METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. v. BANCORP SERVICES, L.L.C.

No. 2007-1312.

527 F.3d 1330 (2008)

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BANCORP SERVICES, L.L.C. and Benefit Finance Partners, L.L.C., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

June 2, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph R. Guerra, Sidley Austin LLP, of Washington, DC, argued for plaintiff-appellee. With him on the brief was Robert A. Parker.

Charles K. Verhoeven, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP, of San Francisco, California, argued for defendants-appellants. With him on the brief were David A. Perlson; and Patrick M. Shields and William A. Morehead, of Los Angeles, California.

Before MAYER, DYK, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.


DYK, Circuit Judge.

Appellants Bancorp Services, L.L.C., and Benefit Finance Partners, L.L.C., (collectively "Bancorp") appeal the order of the District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri granting summary judgment that appellee Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ("MetLife") did not infringe U.S. Patent No. 5,926,792 ("the '792 patent").

We conclude that the district court, in granting summary judgment of noninfringement, properly construed the phrase...

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