Complaint for Patent Infringement
Civil Action No. 6:13-cv-00091; no judge yet assigned.
Filed on Jan. 23, 2013 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas;

Patents in case

• 5,709,704: “Blood clot filtering” by Nott et. al. Prosecuted by Fish & Richardson P.C.. Includes 32 claims (3 indep.). Was application 08/346,733. Granted 1/20/1998.
• 6,214,025: “Self-centering, self-expanding and retrievable vena cava filter” by Thistle et. al. Prosecuted by Hoffman & Baron, LLP. Includes 43 claims (4 indep.). Was application 09/427,917. Granted 4/10/2001.