Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. v. United States Surgical Corp.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit · Decided 1998-06-30

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LOURIE, Circuit Judge. Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. and Ethicon, Inc. (collectively, “Ethicon”) appeal from the decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio granting summary judgment that United States Surgical Corporation (“USSC”) does not infringe claims 6 or 24 of U.S. Reissue Patent 34,519 under the doctrine of equivalents. See Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. v. United States Surgical Cor…

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