Federal Circuit: Judge Erred When Finding Patent Claims Mutually Exclusive

(September 17, 2024, 3:16 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge in Minnesota incorrectly held that that varying claims about the location of an opening in a catheter were mutually exclusive, which forced the judge “into a later conclusion of indefiniteness, which it did not have to do” in a patent dispute over the catheter, a panel of the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held Sept. 16....