Legal Opinion
Ergo Licensing, LLC v. Carefusion 303, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 26, 2012No. 2011-1229PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge NEWMAN.
MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Ergo Licensing, LLC and Dr. Uvo Holscher (Ergo, collectively) accused Care-Fusion 303, Inc. (CareFusion) of infringing claims of U.S. Patent No. 5,507,412 ('412 patent) relating to an infusion system. In construing the claims, the district court held that the terms “control means” and “programmable control means” are indefinite. Because the district court correctly held that no corresponding structure is disclosed in the specification, we affirm.
Background
The '412 patent describes an infusion system used to meter and…
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