim 5 of 

U.S. Patent No. 5,759,173 (“the ’173 patent”). To allow the Court to hear and decide issues relating 

to construction of disputed terms in claim 5 with the rest of the parties’ disputed constructions on 

April 25, 2007, the parties hereby stipulate and agree that the Court’s December 19, 2006 Pretrial 

Scheduling Order should be modified as follows: 

1. The parties shall exchange proposed constructions for disputed terms in claim 5 of 

the ’173 patent on April 5, 2007. 

2. The parties shall meet and confer regarding their proposed constructions for 

disputed terms in claim 5 of the ’173 patent on April 6, 2007. 

3. The parties shall file an Amended Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing 

Statement including their proposed constructions for disputed terms in claim 5 of the ’173 patent, 

and all intrinsic and extrinsic evidence in support thereof, on April 9, 2007. 

4. The parties shall file and serve further claim construction briefs of no more than 

five pages in length, addressing only their proposed constructions for disputed terms in claim 5 of 

the ’173 patent, on April 16, 2007. No reply or responsive briefs regarding disputed terms in claim 5 

of the ’173 patent shall be permitted. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: April 4, 2007 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. 

By: /s/ John M. Farrell 

John M. Farrell 

Attorneys for Defendant 

KYPHON, INC. 

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Dated: April 4, 2007 AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP 

By: /s/ Sean P. DeBruine 

 Sean P. DeBruine 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

MEDTRONIC, INC., MEDTRONIC 

VASCULAR, INC., MEDTRONIC USA, INC., 

MEDTRONIC VASCULAR GALWAY LTD., 

MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK, INC., and 

SDGI HOLDINGS, INC. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: , 2007 

 Honorable Susan Illston 

 United States District Judge 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER MODIFYING 

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Pursuant to General Order No. 45, Section X(B) regarding signatures, I attest under penalty 

of perjury that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from Sean P. DeBruine, 

Esq. 

Dated: April 4, 2007 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. 

By: /s/ John M. Farrell 

John M. Farrell 

Attorneys for Defendant 

KYPHON, INC. 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER MODIFYING 

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I am employed in the County San Mateo. My business address is Fish & Richardson P.C., 

500 Arguello Street, Suite 500, Redwood City, CA 94063. I am over the age of 18 and not a party 

to the foregoing action. 

I am readily familiar with the business practice at my place of business for collection and 

processing of correspondence for personal delivery, for mailing with United States Postal Service, 

for facsimile, and for overnight delivery by Federal Express, Express Mail, or other overnight 

service. 

On April 4, 2007, I caused a copy of the following document(s): 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER MODIFYING DECEMBER 19, 2006 

PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER 

to be served on the interested parties in this action by placing a true and correct copy thereof, 

enclosed in a sealed envelope, and addressed as follows: 

Sean DeBruine (sdebruine@akingump.com) 

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. 

3000 El Camino Real, Suite 400 

Palo Alto, CA 94306 

Telephone: (650) 838-2000 

Facsimile: (650) 838-2001 

Steven M. Zager (szager@akingump.com) 

Michael Simons (msimons@akingump.com) 

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. 

1111 Louisiana Street, 44th Floor 

Houston, TX 77002 

Telephone: (713) 220-5800 

Facsimile: (713) 236-0822 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

MEDTRONIC, INC., MEDTRONIC 

VASCULAR, INC., MEDTRONIC 

USA, INC., MEDTRONIC VASCULAR 

GALWAY, LTD., MEDTRONIC 

SOFAMOR DANEK, INC., & SDGI 

HOLDINGS, INC. 

X MAIL: Such correspondence was deposited, postage fully paid, with the 

United States Postal Service on the same day in the ordinary course 

of business. 

PERSONAL: Such envelope was delivered by hand to the offices of the addressee. 

FACSIMILE: Such document was faxed to the facsimile transmission machine 

with the facsimile machine number stated above. Upon completion 

of the transmission, the transmitting machine issued a transmission 

report showing the transmission was complete and without error. 

ELECTRONIC 

MAIL: 

Such document was transmitted by electronic mail to the addressees’ 

email addresses as stated above. 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER MODIFYING 

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FEDERAL 

EXPRESS: 

Such correspondence was deposited on the same day in the ordinary 

course of business with a facility regularly maintained by Federal 

Express. 

EXPRESS 

MAIL: 

Such correspondence was deposited on the same day in the ordinary 

course of business with a facility regularly maintained by the United 

States Postal Service. 

OVERNIGHT 

DELIVERY: 

Such correspondence was given on the same day in the ordinary 

course of business to an authorized courier or a driver authorized by 

that courier to receive documents. 

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I declare that I am employed in the office of a member of the bar of this Court at whose 

direction the service was made. 

I declare under penalty of perjury that the above is true and correct. Executed on April 4, 

2007, at Redwood City, CA. 

/s/ Janel M. Pearson 

Janel M. Pearson 

50408980.doc 

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