Legal Opinion
Vitronics Corporation v. Conceptronic, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided July 25, 1996No. 96-1058PublishedCited by 2,337 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MICHEL, Circuit Judge.
Vitronics Corporation (“Vitronics”) appeals the September 27, 1995 order of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire, Civil Action No. 91-696-L, entering judgment as a matter of law that Vitronics did not prove that Conceptronic, Inc. (“Conceptronic”) infringed claim 1 of U.S. Patent No. 4,654,502 (“the ’502 patent”). The appeal was submitted for decision after oral argument on May 8, 1996. Because we conclude that the specification of the ’502 patent dictates a claim interpretation in accordance with the plaintiffs proposed construction, and…
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