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N.D. Ohio L. P. R. 3.7
Validity and Enforceability Contentions
Not later than twenty (20) days after service upon it of the Invalidity and Unenforceability
Contentions, each party opposing a claim of inequitable conduct and/or invalidity shall serve on all
parties Validity and Enforceability Contentions which shall contain the following information:
(a) A chart, responsive to the chart required by L. P. R. 3.5(c) that identifies each
limitation of each asserted claim that is missing from the asserted prior art;
(b) A responsive statement explaining why the disclosures and statement required by
L. P. R. 3.5 (e) do not render the asserted patents unenforceable;
(c) All documents supporting the disclosures made in L. P. R. 3.7 (a)-(b) to the extent
that they have not already been produced.
Local Patent Rules - Northern District of Ohio
Provenance
- Source
- www.ohnd.uscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-18
- Edition
- fed-district-2026-09-19
- Content hash
09c6476ca09471c5a2fb75fdb2a392a33ef017256fbca1caa12fac73778b9ad4
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