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CORDIS CORP. v. MEDTRONIC AVE, INC.

Nos. CIV.A.97-550-SLR, CIV.A.97-700-SLR, CIV.A.98-19-SLR, CIV.A.98-197-SLR.

194 F.Supp.2d 323 (2002)

CORDIS CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. MEDTRONIC AVE, INC., Boston Scientific Corporation and Scimed Life Systems, Inc., Defendants. Medtronic AVE, Inc., Plaintiff, v. Cordis Corporation, Johnson & Johnson and Expandable Grafts Partnership, Defendants. Boston Scientific Corporation, Plaintiff, v. Ethicon, Inc., Cordis Corporation and Johnson & Johnson Interventional Systems Co., Defendants. Cordis Corporation, Plaintiff, v. Boston Scientific Corporation and Scimed Life Systems, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

March 28, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven J. Balick, Esquire and Steven T. Margolin, Esquire of Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, Delaware. Counsel for Cordis Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, Johnson & Johnson Interventional Systems Co., Ethicon, Inc. and Expandable Grafts Partnership. Of Counsel: Gregory L. Diskant, Esquire and William F. Cavanaugh, Jr., Esquire of Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, LLP, New York, New York. Theodore B. Van Italie, Jr., Esquire and Eric I. Harris, Esquire of Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Patricia Smink Rogowski, Esquire and Francis DiGiovanni, Esquire of Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP, Wilmington, Delaware. Counsel for Medtronic AVE, Inc. Of Counsel: William E. Wallace, III, Esquire and D. Michael Underhill, Esquire of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, D.C. Raphael V. Lupo, Esquire and Donna M. Tanguay, Esquire of McDermott, Will & Emery, Washington, D.C.

Josy W. Ingersoll, Esquire and Christian Douglas Wright, Esquire of Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, Delaware. Counsel for Boston Scientific Corporation and Scimed Life Systems, Inc. Of Counsel: George E. Badenoch, Esquire and Charles R. Brainard, Esquire of Kenyon & Kenyon, New York, New York.

OPINION

SUE L. ROBINSON, Chief Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs Expandable Grafts Partnership and Cordis Corporation, a division of Johnson & Johnson (collectively, "Cordis"), originally filed this patent infringement action on October 3, 1997 against defendants Medtronic AVE, Inc., Boston Scientific Corporation and Scimed Life Systems, Inc.1 Cordis alleges that AVE infringed

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