*1 N OTE : This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ IN RE: NUVASIVE, INC., Appellant ______________________ 2015-1838 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2014- 00034.

______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ M ICHAEL T. R OSATO , Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, PC, Seattle, WA, argued for appellant. Also repre- sented by A NDREW S WANSON B ROWN , S ONJA R OCHELLE G ERRARD ; G RACE J. P AK , P AUL D AVID T RIPODI , II, Los Angeles, CA; R ICHARD T ORCZON , Washington, DC.

S ARAH E. C RAVEN , Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for intervenor Michelle K. Lee. Also represented by N ATHAN K. K ELLEY , T HOMAS W. K RAUSE , J OSEPH M ATAL , S COTT W EIDENFELLER .

______________________ T HIS C AUSE having been heard and considered, it is *2 O RDERED and A DJUDGED :

P ER C URIAM (D YK , O’M ALLEY , and T ARANTO , Circuit Judges ).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36. E NTERED BY O RDER OF THE C OURT May 10, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner

Clerk of Court