By Britain Eakin (February 25, 2022, 9:41 PM EST) — U.S. District Judge Leonard P. Stark has canceled a trial set for April 6 in Osseo Imaging LLC’s infringement suit against Planmeca USA Inc. over dental and orthopedic imaging patents, just weeks before he is set to fill a soon-to-be-vacant seat on the Federal Circuit.

The Delaware federal judge handed down the order Wednesday, saying the case would be assigned to another, unspecified judge, who will set a new trial date in due course. But Judge Stark nonetheless ordered the parties to stick to the deadline to file the proposed pretrial order, which, according to the case docket, is due March…