United States Federal Circuit

In a suit for infringement of plaintiff's patent, directed toward a safety needle designed to prevent accidental needle stick injuries, district court's finding that defendant's safety needles and blood collection devices literally infringed certain claims of the patent is reversed where: 1) the district court incorrectly construed the "spring means" limitation of the asserted claims and erred in denying defendant's motion for judgment as a matter of law; 2) even under the trial court's erroneous claim construction, plaintiff adduced no credible evidence establishing literal infringement by defendant's accused products; and 3) plaintiff's argument that the district court erred in granting defendant's motion for an order in limine precluding plaintiff from presenting evidence that defendant's accused products infringed the patent during the manufacturing process is rejected.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/29/2010
• Published 07/29/2010

Judges

• MAYER

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William F. Lee, Frank P. Porcelli