Legal Opinion
Bicon, Inc v. The Straumann Company
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 20, 2006No. 2005-1168PublishedCited by 192 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYSON, Circuit Judge.
This case turns on the construction of a patent that claims an apparatus used with dental implants. The patent, U.S. Pat. No. 5,749,731 (“the ’731 patent”), describes a plastic cuff that is designed to preserve a space around a dental implant so that when a dental crown is placed on top of the implant, the base of the crown can fit beneath the patient’s gum line.
Diro, Inc., owns the ’731 patent. Joined by its licensee (Bicon, Inc.), Diro sued The Straumann Company and Institut Strau-mann AG (collectively, “Straumann”) for patent infringement based on Straumann’s sale of…
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