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Parties Involved:
Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
Counter-defendant
Abbott Laboratories
Counter-defendant
Bayer HealthCare LLC
Counter-claimant
Roche Diagnostics Corporation
Counter-claimant
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
Counter-claimant

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ASHOK RAMANI

KEKER & VAN NEST, LLP

aramani@kvn.com

710 Sansome Street

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone : (415) 391-5400

Facsimile : (415) 397-7188

BARNES & THORNBURG LLP

DONALD E. KNEBEL (pro hac vice)

LYNN C. TYLER (pro hac vice)

11 South Meridian Street

Indianapolis, IN 46204

donald.knebel@btlaw.com

lynn.tyler@btlaw.com

11 South Meridian Street

Indianapolis, IN 46204

Telephone : (317) 236-1313

Facsimile : (317) 231-7433

Attorneys for Defendants,

ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION

and ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS

OPERATIONS, INC.

RACHEL KREVANS (CA SBN 116421)

WESLEY E. OVERSON (CA SBN 154737)

JASON R. BARTLETT (CA SBN 214530)

RKrevans@mofo.com

WOverson@mofo.com

JBartlett@mofo.com

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

425 Market Street

San Francisco, California 94105-2482

Telephone: 415.268.7000

Facsimile: 415.268.7522

MORTON AMSTER (Pro Hac Vice)

KENNETH P. GEORGE (Pro Hac Vice)

mamster@arelaw.com

kgeorge@arelaw.com

AMSTER, ROTHSTEIN & EBENSTEIN

LLP

90 Park Avenue, 21 st Floor

New York, NY 10016

Telephone: 212.3 3 6.8000

Facsimile: 212.336.8001

Attorneys for Defendant,

BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC. and

ABBOTT LABORATORIES,

Plaintiffs/Counterdefendants,

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ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORP.,

ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC.

and BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC,

Defendants/Counterplaintiffs.

THERASENSE, INC. AND ABBOTT

LABORATORIES,

Plaintiffs/Counterdefendants,

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NOVA BIOMEDICAL CORPORATION AND

BECTON, DICKENSON COMPANY,

Defendants/Counterplaintiffs.

CHDS01 4199441

Case No. C05-03117 MJJ

Case No. C04-2123MJJ

Case No. C04-3732MJJ

Case No. C04-3327MJJ

REQUEST FOR ORDER GRANTING

DEFENDANTS LEAVE TO AMEND

THEIR ANSWERS AND

COUNTERCLAIMS

REQUEST FOR ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS LEAVE

TO AMEND THEIR ANSWERS AND COUNTERCLAIMS

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On June 29, 2007, Defendants Bayer Healthcare, LLC and Roche Diagnostics Corporation

and Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. served their motions for leave to amend their answers and

counterclaims. On July 31, 2007 Defendants Becton, Dickinson and Co. and Nova Biomedical

Corporation served their motion for leave to amend their answer and counterclaims in response to

Plaintiffs' motion to strike. On September 18, 2007, the Court heard arguments on the parties'

motions. Pursuant to the Court's request, the parties submit this Proposed Stipulated Order,

which reflects the Court's ruling stated on the record of hearing held September 18, 2007.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: , 2007 BAKER BOTTS LLP

By:

Dated: , 2007

Dated: qz h 1 , 2007

CHDS01 4199441

James W. Cannon, Jr.

Shannon H. Hutcheson

Maria Wyckoff Boyce

David J. Wille

Attorneysfor Plaintiffs Abbott Diabetes Care inc.

and Abbott Laboratories

BARNES & THORNBURG LLP

By: ^Oqta , I `

Donald . Knebel

Daniel P. Albers

Lynn C. Tyler

Paul B. Hunt

Jonathan P. Froemel

Attorneys for Defendants Roche Diagnostics Corp.

and Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.

ROPES & GRAY LLP

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REQUEST FOR ORDER GRANTIMY DEFENDANTS

LEAVE TO AMEND THEIR ANSWERS AND

COUNTERCLAIMS

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Dated: I a '2007

CHDS01 4199441

Bradford J. Badke

Sona De

Jeanne Curtis

Attorneys for Defendants Nova Biomedical

Corporation and Becton, Dickinson and Company

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

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Rache evans

Wesley E. Overson

Jason R. Bartlett

Attorneys for Defendant Bayer Healthcare LLC

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REQUEST FOR ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS

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COUNTERCLAIMS

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[PROPOSED] STIPULATED ORDER

This cause being heard in cases CO-5-3117, CO-4-2123, CO-4-3327,and CO-4-3732 on

the motions by Defendants Bayer Healthcare, LLC and Roche Diagnostics Corporation and

Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. served June 29,2007, and the motion of defendants Becton,

Dickinson and Co. and Nova Biomedical Corporation served July 31, 2007 in response to

Plaintiffs' motion to strike, for leave to amend their answers and counterclaims; briefs having

been filed and arguments heard;

Wherefore, It Is Ordered That:

For the reasons stated on the record of hearing held September 18, 2007, all Defendants'

motions are granted and the amended answers and counterclaims are deemed filed on September

18, 2007 and the Court denies Abbott's motion to strike BD's and Nova's amended answer and

counterclaims.

It is further ordered that Abbott is permitted to take the depositions of Matthew Musho

and Ying Le before the expert discovery cut-off as set forth in the Court's July 27, 2007 case

management statement, or any amended thereto. Furthermore, the parties shall meet and confer

and provide the Court with a proposed modified case management statement by September 26,

2007 reflecting any proposed changes to the current case schedule.

Date

CHDS01 419944v1

The Honorable Martin J. Jenkins

District Court Judge

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REQUEST FOR ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS

LEAVE TO AMEND THEIR ANSWERS AND

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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Judge Martin J. Jenkins

09/25/07

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