Legal Opinion
Amgen Inc. v. F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 15, 2009No. 2009-1020, 2009-1096PublishedCited by 135 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHALL, Circuit Judge.
This is a patent case. Amgen Inc. (“Amgen”) is the owner of U.S. Patent Nos. 5,441,868 (“the '868 patent”), 5,547,-933 (“the '933 patent”), 5,618,698 (“the '698 patent”), 5,756,349 (“the '349 patent”), and 5,955,422 (“the '422 patent”). The patents relate to the production of the protein erythropoietin (“EPO”) using recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid (“DNA”) technology. All five patents share a common specification and descend from Application No. 06/675,298 (“the '298 application”), which issued as now-expired U.S. Patent No. 4,703,008 (“the '008 patent”).
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