STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 31, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- On Thursday October 30, 2003, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit announced its decision to deny the petition from Medical Instrumentation and Diagnostics Corporation (Midco), Elekta's opponent in the U.S. patent dispute, to reconsider its ruling issued on September 22, 2003.
As a result the ruling by the court, which among other findings determined that none of Elekta's products infringed the Midco patents and in which Elekta was freed from all liability, remains valid.
Midco may file a petition for review (certiorari) with the United States Supreme Court. Grant of this remedy is very unusual.
The full opinion of the court from September 22 is available at www.fedcir.gov/dailylog.html, docket no. 03-1032.
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