United States Federal Circuit

Summary judgment of non-infringement of a patent teaching a method for drilling circuit boards was improper where the district court, based on an erroneous claim construction, found that a drilling system does not process multiple circuit boards simultaneously.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/07/2002
• Published 10/07/2002

Judges

• RADER, Circuit Judge., Before MICHEL, Circuit Judge, FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and RADER, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Harold J. McElhinny,Morrison & Foerster LLP, of San Francisco, CA, argued for plaintiff-appellant.   With him on the brief were Marla J. Miller, Jill D. Neiman;  and Ronald P. Oines, Morrison & Forester, LLP, of Irvine, CA.


• For Appellees:
  
• Don Martens, Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP, of Newport Beach, CA, argued for defendants-appellees.   With him on the brief were Paul A. Stewart, Douglas G. Muehlhauser, and Paul D. Tripodi II.