Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Andrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

HUCK, District Judge.

THIS MATTER is before the Court for a ruling on the issues presented during a bench trial held from April 26 to 30, 2004. In this patent infringement action, the crux of the Plaintiffs’ case relies on their suggestion that one of the ingredients, mi-crocrystalline cellulose, in the Defendants’ proposed medicinal tablet formulations can be divided into two portions, one portion of which functions actively as a binder and disintegrant and a second portion of which acts passively as a filler. The Court finds, largely on the ground that…