NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

PROMEGA CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS, LLC, LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, AND CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Defendants-Appellants. ______________________

2013-1454 ______________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in No. 13-CV-2333, Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

MARTIN R. LUECK, Robins, Kaplan, Miller, & Ciresi L.L.P., of Minneapolis, Minnesota, argued for plaintiff- appellee. With him on the brief were CYRUS A. MORTON and SHARON E. ROBERG-PEREZ, of Minneapolis, Minneso- ta; and MATTHEW B. MCFARLANE, of New York, New York.

EDWARD R. REINES, Weil Gotshal & Manges, LLP, of Redwood Shores, California, argued for defendants- appellants. Of counsel on the brief were BRIAN CANNON, LINDA J. BREWER, RORY S. MILLER, Quinn Emanuel Ur- quhart & Sullivan, LLP, of Redwood Shores, California. Of counsel on the brief was BRADFORD PAUL SCHMIDT, Life Technologies Corporation, of Carlsbad, California. Of counsel was DEREK C. WALTER, Weil Gotshal & Manges, LLP, of Redwood Shores, California. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (PROST, MAYER, and CHEN, Circuit Judg- es). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

March 10, 2014 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court