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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

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.,

Plaintiff,

 v.

NEGEVTECH, INC, ET AL,

Defendant. /

No. C 04-03656 SI

SECOND

PRETRIAL PREPARATION ORDER

It is hereby ORDERED pursuant to F.R.C.P. and the Local Rules of this Court:

FURTHER CASE MANAGEMENT: February 8, 2008 at 2:30 p.m.. Counsel must file a joint case management statement seven days in advance of the conference.

DISCOVERY PLAN: Per F.R.Civ.P and Local Rules, subject to any provisions below.

NON-EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF is August 25, 2008.

DESIGNATION OF EXPERTS: 9/08/08. Opening Reports Due: 9/22/08, Opposing Reports Due:

10/27/08, Rebuttal Reports Due: 11/24/08. Parties SHALL conform to Rule 26(a)(2).

EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF isDecember 8, 2008

DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS SHALL be filed by January 9, 2009; 

Opp. Due June 23, 2006; Reply Due January 30, 2009;

 and set for hearing no later than February 13, 2009 at 9:00 AM.

PRETRIAL CONFERENCE DATE: March 10, 2009 at 3:30 PM.

JURY TRIAL DATE: March 23, 2009 at 8:30 AM., Courtroom 4, 17th floor.

TRIAL LENGTH is estimated to be eight days.

SPECIAL DISCOVERY AND PRETRIAL PROVISIONS:

The pretrial conference SHALL be attended by trial counsel prepared to discuss all aspects of the case,

including settlement. Parties SHALL conform to the attached instructions. Plaintiff is ORDERED to

serve a copy of this order on any party subsequently joined in this action.

10/01/07 Applied Materials to Serve Disclosure of Asserted Claims

and Preliminary Ingrigement Contentions (3-1)

n/a Applied Materials to Serve Document Production

Accompanying Disclosure (3-2)

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11/15/07 Negevtech to Serve Preliminary Invalidity Contentions (3-

3)

11/15/07 Negevtech to serve Document Production Accompanying

Preliminary Invalidity Contentions (3-4)

11/30/07 Parties Exchange Proposed Terms and Claim Elements for

Construction (4-1)

12/21/07 Parties Exchange Preliminary Claim Construction and

Extrinsic Evidence (4-2)

1/25/08 Parties File Joint Claim Construction and Pre-Hearing

Statement (4–3)

2/29/08 Parties Complete Claim Construction Discovery (4-4)

3/17/08 - plt. File Claim Construction Briefs (4-5)

3/31/08 - deft File Opposition Briefs Re: Claim Construction (4-5(b))

4/7/08 - pltf Parties File Reply Briefs Re: Claim Construction (4-5(c))

4/23/08@ 3:30 p.m. - 2 hrs Tutorial

4/24/08 @ 3:30 p.m. - 2 hrs Claim Construction Hearing

Dated: 

SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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