United States Federal Circuit

Where a patent claim within an injection molding patent required that the first and second materials have -different characteristics,- an identical material with a different color alone may satisfy the -different characteristics- limitation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/31/2005
• Published 10/31/2005

Judges

• RADER, Circuit Judge., Before MICHEL, Chief Judge, RADER, and LINN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Boris Zelkind, Zelkind & Shackelford LLP, of San Diego, California, argued for appellants.   With him on the brief was Patricia A. Shackelford., David M. Schnorrenberg, Crowell & Moring LLP, of Washington, DC, argued for intervenor.   With him on the brief were Donald D. Evenson and Amy B. Newman.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael K. Haldenstein, Attorney, Office of General Counsel, United States International Trade Commission, of Washington, DC, argued for appellee.   With him on the brief were James M. Lyons, General Counsel, Andrea C. Casson, Acting Assistant General Counsel, and Irene H. Chen, Attorney.