ERGO LICENSING, LLC v. CAREFUSION 303, INC.

No. 2011-1229.

673 F.3d 1361 (2012)

ERGO LICENSING, LLC and Uvo Holscher, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CAREFUSION 303, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

March 26, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Goggin , Verrill Dana, LLP, of Portland, ME, argued for plaintiffs-appellants.

Stanley J. Panikowski , DLA Piper LLP (US), of San Diego, CA, argued for defendant-appellee. With him on the brief was Kathryn Riley Grasso .

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge NEWMAN.


MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Ergo Licensing, LLC and Dr. Uvo Hölscher (Ergo, collectively) accused Care-Fusion 303, Inc. (CareFusion) of infringing claims of U.S. Patent No. 5,507,412 ('412 patent) relating to an infusion system. In construing the claims, the district court held that the terms "control means" and "programmable control means" are indefinite. Because the district court correctly held that no corresponding structure is disclosed in the specification, we...

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