Intuitive Surgical, Inc. v. Ethicon LLC > Summary
Court Case Number IPR2020-00050
Filing Date Oct 16, 2019
Institution Decision Date Mar 31, 2020
Decision Date Mar 26, 2021
Court Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Status FWD Entered
Appeal2021-1995
Administrative JudgesJosiah C. Cocks, Frances L. Ippolito, Matthew S. Meyers
Judge Writing the Final DecisionJosiah C. Cocks
Claims Challenged in the Petition: 1, 2, 3
Claims Instituted: 1, 2, 3
Claims Invalidated: 1, 2, 3
Petitioner
Patent Owner
Petitioner Attorneys
8Intuitive Surgical
Attorney Name: John C. Phillips
Fish & Richardson
Intuitive Surgical
Attorney Name: Steven R. Katz
Fish & Richardson
Intuitive Surgical
Attorney Name: Jennifer J. Huang
Fish & Richardson
Intuitive Surgical
Attorney Name: Ryan Patrick O'Connor
Fish & Richardson
Intuitive Surgical
Attorney Name: Will Freeman
Fish & Richardson
Intuitive Surgical
Attorney Name: Christine Rogers
Fish & Richardson
Intuitive Surgical
Attorney Name: Dianna Bradley
Fish & Richardson
Intuitive Surgical
Attorney Name: Bryan Knodel
Fish & Richardson
Patent Owner Attorneys
14Ethicon
Attorney Name: Anish R. Desai
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Ethicon
Attorney Name: Elizabeth S. Weiswasser
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Ethicon
Attorney Name: Brian E. Ferguson
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Ethicon
Attorney Name: Christopher T. Marando
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Ethicon
Attorney Name: Christopher M. Pepe
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Ethicon
Attorney Name: Audra Sawyer
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Ethicon
Attorney Name: Adrian Clement Percer
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Ethicon
Attorney Name: Robert S. Magee
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Ethicon
Attorney Name: Ian A. Moore
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Ethicon
Attorney Name: Joseph Frank Shirtz
Johnson & Johnson
Ethicon
Attorney Name: Lauren J. McDuffie
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Ethicon
Attorney Name: Timothy J. Andersen
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Ethicon
Attorney Name: Kathy Shalabi
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Ethicon
Attorney Name: Frank J. Fronczak
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
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