United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
2006-1634, -1649
CLASSEN IMMUNOTHERAPIES, INC.,
Plaintiff-Appellant, v.
BIOGEN IDEC,
Defendant-Appellee, and
GLAXOSMITHKLINE,
Defendant-Appellee, and
MERCK & CO., INC.,
Defendant-Cross Appellant, and
CHIRON CORPORATION, KAISER-PERMANENTE, INC., KAISER PERMANENTE
VENTURES, KAISER PERMANENTE INTERNATIONAL, KAISER PERMANENTE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE PERMANENTE FEDERATION, LLC, THE PERMANENTE COMPANY, LLC, THE PERMANENTE FOUNDATION, THE PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUP, INC., KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS, KAISER FOUNDATION ADDED CHOICE HEALTH PLAN, INC.,
and KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN INC.,
Defendants.
Joseph J. Zito, Zito tlp, of Washington, DC, argued for plaintiff-appellant.
Joshua M. Hiller, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, of Boston, Massachusetts, for defendant-appellee, Biogen IDEC. On the brief were David B. Bassett, of New York, New York, and David A. Wilson, of Washington, DC. George F. Pappas, Covington & Burling LLP, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee, GlaxoSmithKline. With him on the brief were Jeffrey B. Elikan and Kevin B. Collins. Of counsel was Scott C. Weidenfeller.
2Mary B. Graham, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, LLP, of Wilmington, Delaware, argued for defendant-cross appellant. With her on the brief was James W. Parrett, Jr. Of counsel on the brief were Robert L. Baechtold, Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto, of New York, New York; and Edward W. Murray and Mary J. Morry, Merck & Co., Inc., of Rahway, New Jersey. Appealed from: United States District Court for the District of Maryland Judge William D. Quarles, Jr.
3United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
2006-1634, -1649
CLASSEN IMMUNOTHERAPIES, INC.,
Plaintiff-Appellant, v.
BIOGEN IDEC,
Defendant-Appellee, and
GALAXOSMITHKLlNE,
Defendant-Appellee, and
MERCK & CO., INC.,
Defendant-Cross Appellant, and
CHIRON CORPORATION, KAISER-PERMANENTE, INC., KAISER PERMANENTE
VENTURES, KAISER PERMANENTE INTERNATIONAL, KAISER PERMANENTE
INSURANCE COMPANY, THE PERMANENTE FEDERATION, LLC, THE
PERMANENTE COMPANY, LLC, THE PERMANENTE FOUNDATION, THE
PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUP, INC., KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS,
KAISER FOUNDATION ADDED CHOICE HEALTH PLAN, INC., and KAISER
FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN INC.,
Defendants.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland in Case No. 04-CV-2607, Judge William D. Quarles, Jr.
DECIDED: December 19, 2008
4Before NEWMAN and MOORE, Circuit Judges, and FARNAN, District Judge. *
MOORE, Circuit Judge.
In light of our decision in In re Bilski, 545 F.3d 943 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (en banc), we affirm the district court’s grant of summary judgment that these claims are invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Dr. Classen’s claims are neither “tied to a particular machine or apparatus” nor do they “transform[] a particular article into a different state or thing.” Bilski, 545 F.3d at 954. Therefore we affirm.
Footnotes
- ↩ * Hon. Joseph J. Farnan, Jr., United States District Court for the District of Delaware, sitting by designation. 2006-1634, -1649 2