Legal Opinion
Sandra Solomon v. Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided June 30, 2000No. 00-1033PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOURIE, Circuit Judge.
Sandra Solomon appeals from the decision of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona granting Kimberly-Clark Corporation’s motion for summary judgment that the claims of U.S. Patent 4,560,381 are invalid as indefinite under 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 2. See Solomon v. Kimberly-Clark Corp., No. CIV 96-2000 PHX RCB (D.Ariz. Sept. 2, 1999) (“Solomon II”). Because the district court erred in holding the claims invalid under that provision of the statute, we reverse.
BACKGROUND
A. The Claimed Invention
Sandra Southwell (now Sandra Solomon) is the named inventor on…
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