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United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ LEDERGERBER MEDICAL INNOVATIONS, LLC AND DR. WALTER LEDERGERBER, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC., Defendant-Appellee. ____________________ 2011-1379 ______________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in No. 07-CV-1593, Judge Virginia M. Kendall. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ CHRISTOPHER J. LEE, Niro, Haller & Niro, of Chicago, Illinois, argued for plaintiffs-appellants. With him on the brief were RICHARD B. MEGLEY, ROBERT A. CONLEY and CHRISTOPHER W. NIRO.

HARRY C. MARCUS, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell, LLP, of New York, New York, argued for defendant-appellee.

With him on the brief were JOSEPH A. FARCO; and MATTHEE K. BLACKBURN, of San Francisco, California. Of counsel on the brief were JOHN S. CAMPBELL and CAROL A.

LEWIS WHITE, W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc., of Newark, Delaware. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (RADER, Chief Judge, NEWMAN and PROST, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

January 13, 2012 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk