Legal Opinion
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. v. Coratomic, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 17, 1983No. 82-1513PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Per curiam
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. (CPI), brought this action for a declaratory judgment against Coratomic, Inc. The ease involves three patents on surgically implantable heart pacemakers owned by Coratomic. The District Court, 1 in a full but unpublished opinion, held that the three patents— No. 3,866,616, No. 3,987,799 (which later became Reissue Patent No. 30,028), and Design Patent No. 241,980 — were invalid for obviousness. Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. v. Coratomic, Inc., 535 F.Supp. 280 (D.Minn. 1982). It further held the design patent invalid on the alternative ground that its design was dictated…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. v. Coratomic, Inc.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1982
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