Mbo Laboratories, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson & Co.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

STEARNS, District Judge.

In this patent infringement case, plaintiff MBO Laboratories, Inc. (MBO) asserts that defendant Becton, Dickinson and Company’s (Becton’s) SafetyGlide device infringes U.S. Reissue Patent No. 36,885 (the RE '885 patent) (filed July 1, 1999). At issue are competing syringe designs intended to protect health care workers from needle-stick injuries. Presently before the court is Becton’s motion for summary judgment of non-infringement of claims 13, 19, and 20 of the RE '885 patent. The court heard oral…