University of Pittsburgh v. Varian Medical Systems, No. 12-1575 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 10, 2014)

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The University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education d/b/a/ Universi ty of Pitts- burgh (“Pitt”) filed suit against Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (“Varian”), alleging infringement of various claims of U.S. Patent No. 5,727,554 (“the ’554 patent”). After construing numerous terms of the ’554 patent, the district court entered partial summary judgment in favor of Pitt, finding that Varian’s accused products infringe the a s- serted claims of the ’554 patent as a matter of law .