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Timothy Casey (#013492) SNELL & WILMER L.L.P. One Arizona Center 400 E. Van Buren Phoenix, AZ 85004-2202 Telephone: (602) 382-6372 Email: [email protected] Aaron Myers ROBINS, KAPLAN, MILLER & CIRESI L.L.P. 2800 LaSalle Plaza 800 LaSalle Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55402-2015 Attorneys for Defendant Arctic Cat Inc. IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

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Lemelson Medical, Education & Research Foundation, Limited Partnership, Plaintiff, v. Butler Manufacturing Co., et al., Defendant.

No. CIV 00-0662 PHX (HRH) DEFENDANT ARCTIC CAT INC.'S RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO DISMISS and REQUEST FOR ENTRY OF JUDGMENT PURSUANT TO RULE 54(b) FED.R.CIV.P.

Defendant Arctic Cat Inc. does not oppose Plaintiff's motion to dismiss all claims with prejudice (Doc. #552). All claims raised or which could have been raised against Defendant Arctic Cat Inc. by Plaintiff Lemelson Medical, Education & Research Foundation, Limited Partnership should be dismissed with prejudice. Pursuant to Rule 54(b), Fed.R.Civ.P., Defendant Arctic Cat Inc. submits that there is no just reason for delay and that the Court should expressly direct entry of judgment in

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favor of Defendant Arctic Cat Inc. DATED this 12th day of January, 2006. SNELL & WILMER L.L.P.

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/s/ Timothy Casey Timothy Casey One Arizona Center 400 E. Van Buren Phoenix, AZ 85004-2202 Attorneys for Defendant Arctic Cat Inc.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on the 12th day of January, 2006, I electronically transmitted the attached document to the Clerk's Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to the following CM/ECF registrants: Louis J. Hoffman, Esq. Hoffman & Zur 14614 North Kierland Boulevard, Suite 300 Scottsdale, AZ 85254 Email: [email protected] Attorneys For Plaintiff Lemelson Victoria Gruver Curtin, Esq. Victoria Gruver Curtin PLC 14614 North Kierland Boulevard, Suite 300 Scottsdale, AZ 85244 Email: [email protected] Attorneys For Plaintiff Lemelson Peter C. Warner, Esq. Peter C. Warner PC 1723 West. 4th Street Tempe, AZ 85281-2404 Email: [email protected] Attorney For Plaintiff Lemelson Mark A. Nadeau, Esq. Donald A. Wall J. Christopher Gooch Squire Sanders & Dempsey , LLP Two Renaissance Square 40 N. Central Avenue, Suite 2700 Phoenix, AZ 85004-4441 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys For Defendants Airborne Freight, Ball-Foster, Butler, CertainTeed, Delco Remy, Gates Rubber, Hon Industries, Intermet, Klaussner, Spalding, Furniture Brands, Exide, Trek, Pacific Dunlop, A O Smith, Checkpoint Systems, Bassett Furniture and State Industries Timothy J. Casey, Esq. Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. One Arizona Center 400 East Van Buren Phoenix, AZ 85004-2202 Email: [email protected] Attorneys For Defendant Arctic Cat.

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Aaron Myers ROBINS, KAPLAN, MILLER & CIRESI L.L.P. 2800 LaSalle Plaza 800 LaSalle Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55402-2015 Attorneys for Defendant Arctic Cat James W. Armstrong, Esq. Sacks Tierney, PA 4250 North Civic Center Blvd. 4th Floor Scottsdale, AZ 85251 Attorneys for Defendant Minebea. James F. Polese, Esq. Polese, Pietzsch, Williams & Nolan, PA 2702 North Third Street, Suite 3000 Phoenix, Arizona 85004-4607 Attorneys for Defendant Crown Cork Charles W. Wirken, Esq. Gust Rosenfield, PLC 201 W. Washington, Suite 800 Phoenix, AZ 85004 Attorneys for Defendant Microsoft Corporation Stephen T. Sullivan, Esq. Sullivan Law Group 1850 North Central Ave., Suite 1140 Phoenix, AZ 85004 Attorneys for Defendant Reebok N. Warner Lee Robert J. Pohlman Ryley, Carlock & Applewhite 101 N. First Ave., Sutie 2700 Phoenix, AZ 85003-1973 Attorneys for Defendant Ethan Allen Jennifer A. Van Kirk Lewis & Roca 40 N. Central Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85004-4429 Attorneys for Defendants State Industries and Lifestyle Furnishings

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Bennett E. Cooper Francis J. Burke Steptoe & Johnson LLP Two Renaissance Square 40 N. Central Ave., 24th Floor Phoenix, AZ 85004-4453 Attorneys for Defendants York and Dassault Gregory J. Nelson Nelson & Roediger 3333 E. Camelback Rd., Suite 212 Phoenix, AZ 85018 Attorneys for Defendant Duchossois Industries Ray K. Harris Fennemore Craig 3003 N. Central Ave., Suite 2600 Phoenix, AZ 85012-2913 Attorneys for Defendants Sauder Woodworking, Aerospatiale Matra Robert J. Itri Paul E. Burns Gallagher & Kennedy 2575 E. Camelback Rd. Phoenix, AZ 85016 Attorneys for Defendants Outboard Marine and Acterna Robert A. Royal Steven G. Ford Tiffany & Bosco 1850 N. Central Ave., 5th Floor Phoenix, AZ 85004-4546 Attorneys for Defendant Astec I hereby certify that on the 12th day of January, 2006, I served the attached document by U.S. Mail on the following, who are not registered participants of the CM/ECF System: Don Bivens, Esq. Meyer, Hendricks & Bivens 3003 North Central Ave., Suite 1200 Phoenix, AZ 85012-2915 Attorneys for Defendants Danzas AEI

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Alan H. Blankenheimer Jay T. Stewart Brown & Bain, PA 2901 N. Central Ave. PO Box 400 Phoenix, AZ 85001-0400 Attorneys for Defendants Mine Safety and Airbus Robert Allen Barry R. Sanders Allen, Price & Padden, PC 3131 E. Camelback Rd., Suite 110 Phoenix, AZ 85016-4597 Attorneys for Defendants Parker-Hannifin and Wynn's J. Joseph Miller Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi, LC 12412 Powerscourt Drive, Suite 200 St. Louis, MO 63131-3615 Attorneys for Defendants Kohler, Applied Power, Brunswick and U.S. Can Christopher C. Winslade McAndrews, Held & Malloy 500 W. Madison Street, 34th Floor Chicago, Illinois 60661 Attorneys for Defendant American Standard Lorna Esch Mitchell Fredrikson & Byron PA 4000 Pillsbury Center 200 South Sixth Street Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-1425 Attorneys for Defendant Zomax Ivan S. Kavrukov, Esq. Cooper & Dunham LLP 1185 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 Attorneys for Defendants Capitol Records, Claymont & Cinram Kenneth L. Bressler, Esq. Attorney at Law 488 Madison Ave. New York, NY 10022 Attorney for Defendant U.S. Industries Harold K. Kyle Applause Enterprises 3101 Variel Ave. Woodland Hills, California 91365

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W. Andrew Jack, Esq. Covington & Burling 1201 Pennsylvania Ave., NW PO Box 7566 Washington, D.C. 20004 Attorney for Defendant JLG William B. Mallin, Esq. Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellot, LLC USC Tower 600 Grant St., 44th Floor Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219 Attorneys for Defendant Consumer's Packaging Richard O. Bartz Burd, Bartz & Gutenkauf 6750 France Ave. South, Suite 350 Edina, Minnesota 55435 Attorneys for Defendant Winnebago Lawrence Salibra Senior Counsel Alcan Aluminum Corporation f/n/a Alausuisse Lonza Group Ltd. 6060 Parkland Blvd. Mayfield Heights, Ohio 44124-4185 Emily S. Lau Fenwick & West 2 Palo Alto Square Palo Alto, CA 94043 Attorneys for Defendant Emery Joel H. Levitin, Esq. Henry P. Baer, Esq. Dechert 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112 Attorneys for Defendant Allied Digital Stanley Spooner, Esq. Nixon & Vanderhye, PC th 1100 North Glebe Road, 8 Floor Arlington, Virginia 22201-4714 Attorneys for Defendant BAE J. Michael Huget, Esq. Butzel Long PC 350 South Main Street, Suite 300 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104-2131 Attorneys for Defendants McKechnie and PSM

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Paul F. Strain, Esq. Venable, Baetjer & Howard Two Hopkins Plaza, Suite 1800 Baltimore, Maryland 21201 Attorneys for Defendant Graham Packaging The Honorable H. Russel Holland United States District Court 222 West 7th Avenue, Unit 54 Anchorage, Alaska 99513

By:
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/s/ Timothy Casey

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