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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:271 Patent Infringement

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JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT CASE NO. C 03 05669 JW (RS)

[List of Counsel Appears on Last Page]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY 

OF CALIFORNIA, a California corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

MICRO THERAPEUTICS, INC., a 

Delaware corporation, and DENDRON 

GmbH, a German corporation,

Defendants,

Case No. C 03 05669 JW (RS)

JOINT STATEMENT AND PROPOSED

ORDER PURSUANT TO COURT’SMAY

26, 2006 ORDER FOLLOWING CASE

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

Date: June 26, 2006

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Place: Courtroom 8, 4th Floor

Judge: Hon. James Ware

MICRO THERAPEUTICS, INC., a 

Delaware corporation, and DENDRON 

GmbH, a German corporation,

Third Party Plaintiffs,

v.

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION, 

a Delaware corporation, and TARGET 

THERAPEUTICS, INC., a Delaware 

corporation,

Third Party Defendants.

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JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT -2- CASE NO. C 03 05669 JW (RS)

Pursuant to the Court’s request in its May 26, 2006 Order Following Case Management 

Conference that the parties submit a proposed order regarding further claim construction, 

proposed interim case management conference dates, and further case scheduling, the parties 

submit the following proposed dates. The parties propose an interim case management 

conference on June 26, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. to discuss issues of claim construction briefing and 

case scheduling.

I. SUPPLEMENTAL CLAIM CONSTRUCTION BRIEFING

The Regents and MTI have met and conferred as required by the Court’s May 26 Order in 

an attempt to reduce the number of claim terms and phrases in dispute. Attached as Exhibit A is a 

chart of the current claim terms and phrases still in dispute. The Regents and MTI will continue 

their efforts to reduce the number of disputed claim terms.

The Regents and MTI propose the following schedule for further claim construction. 1

Description The Regents’ 

Proposed

Due Dates

MTI’s

Proposed

Due Dates

The

Regents’

Proposed

Page

Limits

MTI’s

Proposed

Page

Limits

L/D for parties to file and 

serve Opening Supplemental 

Claim Construction Briefs in 

light of 8/25/05 Claim 

Construction Order

July 19, 2006 July 19, 2006 25 pages 40 pages

L/D for parties to file and

serve Reply Supplemental 

Claim Construction Briefs in 

light of 8/25/05 Claim 

Construction Order

August 7, 

2006

August 18, 

2006

15 pages 30 pages

Hearing on Supplemental 

Claim Construction

August 21, 

2006

October 13, 

2006

1

 MTI’s lead trial counsel, Attorney John Skilton, as well as counsel who argued on behalf of 

MTI at the first claim construction hearing in this case, Attorney Colin Sandercock, are scheduled 

for trial in another patent matter beginning on August 28, 2006. Therefore, MTI requests that the 

Court not schedule the hearing on supplemental claim construction in August or September 2006. 

The Regents’ lead trial counsel, Lynn Pasahow, has a final pre-trial conference scheduled on 

September 18, 2006, with trial set to begin on September 26, 2006, in another patent matter in 

Portland, Oregon. 

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JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT -3- CASE NO. C 03 05669 JW (RS)

The parties request an interim case management conference immediately following the 

hearing on supplemental claim construction.

II. STATUS OF THE PATENTS-IN-SUIT

At the Court’s request, the parties submit a chart outlining the status of the PTO 

proceedings as they relate to the patents-in-suit as Exhibit B hereto.

III. FURTHER CASE SCHEDULE

The parties propose the following dates for the remainder of the case:

Description Proposed Due Dates

Interim Case Management Conference June 26, 2006

Fact Discovery Closes and L/D to Serve Supplemental 

Disclosures

December 15, 2006

L/D for Parties to Exchange Opening Expert Disclosures 

and Reports

January 16, 2007

L/D for Parties to Exchange Rebuttal Expert Disclosures 

and Reports

February 15, 2007

L/D for Parties to Exchange Reply Expert Reports March 1, 2007

Expert Discovery Closes April 2, 2007

L/D to File Dispositive Motions April 2, 2007 

L/D to File Joint Pretrial Statement May 7, 2007

Final Pretrial Conference May 21, 2007

Jury Trial (as set by the Court’s May 26 Order) June 5-8, 2007

June 12-15, 2007

June 19-22, 2007

June 26-29, 2007

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JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT -4- CASE NO. C 03 05669 JW (RS)

Dated: By: /s/

Lynn H. Pasahow (SBN 054283)

Patrick E. Premo (SBN 184915)

FENWICK & WEST LLP

Silicon Valley Center

801 California Street

Mountain View, California 94041

Telephone: (650) 335-7460

Attorneys for Plaintiff/Counterdefendant

The Regents of the University of California

Dated: By: /s/

John S. Skilton (Pro Hac Vice)

Michelle M. Umberger (Pro Hac Vice)

HELLER EHRMAN LLP

One East Main Street, Suite 201

Madison, Wisconsin 53703

Telephone: (608) 663-7460

Attorneys for Defendants/Counterclaimants

MICRO THERAPEUTICS, INC. and DENDRON 

GMBH

Dated: By: /s/

Roland H. Schwillinski (Pro Hac Vice)

GOODWIN PROCTER LLP 

Exchange Place

Boston, Massachusetts 02109-2881

Telephone: (617) 570-1000

Attorneys for Third Party Defendants

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC and TARGET 

THERAPEUTICS, INC.

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JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT -5- CASE NO. C 03 05669 JW (RS)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY 

OF CALIFORNIA, a California corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

MICRO THERAPEUTICS, INC., a 

Delaware corporation, and DENDRON 

GmbH, a German corporation,

Defendants,

Case No. C 03 05669 JW (RS)

[Proposed] Order 

MICRO THERAPEUTICS, INC., a 

Delaware corporation, and DENDRON 

GmbH, a German corporation,

Third Party Plaintiffs,

v.

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION, 

a Delaware corporation, and TARGET 

THERAPEUTICS, INC., a Delaware 

corporation,

Third Party Defendants.

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Having considered the requests of the parties as stated above and at the Case Management 

Conference, the Court ORDERS as follows:

1. The Court will hold a Supplemental Claim Construction Hearing on [DATE and 

TIME].

2. The Regents and MTI shall comply with the following briefing schedule:

a. Opening Briefs: The Regents and MTI must serve and file their respective

opening briefs and supporting evidence on or before [DATE]. Accompanying the 

brief must be a proposed jury instruction which incorporates the language which 

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JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT -6- CASE NO. C 03 05669 JW (RS)

the party contends should be adopted in construing the claims. Opening briefs will 

be limited to [NUMBER] pages.

b. Reply Briefs: The Regents and MTI must serve and file any reply brief and 

supporting evidence on or before [DATE]. Reply briefs will be limited to 

[NUMBER] pages.

2. The Court adopts the parties’ proposed dates set forth in Section III above as the 

schedule for the remainder of the case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:__06/16/06______________ __________________________________ 

Honorable James Ware

United States District Judge

Northern District of California

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