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Boston Scientific Corporation

Court Finds J&J Patents Invalid

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, February 5th, 2010

Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE:BSX) announced that the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware has found all four patents in a suit involving Johnson & Johnson to be invalid.

As part of a 2007 suit, Johnson & Johnson alleged that Boston Scientific's PROMUS® Everolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System infringed these four patents, known as the Wright/Falotico patents. The patents relate to coatings (drug and polymer) for drug-eluting stents.

The Court ruled today that a trial on the four patents, which was scheduled to begin February 9, will not proceed.

"We are pleased with the Court's finding that all four Johnson...

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