Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit April 30, 2003, 02-1387 (ABBOTT LABORATORIES, AND FOURNIER INDUSTRIE ET SANTÉ AND LABORATOIRES FOURNIER S.A. v. NOVOPHARM LIMITED)

LOURIE, Circuit Judge.

Fournier Industrie et Santé and Labora-toires Fournier S.A. (collectively, “Fournier”), along with Abbott Laboratories (“Abbott”), appeal from the decision of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granting No-vopharm Limited (“Novopharm”) summary judgment of noninfringement of U.S. Patent 4,895,726 (“the '726 patent”).

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