MURRAY HILL, N.J., Jul 30, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- C. R. Bard, Inc. (NYSE: BCR) today announced that a U.S. District Court in Arizona entered judgment in Bard's favor in its patent infringement suit against W. L. Gore & Associates. The Court ruled that Gore failed to prove that Bard's patent number 6,436,135 was unenforceable due to inequitable conduct. As previously announced, on December 11, 2007, a jury found that Gore willfully infringed Bard's patent through the sale of Gore's ePTFE vascular grafts and stent-grafts, and awarded Bard $185 million in past damages.

Gore may file post-trial motions with the court and may appeal the judgment to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

C. R. Bard, Inc., (www.crbard.com) headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., is a leading multinational developer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative, life-enhancing medical technologies in the fields of vascular, urology, oncology and surgical specialty products.

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SOURCE: C. R. Bard, Inc.

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