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LPR 1-13. EXCHANGE OF PROPOSED TERMS FOR CONSTRUCTION

(a) Not later than 14 days after service of the party claiming patent infringement's response to the invalidity contentions under LPR 1-10, each party must 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 35 U.S.C. § 112(6).

(b) The parties must then meet and confer within 7 days of the exchange for the purpose of narrowing differences and finalizing a joint list of terms, phrases, and clauses to be submitted to the court for construction. The parties should agree upon a maximum of 10 disputed terms, phrases, or clauses to be submitted to the court for construction, unless the court orders otherwise.