United States Federal Circuit

In a patent dispute concerning medical equipment, summary judgment of noninfringement is vacated where the district court made errors in claim construction that affected the judgment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/08/2005
• Published 04/08/2005

Judges

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

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert C. Morgan, Fish & Neave, of New York, New York, argued for plaintiffs-appellants.   With him on the brief was Anthony A. Pastor.   Of counsel on the brief was Craig N. Hentschel, Dykema Gossett LLP, of Pasadena, California.   Of counsel was Kevin P.B. Johnson, Fish & Neave, of Palo Alto, California.


• For Appellees:
  
• Joseph R. Re, Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP, of Irvine, California, argued for defendant-appellee.   With him on the brief were James F. Lesniak, Joseph S. Cianfrani, Irfan A. Lateef, and Perry D. Oldham.   Of counsel were Stephen C. Jensen and Jon W. Gurka.