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MINNESOTA MIN. AND MFG. v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON ORTHOPAEDICS, INC.

No. 91-1428.

976 F.2d 1559 (1992)

MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON ORTHOPAEDICS, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Rehearing Denied; Suggestion for Rehearing Declined November 30, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank P. Porcelli, Fish & Richardson, Boston, Mass., argued for plaintiff-appellee. With him on the brief were Gregory A. Madera, Robert C. Nabinger and Mark J. Hebert. Also on the brief were David C. Forsberg, Karen D. McDaniel, Kathleen E. DiGiorno, Briggs & Morgan, St. Paul, Minnesota and Carolyn A. Bates and Terryl K. Qualey, 3M Co., St. Paul, Minn., of counsel.

Stephen B. Judlowe, Hopgood, Calimafde, Kalil, Blaustein & Judlowe, New York City, argued for defendant-appellant. With him on the brief were David F. Dobbins and Harman A. Grossman, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York City. Also on the brief was Eric I. Harris, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, N.J., of counsel.

Before RICH, Circuit Judge, SMITH, Senior Circuit Judge, and RADER, Circuit Judge.

Rehearing Denied; Suggestion for Rehearing In Banc Declined November 30, 1992.

RICH, Circuit Judge.

Johnson & Johnson Orthopaedics, Inc. (JJO) appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, Fourth Division, Civil Action No. 4-86-359, holding JJO liable for infringement of claims 1-4 and 8 of U.S. Patent No. 4,502,479, issued to Garwood et al. in 1985 (the Garwood patent); willful infringement of claim...

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