(a) Not later than one hundred and thirty (130) days after the filing
of the Joint Preliminary Report and Discovery Plan, the parties shall
complete and file a Joint Claim Construction Statement.
(b) The Joint Claim Construction Statement shall contain the
following information:
(1) The construction of those claim terms, phrases, or clauses
on which the parties agree;
(2) Each party=s proposed construction of each disputed
claim term, phrase, or clause, together with an identification of all
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references from the specification or prosecution history that support
that construction, and an identification of any extrinsic evidence
known to the party on which it intends to rely either to support its
proposed construction of the claim or to oppose any other party=s
proposed construction of the claim;
(3) The anticipated length of time necessary for the Claim
Construction Hearing;
(4) Whether any party proposes to call one or more
witnesses, including experts, at the Claim Construction Hearing, the
identity of each such witness, and for each expert, a summary of each
opinion to be offered in sufficient detail to permit a meaningful
deposition of that expert. No other Rule 26 report or disclosure shall
be required for testimony directed solely towards claim construction.
