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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
MCKESSON INFORMATION SOLUTIONS

LLC,
Plaintift
v.

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THE TRIZEUO GROUP, INC.,
Defendant.

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C.A. No. 04-1258 (SLR)

DEFENDANT THE TRIZETTO GROUP, INC.'S

FIRST SET OF INTERROGATORIES (l-2O

Pursuant to Fed. It Civ. P. 33, TriZetto Group, Inc., ("l'RIZEUO") hereby requests that

plaintiff McKesson Information Solutions, LLC ("McKESSON") respond in writing to the
following interrogatories within thirty (30) days of their service.

INSTRUCTIONS
1.

These Interrogatories are continuing in character, so as to require that

supplemental answers be filed seasonably if further or different information is obtained with
respect to any interrogatory.

2.

The terms "and" and "or" shall be construed either conjunctively or disjunctively,

as necessary, to bring within the scope of a discovery request any information which might
otherwise be construed to be outside of its scope.

3.

No part of an interrogatory should be left unanswered merely because an

objection is interposed to another part of the interrogatory. If a partial or incomplete answer is
provided, the responding party shall state that the answer is partial or incomplete.

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4.

In accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(5), where a claim of privilege is asserted

in objecting to any. interrogatory or part thereof, and information is not provided on the basis of
such assertion:
A.

In asserting the privilege, the responding party shall, in the objection to the

interrogatory, or part thereof, identify with specificity the nature of the privilege (including work
product) that is being claimed;
B.

The following information should be provided in the objection, if known

or reasonably available, unless divulging such information would cause disclosure of the
allegedly privileged information,

(I)

For oral communications:

a.

the name of the PERSON making the communication and

the names of the PERSONS present while the communication was made, and, where not
apparent, the relationship of the PERSONS present to the PERSON making the communication;

b.
c:

the date and place of the communication; and the general subject matter of the communication.

(2)

For documents:
a.

the type of document, the general subject matter of the document,

b.

c.

the date of the document, and

d.

such other information as is sufficient to identify the

document, including, where appropriate, the author, addressee, custodian, and any other recipient

of the document, and where not apparent, the relationship of the author, addressee, custodian,
and any other recipient to each other.

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5.

If the responding party elects to specify and produce business recOrds in answer to

any interrogatory, the sjieciflcation shall be in sufficient detail to permit the interrogating party to

locate and identify, as readily as the responding party can, the business records from which the
answer may be ascertained.

6.

If, in answering these interrogatories, the responding party encounters any

ambiguities when construing a question, instruction, or definition, the responding party's answer
shall set forth the matter deemed ambiguous and the construction used in answering.

7.

All terms capitalized in these Interrogatories are defined in the definition section.

DEFINITIONS
1.

"YOU" or "YOUR" means McKesson Information Solutions, LLC., and any

subsidiaries, divisions, branches, predecessors or successors in business, and any entities acting

or purporting to act for or on behalf of the foregoing or who are subject to the direction or
control of the foregoing, including any present or former agents, employees, officers, directors,
insurance companies, attorneys, accountants, investigators, and consultants of the foregoing.

2.
3..

"The '164 PATENT" means U.S. Patent No. 5,253,164.

The term "DOCUMENTS" includes the plural as well as the singular, and is

synonymous with the terms "writing" and "recording" as defined in Rule 1001 of the Federal
Rules of Evidence, and is intended to include without limitation any handwritings, typewritings,
printings, photostats, photocopies, drawings, drafts, charts, photographs, e-mail, tape recordings,

filming and every other form of recording upon any tangible thing, any form of communication or representation including letters, words, numbers, symbols, pictures, sounds, or combinations

thereof, any stored information or databases, whether maintained S paper, magnetic or
electronic media, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, hard drives, zip drives, tapes or on other computer

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storage, or any other maimer including the originals, or if the originals are unavailable, the
duplicates of said DOCUMENTS, from which information can be obtained or translated.
4.

The term "PERSON" shall include both natural PERSONS and corporate or other

business entities, whether or not in the employ of.a party, and the acts and knowledge of a
PERSON are defined to include the acts and knowledge of that PERSONS directors, officers,
members, employees, representatives, agents, and attorneys.

5.

The term "IDENTIFY" means, with regards to documents, to:

(a)
(b)

describe the nature of the document (e.g., letter or memorandum); state the date of the document and its bates or control numbers, if any;

(c)

identify the PERSON who sent and received the original and any copy of
the document;

(d)

state in as much detail as possible the contents of the document; and
state the manner and date of the disposition of the document.

(e)
6.

The term "IDENTIFY," with respect to PERSONS, shall men to state the

PERSONS: (a)
Individual, company, or corporate name;
last known address; and

(b)

(c)

last known phone number.

INTERROGATORIES

INTERROGATORY NO.1:

State in detail YOUR construction of each term of each asserted claim of the '164
PATENT, by means of a claim chart (including whether YOUR construction is based on the

ordinary meaning, any intrinsic and extrinsic support for YOUR definition, whether YOU

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contend 'that any claim term has any meaning other than its ordinary meaning, and any evidence
YOU contend supports a construction other than the ordinary meaning).

INTERROGATORY NO.2:
Describe in detail how each asserted claim of the '164 PATENT has been infringed by
TRIZEUO (including, for each system or product accused of being infringed, stating in detail,
by means of a claim chart, YOUR contention as to where each limitation of the asserted claim is

found in the accused infringing TRIZETTO system or product and whether YOU are asserting
literal infringement or infringement under the doctrine of equivalents).

INTERROGATORY NO.3
For each asserted claim of the '164 PATENT, describe in detail the alleged conception of each. claimed invention (including, but not limited to, the date each claimed invention was first

conceived, the names of all PERSONS who participated in the, conception of the claimed

invention, 'the contribution made by each PERSON, and any documents related to that
conception).

INTERROGATORY NO.4:
For each asserted claim of the '164 PATENT, describe in detail the first reduction to
practice (either actual or constructive) of each claimed invention (including but not limited to the

circumstances of the reduction to practice, the date(s) of the reduction to practice, identification

of all PERSONS who participated in the reduction to practice, the contribution made by each
PERSON, and any documents that relate to that reduction to practice).

INTERROGATORY NO.5:
For each TRIZETTO system or product that YOU contend infringes the "164 PATENT,

describe the circumstances under which YOU or YOUR predecessor-in-interest first became

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aware of that system or product and its alleged infringement (including, but not limited to, the
date(s) upon which YOU or YOUR predecessor-in-interest first became aware of such product,
the date upon which YOU or YOUR predecessor-in-interest first became aware that such product

allegedly infringed the '164 patent, and identification of all PERSONS involved and all
documents relating thereto).

INTERROGATORY NO.6:
For each asserted claim of the '164 PATENT, describe any disclosures of the subject

matter thereof prior to the date on which the application for the '164 PATENT was filed
(including but not limited to, all prior written publications, all sales, all offers to sell, and/or
public uses of any product or system embodying or practicing any claimed invention of the '164

PATENT, the dates ?

any such disclosures, sales, offers for sale and/or public uses, an

identification of the products or systems sold, offered for sale and/or publicly used, and an
identification of the PERSONS involved in the disclosure, sale, offer, and/or public use and all
documents relating thereto).
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INTERROGATORY NO.7:
IDENTIFY each product or system ever made, sold, or licensed by YOU, by YOUR
predecessor-in-interest, by the named inventors of the '164 PATENT, or by any owner, assignee,
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or licensee of the '164 PATENT that embodies, practices, or uses any of the alleged inventions

claimed in the '164 PATENT including the specific claim(s) of the '164 !ATEIST'l' that are
embodied, practiced, âr used in or by each such product or system and the product name, model number, trade name, trademark or other indicia and the dates each product or system was made,
sold; or licensed.

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INTERROGATORY NO.8:

For each produôt or system, the identification of which is sought by, Interrpgatory
Number 7, IDENTIFY the PERSONS most knowledgeable about that product àr system and
state when it was' first described in a printed publication, publicly disclosed,, or offered for sale
and sold anywhere, in the world.

INTERROGATORY NO.9:
IDENTIFY all prior art to the '164 PATENT (including publications, patents, patent
applications, inventions by others, uses, sales or offers for sale, and disclosures) which YOU, the

named inventors of the '164 PATENT, any owner, assignee or licensee of the '164 PATENT, or
any patent agent or attorney acting on behalf of the named inventors of the '164 PATENT, were
aware prior to filing the '164 PATENT;

INTERROGATORY NO. 10:
For every item of prior art the identification of which is sought by Interrogatory No. 9,
describe how the prior art was located and the PERSON most knowledgeable about the location
of that prior art, and identify all documents relating thereto.

INTERROGATORY NO. 11:
Describe in detail any investigation, analysis, testing, studying, or reverse engineering of

every TRIZETTO product that YOU have ever considered to infringe or possibly infringe any
claim(s) of the '164 PATENT (including, but not limited to, the identification of all PERSONS

involved, the nature of each such PERSON'S involvement, the time period of the PERSON'S
involvement, any conclusions reached, and any documents relating thereto).

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INTERROGATORY NO. 12:

IDENTIFY and describe any secondary considerations or objective evidence of
nonobviousness (e.g. commercial success, long-felt need, expressions of skepticism or disbelief

copying, etc.) that YOU contend support or evidence the purported nonobviousness of the

subject matter claimed in the '164 PATENT, and identify all documents supporting such
contention.

INTERROGATORY NO. 13:
State the amount of damages to which YOU claim to be entitled from TRIZETTO in this

action, and the method used to calculate those damages, and identify all documents relating
thereto.

INTERROGATORY NO. 14:
State the royalty rate or rates YOU contend are a "reasonable royalty" under 35 U.S.C. §
284

for the alleged iifringement of the '164 PATENT, and how that royalty rate(s) was

determined (including all facts and contentions that support the use of the royalty rate, and all
DOCUMENTS that YOU contend support YOUR asserted royalty rate).

INTERROGATORY NO. 15:
iDENTIFY allreference materials, including without limitation books, publications, and

computer software, that were used or relied upon by any of the inventors of the '164 patent
during its conception, development or reduction to practice.

INTERROGATORY NO. 16:
iDENTIFY all PERSONS, in addition to the inventors, who may have contributed to the
conception, development or reduction to practice of the invention claimed in the '164 PATENT.

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INTERROGATORY NO. 17:

IDENTIFY all PERSONS involved with the conception, development or
commercialization of Health Payment Review, Inc.'s CodeReview product.

INTERROGATORY NO. 18:
Identify all materials used which were the basis of the CodeReview product, including all
prior software, medical device codes and sets of relationships among the medical device codes.

INTERROGATORY NO. 19:
IDENTIFY the programming language or languages used, and any commercial software

products used to define the programming environment and/or to assist in the coding of the

knowledge base and knowledge base interpreter portions of the system discussed in '164
PATENT as included in the patent's specification and appendices.

INTERROGATORY NO. 20:
Describe in detail the basis for YOUR allegation that TRIZET1O's alleged infringement
of the '164 Patent has been willful and wanton. MORRLS,NICHOLS, ARSHT & TUNNELL

B. Bluinenfeld (#1014) Rodger D. Smith, 11 (#3778) 1201 N.. Market Street P.O. Box 1347 · Wilmington, DE 19899 (302) 658-9200 Attorneys for Defendant The TriZetto Group, Inc. -

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OF COUNSEL: John M. Benassi

JessicaR. Wolff
Matthew C. Lapple Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP 3579 Valley Centre Drive San Diego, CA 92130 (858) 720-2500

December 14, 2004

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, Jack B. Blumenfeld, hereby certi& that copies of the foregoing were caused to
be served on December 14, 2004 upon the following in the manner indicated:

BY HAND

Thomas J. Allingham, II Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP One Rodney Square P.O. Box 636 Wilmington, DE 19899
BY FEDERAL EXPRESS

Jeffrey 0. Randall Skadden, Alps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 525 University Avenue Suite 1100 Palo Alto, CA 94301]

.TJackB.eld