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Amgen Inc. v. Sandoz Inc., Appeal No. 2018-1551 (Fed. Cir. May 8, 2019)

In an appeal from a district court’s summary judgment of non-infringement, the Federal Circuit affirmed claim construction and non-infringement opinions in a case brought under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act.

The claims recite a sequence of steps for purifying a protein. At issue was whether the steps must be performed in the sequence recited in the claims.