Ppg Industries v. Guardian Industries Corp.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit · Decided 1998-11-25

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MICHEL, Circuit Judge, dissenting. I cannot join the majority opinion which upholds a jury verdict of non-infringement which no reasonable jury could have reached. Our precedent is well settled that when a chemical invention is claimed using “consisting essentially of’ language, the mere presence of an additional, unclaimed substance— here, iron sulfide — does not avoid infringement unless it has a “material”…

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