United States Federal Circuit

Failure to disclose all procedures in the claim does not automatically invalidate a patent or make undiclosed procedures part of the public domain.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/13/2001
• Published 12/14/2001

Judges

• PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge., Before NEWMAN, MICHEL, and GAJARSA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John M. Skenyon,Fish & Richardson P.C., of Boston, Massachusetts, argued for plaintiffs-appellants.   With him on the brief were Mark J. Herbert, and Jeffrey L. Snow.


• For Appellees:
  
• Vicki Ann Margolis, Venable, Baetjer, Howard & Civiletti, LLP, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee.   With her on the brief were George F. Pappas, and Mitchell Y. Mirviss.