Legal Opinion
Life Technologies, Inc. v. Clontech Laboratories, Inc.,defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 21, 2000No. 99-1550PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GAJARSA, Circuit Judge.
Life Technologies, Inc. (“LTI”) appeals the judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, entered after a bench trial, in which the court held that LTI’s U.S. Patents Nos. 5,244,797 (“the ’797 patent”) and 5,668,005 (“the ’005 patent”) were unenforceable on the ground of inequitable conduct. Because the court premised this determination on clearly erroneous findings of fact, we reverse and remand.
BACKGROUND
Reverse transcriptase (“RT”) is a naturally occurring enzyme that exhibits DNA polymerase activity. DNA polymerase activity enables the…
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