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Basil P. Fthenakis, Esq. (SBN 088399) [email protected] Technology & Intellectual Property Strategies Group PC 1000 Elwell Court, Suite 150 Palo Alto, CA 94303 Telephone: (650) 293-3350 Facsimile: (800) 822-7095 Attorneys for Defendant Steven C. Macevicz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

APPLERA CORPORATION ­ APPLIED ) BIOSYSTEMS GROUP, a Delaware ) ) Corporation, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ILLUMNIA, INC., a Delaware Corporation ) SOLEXA, INC., a Delaware Corporation and ) STEPHEN C. MACEVICZ, an individual ) ) Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Case No. C07 02845 WHA REQUEST FOR JUDIAL NOTICE IN SUPPORT OF MOTION BY DEFENDANT STEPHEN C. MACEVICZ TO DISMISS OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE STRIKE PORTIONS OF FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT OF APPLERA CORPORATION ­ APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS GROUP Date: Time: Courtroom: Before: December 27, 2007 8:00 AM 9, 19th Floor Hon. William Alsup

REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE The Defendant Stephen C. Macevicz ("Macevicz") respectfully requests that this Court take judicial notice pursuant to F.R.E. 201 of the publicly recorded assignment attached hereto as Exhibit
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A. The publicly recorded assignment consists of three pages and, inter alia: (1) names Macevicz as the assignor; (2) names the Defendant Lynx Therapeutics, Inc., as the assignee; (3) assigns application No. 08/424,663 which (through a divisional and a continuation of the divisional) became the three United States patents attached as Exhibits A, B, and C to the First Amended Complaint; and (4) was recorded at the United States Patent and Trademark Office on September 15, 1995 at reel 7635, frame 0916. FRCP 12 (b)(6) allows a Court to consider judicially noticed facts when ruling upon a motion to dismiss. As District Judge Patel of this Court recently ruled: A motion to dismiss under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) "tests the legal sufficiency of a claim." Navarro v. Block, 250 F.3d 729, 732 (9th Cir. 2001). Because Rule 12(b)(6) focuses on the "sufficiency" of a claim--and not the claim's substantive merits--"a court may [typically] look only at the face of the complaint to decide a notion to dismiss." Van Buskirk v. Cable News Network, Inc., 284 F.3d 977, 980 (9th Cir. 2002). Although the court is generally confined to consideration of the allegations in the pleadings, when the complaint is accompanied by attached documents, such documents are deemed part of the complaint and may be considered in evaluating the merits of a Rule 12(b)(6) motion. Durning v. First Boston Corp., 815 F.2d 1265, 1267 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 944, 108 S. Ct. 330, 98 L. Ed. 2d 358 (1987). Similarly, the court may consider documents that are not physically attached to the complaint where the authenticity of the documents is not contested and the complaint necessarily relies on them. Lee v. City of Los Angeles, 250 F.3d 668, 688-89 (9th Cir. 2001). In addition, pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 201, "a court may take judicial notice of 'matters of public record' without converting a motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6) into a motion for summary judgment. Id. (quoting Mack v. South Bay Beer Distrib., 798 F.2d 1279, 1282 (9th Cir. 1986)).Catholic League for

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Religious and Civil Rights v. City and County of San Francisco, 464 F. Supp. 2d 938, 941 (N.D. Cal. 2006). Dated: November 21, 2007 TECHNOLOGY & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY STRATEGIES GROUP PC

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/S/ Basil P. Fthenakis Basil P. Fthenakis, Esq. Attorneys for Defendant Stephen C. Macevicz

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