Legal Opinion
ASTRAZENECA AB v. Mutual Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 14, 2003No. Civil Action 00-4731PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
BAYLSON, District Judge.
AstraZeneca AB (herein “Plaintiff’) has brought this patent infringement action against Mutual Pharmaceutical Company, Inc. (“Defendant”). 1 Presently before this Court is Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment of Literal Infringement. For the reasons which follow, Plaintiffs Motion will be granted.
I. Background and Procedural History
Plaintiff is the assignee of United States Patent 4,803,081 (“the '081 patent”), which was issued on February 7, 1989. The '081 patent contains 17 claims and relates to “extended release” pharmaceutical preparations of active…
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