NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

PRAXAIR TECHNOLOGY, INC., Appellant

v.

AIR LIQUIDE LARGE INDUSTRIES U.S. LP, Appellee ______________________

2017-1318, 2017-1319 ______________________

Appeals from the United States Patent and Trade- mark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. IPR2015-01071, IPR2015-01072. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

GREGORY A. CASTANIAS, Jones Day, Washington, DC, argued for appellant. Also represented by DANIEL KAZHDAN; CHRISTOPHER J. HARNETT, KEVIN VINCENT MCCARTHY, New York, NY.

STEPHANIE DEBROW, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Austin, TX, argued for appellee. Also represented by MARK T. GARRETT; CHARLES BRUCE WALKER, JR., Houston, TX; JONATHAN S. FRANKLIN, Washington, DC; ALLEN E. WHITE, Air Liquide, Houston, TX. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (LOURIE, DYK, and TARANTO, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

February 13, 2018 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court