IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

WACO DIVISION

 Natera, Inc.,

Plaintiff,

v.

 Progenity, Inc.,

Defendant.

Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00532-ADA

JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION STATEMENT

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Pursuant to the Amended Joint Proposed Scheduling Order (Dkt. 48), Plaintiff Natera, 

Inc. and Defendant Progenity, Inc. hereby submit this Joint Claim Construction Statement 

regarding the six asserted patents in this case: U.S. Patent Nos. 9,228,234 (“the ’234 patent”)

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9,424,392 (“the ’392 patent”), 10,227,652 (“the ’652 patent”), 10,240,202 (“the ’202 patent”), 

10,266,893 (“the ’893 patent”), and 10,522,242 (“the ’242 patent”).

I. AGREED CLAIM CONSTRUCTIONS

Claim Term Agreed Construction

“multiple loci”

’652 patent, Claim 1

’202 patent, Claim 1

“at least 70 loci”

“chromosome segments”

’893 patent, Claim 1

“a section of a chromosome that can range in size from one

base pair to the entire chromosome”

“a plurality of polymorphic 

loci”

’242 patent, Claim 1

This term has its plain and ordinary meaning and need not be 

construed.2

II. DISPUTED CLAIM TERMS

A. The ’392, ’652, and ’202 patents: “the amount(s) from step (a)” / “the measured 

amounts of genetic material”

Claim Term and Number(s) Natera’s Proposed 

Construction

Progenity’s Proposed 

Construction

“the amount from step (a)”

’392 patent, Claims 1 and 11

This term has its plain and 

ordinary meaning and need 

not be construed.

“all of the amounts from step 

(a) as measured”

“the amounts from step (a)”

’652 patent, Claim 1

“the measured amounts of 

genetic material”

’202 patent, Claim 1

1 The parties do not propose any terms for construction for the ’234 patent.

2 The parties reached agreement on this construction following submission of the claim 

construction briefs.

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B. The ’893 patent: “the chromosome segments”

Claim Term and Number(s) Natera’s Proposed 

Construction

Progenity’s Proposed 

Construction

“the chromosome segments”

’893 patent, Claim 1

This term has its plain and 

ordinary meaning and need 

not be construed.

“all of the chromosome 

segments obtained from the 

maternal blood sample”

C. The ’242 patent: “the measured genetic data”

Claim Term and Number(s) Natera’s Proposed 

Construction

Progenity’s Proposed 

Construction

“the measured genetic data”

’242 patent, Claim 1

This term has its plain and 

ordinary meaning and need 

not be construed.

“all of the genetic data as 

measured”

Dated: February 24, 2021 

/s/ Keeley I. Vega 

Karen I. Boyd (pro hac vice) 

California Bar No. 189808 

Keeley I. Vega (pro hac vice) 

California Bar No. 259928

Robert J. Kent

California Bar No. 250905

TURNER BOYD LLP

702 Marshall St., Suite 640 

Redwood City, CA 94063 

Telephone: (650) 521-5930

Facsimile: (650) 521-5938 

boyd@turnerboyd.com

vega@turnerboyd.com

kent@turnerboyd.com

Stephen M. Hash

Texas Bar No. 24012800

BAKER BOTTS L.L.P.

98 San Jacinto Blvd, Suite 1500

Austin, TX 78701

Telephone: (512) 322-2587

Facsimile: (512) 322-3687

stephen.hash@bakerbotts.com

Elizabeth Durham Flannery 

Texas Bar No. 24045815 

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BAKER BOTTS L.L.P.

One Shell Plaza

910 Louisiana Street

Houston, TX 77002

Telephone: (713) 229-1234

Facsimile: (713) 229-1522

liz.flannery@bakerbotts.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff Natera, Inc.

/s/ Nicole Stafford

Nicole Stafford (nstafford@wsgr.com)

TX State Bar No. 24002991

WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI P.C.

900 S. Capital of Texas Hwy

Las Cimas IV, Fifth Floor

Austin, TX 78746

Telephone: (512) 338-5400

Fax: (512) 338-5499

Michael Sommer (msommer@wsgr.com)

WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI P.C.

1301 Avenue of the Americas, 40th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Telephone: (212) 999-5800

Fax: (212) 999-5899

Tung-On Kong (tkong@wsgr.com)

Wendy L. Devine (wdevine@wsgr.com)

Kristina Hanson (thanson@wsgr.com)

WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI P.C.

One Market Street

Spear Tower, Suite 3300

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: (415) 947-2000

Fax: (415) 947-2099

Natalie Morgan (nmorgan@wsgr.com)

Sarah A. Siedlak (ssiedlak@wsgr.com)

WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI P.C.

12235 El Camino Real

San Diego, CA 92130

Telephone: (858) 350-2300

Fax: (858) 350-2399

Attorneys for Defendant Progenity, Inc.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that all counsel of record who are deemed to have consented to electronic 

service are being served this 24th day of February 2021 with a copy of this document via the 

Court’s CM/ECF system per Local Rule CV-5(b)(1). Any other counsel of record will be served 

by electronic mail, facsimile transmission and/or first-class mail on this same date.

/s/ Keeley I. Vega

Keeley I. Vega

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