Legal Opinion

United States Surgical Corporation v. Ethicon, Inc. And Johnson & Johnson Hospital Services, Inc., Defendants/cross-Appellants

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided May 30, 1997No. 94-1386, 94-1419PublishedCited by 320 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PAULINE NEWMAN,

Circuit Judge.

The court’s prior judgment of this appeal and cross-appeal was vacated by the Supreme Court and remanded “for further consideration in light of Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc., 517 U.S. -, 116 S.Ct. 1384, 134 L.Ed.2d 577 (1996).” U.S. Surgical Corp. v. Ethicon, Inc., — U.S. -, 116 S.Ct. 1562, 134 L.Ed.2d 662 (1996). Our prior judgment affirmed the judgment of-the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, 1 entered on jury verdicts that claim 1 of U.S. Surgical’s United States Patent No. 5,100,420 (the ’420 patent) is infringed but invalid…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. MARKMAN Et Al. v. WESTVIEW INSTRUMENTS, INC., Et Al.Supreme Court of the United States · 1996
  3. Herbert Markman and Positek, Inc. v. Westview Instruments, Inc. And Althon Enterprises, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1995
  4. Lavender v. KurnSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  5. Montgomery Ward & Co. v. DuncanSupreme Court of the United States · 1940

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