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Case 1:04-cv-01507-SLR

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) BATH & BODY WORKS, INC.; LIMITED ) BRANDS, INC.; KAO BRANDS CO. ) (f/k/a THE ANDREW JERGENS ) COMPANY); and KAO CORPORATION, ) ) Defendants. ) LP MATTHEWS, L.L.C.,

C.A. No. 04-1507-SLR

JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION STATEMENT Nature And Stage Of Proceedings On December 8, 2004, plaintiff LP Matthews filed a Complaint for patent infringement against the defendants. (D.I. 1). LP Matthews amended its Complaint on February 2, 2005. (D.I. 5, 8). This Court entered a Scheduling Order on June 9, 2005. (D.I. 39). Discovery is closed. (See D.I. 39). As required by Paragraph 5 of the Court's Scheduling Order (D.I. 39), Plaintiff LP Matthews, L.L.C., defendants Bath & Body Works, Inc. and Limited Brands, Inc. ("the Limited defendants"), and defendants Kao Brands Co. and Kao Corporation ("the Kao defendants") submit this Joint Claim Construction Statement. Asserted Claims LP Matthews asserts that the defendants infringe claims 6 and 9 of its United States Patent No. 5,063,062 ("the `062 patent") which read: 6. A skin cleaning composition for external use on human tissues, comprising orange oil, a pharmaceutical acceptable moisturizer for human skin and an oat grain derivative product as an emulsifying agent, wherein said composition has a pH within a range of 4.5 to 6.0, inclusively.

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9. A cleaning composition for use on human skin comprising forty-five percent (45%) or less by volume of orange oil, forty-five percent (45%) or less by volume of oatmeal and a pharmaceutically acceptable moisturizer. The parties agree that the preambles of claims 6 and 9 are limiting. The parties' list of claim terms and corresponding proposed claim construction are attached.

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Of Counsel: Ronald J Schutz Robert A. Auchter Jason R. Buratti Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. 1801 K Street, Suite 1200 Washington, D.C. 20006 Tel: (202) 736-2717 Fax: (202) 223-8604

By:

/s/ Lauren E. Maguire Steven J. Balick (I.D. # 2114) John G. Day (I.D. # 2403) Lauren E. Maguire (I.D. #4261) 222 Delaware Avenue, 17th Floor P.O. Box 1150 Wilmington, DE 19899 Tel: (302) 654-1888 Fax: (302) 654-2067 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Attorneys for Plaintiff LP Matthews, Inc. Of Counsel: Arthur I. Neustadt Richard L. Chinn Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C. 1755 Jefferson Davis Highway Arlington, VA 22202 Tel: (703) 413-3000 Fax: (703) 413-2220 By: /s/ David E. Moore Richard L. Horwitz (I.D. # 2246) David E. Moore (I.D. # 3983) Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP 1313 N. Market Street Wilmington, DE 19899-0951 Tel: (302) 984-6000 Fax (302) 658-1192 [email protected] [email protected]

Attorneys for Defendants Kao Corporation and Kao Brands Company Of Counsel: John F. Ward David M. Hill Michael Zinna Ward & Olivo 708 Third Avenue New York, NY 10017 Tel: (212) 697-6262 Fax: (212) 972-5866 By /s/ Francis G.X. Pileggi Francis G.X. Pileggi (I.D. # 2624) Sheldon K. Rennie (I.D. # 3772) Fox Rothschild L.L.P 919 North Market Street, Suite 1300 Wilmington, DE 19801 Tel: (302) 654-7444 Fax: (302) 654-8920 [email protected] [email protected]

Attorneys for defendants Bath & Body Works, Inc. and Limited Brands, Inc.

Dated: June 15, 2006
170477.1

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