Defendant's Interrogatories

• Author: Kenneth L. Dorsney
• Pages: 769-774

Defendant’s Interrogatories

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

[Name of District]

[DISTRICT COURT CAPTION]

DEFENDANT’S FIRST SET OF INTERROGATORIES TO PLAINTIFF

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 33, Defendants [Name of Defendants]

(collectively, “Defendant”) hereby request that Plaintiffs [Name of Plaintiffs]

(collectively, “Plaintiff”) respond to the following Interrogatories within thirty (30) days

of their service. These Interrogatories are continuing in nature and require

supplementation in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(e). The following

definitions and instructions apply.

DEFINITIONS

A. “The ’001 Patent” means United States Patent No. 1, which issued on

[Date], and is entitled “[Title].”

B. “The ’001 Application” means U.S. Application No. 1 filed on [Date],

which matured into the ’001 Patent.

C. “The ’001 Provisional Application” means U.S. Provisional Application

No. 1 filed on [Date].

D. “The ’002 Patent” means United States Patent No. 2, which issued on

[Date], and is entitled “[Title].”

E. “The ’002 Application” means U.S. Application No. 2 filed on [Date],

which matured into the ’002 Patent.

F. “Related Patents” means any pending, abandoned or issued U.S. or

foreign patents claiming the same subject matter as the ’001 Patent, or claiming priority

from the ’001 Provisional Application and/or ’001 Application.

G. “Related Applications” means any pending or abandoned continuation,

divisional, continuation-in-part, reexamination, reissue, extension, international or

foreign counterpart patent application claiming the same subject matter or claiming

priority from the ’001 Provisional Application and/or ’001 Application

H. The term “patent-in-suit” refers to the ’001 Patent.

I. The term “first Complaint” means the Complaint of Plaintiff filed against

Defendant on [Date], [Cite] and “second Complaint” means the Complaint of Plaintiff

filed against Defendant on [Date], [Cite].

J. “Plaintiffs,” “Plaintiff,” “you” or “your” means Plaintiff and any

present or former parent, holding company, predecessor, subsidiary, affiliate, division,

subdivision, branch, partner, joint venturer, including any past or present director, officer,

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