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

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CHRISTIE, PARKER & HALE, LLP

EDWARD R. SCHWARTZ, CA Bar No. 147553 

CHRISTIE, PARKER & HALE, LLP 

350 West Colorado Boulevard, Suite 500 

Post Office Box 7068 

Pasadena, California 91109-7068 

Telephone: (626) 795-9900 

Facsimile: (626) 577-8800 

e-mail: ers@cph.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff, 

Duhn Oil Tool, Inc. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DUHN OIL TOOL, INC., 

 Plaintiff, 

vs. 

ROBBINS & MYERS ENERGY SYSTEMS 

LP, 

 Defendant. 

Case No. CIV F-04-6010 AWI SMS 

AMENDED STIPULATION RE 

EXTENSION OF DISCOVERY, 

SETTLEMENT AND CLAIM 

CONSTRUCTION DATES; and ORDER

DATE: N/A 

TIME: N/A 

CTRM: N/A 

The parties, by their respective attorneys, hereby stipulate to and request an extension of 

thirty (30) days of the deadlines for expert disclosures and reports; Plaintiff's preliminary 

infringement contentions; Defendant's preliminary invalidity contentions; settlement 

conference; joint claim construction and pre-hearing statement; discovery deadline; nondispositive motion filing; Plaintiff's Opening Claim Contentions Brief; Defendant's Responsive 

Brief; Plaintiff's Reply Brief; the claim construction hearing; and the dispositive motions filing 

deadlines as indicated below: 

Initial Expert Reports Deadline: 

New Date: 1/03/06 

Old Date: 12/02/05 

Rebuttal Expert Reports Deadline: 

New Date: 2/17/06 

Old Date; 1/18/06 

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Plaintiff's Asserted Claims & Preliminary 

Infringement Contentions Deadline: 

New Date: 2/27/06 

Old Date: 1/27/06 

Defendant's Preliminary Invalidity 

Contentions Deadline: 

New Date: 3/24/06 

Old Date: 2/24/06 

Settlement Conference: 

New Date: 4/10/06, 10:00am, Judge Snyder 

Old Date: 3/09/06, 1:30pm, Judge Snyder 

Joint Claim Construction & Pre-Hearing 

Statement Deadline: 

New Date: 4/24/06 

Old Date: 3/24/06 

Discovery Deadline, Including Claims 

Construction: 

New Date: 5/19/06 

Old Date: 4/21/06 

Non-Dispositive Motion Filing Deadline: 

New Date: 5/26/06 

Old Date: 4/28/06 

Plaintiff's Opening Claim Construction 

Brief Filing Deadline: 

New Date: 6/12/06 

Old Date: 5/12/06 

Defendant's Responsive Brief Filing Deadline: 

New Date: 6/26/06 

Old Date: 5/26/06 

Plaintiff's Reply Brief Filing Deadline: 

New Date: 7/7/06 

Old Date: 6/5/06 

Claim Construction Hearing: 

New Date: 7/31/06, 1:30 pm, Judge Ishii

Old Date: 6/19/06, 1:30 pm, Judge Ishii

Dispositive Motion Filing Deadline: 

New Date: 8/21/06 

Old Date: 7/21/06 

The basis for this motion is that the parties are close to a settlement and that a written 

settlement agreement is presently being drafted. 

The parties seek a continuance to avoid incurring substantial litigation costs including 

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expert reports while settlement is finalized. In this regard, the requested time period of 30 days 

is needed in view of the complexity of the agreement as well as the intervening holidays. 

Declarations of counsel in support of this stipulation are submitted herewith as Exhibits 

A and B. 

Respectfully submitted, 

CHRISTIE, PARKER & HALE, LLP 

DATED: December 2, 2005 By /s/Edward R. Schwartz 

Edward R. Schwartz 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, 

Duhn Oil Tool, Inc. 

 BROWNING BUSHMAN, P.C. 

DATED: December 2, 2005 By /s/Loren G. Helmreich 

 Loren G. Helmreich 

 Attorneys for Robbins & Myers 

 Energy Systems, LP 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 1/9/2006 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

 Hon. Sandra M. Snyder 

 United States Magistrate Judge

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