FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 16, 2005--Alcon, Inc. (NYSE:ACL) announced today that it would appeal a patent infringement ruling in favor of Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. (AMO) handed down today by a federal judge in Delaware. In the case, which was heard by a jury in 2005 (as previously reported), AMO claimed Alcon infringed its U.S. Patent Nos. 5,700,240 and 6,059,765, challenging certain features of Alcon’s Infiniti(R) Vision System and the Advantec(R) and Everest(TM) software upgrades to Alcon’s Legacy(R) cataract system. By the order entered today, the court set damages at $213.9 million. Although the court granted AMO’s motion for an injunction, the court also granted Alcon’s motion to stay the injunction pending the outcome of the appeal.