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NOVAMEDIX DISTRIBUTION LTD. v. DICKINSON

No. 99CV1809.

175 F.Supp.2d 8 (2001)

NOVAMEDIX DISTRIBUTION LIMITED, Plaintiff, v. Q. Todd DICKINSON, Acting Assistant Secretary and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

September 11, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Cynamon, Shaw Pittman, Washington, DC, Roy C. Hopgood, Stephen B. Judlowe, James M. Bollinger, Michael F. Hurley, Hopgood, Calimafde, Kalil & Judlowe, LLP, New York, NY, Counsel for Plaintiff.

Meredith Manning, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Washington, DC, Counsel for Defendant.

MEMORANDUM

ROBERTSON, District Judge.

Plaintiff Novamedix is the assignee of U.S. Patent No. 4,721,101 (the '101 patent), which describes an appliance for promoting venous pump action in the foot of a patient. In 1992 Novamedix brought suit in Texas against KCI New Technologies, Inc., asserting infringement of the '101 patent. KCI denied infringement and asked the Patent and Trademark Office to reexamine the '101 patent in light of prior art that...

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