Legal Opinion
Chiron Corp. v. Genentech, Inc.
District Court, E.D. California
Decided June 24, 2002No. CIV.S-00-1252 SBS GGPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER RE: PROSECUTION LACHES
SHUBB, District Judge.
In a separate order, the court has determined that Genentech’s product, Her- ceptin, infringes Chiron’s patent on monoclonal antibodies that bind to the HER2 human breast cancer antigen. Chiron now moves for summary judgment on Genentech’s prosecution laches defense.
I. Factual Background
The patent at issue, U.S. Patent No. 6,054,561 (“ ’561 patent”), is one of several Chiron 1 patents that date back to two patent applications filed in 1984 and 1985. The first patent that Chiron received based on the 1984 and 1985 applications,…
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