Magistrate Judge Steven E. Rau

12MAGISTRATE JUDGE STEVEN E. RAU RULE 16 WORKSHEET – Patent Cases

Case No.:

Plaintiff,

Defendants. .

Type of Case:

Date of meet and confer:

Liable insurance carrier:

P D Joint Court Pleadings and Disclosure

If jurisdiction is based on diversity, and any party is an LLC, determine if parties have properly pled citizenship of LLC (based on citizenship of members, and not principal place of business or headquarters). If not, set deadline for addressing issue. Pre-discovery disclosures required by Rule26(a) (1) due Motions which seek to amend the pleadings to add claims or parties P D Joint Court

Plaintiff’s Claim construction charts to be completed Defendant’s claim construction charts to be completed Responsive claim charts to be completed Claim terms shall be exchanged by Meet and confer by this date to finalize a list for a joint construction statement Exchange of proposed preliminary constructions of claim terms, phrases or clauses Joint patent case status report Schedule a claim construction hearing by Defendant’s Prior Art Statements shall be served by Plaintiff’s Prior Art Statements

2 Each party must identify to the opposing party the experts who will provide a report concerning the issues on which that party has the burden of persuasion no later than 15 days after the Court issues the claim construction order Initial expert reports must be prepared in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2) (B) and address the issues on which that party has the burden of persuasion Rebuttals All fact discovery to be completed All discovery to be completed, including expert depositions Defendant may postpone waiver of any applicable attorney-client privilege on topics relevant to claims of willful infringement until All relevant privileged documents should be produced no later than Non-Dispositive Motions

Motions shall be served, filed and HEARD

3 Punitive Motion

Motions for punitive damages shall be served, filed and HEARD Settlement Conference

Plaintiff(s) demand and thoughts re: timing Defendant(s) demand and thoughts re: timing Settlement conference to be held Dispositive Motions

Dispositive motions shall be SERVED and FILED (Judge preferences may differ regarding SERVED, FILED, SCHEDULED, AND HEARD. Please refer to Pretrial Scheduling Order for direction) Trial Date Jury or Non-Jury Trial Number of Trial days General

Number of depositions Number of interrogatories (including all subparts) Number of document requests Number of requests for admission Rule 35 medical examination Number of expert depositions Number of experts at trial Agreements re Electronic Discovery (preservation, format of production, privilege and cost-shifting)

Agreements regarding privileged information Agreements regarding Protective Orders

4 ADR/Mediation Requested Consent to Magistrate Judge