Local Rule 4-1: Exchange of Proposed Terms and Claim Elements for Construction
E.D. Tex. — Patent rule
LOCAL PATENT RULE 4-1 Exchange of Proposed Terms and Claim Elements for Construction
(a) Not later than 10 days after service of the "Invalidity Contentions" pursuant to P. R. 3-3, each party shall simultaneously exchange a list of claim terms, phrases, or clauses which that party contends should be construed or found indefinite by the Court and identify any claim element which that party contends should be governed by 35 U.S.C. § 112(f).
(b) The parties shall thereafter meet and confer for the purposes of finalizing this list, narrowing or resolving differences, and facilitating the ultimate preparation of a Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Statement.