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Document Production Accompanying Final Invalidity Contentions

W.D.N.Y. Local Rule 3.9

(a) With the “Final Invalidity Contentions”, the party asserting invalidity of any patent claim shall produce or make available for inspection and copying, to the extent not previously produced or disclosed: a copy or sample of all prior art identified pursuant to Loc. Pat. R. 3.7, that does not appear in the file history of the patent(s) at issue. If any such item is not in English, an English translation of the portion(s) relied upon shall be produced. (b) The producing party shall separately identify by production number which documents correspond to each category.
Official source: https://www.nywd.uscourts.gov/sites/nywd/files/2025%20Local%20Rules%20of%20Civil%20Procedu · retrieved 2026-07-23