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[umiak]

I think there is a limit on time allowed for mediation, not sure though.

[umiak]

Got lucky looks like 90 days tops:
stock_revealer2 hours ago
Found out the timing. 90 days from mediation date so that's March 25...so 90 days is June 25.

https://www.finnegan.com/en/insights/articles/alternative-dispute-resolution-for-patent-cases-the-eastern.html

The mediator must arrange for a pre-mediation conference to fix the date and place of mediation within the court’s deadlines, which unless otherwise ordered, must be within 90 days after entry of the order referring the case to mediation.

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Concluding Mediation

At the close of mediation, the mediator and the parties shall jointly determine whether it would be appropriate to schedule a follow up.81 A follow up could include written or telephonic reports that the parties might make to one another or to the mediator, exchange of specified kinds of information, or another mediation session.82 Within 14 days of the close of each mediation session, the mediator must report the date the session was held, whether the case settled in whole or in part, and whether any follow up is scheduled to the ADR Unit.83

As with the ENE Process, a mediator cannot impose a settlement and cannot attempt to coerce a party to accept any proposed terms.84 If no settlement is reached, the case remains on the litigation track with all formal discovery, disclosure, and motion practices preserved.85

[Mac2014]

I really hope that being awarded a settlement gets us way more of a bump than this.