United States Federal Circuit

Summary judgment of noninfringement for defendants involving a patent for a type of fuel filter is affirmed where the accused "quick connects" did not meet, literally or equivalently, the "fuel injection system component" or "electrically conductive fibers" claim limitations.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/22/2006
• Published 06/22/2006

Judges

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

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Dan L. Bagatell, Perkins Coie Brown & Bain P.A., of Phoenix, Arizona, argued for plaintiffs-appellants.   Of counsel on the brief were R. Terrance Rader and Glenn E. Forbis, Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC, of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.   Of counsel was Kristin L. Murphy, Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas N. Young, Young & Basile, P.C., of Troy, Michigan, argued for defendants-appellees, ITT Industries, Inc., et al., Stephen L. Sulzer, Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP, of Washington, DC, argued for defendants-appellees, TG North America Corporation, et al.   With him on the brief was James P. Calve.