Case: 21-1473 Document: 51 Page: 1 Filed: 03/14/2022

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Appellant

v.

AURIS HEALTH, INC., Appellee ______________________

2021-1473 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2019- 01173. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

JACOB ADAM SCHROEDER, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Palo Alto, CA, argued for appellant. Also represented by ARPITA BHATTACHARYYA; FRANK A. DECOSTA, III, Washington, DC; ROBERT KING HIGH, III, Atlanta, GA.

CHING-LEE FUKUDA, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY, argued for appellee. Also represented by THOMAS ANTHONY BROUGHAN, III, RYAN C. MORRIS, Washington, DC; PAUL J. ROGERSON, Chicago, IL. Case: 21-1473 Document: 51 Page: 2 Filed: 03/14/2022

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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (DYK, PROST, and REYNA, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

March 14, 2022 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court