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

No. 04-1570.

424 F.3d 1276 (2005)

ENZO BIOCHEM, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee, and Becton Dickinson and Company, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

September 30, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Weiss, Kenyon & Kenyon, of New York, New York, argued for plaintiff-appellant. With him on the brief were Richard L. DeLucia, John R. Kenny and Patrice P. Jean. Of counsel were Anita Pamintuan Fusco and Henry N. Wixon.

William F. Lee, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, of Boston, Massachusetts, argued for defendants-appellees. With him on the brief for Gen-Probe Incorporated were William G. McElwain and Nina S. Tallon. Of counsel was Henry N. Wixon. On the brief for Becton Dickinson and Company were Donald R. Ware, Barbara A. Fiacco, and Katherine J. Fick, Foley Hoag LLP, of Boston, Massachusetts. Of counsel were Denise W. DeFranco and Lauren T. Knapp.

Before LOURIE, LINN, and PROST, Circuit Judges.


LOURIE, Circuit Judge.

Enzo Biochem, Inc. ("Enzo") appeals from the summary judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York holding that United States Patent 4,900,659 is invalid under the on-sale bar of 35 U.S.C. § 102(b). Enzo Biochem, Inc. v. Gen-Probe, Inc., No. 99 Civ. 3548 (S.D.N.Y. July 27, 2004) ("Order"). Because the invention claimed in the '659 patent was the subject of an offer for sale before the critical...

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