Surgery – Female reproductory tract shields – supports – or birth...
Reexamination Certificate
2008-07-15
2008-07-15
Douglas, Steven O. (Department: 3771)
Surgery
Female reproductory tract shields, supports, or birth...
C128S831000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07398780
ABSTRACT:
A device and method of using the device for contraception or sterilization and particularly for reversible contraception by occluding a reproductive lumen to prevent the passage of reproductive cells through the lumen for a desired period of time until the patient wishes to become fertile again and then be reopened. The occluding member preferably comprises a tubular framework formed from a shape memory material configured to be implanted in a reproductive lumen. The occluding member is implanted within a body lumen, secured to the wall of the reproductive lumen and then collapsed to collapse the wall and occlude the lumen. Alternatively, the occluding member may be collapsed upon a solid plug. The closure of the reproductive lumen may be reversed by introducing a balloon catheter and by a series of inflations of the balloon reexpanding the collapsed occluding member or by removing the plug. The occluding member and the plug may be configured to facilitate endothelialization, to provoke an inflammatory responses or to deliver a drug.
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Docket for Civil Action No. C 02 1968 MHP (United States District Court for the Northern District of California).
Docket for Civil Action No. C 02 3884 MHP (United States District Court for the Northern District of California).
First Amended Complaint For (1) Declaratory Judgment Of Patent Non-Infringement, Invalidity And Unenforceability; (2) False Advertising Under 15 U.S.C. § 1125(A); (3) Trade Libel; (4) Unfair Competition Under Common Law and Cal. B&P § 17200 Et. Seq.; (5) Unjust Enrichment; and (6) Constructive Trust Demand for Jury Trial (Jun. 13, 2002).
Defendants' Request, Pursuant To Civil Local Rule 7-10(b), For Leave To File A Motion To Dismiss Before The Initial Case Management Conference (Jul. 22, 2002).
Conceptus' Amended Answer To Ovion's Complaint, Affirmative Defenses And Counterclaims (Sep. 26, 2002).
Ovion's Reply To Amended Counterclaims Of Conceptus (Oct. 26, 2002).
First Amended Complaint For Willful Patent Infringement, Fraud And Misrepresentation, Misappropriation, Unjust Enrichment, Unfair Business Practices, Trade Libel, Slander Of Title, Monopolization, Attempt To Monopolize And Sham Litigation (Aug. 25, 2003).
Conceptus' Second Amended Answer, Affirmative Defenses And Counterclaims For: (1) Declaratory Judgment Of Non-Infringement; (2) Declaratory Judgment Of Unenforceability; (3) Declaratory Judgment Of Invalidity; (4) Correction Of Inventorship Of ′052 Patent Under 35 U.S.C. § 256; (5) Correction Of Inventorship Of ′ 116 Patent Under 35 U.S.C. § 256; (6) Fraud And Deceit; (7) Trade Libel; (8) Slander Per Se; (9) Libel; (10) Unfair Competition; And, (11) Slander Of Title (Jul. 2, 2003).
Joint Claim Construction And Prehearing Statement Pursuant To Patent Local Rule 4-3 (Aug. 6, 2003).
Stipulation And Order Of Dismissal (Nov. 13, 2003).
Ovion's Corrected Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Preliminary Infringement Contentions (Nov. 19, 2002).
Ovion's Corrected Supplemental Statement Regarding Dates of Invention (Nov. 19, 2002).
Ovion's Second Supplemental Statement Regarding Dates of Invention (Dec. 20, 2002).
Letter from L. Hansen to Judge Patel (Jul. 28, 2003).
Letter from J. Benassi to Judge Patel (Aug. 5, 2003).
Letter from L. Hansen to Judge Patel (Aug. 7, 2003).
Letter from J. Benassi to Judge with declarations of E. Brann and A. Khera (Aug. 8, 2003).
Letter from E. Brann to Judge Patel with signed declaration of A. Khera (Aug. 13, 2003).
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Callister Jeffrey P.
Harges Denise S.
Tremulis William S.
AMS Research Corporation
Douglas Steven O.
Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP
Wrigley Barbara A.
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