Case: 20-1453 Document: 25 Page: 1 Filed: 03/05/2021

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

ETHICON LLC, Appellant

v.

INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC., Appellee ______________________

2020-1453 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2018- 00935. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

ANISH R. DESAI, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY, for appellant. Also represented by ELIZABETH WEISWASSER; BRIAN E. FERGUSON, CHRISTOPHER MARANDO, PRIYATA PATEL, CHRISTOPHER PEPE, Washing- ton, DC.

STEVEN KATZ, Fish & Richardson P.C., Boston, MA, for appellee. Also represented by JOHN C. PHILLIPS, San Di- ego, CA. ______________________ Case: 20-1453 Document: 25 Page: 2 Filed: 03/05/2021

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (O’MALLEY, CLEVENGER, and STOLL, Cir- cuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

March 5, 2021 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court