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Parties Involved:
Michael R. Hsing
Defendant
Micrel, Incorporated
Plaintiff
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
Defendant
James C. Moyer
Defendant

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING MICREL’S MISC. ADMIN. MOTION FOR LEAVE 

CASE NO. C 04-04770 JSW (JCS) 1

MARK E. MILLER (S.B. #130200) - markmiller@omm.com

DARIN W. SNYDER (S.B. #136003) - dsnyder@omm.com

MICHAEL SAPOZNIKOW (S.B. # 242640) – msapoznikow@omm.com

ANNE E. HUFFSMITH (S.B. #236438) - ahuffsmith@omm.com

O‘MELVENY & MYERS LLP

Embarcadero Center West

275 Battery Street

San Francisco, California 94111-3305

Telephone: 415.984.8700

Facsimile: 415.984.8701

Attorneys for Plaintiff

MICREL, INCORPORATED

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

MICREL, INCORPORATED, a California 

Corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, INC., 

a Delaware Corporation, MICHAEL R. 

HSING, JAMES C. MOYER, and 

DOES 1-20 inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. C 04-04770 JSW (JCS)

[PROPOSED] 

ORDER GRANTING MICREL, 

INCORPORATED LEAVE TO FILE A 

MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON 

DEFENDANTS’ INVALIDITY DEFENSES 

AND RETAIN THE RIGHT TO FILE A 

SUBSEQUENT MOTION

Plaintiff Micrel, Inc. has requested, in a miscellaneous administrative motionpursuant to 

N.D. Cal. Civ. L. R. 7-11, an exception to this Court’s Standing Orders, which state that all 

summary judgment issues “shall be contained within one motion.” Standing Orders, ¶ 8. Micrel 

seeks leave to file, as soon as possible, a motion for summary judgment on the issue of assignor 

estoppel, and to retain the right to move for summary judgment on other appropriate grounds later 

in this action. An early determination of the assignor estoppel issue may permit the parties to 

avoid extensive discovery regarding the validity of the two patents Micrel has asserted against 

MPS. Defendants do not oppose Micrel’s motion.

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING MICREL’S MISC. ADMIN. MOTION FOR LEAVE 

CASE NO. C 04-04770 JSW (JCS)

CASE NO. 2:2004CV00359

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The Court, having considered the submissions of the parties, and good cause appearing, 

hereby ORDERS as follows

1. The Court GRANTS Micrel’s Miscellaneous Administrative Motion For Leave To 

File A Motion For Summary Judgment On Defendants’ Invalidity Defenses And Retain The 

Right To File A Subsequent Motion.

2. After Micrel files its Motion for Partial Summary Judgment Based on the Doctrine 

of Assignor Estoppel, Micrel will retain the right to move for summary judgment on other 

appropriate grounds later in this Action.

Dated: ____________, 2005

Honorable Jeffrey S. White

United States District Judge

SF1:633500.1

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