Legal Opinion
Baxter International, Inc., and Baxter Healthcare Corporation v. McGaw Inc., Defendant-Cross
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 31, 1998No. 96-1329, 96-1342, 97-1331 and 97-1350PublishedCited by 155 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GAJARSA, Circuit Judge.
DECISION
Baxter International, Inc. and Baxter Healthcare Corporation (collectively Baxter), appeal the judgment of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois that U.S. Patent No. 5,171,234 (the ’234 patent), U.S. Patent No. 5,167,648 (the ’648 patent) and U.S. Patent No. 5,158,554 (the ’554 patent) assigned to Baxter are unenforceable due to inequitable conduct for failure to cite material prior art to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). We affirm the district court’s decision with respect to the ’648 and ’234 patents but reverse the district…
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