Legal Opinion
Cordis Corp. v. Medtronic Ave, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 12, 2003No. Nos. 02-1457, 02-1458, 02-1481, 02-1482PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYSON, Circuit Judge.
Cordis Corporation appeals from a final judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Cordis seeks review of (1) a summary judgment that defendant Medtronic AVE, Inc., (“AVE”) did not literally infringe two of Cordis’s patents, and (2) a judgment as a matter of law (“JMOL”) that AVE did not infringe those patents under the doctrine of equivalents. Because we disagree with the district court’s claim.construction and its application of prosecution history estop-pel, we reverse the judgment and remand for further proceedings.
I. Background
The…
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