Mallinckrodt, Inc. v. Medipart, Inc.

Mallinckrodt, Inc. v. Medipart, Inc.
CourtUnited States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
DecidedSeptember 24, 1992
Citations976 F.2d 700; 24 U.S.P.Q.2d 1173
Court membership
Judges sittingPauline Newman, Alan David Lourie, Raymond Charles Clevenger III
Case opinions
MajorityNewman

Mallinckrodt, Inc. v. Medipart, Inc., 976 F.2d 700 (Fed. Cir. 1992), is a decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in which the court appeared to overrule or drastically limit many years of U.S. Supreme Court precedent affirming the patent exhaustion doctrine, for example in Bauer & Cie. v. O'Donnell.