Regents of the University of Minnesota v. David J. Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
DAVID J. KAPPOS, U NDER SECRETARY OF C OMMERCE
FOR I NTELLECTUAL P ROPERTY AND D IRECTOR OF THE
U NITED S TATES P ATENT O FFICE ,
Defendant-Appellee,
and
AGA MEDICAL CORPORATION,
Defendant-Appellee.
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2010-1321
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Virginia in No. 09-CV-0951.
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JUDGMENT
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K EVIN D. CONNEELY, Leonard, Street & Deinard
Professional Association, of Minneapolis, Minnesota,

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argued for plaintiff-appellant. With him on the brief were
D AVID D. AXTELL, R UTH R IVARD and ERIK M. D RANGE. Of
counsel were ALEXANDER B. E NGLEHART and THOMAS J.
FISHER , Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier, of Alexandria,
Virginia.
SYDNEY O. JOHNSON , JR., Associate Solicitor, United
States Patent and Trademark Office, of Alexandria,
Virginia, argued for defendant-appellee. With him on the
brief were RAYMOND T. CHEN , Solicitor and MARY L.
K ELLY, Associate Solicitor.
TARA C. N ORGARD , Carlson Caspers, Vandenburgh &
Lindquist, P.A., of Minneapolis, Minnesota, argued for
defendant-appellee. With her on the brief was RABEA
JAMAL ZAYED .
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
O RDERED and ADJUDGED :
PER CURIAM (LOURIE, M AYER, and G AJARSA, Circuit
Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY O RDER OF THE COURT
February 11, 2010 /s/ Jan Horbaly
Date Jan Horbaly
Clerk

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