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

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Neil A. Smith (State Bar No. 63777)

nsmith@sheppardmullin.com

David Schnapf (State Bar No. 100199)

dschnapf@sheppardmullin.com

SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER &

HAMPTON LLP

4 Embarcadero Center, 17th Floor

San Francisco CA 94111-4106

Phone: (415) 434-9100

Fax: (415) 434-3947

M. Norman Goldberger (pro hac vice)

Laura E. Krabill (pro hac vice)

WOLF, BLOCK, SCHORR &

SOLIS-COHEN LLP

1650 Arch Street, 22nd Floor

Philadelphia, PA 19103

Phone: (215) 977-2000

Fax: (215) 977-2740

Attorneys for Nova Measuring

Instruments, Ltd.

Daniel S. Mount, Esq. (State Bar No. 77517)

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

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

Daniel H. Fingerman, Esq. (State Bar No. 229683)

MOUNT & STOELKER, P.C.

333 West San Carlos

RiverPark Tower, 17th Floor

San Jose CA 95110-2726

Phone: (408) 279-7000

Fax: (408) 998-1473

Email: dan@mount.com

Email: rfinley@mount.com

Email: jbeck@mount.com

Email: dfingerman@mount.com

Attorneys for Nanometrics, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

NOVA MEASURING INSTRUMENTS LTD.,

Plaintiff,

vs.

NANOMETRICS, INC.,

Defendant.

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CASE NO. 3:05-CV-00986 MMC

[PROPOSED] REVISED SCHEDULING

ORDER

Hearing Held: May 3, 2006

Judge Maxine M. Chesney

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Upon the stipulation of counsel, the Court hereby adopts the following claim construction

and trial schedule:

March 13, 2006: Exchange of Proposed Terms and Claim Elements for Construction

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April 3, 2006: Exchange of Preliminary Claim Constructions and Extrinsic Evidence

May 1, 2006: Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Statement

May 31, 2006: Completion of Claim Construction Discovery

June 15, 2006: Claim Construction Briefs Nova's opening brief

June 29, 2006: Claim Construction Briefs Nanometrics' response brief

July 6, 2006: Claim Construction Briefs Nova's reply brief

The Claim Construction Hearing, which is currently scheduled for April 3, 2006, will be

rescheduled to August 7, 2006 at 9 a.m., which is at least two weeks after the claim construction

briefing is completed.

The Settlement Conference shall be scheduled to take place between July 7, 2006 and July

19, 2006, subject to the availability of Magistrate Judge LaPorte.

The non-expert discovery cutoff shall be October 20, 2006.

The parties shall designate experts (Non-Claim Construction) by no later than October 27,

2006, with rebuttal no later than November 10, 2006. The expert discovery cutoff (Non-Claim

Construction) shall be November 22, 2006.

Dispositive motions shall be filed no later than December 15, 2006.

The Further Status Conference will be held on December 8, 2006, and the Further Status

Conference Statement shall be due on December 1, 2006.

The Pre-Trial conference Hearing Date will remain February 27, 2006, at 3 p.m.

The trial date will remain March 19, 2007.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March _____, 2006 __________________________________________

Hon. Judge Maxine M. Chesney

U.S. District Judge

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