Defendant: NuVasive, Inc.
Court: Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Date: Mar 03, 2015
Docket: IPR2013-00507
Judge: Stephen C. Siu
August 14, 2013 – Medtronic files Petition for Inter Partes Review
February 13, 2014 – Inter Partes Review instituted
February 11, 2015 – In a Final Written Decision, the Board concluded that the Petitioner had shown by a preponderance of the evidence that Claims 1-5, 10, 11, 14-17, and 19-28 are unpatentable, but had now shown that Claim 18 is unpatentable
- Final Written Decision [35.2 kB]
- Decision Instituting Inter Partes Review [181.02 kB]
- Petition for Inter Partes Review [1.23 MB]
- U.S. Patent No. 8,187,334 [1.46 MB]
System and methods for spinal fusion