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- Title: Stiftung v. Renishaw Plc
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- Release Date : January 20, 1991
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
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MICHEL, Circuit Judge Renishaw plc (""Renishaw"") is the owner of U.S. Patent Nos. 4,153,998 (the '998 patent) and 4,270,275 (the '275 patent), both directed to ""touch-trigger"" probes used in coordinate measuring machines. Renishaw appeals the judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, entered after a bench trial in consolidated declaratory judgment and infringement actions, in favor of Carl Zeiss Stiftung and Carl Zeiss, Inc. (collectively, ""Zeiss""), holding that Zeiss' products do not infringe claims 2 or 15 of the '998 patent or claim 1 of the '275 patent, and also holding that claim 3 of Renishaw's '275 patent is invalid as lacking utility under 35 U.S.C. § 101 and claim definiteness under § 112, and as obvious under § 103. Carl Zeiss Stiftung v. Renishaw PLC, 740 F. Supp. 1038, 18 U.S.P.Q.2D (BNA) 1817 (S.D.N.Y. 1990). Because the court's alternative grounds for holding claim 3 invalid are erroneous, and because the court misconstrued claim 2 in such a way that its finding of no infringement is clearly erroneous, we reverse. The case is remanded for determination of damages as to claim 2, and for adjudication of any other issues properly raised by the parties that are not moot. BACKGROUND