United States Federal Circuit

Because the district court relied on an erroneous claim construction in granting defendant's motion for summary judgment, finding of infringement of a patent, which claims methods and cloning vehicles for the introduction and expression of genetic information, vacated and remanded for a determination of infringement under revised claim construction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/29/2002
• Published 04/29/2002

Judges

• RADER, Circuit Judge., Before MICHEL, RADER, and SCHALL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Leora Ben-Ami, Clifford Chance Rogers & Wells, of New York, NY, argued for plaintiff-appellant.   With her on the brief was John E. Kidd. Of counsel on the brief were John S. Skilton;  M. Patricia Thayer;  and Elizabeth A. Brown, Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP, of San Francisco, CA.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lloyd R. Day, Jr., Day Casebeer Madrid & Batchelder LLP, of Cupertino, CA, argued for defendants-appellees.   On the brief were William G. Gaede, III;  Andrew A. Kumamoto;  Madison C. Jellins;  and Monica K. Hoppe, Cooley Godward LLP, of San Francisco, CA. Of counsel on the brief were Jackie N. Nakamura;  and Jeffrey K. Lee, Day Casebeer Madrid & Batchelder LLP, of Cupertino, CA.