Gary ANDROPHY, M.D., Plaintiff,
v.
SMITH & NEPHEW, INC., a Delaware corporation, Johnson & Johnson, a New Jersey corporation, Stryker Corp., a Michigan corporation, Osteonics Corp., a New Jersey corporation, and Howmedica, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendants.
United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
December 23, 1998.
December 23, 1998.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Joseph Nevi Hosteny, John Charles Janka, Raymond P. Niro, Niro, Scavone, Haller & Niro, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Gary Androphy, M.D., plaintiff.
Thomas David Rein, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, Jan K. Simpson, Paul E. Krieger, Pravel, Gambrell, Hewitt, Kimball & Krieger, Houston, TX, for Smith & Nephew Inc., defendant.
Dianne B. Elderkin, Barbara L. Mullin, Woodcock, Washburn, Kurtz, Mackiewicz & Norris, Philadelphia, PA, Harry J. Roper, Steven Raymond Trybus, Roper & Quigg, Chicago, IL, for Johnson & Johnson Inc., defendant.
Malcolm Hirsten Brooks, Marc L. Fogelberg, Steffanie N. Garrett, McBride, Baker & Coles, Chicago, IL, Arnold B. Dompieri, William L. Mentlik, Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz and Mentlik, Westfield, NJ, for Stryker Corp. and Osteonics Corp., defendants.
William Denby Heinz, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, Rudolf E. Hutz, Harold Pezzner, Connolly, Bove, Lodge & Hutz, Wilmington, DE, for Howmedica Inc, defendant.
Raymond P. Niro, Niro, Scavone, Haller & Niro, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff.
Thomas D. Rein, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, Paul E. Krieger, Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP, Houston, TX, Harry J. Roper, Roper & Quigg, Chicago, IL, Philip S. Johnson, Woodcock, Washburn, Kurtz, Mackiewicz & Norris, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Malcom H. Brooks, McBride Baker & Coles, Chicago, IL, Arnold Dompieri, Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, Westfield, NJ, William D. Heinz, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, Harold Pezzner, Connelly, Bove, Lodge & Hutz, Wilmington, DE, for defendants.
United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
BUCKLO, District Judge.
Plaintiff Gary Androphy, an orthopaedic surgeon, filed suit alleging the defendants infringed U.S.Patent Nos. 4,487,203 (triplanar knee resection method) and 4,567,885 (triplanar knee resection system). Both patents are directed to the surgical implantation of artificial knees. Defendants Johnson & Johnson ("Johnson"), Stryker Corporation ("Stryker"), Osteonics Corporation ("Osteonics"), and...
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