ENZO BIOCHEM, INC. v. GEN-PROBE INC.

No. 01-1230.

323 F.3d 956 (2002)

ENZO BIOCHEM, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED, and Chugai Pharma U.S.A., Inc. and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., and Biomerieux, Inc., and Becton Dickinson and Company, Defendants-Appellees, and Biomerieux SA, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

DECIDED: July 15, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Delucia, Kenyon & Kenyon, of New York, NY, filed a petition for rehearing en banc for plaintiff-appellant. With him on the petition were Charles A. Weiss and Bradley S. Corsello.

The appellees filed a consolidated response to the petition for rehearing en banc. William F. Lee, Hale and Dorr LLP, of Boston, MA, for defendant-appellee Gen-Probe Incorporated. With him on the response was William G. McElwain.

Robert J. Gunther, Jr., Latham & Watkins, of New York, NY, for defendants-appellees Chugai Pharma U.S.A., Inc. and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. With him on the response was Jeffrey A. Tochner. Of counsel was Kurt M. Rogers.

Daniel A. Boehnen, McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff, of Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee Biomerieux, Inc. With him on the response was Joshua R. Rich.

Donald R. Ware, Foley Hoag & Eliot LLP, of Boston, MA, for defendant-appellee Becton Dickinson and Company. With him on the response was Barbara A. Fiacco.

Frank P. Porcelli, Fish & Richardson P.C., of Boston, MA, filed a brief for amicus curiae Fish & Richardson P.C. Of counsel on the brief were Robert E. Hillman and Charles H. Sanders.

Mark S. Davies, Attorney, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, filed an amicus curiae brief for the United States in support of rehearing en banc. With him on the brief were Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, and Scott R. McIntosh, Attorney. Of counsel on the brief was John M. Whealan, Solicitor, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, of Arlington, Virginia.

Before LOURIE, DYK and PROST, Circuit Judges.


ON PETITION FOR REHEARING

LOURIE, Circuit Judge.

Enzo Biochem, Inc. petitions for rehearing of this appeal following our prior decision, reported at 285 F.3d 1013, 62 USPQ2d 1289 (Fed.Cir.2002), in which we affirmed the decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The district court had granted Gen-Probe Incorporated, Chugai Pharma U.S.A., Inc., Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Biomerieux...

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