Legal Opinion
Kingsdown Medical Consultants, Ltd. And E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc. v. Hollister Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided December 21, 1988No. Appeal 88-1265PublishedCited by 536 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARKEY, Chief Judge.
Kingsdown Medical Consultants, Ltd. and E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc., (Kingsdown) appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, No. 84 C 6113, holding U.S. Patent No. 4,460,363 (’363) unenforceable because of inequitable conduct before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). We reverse and remand.
BACKGROUND
Kingsdown sued Hollister Incorporated (Hollister) for infringement of claims 2, 4, 5, 9,10,12,13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 27, 28, and 29 of Kingsdown’s ’363 patent. 1 The district court held the patent unenforceable…
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