(a) Not later than 21 days after service of the “Preliminary Invalidity
Contentions” pursuant to Local Civil Rule 303.3, each party shall
simultaneously exchange a list of claim terms, phrases, or clauses which
that party contends should be construed by the court, and identify any claim
element which that party contends should be governed by the sixth
paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112.
(b) The parties shall thereafter meet and confer for the purposes of finalizing
this list, narrowing or resolving differences, and facilitating the ultimate
preparation of a Joint Claim Construction Statement in accordance with
Local Civil Rule 304.3.
