Legal Opinion
Linear Technology Corporation v. Micrel, Inc., Defendant-Cross
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided December 28, 2001No. 99-1598, 00-1045PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLEVENGER, Circuit Judge.
In this patent infringement case, Linear Technology Corporation (“LTC”) sued Mi-crel, Inc. (“Micrel”) for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 4,755,741 and Reexamination Certificate B1 4,755,741 (collectively, “the '741 patent”), directed towards adaptive transistor drive circuitry. Following a bench trial limited solely to Mi-crel’s invalidity defense, the district court held the '741 patent invalid due to the on-sale bar of 35 U.S.C. § 102(b). Linear Tech. Corp. v. Micrel, Inc., 63 F.Supp.2d 1103, 1126-27 (N.D.Cal.1999).
On appeal, LTC challenges the district court’s…
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