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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 1, 2005

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

DELAWARE
1-11083
04-2695240
(State or other
(Commission
(IRS employer
jurisdiction of
file number)
identification no.)
incorporation)
    

One Boston Scientific Place, Natick, Massachusetts
01760-1537
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (508) 650-8000


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the fling obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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ITEM 8.01.

OTHER EVENTS.

 

On July 1, 2005, a jury in the United States District Court in Delaware found that Johnson & Johnson’s CYPHER drug-eluting stent infringes one of our patents related to polymer coatings, and that Johnson & Johnson’s CYPHER, Bx VELOCITY, Bx SONIC and GENESIS stents infringe another patent covering stent design. The jury also upheld the validity of both patents. A hearing to determine damages and any other relief will be held at a later date.

 

 

 

 

ITEM 9.01.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

 

99.1

Press Release dated July 1, 2005

 

 

 

 


 


SIGNATURE


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
     
  BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
 
 		  
 		  
 
Date: July 7, 2005 By:   /s/ Lawrence J. Knopf
 
Lawrence J. Knopf
  Vice President and Assistant General Counsel 

 



 
 

 

 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

 

EXHIBIT  

NUMBER

DESCRIPTION

 

99.1

Press Release dated July 1, 2005