ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC. v. U.S. SURGICAL CORP.

No. 96-1008.

93 F.3d 1572 (1996)

ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC., Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant-Appellant, and Ethicon, Inc., Counterclaim Defendant-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORPORATION, Defendant/Counterclaimant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 17, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Sobel, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays, and Handler, LLP, New York City, argued, for plaintiff/counterclaim defendant-appellant Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. and counterclaim defendant-appellant Ethicon, Inc. With him on the briefs were Aaron Stiefel, Daniel P. DiNapoli, New York City, Robert A. Pitcairn, Jr., Cincinnati, OH, and Eric I. Harris, New Brunswick, NJ.

Eric J. Lobenfeld, Chadbourne & Parke LLP, New York City, argued, for defendant/counterclaimant-appellee. With him on the brief was Drew M. Wintringham. Of counsel were Thomas R. Bremer and John C. Andres, United States Surgical Corporation, Norwalk, Connecticut.

Before CLEVENGER, Circuit Judge, COWEN, Senior Circuit Judge, and SCHALL, Circuit Judge.


CLEVENGER, Circuit Judge.

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. (Ethicon) appeals a decision of the District Court for the Southern District of Ohio granting summary judgment of noninfringement to United States Surgical Corp. (U.S. Surgical) with respect to claims 6 and 24 of U.S. Reissue Patent No. 34,519 ('519). Ethicon Endo-Surgery v. United States Surgical Corp., 900 F.Supp. 172, 38 USPQ2d 1385 (S.D.Ohio 1995). We affirm-in-part...

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