CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC. v. ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC.

No. 01-1198.

296 F.3d 1106 (2002)

CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC., Guidant Sales Corporation, and Eli Lilly and Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC., Pacesetter, Inc., and Ventritex, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

July 11, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence M. Jarvis, McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd., of Chicago, IL, argued for plaintiffs-appellants. With him on the brief were Timothy J. Malloy, Stephen F. Sherry and Sharon A. Hwang.

Denis R. Salmon, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, of Palo Alto, CA, argued for defendants-appellees. With him on the brief were Mark A. Perry and H. Mark Lyon. Of counsel on the brief were Jeffrey M. Olson, Lyon & Lyon LLP, of Los Angeles, CA; and Michael I. Rackman, Gottlieb, Rackman & Reisman, P.C., of New York, NY.

Before NEWMAN, GAJARSA, and PROST, Circuit Judges.


GAJARSA, Circuit Judge.

The Plaintiffs-Appellants, Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., Guidant Sales Corp., and Eli Lilly and Co. (together "Cardiac Pacemakers"), appeal an Order of Partial Final Judgment by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana that claims 1-14 of United States Patent No. 4,572,191 (the "2C191 patent") are invalid for indefiniteness under 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 2. Because the district court properly determined that the...

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