NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

SHERMAN & ASSOCIATES, INC. and ARTHUR SHERMAN, Plaintiffs-Appellants,

v.

OXFORD INSTRUMENTS, PLC and OXFORD INSTRUMENTS AMERICA, INC., Defendants-Appellees,

and

ASM INTERNATIONAL, N.V. and ASM AMERICA, INC., Defendants-Appellees. ____________________

2012-1218 ______________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in Case No. 11-CV-0827, Judge Charles R. Breyer. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

ROBERT J. YORIO, Carr & Ferrell LLP, of Menlo Park, California, argued for plaintiffs-appellants. HENRY C. BUNSOW, Bunsow, De Mory, Smith & Allison LLP, of San Francisco, California, argued for defendants-appellees, ASM International, N.V., et al. With him on the brief were BRIAN A.E. SMITH and ROBIN K. CURTIS.

JOSEPH J. MUELLER, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP, of Boston, Massachusetts, for defendants- appellees Oxford Instruments, PLC, et al. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, LOURIE, and SCHALL, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

November 20, 2012 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk