NOTE: Pursuant to Fed. Cir. R. 47.6, this disposition is not citable as precedent. It is a public record.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 04-1303, -1316 PURITAN-BENNETT CORP. and MALLINCKRODT INC., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PENOX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. and ESSEX INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendants-Cross Appellants.

__________________________ DECIDED: February 17, 2005 __________________________

Before RADER, Circuit Judge, PLAGER, Senior Circuit Judge, and PROST, Circuit Judge.

PLAGER, Senior Circuit Judge.

The judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana is affirmed on the basis of the thorough opinion of the trial court. See Puritan- Bennett Corp. v. Penox Techs., Inc., No. IP 02-0762-C-M/S (S. D. Ind. Mar. 2, 2004).