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Louis J. Hoffman (Ariz. State Bar #009722) 14614 N. Kierland Blvd., Ste. 300 Scottsdale, Arizona 85254 Tel.: (480) 948-3295 Fax: (480) 948-3387 Victoria Gruver Curtin (Ariz. State Bar #010897) 14614 N. Kierland Blvd., Ste. 300 Scottsdale, Arizona 85254 Tel.: (480) 998-3547 Fax: (480) 948-3387 Attorneys for Plaintiff IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA Lemelson Medical, Education & Research Foundation, Limited Partnership, Plaintiff, vs. Emerson Electric Co., et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. CIV 00-0660 PHX (HRH) REPLY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS AND RESPONSE TO MOTION FOR ENTRY OF FINAL JUDGMENT BY L-3 COMMUNICATIONS

Lemelson Medical, Education & Research Foundation, Limited Partnership ("Lemelson") files this brief as its reply in support of its motion to dismiss, and in response to the Motion for Entry of Final Judgment by defendant L-3 Communications, Inc. Lemelson agrees that the dismissal should properly include Rule 54(b) language to permit entry of final judgment for all defendants as to whom all claims are being dismissed; that is, as to all defendants except IXYS Corporation and VIA Technologies,

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Inc., as to whom claims based on U.S. Patents 4,390,586, 5,039836, 5,170,032 and 5,231,259 remain at issue and stayed pending the outcome of the related Intel litigation. However, Lemelson opposes the request by IXYS Corporation to obtain a Rule 54(b) judgment on the dismissal of claims based on the Lemelson Machine Vision/Auto ID patent. There is, in fact, just reason for delay in that instance. IXYS Corporation states that the reason it seeks such final judgment is to file an application for attorney's fees under 35 U.S.C. § 285. Such an application would be premature, and requires completion of the entire case against IXYS. First, § 285 only allows for attorney's fees to the prevailing party in exceptional cases, not per patent. It is not possible for the Court to determine if IXYS is the prevailing party or if the case is exceptional until all claims are resolved. Second, any attorneys' fees incurred by IXYS to date would be difficult, if not impossible to apportion between the two sets of claims. IXYS has filed two types of pleadings in this case: its response to the complaint (which necessarily involves both the dismissed and the stayed claims) and an opposition to participating in the claim construction proceeding in the related Intel litigation, which relates only to the claims which remain stayed in this case. Thus, any application for attorney's fees will not be ripe for the Court's consideration until the conclusion of the litigation. Rule 54(b) should not be invoked with regard to the claims against IXYS Corporation. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 17th day of January, 2006. VICTORIA GRUVER CURTIN, P.L.C. By: Victoria Curtin Victoria Curtin 14614 North Kierland Blvd., Suite 300 Scottsdale, Arizona 85254 Telephone: (480) 948-3295 Facsimile: (480) 948-3387 Attorneys for Plaintiff

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P.5(b), I certify that on, January 17, 2006, I personally caused to be served, by electronic filing, a true and correct copy of "Reply In Support of Motion To Dismiss and Response to Motion for Entry of Final Judgment by L-3 Communications" to: Brad W Blocker [email protected] Timothy James Casey [email protected] Victoria Gruver Curtin [email protected] John E DeWulf [email protected] Jennifer Hadley Dioguardi [email protected] Brett L Dunkelman [email protected] Richard A Halloran [email protected] Louis J Hoffman [email protected] Jonathan M James [email protected] Cheryl Lee Johnson [email protected] Kevin Michael Judiscak [email protected] Sid Leach [email protected] Mark A Nadeau [email protected] Bradley W Petersen [email protected] Douglas W Seitz [email protected] John R Tellier [email protected] Jennifer A Van Kirk [email protected] Donald A Wall [email protected] Peter C Warner [email protected] Randall H Warner [email protected] Darlene Marie Wauro [email protected] Adrian R Wolff [email protected] And by first-class mail to: Peter L Berger Levisohn Lerner Berger & Langsam 757 3rd Ave Ste 2400 New York, NY 10017

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Albert E Fey Ropes & Gray 1251 Ave of the Americas New York, NY 10020 Mark A Flagel Latham & Watkins 633 W 5th St Ste 4000 Los Angeles, CA 90071-2007 Terrence J Fleming Lindquist & Vennum PLLP 80 S 8th St 4200 IDS Ctr Minneapolis, MN 55402-2205 Scott J Garber Arnold White & Durkee PO Box 4433 Houston, TX 77210-4433 Wendy Evelyn Giberti Titus Brueckner & Berry PC 7373 N Scottsdale Rd Ste B-252 Scottsdale, AZ 85253-3527 Scott H Gingold Latham & Watkins 5800 Sears Tower 233 S Wacker Dr Chicago, IL 60606 Jennifer P Goetsch Marshall O'Toole Gerstein Murray & Borun 233 S Wacker Dr Ste 6300 Chicago, IL 60606

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Lekha Gopalakrishnan Jenkens & Gilchrist PC 1445 Ross Ave Ste 3200 Dallas, TX 75202 Lee F Grossman Marshall O'Toole Gerstein Murray & Borun 233 S Wacker Dr Ste 6300 Chicago, IL 60606 William J Heller McCarter & English PO Box 652 Newark, NJ 07101-0652 Eric P Jacobs Townsend & Townsend & Crew LLP 2 Embarcadero Ctr 8th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Jesse J Jenner Fish & Neave 1251 Ave of the Americas New York, NY 10020 Russell E Levine Kirkland & Ellis 200 E Randolph Dr Ste 5800 Chicago, IL 60601 Robert J McAughan , Jr Arnold White & Durkee PO Box 4433 Houston, TX 77210-4433

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