NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

SEADRILL AMERICAS, INC., SEADRILL GULF OPERATIONS AURIGA, LLC, SEADRILL GULF OPERATIONS VELA, LLC, SEADRILL GULF OPERATIONS NEPTUNE, LLC, Appellants

v.

TRANSOCEAN OFFSHORE DEEPWATER DRILLING, INC., Appellee ______________________

2017-2126, 2017-2127, 2017-2129 ______________________

Appeals from the United States Patent and Trade- mark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. IPR2015-01929, IPR2015-01989, IPR2015-01990. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

MATTHEW G. REEVES, Locke Lord LLP, Houston, TX, argued for appellants. Also represented by CHARLES BAKER, DANIEL G. NGUYEN.

CHARLES BRUCE WALKER, JR., Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Houston, TX, argued for appellee. Also repre- sented by MARK FRANCIS EBERHARD; STEPHANIE DEBROW, MARK T. GARRETT, WILLIAM ANDREW LIDDELL, Austin, TX; JONATHAN S. FRANKLIN, Washington, DC. ______________________

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

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