Case: 22-1865 Document: 31 Page: 1 Filed: 06/09/2023

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

SONOVA AG, Appellant

v.

MED-EL ELEKTROMEDIZINISCHE GERATE GMBH, Appellee ______________________

2022-1865 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2021- 00023. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

MARCUS EDWARD SERNEL, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chi- cago, IL, argued for appellant. Also represented by GREG MATTHEW POLINS.

KATHRYN E. NOLL, Sunstein LLP, Boston, MA, argued for appellee. Also represented by LISA M. TITTEMORE. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is Case: 22-1865 Document: 31 Page: 2 Filed: 06/09/2023

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

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

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

June 9, 2023 /s/ Jarrett B. Perlow Date Jarrett B. Perlow Acting Clerk of Court