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Local Patent Rules - Northern District of Ohio

IV. Claim Construction Proceedings

4.1 Exchange of Proposed Terms for Construction

(a)

(b)

(c)

Not later than ninety-five (95) days after the Responsive Pleading, each party shall serve on each other party a list of claim terms which that party contends should be construed by the Court, and identify any claim terms which that party contends should be governed by 35 U.S.C. §112(6). The parties shall thereafter meet and confer for the purposes of limiting the terms in dispute by narrowing or resolving differences and facilitating the ultimate preparation of a Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Statement. Not later than one hundred and fifteen (115) days after the Responsive Pleading, each party shall serve on each other party a final list of claim terms which that party contends should be construed by the Court, including any claim terms which that party contends should be governed by 35 U.S.C. §112(6).