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HILL-ROM CO., INC. v. KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC.

Nos. 99-1314, 99-1315.

209 F.3d 1337 (2000)

HILL-ROM COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC. and KCI Therapeutic Services, Inc., Defendants/Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

April 14, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald E. Knebel, Barnes & Thornburg, of Indianapolis, Indiana, argued for plaintiff-appellant.

R. Laurence Macon, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., of San Antonio, Texas, argued for defendants-cross appellants. With him on the brief were Rebecca Simmons, Kirt S. O'Neill, and Jo Beth Eubanks.

Before PLAGER, LOURIE, and BRYSON, Circuit Judges.

BRYSON, Circuit Judge.

After a bench trial in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, the district judge ruled that certain hospital beds manufactured by defendants Kinetic Concepts, Inc., and KCI Therapeutic Services, Inc., (collectively, KCI) do not infringe various claims of United States Patent No. 5,586,346 (the '346 patent). We hold that the district court did not err in construing the...

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