NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ SMART MODULAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Appellant v. NETLIST, INC., Appellee ______________________ 2016-2666, 2016-2667 ______________________ Appeals from the United States Patent and Trade- mark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. IPR2014-01372, IPR2014-01374. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ MICHAEL FRANCIS HEAFEY, Troutman Sanders LLP, San Francisco, CA, argued for appellant. Also represent- ed by ANUP M. SHAH, Charlotte, NC.

THOMAS J. WIMBISCUS, McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd., Chicago, IL, argued for appellee. Also represented by WAYNE BRADLEY, SCOTT P. MCBRIDE, GREGORY SCHODDE, RONALD SPUHLER. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, WALLACH and HUGHES, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

November 14, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court