Legal Opinion
C.R. Bard, Inc. v. Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 2, 1990No. 89-1719PublishedCited by 133 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PLAGER, Circuit Judge.
This is a case of claimed infringement of a method patent for a medical treatment. Defendant-Appellant Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (ACS) was marketing the only perfusion catheter approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for use in coronary angioplasty. Plaintiff-Appellee C.R. Bard, Inc. (Bard) sued ACS for alleged infringement of U.S. Patent No. 4,581,017 (’017), application for which was filed in 1983 and which issued to Harvinder Sahota in 1986; Bard had purchased all rights to the '017 patent as of December 31, 1986. The ’017 patent relates…
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