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Medical Devices Summary Judgment Doctrine of Equivalents

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Colibri Heart Valve LLC v. Medtronic Corevalve, LLC (Fed. Cir. 2025)

The doctrine of equivalents (DOE), a creation of the Supreme Court in Graver Tank & Mfg. v. Linde Air Products (1950), is balanced by the concept of prosecution history estoppel (PHE), the contours of which were delineated...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Look to Specification to Interpret Facially Unclear Claims

Addressing claim construction issues, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reiterated the necessity of reading claims in the context of the written description when they are not clear on their face. Howmedica...more

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