NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, LLC, Appellant,

v.

SMITH & NEPHEW, INC., Appellee. ______________________

2014-1136 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. 90/009,378, 95/000,468. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

PAUL J. CRONIN, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP, of Boston, Massachusetts, argued for appellant. With him on the brief were HEATHER B. REPICKY and LISA J. ADAMS.

JOSEPH R. RE, Knobbe, Martens, Olson, & Bear, LLP, of Irvine, California, argued for appellee. With him on the brief were CHRISTY G. LEA; BRADLEY T. LENNIE, Hunton & Williams, LLP, of Washington DC; and ROBERT A. KING and DAVID A. KELLY, of Atlanta, Georgia. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (LOURIE, WALLACH, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

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