Legal Opinion

Honeywell International, Inc. v. Hamilton Sundstrand Corp.

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided April 18, 2008No. 2006-1602PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RADER, Circuit Judge.

Honeywell International, Inc. and Honeywell Intellectual Properties, Inc. (collectively “Honeywell”) brought suit against Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (“Sundstrand”) for infringement of claims 8, 10, 11, 19, and 23 of United States Patent No. 4,380,893 (“the '893 patent”) and claim 4 of Patent No. 4,428,194 (“the '194 patent”). Because “rewriting of de*1307pendent claims into independent form coupled with the cancellation of the original independent claims creates a presumption of prosecution history estoppel,” this court vacated an earlier infringement verdict in favor of…

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