NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

SNF HOLDING COMPANY, FLOPAM INC., CHEMTALL, INC., SNF SAS, SNF (CHINA) FLOCCULANT CO. LTD., Appellants

v.

BASF CORPORATION, Appellee ______________________

2016-2565 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2015- 00600. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

JAMES W. DABNEY, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, New York, NY, argued for appellants. Also represented by JAMES W. BRADY, JR., JONATHAN W.S. ENGLAND, CHARLES J. MONTERIO, JR., Blank Rome LLP, Washing- ton, DC.

ROBERT RIDDLE, Reed Smith LLP, Houston, TX, argued for appellee. Also represented by MATTHEW S. GIBSON; JAMES CHRISTOPHER MARTIN, Pittsburgh, PA; SCOTT D. BAKER, San Francisco, CA. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, WALLACH and TARANTO, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

October 17, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court