NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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 ______________________ 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. 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