Legal Opinion
MBO LABORATORIES, INC. v. Becton, Dickinson & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided April 12, 2010No. 2008-1288PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GAJARSA, Circuit Judge.
MBO Laboratories, Inc. (“MBO”) appeals from the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts’ judgment in favor of Becton, Dickinson & Co. (“Becton”), invalidating MBO’s U.S. Reissue Patent No. 36,885 (the “RE '885 patent”) in its entirety based on the rule against recapture. Because we hold that MBO violated the rule against recapture, we affirm the district court’s holding that RE '885 patent claims 27, 28, 32, and 33 are invalid, but we reverse the district court’s invalidation of all other claims. We remand to the district court to address Becton’s motion…
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