United States Federal Circuit

In a patent dispute concerning four-bladed safety razors, the district court erred in limiting plaintiff's patent to encompass safety razors with solely three blades.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/29/2005
• Published 04/29/2005

Judges

• Before MICHEL, Chief Judge,ARCHER, Senior Circuit Judge, and RADER, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John E. Nathan, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, of New York, New York, argued for plaintiff-appellant.   With him on the brief were Lewis R. Clayton, Daniel J. Leffell, Steven C. Herzog, and Kerry L. Quinn.   Of counsel on the brief were William L. Patton, Jane E. Willis, Dalila A. Wendlandt, and Levina Wong, Ropes & Gray LLP, of Boston, Massachusetts.


• For Appellees:
  
• Randall G. Litton, Price, Heneveld, Cooper, Dewitt & Litton, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, argued for defendant-appellee.   With him on the brief was Matthew J. Gipson.   Of counsel on the brief were Richard D. Rochford, Jr. and Jason C. Kravitz, Nixon Peabody LLP, of Boston, Massachusetts, and Michael F. Orman, of Rochester, New York.