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`Case 3:15-cv-05723-PGS-LHG Document 66 Filed 10/17/16 Page 1 of 4 PageID: 885
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`William J. O’Shaughnessy
`MCCARTER & ENGLISH LLP
`Four Gateway Center
`100 Mulberry Street
`Newark, NJ 07102
`(973) 639-2094
`woshaughnessy@rnccarter.com
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`OF COUNSEL:
`Douglas Carsten
`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
`12235 El Carnino Real
`Suite 200
`San Diego, CA 92130
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`William C. Jackson
`BOlES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP
`5301 Wisconsin Aye, NW
`Washington, DC 20015
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`Attorneys/or Plaintiff
`United Therapeutics Corporation
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
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`UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION,
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`Plaintiff and Counterclaim-Defendant,
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`Civil Action No.
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`I 5-cv-5723 (PGS) (LHG)
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`v.
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`WATSON LABORATORIES, INC.,
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`Defendant and Counterclaim-Plaintiff.
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`STIPULATION AND FPROPOSED1 CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ORDER
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`This stipulation is made by and between Plaintiff and Counterclaim-Defendant United
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`Therapeutics Corporation
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`(“UTC”)
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`and Defendant
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`and Counterclaim-Plaintiff Watson
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`Laboratories, Inc. (“Watson”).
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`WHEREAS, the parties disputed the claim construction of the term “an opto-acoustical
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`trigger” as used in the asserted claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 9,339,507 (“the ‘507 patent”) and
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`9,358,240 (“the ‘240 patent”);
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`WHEREAS, UTC and Watson do not wish to burden the Court by conducting pre-trial
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`claim construction proceedings;
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`NOW. THEREFORE, in the interest ofjudicial economy and efficiency, UTC and
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`Watson, by and through their respective undersigned counsel, and subject to the approval of the
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`Court. stipulate and agree as follows for purposes of this litigation:
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`The disputed claii-n term “an opto-acoustical trigger” as used in the asserted claims of
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`the ‘507 patent and the ‘240 patent shall be construed to mean “a trigger with an optical
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`element (e.g., light) and an acoustical element (e.g., sound).”
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`The stipLilation filed herein shall relieve the parties of the following Local Patent Rules
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`and Pretrial Scheduling Order obligations:
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`• October
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`2016 Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Statement.
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`• October 21, 2016 Completion of Claim Construction Discovery.
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`• October 28, 2016 Opening Markman Submissions.
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`• November 11, 2016 Responding Markman Submissions.
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`• December 6, 2016 Claim Construction Hearing.
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`DATED: October 14, 2016
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`SO ORDERED this
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`i7 day of October, 2016.
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`Watson wants the Court to be advised that. although the parties have agreed on a construction
`for “an opto-acoustical trigger,” there appears to be a live dispute between the parties regarding a
`contradiction between the disclosure of an opto-acoustical trigger in the specification of the ‘507
`and ‘240 patents and statements made in UTC’s response to Watson’s Invalidity Contentions for
`the ‘507 and ‘240 patents. The parties have exchanged correspondence and begun to confer on
`the issue. Watson will raise the issue with the Court at an appropriate time, if necessary.
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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`Of Counsel
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`Of Counsel
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`Michael K. Nutter (admitted pro hac vice)
`Kurt A. Mathas (admitted pro hac vice)
`Brendan F. Barker (admitted pro hac vice)
`Alyssa E. Ram irez (admitted pro hac vice)
`WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
`35 W. Wacker Drive
`Chicago, IL 6060 1-9703
`(312) 558-5600
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`/s/ Liza M. Walsh
`Liza M. Walsh
`Tricia B. O’Reilly
`Joseph L. Linares
`CONNELL FOLEY LLP
`One Newark Center
`1085 Raymond Boulevard, 19th Floor
`Newark, NJ 07102
`(973)757-1100
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`lwalshconnellfoley.com
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`Attorneys for Defendant Watson Laboratories,
`Inc.
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`Douglas Carsten
`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
`12235 El Camino Real
`Suite 200
`San Diego, CA 92130
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`William C. Jackson
`BOlES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP
`5301 Wisconsin Aye, NW
`Washington, DC 20015
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`Veronica S. Ascarrunz
`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
`1 700 K Street, NW
`Suite 500
`Washington, DC 20006
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`Robert A. Delafield II
`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
`900 S. Capital of Texas Hwy
`Las Cirnas IV, Fifth Floor
`Austin, TX 78746
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`/s/ William 1 0 ‘Shaughnessv
`William J. O’Shaughnessy
`MCCARTER & ENGLISH LLP
`Four Gateway Center
`100 Mulberry Street
`Newark. NJ 07102
`(973) 639-2094
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`woshaughnessymccarter.com
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`Attorneysfor PlaInt(ff/Counterclalm Defendant
`United Therapeutics Corporation
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`Dated: October 14, 2016
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