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Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Pfizer Inc., No. 25-1427 (Fed. Cir. June 23, 2026)

Affirmed
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 25-1427
Decided
June 23, 2026
Judge
Lourie, J.
Document
Precedential Opinion
Length
11 pages

From the Opinion

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Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Enanta”) appeals from a decision of the United States District Court for the Dis- trict of Massachusetts granting summary judgment that all claims of Enanta’s U.S. Patent 11,358,953 (“the ’953 pa- tent”) are invalid as anticipated by a public disclosure of a compound within the scope of its claims. Enanta Pharms., Inc. v. Pfizer, Inc. , No. 22-cv-10967-DJC, 2024 WL 5203036, at *9 (D. Mass. Dec. 23, 2024) (“Decision”).1 For the following reasons, we affirm.