Case: 21-1246 Document: 35 Page: 1 Filed: 11/08/2021

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ FLEXSTENT, LLC, Appellant v. ABBOTT VASCULAR, INC., ABBOTT LABORATORIES, ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC., ABBOTT VASCULAR SOLUTIONS, INC., Appellees ______________________ 2021-1246 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2019- 00882. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ SIMON CARLO FRANZINI, Dovel & Luner, LLP, Santa Monica, CA, argued for appellant. Also represented by GREGORY S. DOVEL, SEAN LUNER.

MICHAEL A. MORIN, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washing- ton, DC, argued for appellees. Also represented by Case: 21-1246 Document: 35 Page: 2 Filed: 11/08/2021

GABRIEL K. BELL, JONATHAN M. STRANG; SRINIVAS GIRIRAJ PATHMANABAN, Menlo Park, CA. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (LOURIE, O’MALLEY, and STOLL, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

November 8, 2021 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court