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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 APPLE INC., CISCO SYSTEMS, INC., Case No. 20-cv-06128-EJD

GOOGLE LLC, INTEL CORPORATION,

EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS’ CORPORATION, and EDWARDS RENEWED MOTION FOR SUMMARY LIFESCIENCES LLC, JUDGMENT; GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR Plaintiffs, SUMMARY JUDGMENT

v. 12 Re: ECF Nos. 153, 157 KATHERINE K. VIDAL, in her official capacity as Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office, 15 Defendant. 16 Plaintiffs Apple Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Google LLC, Intel Corp., Edwards Lifesciences Corp., and Edwards Lifesciences LLC (together “Plaintiffs”) brought this action against the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) alleging three violations of the Administrative Procedure Act ( “APA”), 5 U.S.C. § 701 et seq., based on the Director’s adoption of a rule (the “NHK-Fintiv rule” or “NHK-Fintiv…