Blazer v. Best Bee Brothers LLC, No. 22-1033 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 16, 2022)

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Brian Robert Blazer owns U.S. Patent No. RE46,421 and runs a business called Carpenter Bee Solutions. In 2020, he sued Best Bee Brothers LLC and RSP, Inc., in the Eastern District of Wisconsin, alleging willful infringe- ment of the ’421 patent. In October 2021, the district court issued a n order construing the claim phrase “receptacle adapter,” which appears in the patent’s two independent claims, and granting the defendants’ motion for summary judgment of noninfringement based on the “recepta cle adapter” construction. Blazer v.