Legal Opinion
Medtronic, Inc. And Medtronic Puerto Rico, Inc. v. Daig Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided April 30, 1986No. Appeal 85-2645PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BISSELL, Circuit Judge.
Daig Corporation (Daig) appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, 1 which found U.S. Patent No. 3,902,501 (’501) not proved invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 103 and infringed in a patent infringement action instituted by the assignee of the ’501 patent, Medtronic, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Medtronic Puerto Rico, Inc. (collectively called Medtronic). We affirm.
BACKGROUND
A. The Invention
A pacemaker is a device comprised of a pulse generator, a lead and a power source which is used to provide electrical stimulation to…
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