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`PATENT APPLICATION
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`In re the Application of:
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`EWING, et al.
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`Application No.: 11/548,471
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`Filed: October 11, 2006
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`Atty. Docket No.:
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`Title: "ELECTRICAL POWER
`DISTRIBUTION DEVICE HAVING
`A CURRENT DISPLAY"
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`SYSTEMS ENHANCEMENT CORPORATION, "Power Administrator 800 User Manual," October 1, 1996, Systems
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`December, 1999, American Power Conversion Corporation, W. Kingston, Rl, USA
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`AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION CORPORATION, "MasterSwitch VM Power Distribution Unit Installation and
`Quick Start Manual," December 1999, American Power Conversion Corporation, W. Kingston, Rl, USA
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`Application Number
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`VPC, 30 pp. (9/29/2007)
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`"American Power Conversion Corporation's Preliminary Invalidity Contentions," Server Technology, Inc. v. American D
`Power Conversion Corporation, Case No.: 3:06-CV-00698-LRH-VPC, 89 pp. (10/12/2007)
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`"American Power Conversion Corporation's Preliminary Claim Constructions and Extrinsic Evidence (Patent Local
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`8 pp. (1/21/2008)
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`"Plaintiff and Counterdefendant Server Technology, Inc.'s Preliminary Claim Constructions and Extrinsic Evidence
`(Patent Local Rule 4-2), Server Technology, Inc. v. American Power Conversion Corporation, Case No.: 3:06-
`CV-00698-LRH-VPC, 7 pp. (1/29/2008)
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`"Joint Claim Construction Chart and Prehearing Statement (Patent Rule 4.3)," Server Technology, Inc. v. American
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`"Plaintiff and Counterdefendant Server Technology, Inc.'s Reply to APC's Response to STI's Opening Claim
`Construction Brief," Server Technology, Inc. v. American Power Conversion Corporation, Case No.: 3:06-CV-00698-
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`Application Number
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