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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
INTERVET, INC. and )
BTG INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, )
)
Plaintiffs, )
) Civil Action No. 05-887-***
v. )
)
MERIAL LIMITED, )
)
Defendant. )
SIX MONTH STATUS REPORT CONCERNING
REEXAMINAT ION OF U.S. PATENT NO. 5,587,166 I
The parties jointly submitted a Stipulation and Order of Stay of Action Until Final
Decision in Reexamination that was granted by this Court’s July 6, 2006 Order. (D.I. 27).
Pursuant to the July 6, 2006 Order, this action is stayed until the final resolution of the
Reexamination of U.S. Patent No. 5,587,166 ("the ‘l66 patent Reexamination”), with Defendant s
Merial Limited ("Merial") to provide the Court with six month interval status reports, until there L
is a final resolution of the ‘l66 Patent Reexamination. At that time, Merial will notify the Court
of the Reexamination decision and provide a report on the final decision in the ‘I66 Patent
Reexamination. Therefore, Merial respectfully submits this six month status report.
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The ‘I66 Patent Reexamination initially declared by United States Patent and Trademark
Office ("USPTO") is Reexamination Control No. 90/007964, wherein the USPTO issued a first
office action, and the parties are awaiting further action by the USPTO in that ‘I66 Patent
Reexamination. In the meantime, the USPTO has declared a second Reexamination of the ‘l66
Patent, namely Reexamination Control No. 90/008762. The parties are awaiting the issuance of
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a first office action in that ‘166 Patent Reexamination. Thus, there are now two ‘166 Patent
Reexaminations, both of which are currently pending with no final resolution.
/s/ Karen L. Pascale /s/ Kelly E. Farnan
John W. Shaw (#. 3362) Frederick L. Cottrell, lll (#2555)
Karen L. Pascale (# 2903) Kelly E. Faman (#4395)
YoUNc CoNAwAY STARGATT & TAYLoR LLP RICHARDS, LAYToN & FINGER, P.A.
The Brandywine Building One Rodney Square
1000 West St., 17th Floor P.O. Box 1347
P.O. Box 391 Wilmington, DE 19899
Wilmington, Delaware 19899-0391 Phone: 302- 651-7700
Phone: 302-571-6600 cottrell@rlf`.com
[email protected]
OF COUNSEL: OF COUNSEL:
Richard L. DeLucia Judy Jarecki-Black
Michael Loughnane MERIAL LIMITED
KENYON & KENYON LLP 3239 Satellite Blvd.
One Broadway Duluth, Georgia 30096-4640
New York, New York 10004 Telephone: (678) 638-3805
Telephone: (212) 425-7300
Edgar H. Haug .
John R. Hutchins Thomas J. Kowalski
KENYON & KENYON LLP FROMMER LAWRENCE & HAUG LLP
1500 K Street, NW 745 Fifth Avenue
Washington, DC 20005-1257 New York, New York 10151
Telephone: (202) 220-4200 Telephone: (212) 588-0800
Attorneys for Plaintm: Frank G. Smith, III
Robert L. Lee
J. Patrick Elsevier
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One Atlantic Center
1201 West Peachtree Street
Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3424
Telephone: (404) 881-7000
Attarneysfor Defendant
Dated: January 7, 2008
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