Bard Peripheral Vascular v. W.L. Gore & Associates, No. 14-1114 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 13, 2015)

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W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. (“Gore”) appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona of willfulness in the infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,436,135 (“’135 patent”). For the reasons stated below, we affirm. I This dispute began with the filing of the 1974 patent application from which the ’135 patent eventually i s- sued—twenty-eight years later.