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

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

REQUESTING THE EXTENSION OF TIME TO EXCHANGE 

FINAL INFRINGEMENT AND INVALIDITY CONTENTIONS 

PURSUANT TO PATENT L.R. 3-6; C06-04455 JS

James J. Elacqua (CSB No.: 187897) 

james.elacqua@dechert.com 

Noemi C. Espinosa (CSB No.: 116753) 

nicky.espinosa@dechert.com 

Ellen J. Wang (CSB No.: 215478) 

ellen.wang@dechert.com 

Joshua C. Walsh-Benson (CSB No.: 229983) 

joshua.walsh-benson@dechert.com 

DECHERT LLP 

2440 W. El Camino Real, Suite 700 

Mountain View, California 94040 

Telephone: (650) 813-4800 

Facsimile: (650) 813-4848 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

MEDTRONIC, INC., MEDTRONIC USA, INC., 

AND MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. 

Mark Linderman (CSB No.: 144685) 

mlinderman@sonnenschein.com 

Hillary Noll Kalay (CSB No.: 233173) 

hkalay@sonnenschein.com 

SONNENSCHEIN NATH & ROSENTHAL LLP 

525 Market Street, 26th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105-2708 

Telephone: (415) 882-5000 

Facsimile: (415) 882-0300 

Attorneys for Defendant 

W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC. 

David H. Pfeffer (pro hac vice) 

dpfeffer@morganfinnegan.com 

Christopher K. Hu (pro hac vice) 

chu@morganfinnegan.com 

John T. Gallagher (pro hac vice) 

jgallagher@morganfinnegan.com 

Gerard A. Haddad (pro hac vice) 

ghaddad@morganfinnegan.com 

Jennifer BianRosa (pro hac vice) 

jbianrosa@morganfinnegan.com 

MORGAN & FINNEGAN, L.L.P. 

3 World Financial Center 

New York, New York 10281-2101 

Telephone: (212) 415-8700 

Facsimile: (212) 415-8701 

Attorneys for Defendant 

W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

MEDTRONIC, INC., a Minnesota 

corporation, MEDTRONIC USA, INC., a 

Minnesota corporation, and MEDTRONIC 

VASCULAR, INC., a Delaware corporation, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC., a 

Delaware corporation, 

Defendant. 

Case No. C06-04455 JSW 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER REQUESTING THE EXTENSION 

OF TIME TO EXCHANGE FINAL 

INFRINGEMENT AND INVALIDITY 

CONTENTIONS PURSUANT TO 

PATENT L.R. 3-6 

Case 3:06-cv-04455-JSW Document 98 Filed 11/13/07 Page 1 of 3
DECHERT LLP 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

REQUESTING THE EXTENSION OF TIME TO EXCHANGE 

FINAL INFRINGEMENT AND INVALIDITY CONTENTIONS 

PURSUANT TO PATENT L.R. 3-6; C06-04455 JS

Pursuant to Civil L.R. 6-2, Medtronic, Inc., Medtronic USA, Inc. and Medtronic Vascular, 

Inc. (“Medtronic”) and W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. (“Gore”) jointly submit this Joint 

Stipulation and [Proposed] Order. The parties hereby stipulate to request an extension of time for 

exchanging Final Infringement and Invalidity Contentions pursuant to Patent L.R. 3-6 to twenty 

(20) and forty (40) calendar days, respectively, after service of the Court’s ruling on the 

upcoming Motion for Reconsideration (“Motion”). 

The Court filed its Claim Construction Order in the above-entitled action on October 19, 

2007 (Docket item #91). The Court later granted Medtronic’s Motion for Clarification and 

Motion for Leave to File Motion for Reconsideration regarding the Wiktor claim term “stent,” on 

October 30, 2007 (Docket item #94). Pursuant to the Court’s Motion for Reconsideration Order, 

Medtronic’s Motion is due November 14th, Gore’s opposition is due November 21st, and 

Medtronic’s reply is due on November 28th, 2007. 

To accommodate this briefing schedule, the parties wish to delay exchange of their Final 

Contentions while they await the Court’s decision on the Motion. This time modification will not 

alter any other court-ordered dates or the schedule for this case. 

Dated: November 9, 2007 DECHERT LLP 

By: __/s/______________________________ James J. Elacqua 

Noemi C. Espinosa 

Ellen J. Wang 

Joshua C. Walsh-Benson 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

MEDTRONIC, INC., MEDTRONIC USA, INC. 

and MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. 

Dated: November 9, 2007 MORGAN & FINNEGAN, LLP 

By: ___/s/______________________________ David H. Pfeffer (Pro hac vice) 

Christopher K. Hu (Pro hac vice) 

John T. Gallagher (Pro hac vice) 

Gerard A. Haddad (Pro hac vice) 

Jennifer BianRosa (Pro hac vice) 

Attorneys for Defendant 

W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC. 

Case 3:06-cv-04455-JSW Document 98 Filed 11/13/07 Page 2 of 3
DECHERT LLP 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

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2 JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

REQUESTING THE EXTENSION OF TIME TO EXCHANGE 

FINAL INFRINGEMENT AND INVALIDITY CONTENTIONS 

PURSUANT TO PATENT L.R. 3-6; C06-04455 JS 

ORDER 

Previously, the Parties have stipulated to extend the time for which to exchange Final 

Infringement and Invalidity Contentions pursuant to Patent L.R. 3-6 to twenty (20) and forty 

(40) calendar days, respectively, after service of the Court’s ruling on the upcoming Motion for 

Reconsideration. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: ________________________, 2007 ____________________________________ 

HONORABLE JEFFREY S. WHITE 

JUDGE OF THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT 

November 13

Case 3:06-cv-04455-JSW Document 98 Filed 11/13/07 Page 3 of 3