IT IS WORTH IT! That letter I posted is the tip of the iceberg.
Choose "Register for PACER" (Public Access to Court Electronic Records). You will have to register using a credit card. It will allow you to view court documents for 7 cents per page and there is no registration fee.
After signing up and receiving your login and password via email, go back to http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov and select "Links to Pacer Websites". Make sure you choose "DISTRICT" courts (sends you to another site) and then choose "California Northern District Court - ECF" (ECF is important). Choose "Login Here", you will be prompted for your login and password. After entering into PACER choose "query" from the upper blue heading. You will be sent to the query screen and type in "Patriot Scientific" as the name of the case. Click "Patriot Scientific", which brings you to another screen where you should choose "history/documents" (something like that). Then another meaningless screen where you press search/go/enter. Now you should have the history of the case up until dec 20, which was the last entry.
If you follow my directions you will save yourself some time and money, and gain some excellent information. It is easy to accumulate viewing charges so read well.