Marine Polymer Technologies v. HemCon, Inc., No. 10-1548 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 15, 2012)

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Defendant-Appellant HemCon, Inc. ("HemCon") ap­ peals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire holding that HemCon infringed U.S. Patent 6,864,245 ("the '245 patent") as­ signed to Plaintiff-Appellee Marine Polymer Technologies, Inc. ("Marine Polymer"). On September 26, 2011, a panel of this court reversed the district court's decision, conclud­ ing that HemCon had acquired intervening rights in the '245 patent based on actions taken by Marine Polymer during a parallel reexamination proceeding.