Local Rule 4-1: Exchange of Proposed Terms and Claim Elements for Construction
E.D. Mo. — Patent rule
4-1. Exchange of Proposed Terms and Claim Elements for Construction.
(a) Not later than 42 days after service of the Preliminary Invalidity Contentions pursuant to Local Patent R. 3-3, the parties shall simultaneously exchange Proposed Terms and Claim Elements for Construction, which shall include (i) a list of claim terms, phrases, or clauses which that party contends should be construed by the Court, and (ii) the identification of any claim element which that party contends should be governed by 35 U.S.C. § 112(6).
(b) Within 7 days thereafter, the parties shall meet and confer in good faith for the purpose of narrowing the claim terms to be construed, narrowing or resolving differences, and facilitating the ultimate preparation of a Joint Claim Construction Chart and Joint Prehearing Statement, as set forth in Subsection 4-3, below.