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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:145 Patent Infringement

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LOWING

DEFENDANTS TO FILE AN AMENDED ANSWER AND 

COUNTERCLAIMS – Case No. 06-1066 PJH

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER AL

J. Michael Jakes (pro hac vice) 

mike.jakes@finnegan.com 

Christine E. Lehman (pro hac vice) 

christine.lehman@finnegan.com 

Michael A. Morin (pro hac vice) 

michael.morin@finnegan.com 

FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, 

 GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP 

901 New York Ave., NW 

Washington, DC 20001-4413 

Tel: (202) 408-4000; Fax: (202) 408-4400 

Robert F. McCauley III (State Bar No. 162056) 

robert.mccauley@finnegan.com 

Lily Lim (State Bar No. 214536) 

lily.lim@finnegan.com 

FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, 

 GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP 

Stanford Research Park, 3300 Hillview Avenue 

Palo Alto, CA 94304-1203 

Tel: (650) 849-6600; Fax: (650) 849-6666 

Attorneys for Defendants, 

ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, 

INC., ABBOTT LABORATORIES, and ABBOTT 

XYZ CORPORATION 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC., 

MEDTRONIC USA, INC., MEDTRONIC, INC., 

MEDTRONIC VASCULAR GALWAY, LTD., 

and EVYSIO MEDICAL DEVICES ULC, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, 

INC., ABBOTT LABORATORIES, and ABBOTT 

XYZ CORPORATION, 

Defendants. 

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS 

Civil Action No. 06-1066 PJH 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER ALLOWING DEFENDANTS TO 

FILE AN AMENDED ANSWER AND 

COUNTERCLAIMS TO PLAINTIFFS’ 

SECOND AMENDED AND 

SUPPLEMENTAL COMPLAINT 

 Pursuant to Civil L.R. 7-12 and Rule 15(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, IT IS 

HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between Plaintiffs Medtronic Vascular, Inc., 

Medtronic USA, Inc., Medtronic, Inc., Medtronic Vascular Galway, Ltd., and Evysio Medical 

Devices ULC (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendants Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Abbott 

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2 AMENDED ANSWER OF DEFENDANTS TO SECOND AMENDED 

AND SUPPLEMENTAL COMPLAINT – Case No. 06-1066 PJH

Laboratories, and Abbott XYZ Corporation (“Defendants”), through their respective counsel, that 

Defendants may file an Amended Complaint and Counterclaims in the form attached hereto as 

Exhibit A, and that said Amended Complaint and Counterclaims will be deemed filed on the date 

that this Court signs and files the Proposed Order below. 

 On a separate point, in Plaintiffs’ Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Preliminary 

Infringement Contentions, Plaintiffs identified all sizes and models of Multi-Link Xience V 

Coronary Stent System. The parties have agreed that this disclosure includes the Promus Stent 

System. 

 By his signature below, counsel for Defendants attests that counsel for all Plaintiffs concur in 

the filing of this stipulation. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: May 8, 2007 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & 

DUNNER, LLP 

 By:_________________/s/_________________________ 

Robert F. McCauley III 

Attorneys for Defendants 

 ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, 

INC., ABBOTT LABORATORIES, and ABBOTT 

XYZ CORPORATION 

 Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: May 8, 2007 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP 

 By:_________________/s/_________________________ 

Cynthia J. Franecki 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC., MEDTRONIC 

USA, INC., MEDTRONIC, INC., and MEDTRONIC 

VASCULAR GALWAY, LTD. 

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3 AMENDED ANSWER OF DEFENDANTS TO SECOND AMENDED 

AND SUPPLEMENTAL COMPLAINT – Case No. 06-1066 PJH

Dated: May 8, 2007 KATTEN MUCHIN ROSEMAN LLP 

KEKER & VAN NEST LLP 

 By:_________________/s/_________________________ 

Michael A. Dorfman 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

EVYSIO MEDICAL DEVICES ULC 

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4 AMENDED ANSWER OF DEFENDANTS TO SECOND AMENDED 

AND SUPPLEMENTAL COMPLAINT – Case No. 06-1066 PJH

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ___________ __________________________________________ 

Phyllis J. Hamilton 

United States District Judge 

05/09/07

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton

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