(a) Not later than 45 days after serving and filing the Joint Claim Construction
Statement, each party shall serve and file and opening brief and any
evidence supporting its claim construction.
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(b) Not later than 21 days after service upon it of an opening brief, the opposing
party shall serve and file its responsive brief and supporting evidence.
(c) Prior to the Claim Construction Hearing, the court may issue an order
stating whether it will receive extrinsic evidence, and if so, the particular
evidence that it will exclude and that it will receive, and any other matter
the court deems appropriate concerning the conduct of the hearing.
