The Scripps Research Institute v. Illumina, Inc., No. 18-2089 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 29, 2019)

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The Scripps Research Institute owns now-expired U.S. Patent No. 6,060,596, which describes and claims bifunc- tional molecules having certain properties , along with li- braries of such molecules . Scripps sued Illumina, Inc. in the Southern District of California, asserting infringement of claims 1, 3, 10, and 16 of the ’596 patent. T he district court issued claim -construction ruling s that addressed three terms that involve the variable a and a claim phrase that refers to a linker molecule.