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`Advanced Silicon Technologies LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`Case No. 6:22-cv-00466-ADA-DTG
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`Jury Trial Demanded
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`v.
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`NXP Semiconductors N.V.,
`NXP B.V., and
`NXP USA, Inc.,
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`Defendants.
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`SCHEDULING ORDER
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`In view of the Court’s Standing Order Governing Proceedings (OGP) 4.1—Patent Cases
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`and Fed. R. Civ. P. 16, the Court ORDERS that the following schedule will govern deadlines
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`through the trial of this action:
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`Deadline
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`Item
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`September 12, 2022 Deadline to file a motion for inter-district transfer. After this deadline,
`movants must seek leave of Court and show good cause for delay.
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`October 11, 2022
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`Defendants serve preliminary1 invalidity contentions in the form of (1) a
`chart setting forth where in the prior art references each element of the
`asserted claim(s) are found, (2) an identification of any limitations
`Defendants contend are indefinite or lack written description under
`section 112, and (3) an identification of any claims Defendants contend
`are directed to ineligible subject matter under section 101. Defendants
`shall also produce (1) all prior art referenced in the invalidity
`contentions, and (2) technical documents, including software where
`applicable, sufficient to show the operation of the accused product(s).
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`1 The parties may amend preliminary infringement contentions and preliminary invalidity
`contentions without leave of court so long as counsel certifies that it undertook reasonable efforts
`to prepare its preliminary contentions and the amendment is based on material identified after
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`Deadline
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`Item
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`October 24, 2022
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`Parties exchange claim terms for construction.
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`November 7, 2022 Parties exchange proposed claim constructions.
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`November 14, 2022
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`Parties disclose extrinsic evidence. The parties shall disclose any
`extrinsic evidence, including the identity of any expert witness they may
`rely upon with respect to claim construction or indefiniteness. With
`respect to any expert identified, the parties shall identify the scope of the
`topics for the witness's expected testimony.2 With respect to items of
`extrinsic evidence, the parties shall identify each such item by production
`number or produce a copy of any such item if not previously produced.
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`November 21, 2022 Deadline to meet and confer to narrow terms in dispute and exchange
`revised list of terms/constructions.
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`November 28, 2022 Defendants file Opening claim construction brief, including any
`arguments that any claim terms are indefinite.
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`December 19, 2022 Plaintiff files Responsive claim construction brief.
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`January 9, 2023
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`Defendants file Reply claim construction brief.
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`January 9, 2023
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`Parties to jointly email the law clerks (see OGP at 1) to confirm their
`Markman date and to notify if any venue or jurisdictional motions remain
`unripe for resolution.
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`January 23, 2023
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`Plaintiff files a Sur-Reply claim construction brief.
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`those preliminary contentions were served and should do so seasonably upon identifying any
`such material. Any amendment to add patent claims requires leave of court so that the Court can
`address any scheduling issues.
`2 Any party may utilize a rebuttal expert in response to a brief where expert testimony is
`relied upon by the other party.
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`Deadline
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`Item
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`January 24, 2023
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`Parties submit Joint Claim Construction Statement and email the law
`clerks an editable copy.
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`See General Issues Note #7 regarding providing copies of the briefing to
`the Court and the technical advisor (if appointed).
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`January 24, 2023
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`Parties submit optional technical tutorials to the Court and technical
`adviser (if appointed).
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`January 30, 2023 Markman Hearing at 9:00 a.m. This date is a placeholder and the Court
`may adjust this date as the Markman hearing approaches.
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`January 31, 2023
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`Fact Discovery opens; deadline to serve Initial Disclosures per
`Rule 26(a).
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`March 13, 2023
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`Deadline to add parties.
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`March 27, 2023
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`Deadline to serve Final Infringement and Invalidity Contentions. After
`this date, leave of Court is required for any amendment to infringement
`or invalidity contentions. This deadline does not relieve the parties of
`their obligation to seasonably amend if new information is identified
`after initial contentions.
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`May 22, 2023
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`Deadline to amend pleadings. A motion is not required unless the
`amendment adds patents or patent claims. (Note: This includes
`amendments in response to a 12(c) motion.)
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`July 31, 2023
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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.
`Unless the parties agree to the narrowing, they are ordered to contact the
`Court’s Law Clerk to arrange a teleconference with the Court to resolve
`the disputed issues.
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`August 28, 2023
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`Close of Fact Discovery.
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`September 11, 2023 Opening Expert Reports.
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`Deadline
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`Item
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`October 9, 2023
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`Rebuttal Expert Reports.
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`October 23, 2023 Close of Expert Discovery.
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`October 30, 2023
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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. To the extent it helps the parties determine these limits, the parties
`are encouraged to contact the Court’s Law Clerk for an estimate of the
`amount of trial time anticipated per side. The parties shall file a Joint
`Report within 5 business days regarding the results of the meet and
`confer.
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`November 6, 2023
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`Dispositive motion deadline and Daubert motion deadline.
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`See General Issues Note #7 regarding providing copies of the briefing to
`the Court and the technical advisor (if appointed).
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`November 20, 2023 File oppositions to dispositive and Daubert motions.
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`November 20, 2023 Serve Pretrial Disclosures (jury instructions, exhibits lists, witness lists,
`discovery and deposition designations).
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`November 27, 2023 File replies in support of dispositive and Daubert motions.
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`December 4, 2023 Serve objections to pretrial disclosures/rebuttal disclosures.
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`December 4, 2023 Parties to jointly email the Court’s law clerk (see OGP at 1) to confirm
`their pretrial conference and trial dates.
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`December 11, 2023 Serve objections to rebuttal disclosures; file motions in limine.
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`December 18, 2023
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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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`Deadline
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`Item
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`December 29, 2023
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`File Notice of Request for Daily Transcript or Real Time Reporting. If a
`daily transcript or real time reporting of court proceedings is requested
`for trial, the party or parties making said request shall file a notice with
`the Court and e-mail
`the Court Reporter, Kristie Davis at
`kmdaviscsr@yahoo.com.
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`Deadline to meet and confer regarding remaining objections and disputes
`on motions in limine.
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`January 5, 2023
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`File joint notice identifying remaining objections to pretrial disclosures
`and disputes on motions in limine.
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`January 8, 2024
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`Final Pretrial Conference. Held in person unless otherwise requested.
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`January 29, 20243
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`Jury Selection/Trial.
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`3 If the actual trial date materially differs from the Court’s default schedule, the Court
`will consider reasonable amendments to the case schedule post-Markman that are consistent with
`the Court’s default deadlines in light of the actual trial date.
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