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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 28:1338 Patent Infringement

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JOEL T. BERES, Bar No. 125890

JOHN W. SCRUTON, Bar No. 126313

STITES & HARBISON, PLLC

400 West Market Street, Suite 1800

Louisville, KY 40202-3352

Telephone: 502.587.3400

Facsimile: 502.587.6391

E-mail: jberes@stites.com

jscruton@stites.com

PENNY M. COSTA, Bar No. 110373

BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP

333 South Grand Avenue, Suite 1800

Los Angeles, CA 90071-1523

Telephone: 213.975.1600

Facsimile: 213.975.1740

E-mail: pcosta@bakerlaw.com

STEPHANIE R. RENNER, Bar No. 217241

STITES & HARBISON, PLLC

250 West Main Street, Suite 2300

Lexington, KY 40507-1758

Telephone: 859.226.2300

Facsimile: 859.253.9411

E-mail: srenner@stites.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

ST. DENIS INNOVATIONS LLC

WILLIAM C. BERGMANN, D.C. Bar No. 

434570

pro hac vice

BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP

Washington Square, Suite 1100

1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20036-5304

Telephone: 202.861.1500

Facsimile: 202.861.1783

E-mail: wbergmann@bakerlaw.com

Attorneys for Defendant

SPX CORPORATION

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

St. Denis Innovations, LLC,

Plaintiff,

v.

SPX Corporation, 

Defendant.

CASE NO. 5:07-cv-00784-RMW-PVT

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AGREED ORDER GRANTING IN 

PART MOTION TO STAY 

PROCEEDINGS

Hon. Ronald M. Whyte

This is a patent infringement action in which plaintiff, St. Denis Innovations LLC (“St. 

Denis”), accuses defendant, SPX Corporation (“SPX”), of infringing U.S. Patent Number 

7,012,512 (“the ’512 patent”). A Request for Reexamination of the ’512 patent was filed by 

counsel for defendant on May 16, 2007, and is presently pending before the United States Patent 

and Trademark Office (“PTO”) as U.S. Reexam Control No. 90/008,637.

*E-FILED - 6/20/07*

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St. Denis and SPX stipulate to staying these proceedings until reexamination proceedings 

presently before the PTO have been completed except with respect to limited discovery 

concerning alleged prior art which was submitted to the PTO in the request for reexamination of 

the ’512 patent.

Staying these proceedings except with respect to limited discovery on the alleged prior 

art which was submitted to the PTO in the request for reexamination of the ’512 patent until the 

PTO completes its reexamination of the patent in suit will conserve judicial resources and will 

prevent potentially duplicative and conflicting proceedings. This Court will benefit from the 

PTO’s findings regarding the meaning and validity of the claims of the patent in suit and agrees 

that this action should be stayed until the PTO has completed the reexamination proceedings. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED that these proceedings are 

stayed until the PTO has completed its reexamination proceedings; provided, however, that the 

parties may continue to engage in discovery concerning the alleged prior art which was 

submitted to the PTO in the request for reexamination of the ’512 patent or any other alleged 

prior art that may arise during the reexamination process before the PTO. Counsel for the parties 

shall notify the Court when the reexamination proceedings have been completed.

Dated: ___________________

United States District Judge

Ronald M. Whyte

6/18/07 vacated. *The hearing on defendant's motion to stay scheduled for July 6, 2007, is hereby

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AGREED TO AND TENDERED JOINTLY BY:

Dated: May ___, 2007

STITES & HARBISON, PLLC

JOEL T. BERES

JOHN W. SCRUTON

STEPHANIE R. RENNER

/s/ Joel T. Beres (with permission)

Joel T. Beres

Attorneys for Plaintiff

ST. DENIS INNOVATIONS LLC

BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP

PENNY M. COSTA

WILLIAM C. BERGMANN

/s/ William C. Bergmann

William C. Bergmann

Attorneys for Defendant

SPX CORPORATION

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