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

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AMENDED STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR PARTIAL STAY DISCOV.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

GENERAL ATOMICS, DIAZYME

LABORATORIES DIVISION, a California 

corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

AXIS-SHIELD ASA, a Norway corporation,

Defendant.

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[PROPOSED] ORDER FOR

PARTIAL STAY OF DISCOVERY

Judge: The Honorable Susan Illston

AND ALL RELATED ACTIONS

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties to this action through their 

undersigned counsel that:

All fact and expert discovery shall be stayed other than that discovery relating to General 

Atomics, Diazyme Laboratories Division and Carolina Liquid Chemistries’ (“General Atomics”) 

Second Motion for Summary Judgment of Noninfringement (Court Document #120) (“Motion”) 

until the Court issues its Order on the Motion (“Order”);

Within ten (10) Court days of the Court’s Order, the parties shall submit a revised 

proposed case calendar, if necessary;

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General Atomics will present Dr. Borchardt for deposition in San Francisco on November 

28, 2006, Dr. Xia for deposition in San Francisco on November 29, 2006, and Dr. Yuan for 

deposition in San Francisco on November 30, 2006, (or on other dates agreed by the parties) on 

topics relating to the Motion only; all other pending noticed depositions are stayed;

After the filing of its Opposition to the Motion (“Opposition”), Axis-Shield will cooperate 

in continuing the Motion hearing date to accommodate discovery requests of General Atomics 

directed to topics relating to the Motion and Opposition only;

All responses to pending interrogatories, requests for admission, requests for the 

production of documents, Patent Local Rule 3-6(b), and Patent Local Rule 3-8 are stayed, with 

the exception that Axis-Shield shall produce non-privileged documents responsive to General 

Atomics’ Document Request No. 491 no later than two court days after it files testing evidence in 

support of its Opposition; 

General Atomics will continue to promptly produce to Axis-Shield exemplar enzymatic 

homocysteine test kits and control kits upon request, payment for which shall be promptly made 

by Axis-Shield to General Atomics at a rate of $850.00 (U.S. dollars) per enzymatic 

homocysteine test kit, plus tax and shipping and the retail price of control kits, plus tax and 

shipping; 

The deadline for a motion to compel discovery will be determined pursuant to the new 

case calendar and revised fact discovery cut-off; and

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 This Request calls for the production of “[a]ll DOCUMENTS related to scientific testing 

of the ACCUSED PRODUCTS, whether performed by YOU or at YOUR direction, and whether 

the results support or refute YOUR claim of infringement by the ACCUSED PRODUCTS.”

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This stipulation does not prejudice Axis-Shield’s right to seek a continuance of the 

January 5, 2007, Motion hearing date, to seek production of documents withheld from production,

or to seek more than 7 hours of deposition testimony from Dr. Yuan. Dated: November 15, 2006 PRESTON GATES & ELLIS LLP

By: /s/ Timothy P. Walker

Elaine Y. Chow

Attorneys for Defendant/Cross-Complainant

AXIS-SHIELD ASA

Dated: November 15, 2006 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

By: /s/ David C. Doyle

Steven E. Comer

Peng Chen

Anders T. Aannestad

Jason A. Crotty

Attorneys for Plaintiff

GENERAL ATOMICS, DIAZYME

LABORATORIES DIVISION and 

Counterdefendant-counterplaintiff 

CAROLINA LIQUID CHEMISTRIES

CORPORATION

[PROPOSED] ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 

The Honorable Susan Illston

United States District Judge

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General Order 45 Attestation

I, Anders T. Aannestad, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used 

to file this Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Re Briefing Schedule for Summary Judgment 

Motion. In compliance with General Order 45, X.B., I hereby attest that Timothy P. Walker

have concurred in this filing.

 /s/ Anders T. Aannestad

 Anders T. Aannestad

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