United States Federal Circuit

Because the district court erred in construing the limitation "remote location," its decision that defendant had not infringed the claims of a patent directed to systems and methods for performing robotic surgery is reversed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/30/2003
• Published 06/30/2003

Judges

• Before SCHALL, BRYSON, and LINN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Peter L. Berger,Levisohn, Lerner, Berger & Langsam, LLP, of New York, New York, filed a response to the petition for plaintiff-appellant.   With him on the response was Marilyn Neiman.


• For Appellees:
  
• David M. Barkan, Fish & Richardson, P.C., of Redwood City, California, filed a combined petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc for defendant-appellee.   With him on the petition was David M. Shaw, Vice President, Legal Affairs & Corporate Counsel, Intuitive Surgical, Inc., of Sunnydale, California.   Of counsel were Todd G. Miller and Dina Grinshpun, Fish & Richardson, P.C., of San Diego, California;  and Frank E. Scherkenbach, Fish & Richardson, P.C., of Boston, Massachusetts.