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Eli Lilly and Company v. Medtronic Inc. 496 U.S. 661 (1990) is a United States Supreme Court case related to Patent infringement in the Medical device industry. It held that 35 U.S.C. § 271(e)(1) of United States patent law exempted premarketing activity conducted to gain approval of a device under the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act from a finding of infringement.