Legal Opinion
Hemphill v. McNeil-PPC, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided November 27, 2001No. 01-1391PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYK, Circuit Judge.
Allegra Hemphill (“Hemphill”) appeals the decision of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland granting McNeil-PPC Inc.’s (“McNeil”) motion for summary judgment that McNeil’s sanitary napkin products do not infringe Hemphill’s U.S. Patent No. 4,557,720 (the “720 patent”). Hemphill v. McNeil-PPC, Inc., 134 F.Supp.2d 719 (D.Md.2001). Because the district court properly construed the asserted claim of the ’720 patent and properly determined that McNeil’s sanitary napkin products do not infringe that claim as a matter of law, we affirm.
BACKGROUND
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