Expert discovery on issues other than claim construction will proceed as follows:
(a) Expert Reports.
(1) Opening expert reports on issues for which the parties will bear the burden of
proof at trial will be due forty-five (45) days after service of the Final Invalidity
Contentions, or, in cases in which invalidity is not at issue, forty-five (45) days
after service of the Final Infringement Contentions;
(2) Rebuttal expert reports will be due forty-five (45) days after service of the
opening expert reports.
(b) Completion of Expert Depositions. Completion of expert depositions will occur
no later than forty-five (45) days after service of the rebuttal expert reports.