NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

INTERNATIONAL SECURITIES EXCHANGE, LLC, Appellant

v.

CHICAGO BOARD OPTIONS EXCHANGE, INC., Appellee ______________________

2015-1743, 2015-1744 ______________________

Appeals from the United States Patent and Trade- mark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. IPR2014-00097, IPR2014-00098. ______________________

Decided: March 25, 2016 ______________________

MICHAEL MARTIN MURRAY, Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, NY, argued for appellant. Also represented by MICHAEL JOHN SCHEER, Los Angeles, CA; GEOFFREY P. EATON, Washington, DC.

STEVEN M. LIEBERMAN, Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C, Washington, DC, argued for appellee. Also represented by JOSEPH A. HYNDS, BRIAN ANDREW TOLLEFSON. ______________________ 2 INT’L SECURITIES EXCH. v. CHICAGO BOARD OPTIONS EXCH.

Before O’MALLEY, MAYER, and REYNA, Circuit Judges. O’MALLEY, Circuit Judge. In this appeal, International Securities Exchange, LLC (“ISE”) challenges the determination of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (the “Board”) in inter partes review proceedings involving U.S. Patent Nos. 7,356,498 (“the ’498 patent”) (IPR2014-00097) and 7,980,457 (“the ’457 patent”) (IPR2014-00098). The Board found that ISE failed to show by a preponderance of the evidence that the challenged claims of the ’498 and ’457 patents are un- patentable as either anticipated, obvious, or both, under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) and 35 U.S.C. § 103(a). In light of our decision in Chicago Bd. Options Exch., Inc. v. Int’l Secs. Exch., Case Nos. 2015-1728, -1729, and -1730, issued contemporaneously herewith, affirming the Board’s conclusion that both patents address unpatentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101, we find this companion case moot. We dismiss the appeal and vacate the Board’s decisions. DISMISSED