Legal Opinion
Biogen, Inc. v. Amgen, Inc.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided July 7, 1997No. Civil Action 95-10496-RGSPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON AM-GEN’S RENEWED MOTION FOR SUMMARY ADJUDICATION OF CLAIM 9 OF THE ‘702 PATENT
STEARNS, District Judge.
Biogen brought suit alleging among other wrongs that Amgen’s product Neupogen® infringes claim 9 of U.S. Patent 4,874,702 (the “ ‘702 patent”). 1 Amgen struck back with a counterclaim attacking the validity of claim 9. See 35 U.S.C. § 102(b). Amgen maintains that an abstract published by Glen Horn and Dr. Robert Wells in April of 1979 (“Horn & Wells 1979”) anticipated the filing of the application for the ‘702 patent by more than a year. Biogen contends that there is a…
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