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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed a lower court’s decision that manufacturer W L Gore & Associates infringed a patent owned by medical device maker Bard Peripheral Vascular (BPV), bringing to an end a dispute that stems from more than 40 years ago.

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