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Repeat Precision, LLC v. DynaEnergetics Europe GmbH — Fed. Cir. (Oct 8, 2026)

No. 25-1742 Argued October 8, 2026 Published October 9, 2026

The Federal Circuit hears Repeat Precision versus DynaEnergetics, a patent dispute over disposable tools used to set plugs in oil and gas wells. Repeat sued, alleging that DynaEnergetics' MicroSet tool infringed a setting-tool patent. A Texas federal jury found no infringement in twenty twenty-three. Repeat is appealing that result. Patent claims define the invention's protected scope; claim construction is the judge's interpretation of those terms. Here, the dispute centers on a patent requirement involving attachment to a firing head. You will hear J M O L, meaning judgment as a matter of law: a ruling that a reasonable jury lacks a legally sufficient evidentiary basis for its decision. Dicta are judicial comments unnecessary to deciding an issue, rather than binding holdings.

Repeat Precision, LLC v. DynaEnergetics Europe GmbH (No. 25-1742) — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, argued October 8, 2026.

Sources
Argument audio — Federal Circuit court original:https://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/oral-arguments/25-1742_10082026.mp3
Argument date and recording — Federal Circuit official table:https://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/home/oral-argument/listen-to-oral-arguments/
Appeal and counsel — public copy of Federal Circuit clerk entries:https://dockets.justia.com/docket/circuit-courts/cafc/25-1742
Patent — U.S. Patent 9,810,035 B1, official USPTO record:https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/9810035
Trial and product background — DynaEnergetics company release, April 5, 2023:https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/04/05/2642145/0/en/dynaenergetics-successfully-defends-itself-in-patent-infringement-case.html
Trial background — Womble Bond Dickinson trial-counsel report:https://www.womblebonddickinson.com/us/insights/news/102nbry/womble-secures-third-favorable-verdict-for-dynaenergetics-in-texas-courts
Judgment as a matter of law — Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 50:https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_50
Claim construction — Supreme Court Markman majority, Cornell court-opinion copy:https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/95-26.ZO.html
Dicta — Cornell legal definition:https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/dicta
Dicta and precedent — Central Virginia Community College v. Katz, 2006 majority:https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/04-885.ZO.html
Preston Heard — current Womble Bond Dickinson profile:https://www.womblebonddickinson.com/us/people/preston-h-heard

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