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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE NATIONAL STARCH AND CHEMICAL INVESTMENT HOLDING CORPORATION, PENFORD AUSTRALIA LTD., and PENFORD HOLDINGS PTY, Plaintiffs, v. CARGILL, INC. and MGP INGREDIENTS, INC., Defendants. C.A. No. 04-1443-GMS

DECLARATION OF COURTNEY NELSON WILLS IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDENTS' ANSWERING MARKMAN BRIEF

Filed: October 7, 2005

FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. Thomas L. Halkowski (#4099) 919 N. Market Street, Suite 1100 P.O. Box 1114 Wilmington, DE 19899-1114 Telephone: (302) 652-5070 Facsimile: (302) 652-0607 Attorney for Defendants Cargill, Inc. and MGP Ingredients, Inc.

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I, Courtney Nelson Wills, declare as follows: 1. I am an attorney representing Defendants Cargill, Incorporated and MGP

Ingredients, Incorporated. I make this declaration in support of Defendants' Answering Markman Brief. 2. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of an article by

Edna M. Montgomery et al., "High Amylose Corn Starch Fractions" in 13 Die Starke (1961). 3. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of excerpts from a

book entitled Starch: Chemistry and Technology , Chapter III, , "Genetics and Physiology of Starch Development" by Jack C. Shannon & Douglas L. Garwood (2nd ed. 1984). 4. Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a true and correct of excerpts from the

Merriam-Webster' Collegiate Dictionary (11th ed. 2004) containing the definition of s "apparent." 5. Attached hereto as Exhibit D is a true and correct copy of excerpts from

The American Heritage Dictionary of The English Language (4th ed. 2000) containing the definition of "apparent." 6. Attached hereto as Exhibit E is a true and correct copy of an Australian

patent number AU 45616/89. 7. Attached hereto as Exhibit F is a true and correct copy of the web pages at

http://www.corn.org and http://www.corn.org/membercompanies.htm. 8. Attached hereto as Exhibit G is a true and correct copy of excerpts from

the Analytical Methods of the Member Companies of Corn Refiners Association, Inc.

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Dated: October 7, 2005

FISH & RICHARDSON P.C., P.A.

By: s/Courtney Nelson Wills Courtney Nelson Wills 60 South Sixth Street, Suite 3300 Minneapolis, MN 55402 Telephone: (612) 335-5070 Facsimile: (612) 288-9696 Thomas L. Halkowski (#4099) 919 N. Market Street, Suite 1100 P.O. Box 1114 Wilmington, DE 19899-1114 Telephone: (302) 652-5070 Facsimile: (302) 652-0607 Attorneys for Defendants Cargill, Inc. and MGP Ingredients, Inc.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on October 7, 2005, I electronically filed the DECLARATION OF COURTNEY NELSON WILLS IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS' ANSWERING MARKMAN BRIEF with the Clerk of Court using CM/ECF which will send notification of such filing(s) to the following: Josy W. Ingersoll Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP The Brandywine Building, 17th Floor 1000 West Street P.O. Box 391 Wilmington, DE 19899-0391 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Nation Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation, Penford Australia Ltd., and Penford Holding Pty

I hereby certify that on October 7, 2005, I have mailed via Federal Express, the document(s) to the following non-registered participant: Richard L. DeLucia Kenyon & Kenyon One Broadway New York, NY 10004 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Nation Starch & Chemical Investment Holding Corporation, Penford Australia Ltd., and Penford Holding Pty

/s/ Thomas L. Halkowski Thomas L. Halkowski