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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`ETHICON LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2018-01248
`U.S. Patent No. 8,479,969
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`PETITIONER’S NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY
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`Petitioner submits the following notice of supplemental authority in response
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`to the Board’s request for authority that the Delaware District Court’s order (Ex.
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`2013) constitutes a final judgment for collateral estoppel purposes.
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`A. Collateral estoppel
`[J]udicial statements regarding the scope of patent claims are entitled
`to collateral estoppel effect in a subsequent infringement suit only to
`the extent that determination of scope was essential to a final judgment
`on the question of validity or infringement . . . .
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`A.B. Dick Co. v. Burroughs Corp., 713 F. 2d 700, 704 (Fed. Cir. 1983) cert.
`denied, 464 U.S. 1042 (1984).
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`The Court agrees . . . that the CashEdge Court’s claim construction
`order is not a “final judgment” for collateral estoppel purposes.
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`Yodlee, Inc. v. Plaid Techs., Inc., No. 14-1445-LPS, 2016 WL 204372, at *3
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`Dated: November 26, 2019
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Steven R. Katz/
`Steven R. Katz, Reg. No. 43,706
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
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`Counsel for Petitioner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`Pursuant to 37 CFR §§ 42.6(e)(1) and 42.6(e)(4)(iii), the undersigned
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`certifies that on November 26, 2019, a complete and entire copy of this Petitioner’s
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`Notice of Supplemental Authority was provided via email to the Patent Owner by
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`serving the email correspondence addresses of record as follows:
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`Anish R. Desai
`Elizabeth Stotland Weiswasser
`Adrian Percer
`Christopher T. Marando
`Christopher M. Pepe
`Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
`767 Fifth Avenue
`New York, NY 10153
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`Email:
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`Ethicon.IPR.Service@weil.com
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`/Christine Rogers/
`Christine Rogers
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`3200 RBC Plaza
`60 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`(650) 839-5092
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