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Parties Involved:
Medtronic Corevalve, LLC
Appellee
Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
Appellee
Medtronic, Inc.
Appellee
Troy R. Norred
Appellant

Document Text:

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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.

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TROY R. NORRED, M.D.,

Appellant

v.

MEDTRONIC, INC., MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, 

INC., MEDTRONIC COREVALVE, LLC,

Appellees

______________________ 

2015-1874

______________________ 

Case: 15-1731 Document: 72-2 Page: 1 Filed: 05/10/2016
2 NORRED v. MEDTRONIC, INC. 

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark 

Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, in No. IPR2014-

00111. 

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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.

Case: 15-1731 Document: 72-2 Page: 2 Filed: 05/10/2016
NORRED v. MEDTRONIC, INC. 3

THOMAS 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.

PER CURIAM. 

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. 

AFFIRMED AS TO 2015-1731, 2015-1874 AND

DISMISSED AS TO 2016-1031

Case: 15-1731 Document: 72-2 Page: 3 Filed: 05/10/2016