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Parties Involved:
Bray
Defendant
Alan Bray
Counter Claimant
Bray Group
Counter Claimant
Bray Group Inc.
Defendant
Clearplex Corporation
Counter Defendant
The Bray Group, Inc.
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CLEARPLEX CORPORATION,

Plaintiff,

v.

BRAY GROUP, a/k/a BRAY, a/k/a 

THE BRAY GROUP, INC., a/k/a 

BRAY GROUP INC.; and ALAN 

BRAY,

 Defendants.

No. 2:14-cv-02099-GEB-AC

STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) 

ORDER

The status (pretrial scheduling) conference scheduled 

for hearing on January 26, 2015, is vacated since the parties’ 

Joint Status Report filed on January 12, 2015 (“JSR”) indicates 

the following Order should issue.

CLAIM CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE

The parties’ proposed claim construction schedule is 

adopted, as modified, as follows:

1. Each party shall serve on each other party its 

proposed terms for claim construction no later than October 9, 

2015.

2. Each party shall serve on each other party its 

proposed claim construction and supporting evidence no later than 

October 30, 2015.

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3. The parties shall file a Joint Claim Construction 

Statement no later than November 6, 2015, after the parties seek 

to resolve disputes. Disputed terms, phrases, and clauses shall 

be designated as disputed. For any disputed term, phrase, or 

clause, the joint statement shall list each disputed term, 

phrase, or clause (listed by claim); each party’s proposed 

construction; and support for each party’s proposed construction 

side by side. A model format for the construction statement is as 

follows (or any other substantively similar format that permits 

the court to compare terms side by side):

Claim Language (Disputed 

term, phrase, or clause 

in bold)

Plaintiff’s Proposed 

Construction and 

Evidence in Support

Each Defendant’s 

Proposed Construction 

and Evidence in Support

4. The parties shall attach to the Joint Claim 

Construction Statement a copy of the patent(s) in dispute. The 

parties shall also make a complete prosecution history for the 

patent(s) available to the Court upon request.

5. The parties shall simultaneously file opening 

claim construction briefs and supporting evidence no later than 

November 30, 2015. Claim construction briefs shall address each 

disputed term, phrase or clause following the order of the joint 

statement.

6. The parties shall file responsive claim 

construction briefs no later than December 14, 2015.

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7. A claim construction hearing is scheduled to 

commence at 9:00 a.m. on January 11, 2016.

FURTHER SCHEDULING

Upon issuance of the claim construction ruling, the 

Court will set a date for the filing of a further joint status 

report. In that report, the parties must address the following 

topics:

a) Whether either party wishes to certify the claim

construction ruling for immediate appeal to the Federal Circuit;

b) The filing of dispositive motions, and timing of 

those motions;

c) Anticipated post-claim construction discovery;

d) Any other pretrial matters.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 22, 2015

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