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12 August 2022MedTechStaff Writer

Fed Circuit rejects Minerva patent invalidation bid

Hologic patent invented by Minerva’s founder cannot be invalidated | Patent in dispute concerns device used to treat uterine bleeding | US Court of Appeals.

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