Legal Opinion
North American Vaccine, Inc. And National Research Council of Canada v. American Cyanamid Company and Praxis Biologics, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided December 8, 1993No. 93-1076PublishedCited by 138 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOURIE, Circuit Judge.
National Research Council of Canada and its exclusive licensee, North American Vaccine (collectively NRC), appeal from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York holding claims 12 and 25 of U.S. Patent 4,356,170 invalid for indefiniteness under 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 2 (1988), and not infringed by American Cyanamid Co. and Praxis Biologies, Inc. (collectively Cyanamid). North American Vaccine, Inc. v. American Cyanamid Co., 24 USPQ2d 1898, 1992 WL 234591 (S.D.N.Y.1992). We affirm-in-part and reverse-in-part.
BACKGROUND
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