CAFC

14-1771

Ethicon Endo Surgery v. Covidien LP

General

Filed08/28/14

Appeal FromPTAB

Originating CaseIPR2013-00209

Decision01/13/16

Appeal OutcomeAppellee

Judges

Judge	Cases	PO Affirm Rate	Ch Affirm Rate
Timothy B. Dyk	600+	70%	46%
Pauline Newman	600+	66%	33%
Richard G. Taranto	200+	66%	25%

Appellant

Party

Name	Ratings
Ethicon Endo Surgery	L4 E

No Parties

Attorney

Name	Ratings
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP	L5 C
Pratik A. Shah	L4 D
Ruben H. Munoz	-- -- --
Jason Weil	-- -- --
Steven D. Maslowski	-- -- --
Hyland Hunt	-- -- --
Christensen O'Connor Johnson Kindness PLLC	L1 C
Philip S. Johnson	-- -- --

No Attorneys

Appellee

Party

Name	Ratings
Covidien LP	L4 E
Michelle K Lee	-- -- --

No Parties

Attorney

Name	Ratings
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP	L5 A
J. Michael Jakes	L5 A
John D. McCorquindale	-- -- --
Kathleen Daley	-- -- --
United States Patent Trademark Office	L3 B
Nathan K. Kelley	L3 E
Mark R. Freeman	-- -- --
Stacy B. Margolies	-- -- --
Scott C. Weidenfeller	-- -- --
Benjamin C. Mizer	-- -- --
Katherine T. Allen	-- -- --

No Attorneys