Free Letter - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1:04-cv-00901-JJF

Document 463

Filed 12/03/2007

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Richard K. Herrmann 302.888.6816 [email protected]

December 3, 2007 VIA EFILING AND HAND DELIVERY The Honorable Joseph J. Farnan, Jr. USDC for the District of Delaware 844 King Street Wilmington, DE 19801 Re: Your Honor: The parties have agreed and would like to request a pretrial conference in the abovereferenced matter on January 23, 2008, at a time convenient for the Court. Based on a pretrial conference on that date, the parties have also agreed to the following schedule of related dates: Illumina to provide a preliminary section 282 notice, narrowing the art at issue Illumina's section of pretrial order given to Affymetrix Meet and confer re MILS Opening MILS Affymetrix's sections of pretrial order given to Illumina Illumina to provide final section 282 notice Pretrial order due Jury instructions and verdict sheet due Response to MILs Pretrial conference December 19, 2007 Affymetrix, Inc. v. Illumina, Inc., D. Del., C.A. No. 04-901-JJF

December 20, 2007 January 4, 2008 January 7, 2008 January 7, 2008 January 12, 2008 January 18, 2008 January 18, 2008 January 21, 2008 January 23, 2008

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Case 1:04-cv-00901-JJF The Honorable Joseph J. Farnan, Jr. December 3, 2007 Page 2

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The parties request that the Court schedule the pretrial conference on January 23, 2008, or, in the alternative, inform the parties of alternative days that the Court would be available. Respectfully, /s/ Richard K. Herrmann Richard K. Herrmann, I.D. No. 405 [email protected]

cc: Maryellen Noreika, Esq. (via email & hand delivery) Daniel Reed, Esq. (via email)