Legal Opinion
Cordis Corp. v. Medtronic AVE, Inc.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided March 28, 2002No. CIV.A.97-550-SLR, CIV.A.97-700-SLR, CIV.A.98-19-SLR, CIV.A.98-197-SLRPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUE L. ROBINSON, Chief Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Plaintiffs Expandable Grafts Partnership and Cordis Corporation, a division of Johnson & Johnson (collectively, “Cordis”), originally filed this patent infringement action on October 3, 1997 against defendants Medtronic AVE, Inc., Boston Scientific Corporation and Scimed Life Systems, Inc. 1 Cordis alleges that AVE infringed certain claims of United States Patent Nos. 4,739,762 (the “’762 patent”) and 5,195,984 (the “ ’984 patent”). Cordis accuses BSC of infringing certain claims of the ’762 patent and United States Patent Nos. 5,902,332 (the…
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