United States Federal Circuit

Summary judgment holding that patents directed to transgenic animals were invalid as anticipated is reversed, where the legal requirements of anticipation were not met on the facts of record.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/30/2002
• Published 08/30/2002

Judges

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

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lynn H. Pasahow,Fenwick & West LLP, of Mountain View, CA, for plaintiffs-appellants.   Of counsel were Beth H. Parker, Mary T. Huser, and S. Christian Platt, Bingham McCutchen LLP, of Palo Alto, CA;  Thomas S. Hixson, Bingham McCutchen, LLP, of San Francisco, CA;  and Charlene M. Morrow, Fenwick & West LLP, of Mountain View, CA.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert E. Hillman, Fish & Richardson, P.C., of Boston, MA, for defendant-appellee.   Of counsel were Shelley K. Wessels, Karen I. Boyd, and Kurtis D. MacFerrin, Fish & Richardson, P.C., of Menlo Park, CA. Also of counsel was Chad A. Hanson, Fish & Richardson, P.C., of Minneapolis, MN.