Hill-Rom Services, Inc. v. Stryker Corporation, No. 13-1450 (Fed. Cir. June 27, 2014)

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Hill-Rom Services, Inc ., Hill-Rom Company, Inc. , and Hill-Rom Manufacturing, Inc. ( collectively, Hill-Rom) appeal from the district court’s grant of summary judg- ment that Stryker Corporation and Stryker Sales Corp o- ration ( collectively, Str yker) do not infringe asserted claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 5,699,038 (’038 patent) , 6,147,592 (’592 patent), and 7,538,659 (’659 patent) . Because the district court’s judgment of non -infringement was premised on erroneous claim construction s, we re- verse and remand.