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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`Civil Action No. 6:21-cv-487-ADA
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`Vervain, LLC
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
`Micron Technology, Inc.;
`Micron Semiconductor Products, Inc.; and
`Micron Technology Texas, LLC
`Defendants.
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`Vervain, LLC
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`Plaintiff,
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`Civil Action No. 6:21-cv-488-ADA
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`v.
`Western Digital Corporation;
`Western Digital Technologies Inc.; and
`HGST, Inc.
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`Defendants.
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`AGREED SCHEDULING ORDER
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`Pursuant to the Court’s Amended Order Regarding Notice of Readiness for Patent Cases,
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`Version 2.2, the Case Management Conference occurred on August 6, 2021. Pursuant to the
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`Court’s Order Governing Proceedings, Version 3.4, the above-identified parties have agreed to the
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`following schedule. Therefore, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16, the Court
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`ORDERS that the following schedule will govern the deadlines in the above-captioned cases.1
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`Plaintiff serves preliminary infringement contentions and initial production
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`Item
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`Deadline
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`8/6/2021
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`1 The parties propose dates for the Markman Hearing, Final Pretrial Conference, and Jury
`Selection/Trial subject to the Court’s availability.
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`Micron Ex. 1035, p. 1
`Micron v. Vervain
`IPR2021-01550
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`Case 6:21-cv-00487-ADA Document 24 Filed 09/16/21 Page 2 of 3
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`Defendants serve preliminary invalidity contentions and initial production
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`Item
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`Parties exchange claim terms for construction
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`Parties exchange proposed claim construction
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`Parties disclose extrinsic evidence
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`Deadline to meet and confer to narrow terms in dispute and exchange revised
`list of terms/constructions
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`Deadline
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`10/6/2021
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`10/13/2021
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`10/22/2021
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`10/29/2021
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`11/5/2021
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`Defendant files Opening claim construction brief, including any arguments that
`any claim terms are not indefinite
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`11/12/2021
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`Plaintiff files Responsive claim construction brief
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`Defendant files Reply claim construction brief
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`Plaintiff files a Sur-Reply claim construction brief
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`Parties submit Joint Claim Construction Statement
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`Technology tutorial due
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`Markman hearing initially scheduled
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`Fact Discovery opens; deadline to serve Initial Disclosures per Rule 26(a)
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`Deadline to add parties
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`Deadline to serve Final Infringement and Invalidity Contentions
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`Deadline to amend pleadings
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`Deadline for the first of two meet and confers to discuss significantly narrowing
`the number of claims asserted and prior art references at issue
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`Close of Fact Discovery
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`Opening Expert Reports
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`Rebuttal Expert Reports
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`Close of Expert Discovery
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`2
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`12/3/2021
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`12/17/2021
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`1/3/2022
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`1/6/2022
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`1/10/2022
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`1/20/2022
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`1/21/2022
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`2/25/2022
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`3/11/2022
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`5/6/2022
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`7/15/2022
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`8/12/2022
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`8/19/2022
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`9/16/2022
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`10/7/2022
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`Micron Ex. 1035, p. 2
`Micron v. Vervain
`IPR2021-01550
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`Case 6:21-cv-00487-ADA Document 24 Filed 09/16/21 Page 3 of 3
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`Item
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`Deadline for the second of two meet and confers to discuss narrowing the number
`of claims asserted and prior art references at issue to triable limits
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`Dispositive motion deadline and Daubert motion deadline
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`Serve Pretrial Disclosures (jury instructions, exhibits lists, witness lists,
`discovery and deposition designations)
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`Serve objections to pretrial disclosures/rebuttal disclosures
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`Serve objections to rebuttal disclosures and File Motions in limine
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`File Joint Pretrial Order and Pretrial Submissions (jury instructions, exhibits lists,
`witness lists, discovery and deposition designations); file oppositions to motions
`in limine
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`File Notice of Request for Daily Transcript or Real Time Reporting; Deadline to
`meet and confer regarding remaining objections and disputes on motions in
`limine
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`Deadline
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`10/14/2022
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`10/21/2022
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`11/4/2022
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`11/18/2022
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`11/29/2022
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`12/6/2022
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`12/13/2022
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`File joint notice identifying remaining objections to pretrial disclosures and
`disputes on motions in limine
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`1/3/2023
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`Final Pretrial Conference
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`Jury Selection/First Trial
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`1/6/2023
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`1/23/2023
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`SIGNED this day of September 16, 2021.
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`_______________________________
`ALAN D ALBRIGHT
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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`Micron Ex. 1035, p. 3
`Micron v. Vervain
`IPR2021-01550
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