United States Federal Circuit

Summary judgment of noninfringement is reversed. The common specification of two of plaintiff's fluid-injector patents does not limit the scope of the asserted claims to injectors that include pressure jackets; regarding two related patents, there is no support for a claim construction limiting the relationship between the physical indicia and the syringe properties to a direct relationship.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/11/2004
• Published 02/11/2004

Judges

• BRYSON, Circuit Judge., Before LOURIE, BRYSON, and DYK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• J. Robert Chambers, Wood, Herron & Evans, L.L.P., of Cincinnati, OH, argued for plaintiffs-appellants.   With him on the brief was Theodore R. Remaklus.


• For Appellees:
  
• James F. Davis, Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLP, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-cross appellant.   On the brief for the defendant-cross appellant were Frederick H. Colen and Barry J. Coyne, Reed Smith LLP, of Pittsburgh, PA. Of counsel was Kirsten R. Rydstrom, Reed Smith LLP, of Pittsburgh, PA.