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

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1 JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER DISMISSING UNITED STATES

PATENT NO. 5,326,476

Case No. 03-01431 SBA (EDL)

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Juanita R. Brooks, SBN 75934, brooks@fr.com 

Todd G. Miller, SBN 163200, miller@fr.com 

Fish & Richardson P.C. 

12390 El Camino Real 

San Diego, CA 92130 

Telephone: (858) 678-5070 

Facsimile: (858) 678-5099 

Additional counsel listed on following page 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Counterdefendants 

Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc. and Fresenius USA, Inc. 

Michael J. Abernathy, pro hac vice, mabernathy@bellboyd.com 

Kara E. Cenar, pro hac vice, kcenar@bellboyd.com 

Sanjay K. Murthy, SBN 212097, smurthy@bellboyd.com 

Adam L. Marchuk, pro hac vice, amarchuk@bellboyd.com 

Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP 

70 West Madison Street, Suite 3100 

Chicago, IL 60602 

Telephone: (312) 372-1121 

Facsimile: (312) 827-8000 

Additional counsel listed on following page 

Attorneys for Defendants and Counterclaimants 

Baxter International Inc. and Baxter Healthcare Corporation 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, 

INC., a New York corporation; and FRESENIUS 

USA, INC., a Massachusetts corporation, 

 Plaintiffs and Counterdefendants,

v. 

BAXTER INTERNATIONAL, INC., a 

Delaware corporation; and BAXTER 

HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, a 

Delaware corporation, 

 Defendants and Counterclaimants.

Case No. C 03-01431 SBA (EDL) 

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER 

DISMISSING UNITED STATES PATENT 

NO. 5,326,476 

Additional Counsel Continued from previous page: 

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Mathias W. Samuel, pro hac vice, samuel@fr.com 

Michael E. Florey, pro hac vice, florey@fr.com 

Thomas S. McClenahan, SBN 203204, mcclenahan@fr.com 

Michael J. Pape, pro hac vice, pape@fr.com 

Fish & Richardson P.C. 

60 South Sixth Street, Suite 3300 

Minneapolis, MN 55402 

Telephone: (612) 335-5070 

Facsimile: (612) 288-9696 

Limin Zheng, SBN 226875, zheng@fr.com 

Fish & Richardson P.C. 

500 Arguello Street, Suite 500 

Redwood City, CA 94053 

Telephone: (650) 839-5070 

Facsimile: (650) 839-5071 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Counterdefendants 

Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc. and Fresenius USA, Inc. 

Daniel J. Furniss, SBN 73531, djfurniss@townsend.com 

Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP 

379 Lytton Avenue 

Palo Alto, CA 94301 

Telephone: (650) 326-2400 

Facsimile: (650) 326-2422 

Joseph P. Reagen (admitted pro hac vice) joseph_reagen@baxter.com 

BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION 

One Baxter Parkway 

Deerfield, Illinois 60015 

Attorneys for Defendants and Counterclaimants 

Baxter International Inc. and Baxter Healthcare Corporation 

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Plaintiffs and Counter-defendants FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, INC. and 

FRESENIUS USA, INC. (collectively “Fresenius”) and Defendants and Counter-Plaintiffs 

BAXTER INTERNATIONAL, INC. and BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION 

(collectively “Baxter”), by and through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate as follows: 

1. Baxter is no longer asserting that the only accused product in this case, Fresenius’ 

2008K kidney dialysis machine, infringes any claim of U.S. Patent No. 5,326,476. 

2. Baxter therefore agrees to dismiss all its claims and counterclaims concerning 

infringement of U.S. Patent No. 5,326,476. 

3. Because Baxter is no longer claiming that the only accused product in this case, 

Fresenius’ 2008K kidney dialysis machine, infringes any claim of U.S. Patent No. 5,326,476, 

Fresenius therefore agrees to dismiss all its claims, counterclaims, and defenses concerning U.S. 

Patent No. 5,326,476. 

4. Accordingly, all claims, counterclaims, and defenses of the parties concerning 

Baxter’s U.S. Patent No. 5,326,476 are hereby dismissed with prejudice. 

 

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Dated: October 15, 2007 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. 

By: /s/Juanita Brooks 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Counterdefendants

FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, 

INC. and FRESENIUS USA, INC. 

Dated: October 15, 2007 BELL, BOYD & LLOYD LLP 

By: /s/Michael Abernathy 

Attorneys for Defendants and Counterclaimants

BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. and 

BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 10/16/07 By: ___________________________________

 HON. SAUNDRA B. ARMSTRONG 

United States District Court Judge 

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 Pursuant to General Order No. 45, Section X(B) regarding signatures, I attest under 

penalty of perjury that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from Michael 

Abernathy. 

Dated: October 15, 2007 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. 

By: /s/Juanita Brooks 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Counterdefendants 

FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, INC. 

and FRESENIUS USA, INC. 

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