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

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-1- PROPOSED ORDER Case No. C 06-CV-06318 WHA 

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Justin T. Beck, Esq. (Cal. Bar. No. 53138) 

Ron C. Finley, Esq. (Cal. Bar. No. 200549) 

Alfredo A. Bismonte, Esq. (Cal. Bar. No. 136154) 

Jeremy M. Duggan, Esq. (Cal. Bar. No. 229854) 

Craig Alan Hansen, Esq. (Cal. Bar. No. 209622) 

Beck, Ross, Bismonte & Finley, LLP 

50 West San Fernando Street, Suite 1300 

San Jose, CA 95113 

Tel: (408) 938-7900 

Fax: (408) 938-0790 

Email: jbeck@beckross.com 

rfinley@beckross.com 

 abismonte@beckross.com 

 jduggan@beckross.com 

 chansen@beckross.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterdefendant 

Nanometrics Incorporated 

SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP 

A Limited Liability Partnership 

Including Professional Corporations 

NEIL A. SMITH, Cal. Bar No. 63777 

DAVID SCHNAPF, Cal. Bar No. 100199 

NATHANIEL BRUNO, Cal. Bar No. 228118 

Four Embarcadero Center, 17th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111-4106 

Telephone: 415-434-9100 

Facsimile: 415-434-3947 

Electronic mail: nsmith@sheppardmullin.com 

 dschnapf@sheppardmullin.com 

 nbruno@smrh.com 

Attorneys for NOVA MEASURING 

INSTRUMENTS, LTD. and NOVA MEASURING 

INSTRUMENTS, INC. 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 

 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

NANOMETRICS INCORPORATED 

 Plaintiff, 

NOVA MEASURING INSTRUMENTS 

LTD., and NOVA MEASURING 

INSTRUMENTS, INC. 

 Defendants. 

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AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS. 

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Case No. C 06-CV-06318 WHA 

PROPOSED ORDER RE SCHEDULE 

FOR CLAIM CONSTRUCTION 

Date: July 11, 2007 

Time: 1:30 p.m. 

Place: Courtroom 9, 19th Floor 

Hon. Willam H. Alsup 

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 The parties to the above-entitled action hereby jointly stipulate and request that the Court adopt 

the following claim construction schedule: 

Nova’s Disclosure of Preliminary 

Invalidity Contentions March 14, 2007 

Parties Exchange Terms for Construction March 28, 2007 

Parties Exchange Proposed Constructions April 10, 2007 

Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing 

Statement May 1, 2007 

Close of discovery related to claim 

Construction May 15, 2007 

Nanometrics’ Opening Claim 

Construction Brief May 30, 2007 

Nova’s Opposition Brief June 13, 2007 

Nanometrics’ Reply Brief June 20, 2007 

Tutorial Hearing June 27, 2007 

Claim Construction Hearing July 11, 20071

 

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 This hearing is scheduled for the same day as the claim construction hearing in Case No. 06-cv-02252 (N.D. Cal.), 

currently pending before Judge Armstrong involving the same parties and counsel. Accordingly the parties anticipate 

requesting that one or the other hearing date be moved. 

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By his signature below, counsel for Nanometrics hereby attests that counsel for Nova has 

concurred in this filing. 

Beck, Ross, Bismonte & Finley, LLP 

Dated : January 30, 2007 By: /s/ 

 Jeremy M. Duggan 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterdefendant 

Nanometrics Incorporated 

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP 

Dated : January 30, 2007 By: /s/ 

 Nathaniel Bruno 

 Attorneys for Defendants and Counterclaimants 

 Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd., and Nova 

 Measuring Instruments, Inc. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED 

Dated: 

 The Honorable Willam H. Alsup 

 United States District Court Judge 

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