Legal Opinion
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. v. United States Surgical Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided June 30, 1998No. 97-1574PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOURIE, Circuit Judge.
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. and Ethicon, Inc. (collectively, “Ethicon”) appeal from the decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio granting summary judgment that United States Surgical Corporation (“USSC”) does not infringe claims 6 or 24 of U.S. Reissue Patent 34,519 under the doctrine of equivalents. See Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. v. United States Surgical Corp., No. 94-CV-74, (S.D. Ohio June 30, 1997). Because the district court properly determined that claim 6 was not infringed, but erred in rejecting Ethicon’s theory supporting…
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