Joint Appendix (Part 1)

Patent Local RulesTABLE OF CONTENTSPATENT LOCAL RULESPage1. SCOPE OF RULES. ...........................................PAT 21-1. Title.. ................................................PAT 21-2. Scope and Construction..................................PAT 21-3. Modification of these Rules.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAT 21-4. Effective Date.. ........................................PAT 22. GENERAL PROVISIONS.......................................PAT 32-1. Governing Procedure....................................PAT 3(a) Initial Case Management Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAT 32-2. Confidentiality.. .......................................PAT 32-3. Certification of Disclosures.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAT 32-4. Admissibility of Disclosures... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAT 42-5. Relationship to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.. . . . . . . . . . . . PAT 43. PATENT DISCLOSURES.......................................PAT 53-1. Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Infringement Contentions.. PAT 53-2. Document Production Accompanying Disclosure.. . . . . . . . . . . . PAT 63-3. Invalidity Contentions...................................PAT 63-4. Document Production Accompanying Invalidity Contentions... PAT 73-5. Disclosure Requirement in Patent Cases for Declaratory Judgment ofInvalidity.. .......................................... PAT 8(a) Invalidity Contentions If No Claim of Infringement.. . . . PAT 8(b) Inapplicability of Rule..............................PAT 83-6. Amendment to Contentions...............................PAT 83-7. Advice of Counsel. .....................................PAT 84. CLAIM CONSTRUCTION PROCEEDINGS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAT 104-1. Exchange of Proposed Terms for Construction... . . . . . . . . . . . PAT 104-2. Exchange of Preliminary Claim Constructions and Extrinsic Evidence.................................................... PAT 104-3. Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Statement... . . . . . . PAT 114-4. Completion of Claim Construction Discovery.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAT 114-5. Claim Construction Briefs...............................PAT 124-6. Claim Construction Hearing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAT 124-7. Good Faith Participation. ..............................PAT 12Published March 2008 PAT 1-A187-