       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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                  MEDTRONIC INC.,
                     Appellant

                            v.

                   NUVASIVE, INC.,
                        Appellee
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                       2014-1722
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    Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. 95/001,247.
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                      JUDGMENT
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    JUSTIN J. OLIVER, Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto,
Washington, DC, argued for appellant. Also represented
by STEPHEN EDWARD BELISLE; NINA SHREVE, New York,
NY.

    MICHAEL T. ROSATO, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich &
Rosati, PC, Seattle, WA, argued for appellee. Also repre-
sented by PAUL DAVID TRIPODI, II, Los Angeles, CA; CRAIG
E. COUNTRYMAN, Fish & Richardson, P.C., San Diego, CA;
FRANK SCHERKENBACH, Boston, MA; STEPHEN REYNOLD
SCHAEFER, MICHAEL J. KANE, Minneapolis, MN.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:



   PER CURIAM (DYK, O’MALLEY, and TARANTO, Circuit
Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


April 14, 2015                    /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole
   Date                           Daniel E. O’Toole
                                  Clerk of Court
