Legal Opinion
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. v. Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 8, 2007No. 2006-1434PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAYER, Circuit Judge.
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. (“Scimed”) * appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment affirming the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences’ final decision, which denied Scimed the priority benefit of an earlier-filed European patent application for the subject matter at issue in Patent Interference Number 104,192 (“the '192 interference”). Scimed Life Sys., Inc. v. Medtronic Vascular, Inc., 468 F.Supp.2d 60 (D.D.C.2006). We affirm.
Background
This appeal stems from an interference proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office Board of…
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