Legal Opinion
Ethicon, Inc. v. United States Surgical Corp.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided September 9, 1996No. 5:89CV00386 (RNC)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO CORRECT INVENTORSHIP
CHATIGNY, District Judge.
This is a patent infringement ease brought by Inbae Yoon, M.D., the sole inventor named in the patent, and his exclusive licensee, Ethicon, Inc., against defendant United States Surgical Corporation. The case is before me on a motion by U.S. Surgical and intervenor-defendant Young Jae Choi to correct the patent to add Choi as a coinventor pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 256. Alternatively, U.S. Surgical seeks a declaration that the patent is unenforceable due to inequitable conduct before the Patent and Trademark Office. 1
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3Cited by11 opinions
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