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

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

The Regents of the University of California,

Plaintiff,

 v.

Micro Therapeutics Inc. and Dendron

GmbH,

Defendants and Third Party 

Plaintiffs,

 v.

Boston Scientific Corp. and Target

Therapeutics Inc.,

Third Party Defendants. /

NO. C 03-05669 JW 

ORDER APPOINTING RAINER SCHULZ

AS A TECHNICAL ADVISOR

At the June 26, 2006 case management conference, the Court orally confirmed with counsel

for the respective parties that they have no objections to the appointment of Mr. Rainer Schulz as a

“Technical Advisor.” Therefore, the Court appoints Rainer Schulz as a Technical Advisor under the

following terms:

1. Any advice provided to the Court by Mr. Schulz will not be based on any extrarecord information.

2. From time to time, the Court may request Mr. Schulz to provide a formal written

report on technical advice concerning the case. A copy of the formal written report

prepared by Mr. Schulz shall be provided to the parties. The Court, however,

reserves the right to have informal verbal communications with Mr. Schulz which are

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not included in any formal written report.

3. Mr. Schulz may attend any court proceedings.

4. Mr. Schulz may review any pleadings, motions or documents submitted to the Court. 

5. As a technical advisor, Mr. Schulz will make no written findings of fact and will not

supply any evidence to the Court. Thus, Mr. Schulz will be outside the purview of 

“expert witnesses” under Fed. R. Evid. 706. As such, the provisions in Rule 706 for

depositions and questioning of expert witnesses will be inapplicable to Mr. Schulz. 

See Reilly v. United States, 863 F.2d 149, 155-56 (1st Cir. 1988).

6. Mr. Schulz will have no contact with any of the parties or their counsel other than for

billing purposes.

7. The parties are directed to pay the reasonable fees charged by Mr. Schulz for his

service as a technical advisor to the Court in this case. The parties shall confer to

determine an apportionment for purposes of payment of Mr. Schulz’s fees. All

matters pertaining to the fees of Mr. Schulz are referred to Magistrate Judge Richard

Seeborg.

8. Mr. Schulz shall file a declaration that he will adhere to the terms of his appointment.

Dated: June 26, 2006 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT COPIES OF THIS ORDER HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO:

Amanda Marie Kessel akessel@goodwinprocter.com

Charles G. Curtis ccurtis@hewm.com

Chien-Ju Alice Chen achen@Fenwick.Com

Christopher T. Holding cholding@goodwinprocter.com

Colin G. Sandercock csandercock@proskauer.com

David J. Harth dharth@hewm.com

Gabrielle E. Bina gbina@hewm.com

J. Anthony Downs jdowns@goodwinprocter.com

John S. Skilton jskilton@hewm.com

John S. Skilton jskilton@hewm.com

Julie Lynn Fieber jfieber@flk.com

Lynn H. Pasahow lpasahow@fenwick.com

Michael Francis Kelleher mkelleher@flk.com

Michael J. Shuster mshuster@fenwick.com

Michael K. Plimack mplimack@hewm.com

Michelle M. Umberger mumberger@hewm.com

Patrick E. Premo ppremo@fenwick.com

Roland Schwillinski rschwillinski@goodwinprocter.com

Sarah C. Walkenhorst swalkenhorst@hewm.com

Wendy Lynn Bjerknes Wbjerknes@fenwick.com

Dated: June 26, 2006 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: /s/ JW Chambers 

Melissa Peralta

Courtroom Deputy

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