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Case	Patents	Court	Filed	Status
The Frazer Lubricator Company v. Samuel Frazer et al.	219455	Superior Court of Cook County, Illinois (trial); Appellate Court for the First District of Illinois; Supreme Court of Illinois (final)	1884-08-30	judgment
Symbol Technologies, Inc. v. Spectra-Physics, Inc.C-84-20051	4387297	U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California	1984-01-27	settled
Millipore Corp. et al. v. University Patents, Inc.	4500707 4458066	U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware	1986-08-29	jurisdictional motion addressed
Symbol Technologies, Inc. v. Opticon, Inc. et al.86-8736	4409470 4387297 4593186	U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; appeal to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (No. 90-1409)	1986-11-14	judgment for plaintiff, affirmed on appeal
Symbol Technologies, Inc. v. Metrologic Instruments, Inc. et al.88-0461	4593186 4387297	U.S. District Court, D.N.J.	1988-01-26	partial summary judgment; final disposition unverified
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. v. Cetus Corporation	4683195 4683202	U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (San Francisco)	1990-08-01	judgment
Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. et al. v. Promega Corporation93-1748	4683195 4889818 4683202	U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California	1992-10-27	judgment
Catalina Marketing Corp. v. Advanced Promotion Technologies, Inc.	4910672	U.S. District Court, Central District of California (Los Angeles)	1993-08-10	settled
PSC Inc. v. Symbol Technologies, Inc. et al.96-CV-6152T	4593186 4387297	U.S. District Court, W.D.N.Y.	1996-04-01	patent misuse/unenforceability holding; patent issues settled
Symbol Technologies, Inc. v. PSC Inc.	4387297 4387186	—	1996-04-01	unknown
Neuromedical Systems, Inc. v. NeoPath, Inc.	4965725 5287272	U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York	1996-07-15	terminated
Hyseq, Inc. v. Affymetrix, Inc.C 97-20188 RMW (ENE)	5492806 5202231 5525464 5695940	U.S. District Court, N.D. Cal., San Jose Division	1997-03-04	settled/dismissed with prejudice
Hyseq, Inc. v. Affymetrix, Inc.C-97-20188	6018041	U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California	1997-03-04	settled
Affymetrix, Inc. v. Synteni, Inc. et al.C 99-21164 JF; C 99-21165 JF	5445934 5744305 5800992	United States District Court for the District of Delaware, transferred to United States District Court for the Northern District of California	1998-01-06	settled
Xerox Corp. v. Hewlett-Packard Co.	5075250 5030971	U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York (Rochester, N.Y.)	1998-05-14	settled and dismissed
Affymetrix, Inc. v. Hyseq, Inc.C 98-03192	5800992 5795716 5744305	U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California	1998-08-18	unknown
Oxford Gene Technology Ltd. v. Affymetrix, Inc.1:99-cv-00348	5700637	United States District Court for the District of Delaware	1999-06-04	settled
Affymetrix, Inc. v. Oxford Gene Technology Ltd.	5700637	United States District Court for the Northern District of California	1999-06-17	settled
International Automated Systems, Inc. v. Optimal Robotics, Inc. et al.2:99-cv-00517	4787467	U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, Central Division	1999-07-02	unknown
Enzon, Inc. v. Shearwater Polymers, Inc.5:00-cv-01310	5643575	U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (N.D. Ala.)	2000-05-15	settled