NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

RICHARD GRAMM, Appellant

v.

DEERE & COMPANY, Appellee ______________________

2017-1252, 2017-1253 ______________________

Appeals from the United States Patent and Trade- mark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. IPR2015-00898, IPR2015-00899. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

JOHN COTTER, Larkin Hoffman Daly & Lindgren, Ltd., Minneapolis, MN, argued for appellant. Also represented by GLENNA GILBERT, KATHERINE E. MULLER, THOMAS J. OPPOLD, DAVID P. SWENSON.

GARY M. ROPSKI, Brinks Gilson & Lione, Chicago, IL, argued for appellee. Also represented by JAFON FEARSON, JOSHUA JAMES, LAURA A. LYDIGSEN, JEFFRY M. NICHOLS. ______________________ 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