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

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Stipulation and [Proposed] Order

Rescheduling Case Management Conference

Case No. C 04-03656 SI

CHUCK P. EBERTIN (161374)

ANDREW C. TEMKIN (199779)

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP

525 University Avenue

Palo Alto, CA 94301

Tel: (650) 470-4500

Fax: (650) 470-4570

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Applied Materials, Inc. and

Applied Materials Israel, Ltd.

MICHAEL A. JACOBS (111664)

SHANE BRUN (179079)

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

425 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94105

Tel: (415) 268-7000

Fax: (415) 268-7522

Attorneys for Defendants

Negevtech, Inc. and Negevtech Ltd.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. and

APPLIED MATERIALS ISRAEL, LTD.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

NEGEVTECH, INC. and NEGEVTECH LTD.,

Defendants.

Case No. C04-03656 SI

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER RESCHEDULING

FURTHER CASE MANAGEMENT

CONFERENCE

On October 25, 2005, the Court vacated all then pending dates for claim construction of

U.S.Patent5,982,921(“the‘921patent”)andfurtherstayedthelitigationofthe‘921patent

pending action by the United States PatentandTrademarkOffice(“theUSPTO”)inthe

reexaminationproceedingofthe‘921patent.

On April 14, 2006, during a Further Case Management Conference, the Court held a

telephoneconferencerequestinganupdateregardingthereexaminationofthe‘921patent. After

the parties informed the Court that there had been no activity in the reexamination, the Court

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scheduled another Case Management Conference for July 14, 2006, which was rescheduled to

September 8, 2006. The September 8, 2006 Case Management Conference was rescheduled to

November 3, 2006. The November 3, 2006 Case Management Conference was rescheduled to

January 19, 2007. As of January 10, 2007, there has been no office action by the USPTO in the

reexaminationofthe‘921patent.

There has been no significant activity in this matter since the April 2006 telephone

conference in light of (i) thependingreexaminationandstayofthe‘921patentand(ii)theprior

orders of this Court. In particular, on December 19, 2005, the Court entered an Order of Dismissal

ofPlaintiffs’ThirdCauseofActionandDefendants’ThirdandFifthCounterclaims,effectively

dismissingthelitigationinvolvingU.S.PatentNo6,256,093(“the‘093patent”).On January 24,

2006, the Court entered a Stipulation and Order Preliminarily Enjoining Defendants Negevtech Ltd.

and Negevtech, Inc. with Respect to U.S. Patent No. 6,924,891(“the‘891patent”).Oneofthe

dates for compliance with the terms of the injunction was modified on May 25, 2006, pursuant to a

request from Negevtech to complete the retrofit of one of its tools at a customer site. The

Negevtech tool at the customer site has been modified, and Negevtech is in compliance with the

modified terms of the injunction. On January 3, 2007, Negevtech filed for reexamination of the

‘891patent.TheUSPTOhasnotyetactedonthatrequest.

In view of the foregoing, the parties seek to postpone the Further Case Management

Conference currently scheduled for January 19, 2007, on the ground that there has been no recent

activityintheUSPTO’sreexaminationofthe‘921patentandnootherrelevantactivityinthe

litigationwithregardtoeitherthe‘921or‘891patents.Thus, the parties believe that there is no

need for a conference at this particular stage of the litigation. Alternatively, the parties request that

the status conference scheduled for January 19, 2007 be conducted telephonically.

Accordingly, the parties, through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate to modify the

current case schedule as follows: the Further Case Management Conference currently scheduled

for January 19, 2007, is postponed to April 27, 2007.

There have been prior time modifications in this case relating to the motion for preliminary

injunction and further case management conferences.

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This stipulation and proposed order is without prejudice to either party seeking a further

adjustment to the schedule.

Dated: January 10, 2007 SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP

By: /S/ Chuck P. Ebertin

Chuck P. Ebertin

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Applied Materials, Inc. and

Applied Materials Israel, Ltd.

Dated: January 10, 2007 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

By: /S/ Shane Brun

Shane Brun

Attorneys for Defendants

Negevtech, Inc. and Negevtech Ltd.

I, Chuck P. Ebertin, attest that Shane Brun has concurred in the filing of this document.

/S/ Chuck P. Ebertin

Chuck P. Ebertin

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: _________________________ __________________________________________

Hon. Susan Illston

Judge of the United States District Court

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