Legal Opinion

Laryngeal Mask Co. Ltd. v. Ambu

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided September 21, 2010No. 2010-1028, 2010-1062PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MOORE, Circuit Judge.

The Laryngeal Mask Company Ltd. and LMA North America, Inc. (collectively, LMA) appeal the district court’s summary judgment that the Aura40TM; AuraOnce-™, and AuraStraight™ products made by Ambu A/S, Ambu Inc., and Ambu Ltd. (collectively, Ambu) did not infringe the asserted claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,156,-100 ('100 patent) and that all claims were invalid for lack of written description under 35 U.S.C. § 112. We conclude that the district court erred in its construction of the claim term “backplate.” Because its summary judgment of no infringement was predicated on…

2Cases cited10 opinions

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