*1 N OTE : This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ MIMEDX GROUP, INC., Appellant v.

MUSCULOSKELETAL TRANSPLANT FOUNDATION, Appellee ______________________ 2017-1043 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2015- 00664.

______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ P ATRICK J. F LINN , Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA, argued for appellant. Also represented by K EITH E. B ROYLES , P AMELA C OUNCILL , M ATTHEW W OLFF H OWELL ; D EEPRO M UKERJEE , New York, NY.

M ICHAEL A NTHONY N ICODEMA , Greenberg Traurig LLP, Florham Park, NJ, argued for appellee. Also repre- sented by J OHN K. K IM .

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

P ER C URIAM (D YK , L INN , and H UGHES , Circuit Judges ).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36. E NTERED BY O RDER OF THE C OURT September 14, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner

Clerk of Court