Appeals court overturns patent board in Bard spat with AngioDynamics

October 2, 2018 By Fink Densford Leave a Comment

A federal court this week reversed a number of Patent Trial and Appeal Board rulings which invalidated patents held by Becton Dickinson & Co. (NYSE:BDX) subsidiary C.R. Bard in an ongoing patent spat with AngioDynamics (NSDQ:ANGO) .

The case involves three C.R. Bard medical device patents, which in previous proceedings had had 34 of 41 claims invalidated as anticipated or obvious over the prior art, according to court documents. Both AngioDynamics and C.R. Bard appealed over various aspects of the rulings.

In the recent appeal, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit returned a mixed bag, vacating, reversing and remanding a number of claims and affirming others.

The appeals court vacated a ruling related to a ‘printed publication’, remanding the finding to the PTAB to “clarify its factual findings.” The court also reversed and vacated claims related to three patents, and also remanded them to the board for review.

All other rulings from the board were affirmed, according to court documents.

In August, Angiodynamics touted a legal win after a federal judge in New York denied a motion from BD’s Bard to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit filed by AngioDynamics alleging unfair competition, allowing AngioDynamic’s suit to proceed forward.

Only a Few More Days to Register for the most anticipated conference of the winter!

DeviceTalks West is just a few days away. Join more than 300 of your peers for a day of world-class education, networking, and a technology exhibition featuring the leading companies in the industry.

Don’t miss out on this premier opportunity to come together and share perspectives with the best of the best in the industry.

REGISTER NOW

Use code LASTCHANCE to save an additional 20%.

Okay Industries hires director of application development
Okay Industries announced that it has appointed John Kollar as the new director of application development. He will be based at the company’s New Britain, Conn. headquarters. Kollar will be responsible for supporting product engineering and development, as well as leading the expansion of the company into plastic molding capabilities. “We are excited to welcome… […]
Qosina launches e-commerce website redesign
Qosina has launched a newly redesigned e-commerce website that improves navigation and access. The company announced that the new website offers easier access to Qosina’s products and services. It features an updated product category structure, category-specific filtering to find components easily and downloadable documentation like safety data sheets, technical data sheets and compatibility information. “Our… […]
All Sensors adds pressure ranges to its compact sensor series
All Sensors (Morgan Hill, Calif.) said it has introduced additional pressure ranges to its BLC series. Applications for the series include medical devices, medical instruments and portable/hand held devices. The series now includes high-pressure ranges from 5 psi to 150 psi, offering design engineers performance for pressure ranges of ±1 inH2O through ±30 inH2O, and now 5 psi… […]
Synopsys releases new version of Simpleware
Synopsys (Mountain View, Calif.) has released a new version of its Simpleware 3D data visualization software, which is used in both life science and advanced materials and manufacturing applications. Improvements in the new Simpleware (Version O-2018.12) include: An intelligent number formatting system for better clarity of measurements and statistics. Refreshed icons for more efficient navigation of… […]
Solar Atmospheres hires new sales manager
Solar Atmospheres recently announced that it has hired Mike Paponetti as a sales manager at the company’s South Carolina facility. Paponetti will be responsible for leading sales efforts to maintain and promote sales for Solar Atmosphere in the Southeastern U.S. Prior to joining Solar Atmospheres’s South Carolina facility, Paponetti was regional sales manager at the… […]
Excelitas Technologies to buy Axsun Technologies
Excelitas Technologies (Waltham, Mass.) – a global provider of high-performance photonics – said today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Axsun Technologies. Axsun (Billerica, Mass.) is a privately-held company that develops and produces MEMS-based light engines for high-performance medical imaging and industrial spectroscopy applications. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The deal… […]
November 2018 Special Edition: Women in Medtech
Lessons learned from top women leaders in medtech According to the Center for American Progress, women account for 47% of the country’s labor force and 52% of all professional-level jobs. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reports that just 20% of U.S. high-tech executives, senior officers and management are women, including pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing and… […]
121nexus rebrands as Soom
121nexus recently announced that it is rebranding to Soom. As part of the rebranding, the company is also going to exclusively focus on the healthcare industry in its services. “Soom, meaning ‘breath,’ encapsulates all that the company stands for. Like a breath of fresh air, we’re rethinking how the healthcare industry uses proven technologies like… […]
This machine-learning system could help treat sepsis sooner
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed a machine-learning system that could help clinicians decide when to treat patients for sepsis in the emergency room. Sepsis is one of the most common reasons for readmission to the hospital and one of the most common causes of death in the ICU. The researchers suggest that most… […]
Strata Skin Sciences adds license for excimer laser vitiligo treatment
Strata Skin Sciences(NSDQ:SSKN) said it has reached an agreement with an “internationally acclaimed health institution” giving Strata an exclusive license to treat vitiligo using its Xtrac excimer laser. In a novel treatment for vitiligo, the excimer laser incrementally increases the light emitted in the UVB range to restore pigmentation to skin areas affected with vitiligo.… […]
5 questions you need to ask when engaging a medical device outsourcer
A methodical, structured process is key when lining up a medical device outsourcer. That was one of the top takeaways from a webinar that Medical Design & Outsourcing held with top officials at contract manufacturing giant Integer last week. “It’s time well spent to do your due diligence, to dig into these details, and to… […]