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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

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*E-FILED 5/11/06*

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF

CALIFORNIA, 

Plaintiff,

 v.

MICRO THERAPEUTICS, INC., et al,

Defendants. /

NO. C 03 05669 JW (RS)

ORDER RE PRODUCTION OF

PTO MATERIALS

Before the Court is defendants’ motion for an order that would require plaintiff to produce

copies of materials it sends to or receives from the United States Patent and Trademark Office in

connection with certain proceedings within two business days of the time such materials are sent

from or received by the office of plaintiff’s counsel. Oral argument was heard on May 10, 2006.

Although plaintiff is correct that neither the Rules nor case law requires supplemental

production within any specific time frame, and even though there is no evidence that plaintiff’s prior

practice regarding supplemental productions was contrary to the discovery rules, the Court has

inherent authority to order such prophylactic measures as may be appropriate to ensure that the

discovery process functions smoothly and to minimize the potential for subsequent disputes. Under

all of the circumstances here, including the narrow and specific category of materials at issue, their

particular nature, and the circumstances under which they are generated, plaintiff will be ordered to

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produce any such additional materials within two weeks of the time they are sent from or received in

the offices of plaintiffs’ counsel.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 11, 2006 

RICHARD SEEBORG

United States Magistrate Judge

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT NOTICE OF THIS ORDER HAS BEEN GIVEN TO:

Gabrielle E. Bina gbina@hewm.com,

Wendy Lynn Bjerknes Wbjerknes@fenwick.com,

Chien-Ju Alice Chen achen@Fenwick.Com

Charles G. Curtis , Jr ccurtis@hewm.com,

J. Anthony Downs jdowns@goodwinprocter.com,

Julie Lynn Fieber jfieber@flk.com

David J. Harth dharth@hewm.com, pdean@hewm.com; tgresl@hewm.com;

tanders@hewm.com; gbina@hewm.com; ccurtis@hewm.com

Michael Francis Kelleher mkelleher@flk.com,

Amanda Marie Kessel akessel@goodwinprocter.com

Lynn H. Pasahow lpasahow@fenwick.com

Michael K. Plimack mplimack@hewm.com

Patrick E. Premo ppremo@fenwick.com

Colin G. Sandercock csandercock@proskauer.com, cherron@proskauer.com

Roland Schwillinski rschwillinski@goodwinprocter.com,

Michael J. Shuster mshuster@fenwick.com

John S. Skilton jskilton@hewm.com, Lissa.Koop@hellerehrman.com

Michelle M. Umberger mumberger@hewm.com, zseyferth@hewm.com

Sarah C. Walkenhorst swalkenhorst@hewm.com,

Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this document to co-counsel who have not

registered for e-filing under the Court's CM/ECF program. 

Dated: May 11, 2006 Chambers of Judge Richard Seeborg

By: /s/ BAK 

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