Legal Opinion
Wash. Research Found. v. Sanofi
District Court, W.D. Washington
Decided February 2, 2018No. Civil Action No. 2:15–cv–1143–BJRPublished
1Opinion of the Court
BARBARA J. ROTHSTEIN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Plaintiffs and Counterclaim Defendants Washington Research Foundation ("WRF") and Genentech, Inc. ("Genentech") allege that Defendants and Counterclaimants Sanofi and sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC (collectively "Sanofi") have infringed claim 38 of U.S. Patent No. 5,919,651 ("the '651 patent"). Sanofi moves this Court for summary judgment, arguing that pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 112(d), claim 38 *1242depends from claim 34; and, since Defendants, Plaintiffs agree, cannot be found to have infringed claim 34, they cannot be found to have infringed claim 38 as a…
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