Opinion
2018-1364
01-21-2021
SIPCO, LLC, Appellant v. EMERSON ELECTRIC CO., Appellee
GREGORY J. GONSALVES, Falls Church, VA, argued for appellant. Also represented by THOMAS F. MEAGHER, Meagher Emanuel Laks Goldberg & Bovino, LLP, Princeton, NJ. JAMES LAWRENCE DAVIS, JR., Ropes & Gray LLP, East Palo Alto, CA, argued for appellee. Also represented by JAMES RICHARD BATCHELDER; STEVEN PEPE, New York, NY; DOUGLAS HALLWARD-DRIEMEIER, KATHRYN C. THORNTON, Washington, DC. BENJAMIN T. HICKMAN, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for amicus curiae United States. Also represented by THOMAS W. KRAUSE, MONICA BARNES LATEEF, ROBERT J. MCMANUS, FARHEENA YASMEEN RASHEED; MELISSA N. PATTERSON, JACK STARCHER, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC.
NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2016-00984.
JUDGMENT
GREGORY J. GONSALVES, Falls Church, VA, argued for appellant. Also represented by THOMAS F. MEAGHER, Meagher Emanuel Laks Goldberg & Bovino, LLP, Princeton, NJ. JAMES LAWRENCE DAVIS, JR., Ropes & Gray LLP, East Palo Alto, CA, argued for appellee. Also represented by JAMES RICHARD BATCHELDER; STEVEN PEPE, New York, NY; DOUGLAS HALLWARD-DRIEMEIER, KATHRYN C. THORNTON, Washington, DC. BENJAMIN T. HICKMAN, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for amicus curiae United States. Also represented by THOMAS W. KRAUSE, MONICA BARNES LATEEF, ROBERT J. MCMANUS, FARHEENA YASMEEN RASHEED; MELISSA N. PATTERSON, JACK STARCHER, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC. THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, MAYER and MOORE, Circuit Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT
January 21, 2021
Date
/s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
Peter R. Marksteiner
Clerk of Court