Legal Opinion
Brown v. BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided July 20, 2009No. Civil Action H-08-0372PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
LEE H. ROSENTHAL, District Judge.
In this patent infringement suit, the defendants, Baylor Health Care System, Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, Harris Methodist H-E-B, IASIS Healthcare L.L.C., and St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System seek summary judgment that the sole claim of U.S. Patent No. 4,857,713 (“the '713 Patent”) is invalid for indefiniteness under 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶2. (Docket Entry Nos. 156, 157). This court has already concluded that the term “portable processing means” in the claim is a means-plus-function term under 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 6, and that the…
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