MEMORANDUM OPINION
Sue L. ROBINSON, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
By decision dated March 28, 2002, I concluded, inter alia, that the nondisclosure of material prior art (Hillstead's U.S. Patent No. 4,856,516, hereafter, "Hillstead") during prosecution of U.S. Patent No. 5,643,312 ("the '312 patent") constituted inequitable conduct that also tainted the prosecution of U.S. Patent No. 5,879,370 ("the '370 patent"), thus making both unenforceable...
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