CHIRON CORP. v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES

No. C-93-4380 MHP.

902 F.Supp. 1103 (1995)

CHIRON CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

September 14, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold J. McElhinny, Michael A. Jacobs, Morrison & Foerster, San Francisco, CA, for Chiron Corp.

Curtis E.A. Karnow, Stephen C. Lewis, Landels Ripley & Diamond, San Francisco, CA, for Abbott Laboratories.


OPINION

PATEL, District Judge.

Plaintiff Chiron Corporation ("Chiron") brought this action against defendant Abbott Laboratories ("Abbott"), alleging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 5,156,949 ("'949 patent"), which pertains to an immunoassay test for the HIV virus. In its answer, Abbott alleges as two of its defenses inequitable conduct and prior invention. Now before the court are cross-motions for summary judgment on these two defenses.

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