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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`MEDTRONIC, INC., MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.,
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`TROY R. NORRED, M.D.
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2014-00395
`Patent 6,482,228
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`Before SHERIDAN K. SNEDDEN, BARRY L. GROSSMAN and
`MITCHELL G. WEATHERLY, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`PATENT OWNER TROY R. NORRED, M.D.’S
`NOTICE OF APPEAL
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`Office of the General Counsel
`U. S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P. O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
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`Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 37 CFR § 90.2(a), that Patent
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`Owner Troy R. Norred, M.D. (“Norred”) hereby appeals to the United States Court
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`of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from the Final Written Decision entered on
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`June 25, 2015 (Paper 41) (the “Final Written Decision”), and from all underlying
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`orders, decisions, rulings and opinions, including without limitation the Decision to
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`Initiate Inter Partes Review entered on June 27, 2014 (Paper 13).
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`In accordance with 37 CFR § 980.2(a)(3)(ii), Patent Owner Norred
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`further indicates that the issues on appeal include, but are not limited to, the Patent
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`Trial and Appeal Board’s application of the broadest reasonable interpretation
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`standard, claim construction, determination of the conception date and reasonable
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`diligence in the reduction of practice of the invention recited in claims 16 and
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`19-24 of Norred’s U.S. Patent 6,482,228 (“’228” Patent), determination of
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`unpatentability of claims 16 and 19-24 of the ’228 Patent under 35 U.S.C. § 102,
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`denial of Norred’s motion to amend the claims of the ’228 Patent, and any finding
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`decided adversely to Patent Owner Norred in any orders, decisions, rulings and
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`Simultaneous with this submission, a copy of this Notice of Appeal is
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`U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By:/James J. Kernell/
`James J. Kernell, P.O. Reg. No. 42720
`ERICKSON KERNELL DERUSSEAU
`& KLEYPAS, LLC
`8900 State Line Road, Suite 500
`Leawood, Kansas 66206
`Telephone: 913-549-4700
`Facsimile: 913-549-4646
`Email: jjk@kcpatentlaw.com
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`David L. Marcus
`BARTLE & MARCUS LLC
`233 West 47th Street
`Kansas City, Missouri 64112
`Telephone: 816-285-3888
`Facsimile: 816-222-0534
`Email: dmarcus@bmlawkc.com
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner
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`I hereby certify that, in addition to being electronically filed through
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`correct copy of the foregoing Patent Owner Troy R. Norred, M.D.’s Notice of
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`Appeal was filed with the Director of the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office, c/o
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`the Office of the General Counsel, Madison Building East, 10B20, 600 Dulaney
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`Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314-5793, by Federal Express (priority service), this
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`I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Patent
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`Owner Troy R. Norred, M.D.’s Notice of Appeal was filed electronically on this
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`26th day of August 2015, with the Clerk’s Office of the United States Court of
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`Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
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`I hereby certify that on August 26, 2015, a true and correct copy of the
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`foregoing Patent Owner Troy R. Norred, M.D.’s Notice of Appeal was served via
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`JACK BARUFKA, 1650 Tysons Boulevard, McLean, Virginia 22102; and EVAN
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