Mealey's (October 18, 2016, 1:43 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Massachusetts federal judge properly construed various disputed terms of two patents relating to three-dimensional scaffolding for growing cells in vitro to produce organ tissue, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Oct. 13 (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, et al. v. Shire Pharmaceuticals Inc., et. al., No. 15-1881, Fed. Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 18426).

(Decision available.  Document #16-161107-003Z.)

According to the appellate panel of Circuit Judges Kathleen M. O’Malley, Raymond T. Chen and Kara F. Stoll, the stipulation of patent validity...