Junker v. Medical Components, Inc., No. 21-1649 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 10, 2022)

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Larry G. Junker, the named inventor of U.S. Design Patent No. D450,839, sued Medical Components, Inc. and Martech Medical Products, Inc. (collectively, “MedComp”) for infringement of the sole claim of the D’839 patent. The parties filed cross -motions for summary judgment , debat- ing whether a letter sent before the critical date was a com- mercial offer for sale of the claimed design , rendering the claim invalid under the on -sale bar, 35 U.S.C. § 102(b). The district court granted Mr.