NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

MEDTRONIC, INC., MEDTRONIC USA, INC., AND MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC., Defendants-Appellees. ______________________

2012-1538 ______________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in No. 10-CV-0441, Judge Mark S. Davis. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

AHMED J. DAVIS, Fish & Richardson, P.C., of Washing- ton, DC, argued for plaintiff-appellant. With him on the brief were JUANITA R. BROOKS, of San Diego, California, and SUSAN M. COLETTI, of Wilmington, Delaware.

JAMES J. ELACQUA, Skadden Arps, of Palo Alto, Cali- fornia, argued for defendants-appellees. With him on the brief were KAREN D. MCDANIEL and RACHEL C. HUGHEY, Merchant & Gould P.C., of Minneapolis, Minnesota; and RYAN J. FLETCHER of Denver, Colorado. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (RADER, Chief Judge, NEWMAN, and DYK, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

September 12, 2013 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk