NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
TROY R. NORRED, M.D.,
Appellant
v.
MEDTRONIC, INC., MEDTRONIC VASCULAR,
INC., MEDTRONIC COREVALVE, LLC,
Appellees
2015-1731
Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2014-00110.
TROY R. NORRED, M.D.,
Appellant
v.
MEDTRONIC, INC., MEDTRONIC VASCULAR,
INC., MEDTRONIC COREVALVE, LLC,
Appellees
2015-1874
2Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, in No. IPR2014-00111.
TROY R. NORRED, M.D.,
Appellant
v.
MEDTRONIC, INC., MEDTRONIC VASCULAR,
INC., MEDTRONIC COREVALVE, LLC,
Appellees
2016-1031
Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, in No. IPR2014-00395.
Decided: May 10, 2016
JAMES J. KERNELL, Erickson, Kernell, Derusseau & Kleypas, LLC, Leawood, KS, argued for appellant. Also represented by DAVID LOUIS MARCUS, Bartle & Marcus LLC, Kansas City, MO.
JOHN C. O’QUINN, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, argued for appellees. Also represented by WILLIAM H. BURGESS; JACK S. BARUFKA, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, McLean, VA; EVAN FINKEL, Los Angeles, CA.
3THOMAS W. KRAUSE, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, for intervenor Michelle K. Lee. Also represented by SCOTT WEIDENFELLER, MARY L. KELLY, FARHEENA YASMEEN RASHEED, MONICA BARNES LATEEF.
Before PROST, Chief Judge, DYK and REYNA, Circuit
Judges.
Having heard and considered case numbers 2015-1731, 2015-1874, and 2016-1031, we affirm the decisions of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in case numbers 2015-1731 and 2015-1874. Based on the affirmance of those two cases, we dismiss as moot case number 2016-1031.