NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ CEQUENT PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS, INC., Appellant v. HOPKINS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION, THE COAST DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM INC., Appellees ______________________ 2016-2701 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2015- 00609. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ DAVID BOGDAN CUPAR, McDonald Hopkins LLC, Cleveland, OH, argued for appellant. Also represented by MATTHEW JOHN CAVANAGH.

SCOTT R. BROWN, Hovey Williams LLP, Overland Park, KS, argued for appellees. Also represented by MATTHEW B. WALTERS. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, O’MALLEY, and WALLACH, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

November 20, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteinter Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court