NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Appellant

v.

INTELLECTUAL VENTURES II LLC, Appellee ______________________

2015-1837 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2014- 00180. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

KENNETH R. ADAMO, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL, argued for appellant. Also represented by BRENT P. RAY, MEREDITH ZINANNI, EUGENE GORYUNOV; JOHN C. O'QUINN, Washington, DC.

PETER J. MCANDREWS, McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd., Chicago, IL, argued for appellee. Also represented by JONATHAN M. STRANG, BYRON LEROY PICKARD, LORI A. GORDON, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox, PLLC, Wash- ington, DC. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (MOORE, O’MALLEY, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

February 8, 2016 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court