NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

ALLURE ENERGY, INC., Appellant

v.

ANDREI IANCU, UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Intervenor ______________________

2017-1578, 2017-1579 ______________________

Appeals from the United States Patent and Trade- mark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. IPR2015-01248, IPR2015-01251. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

JOHN S. ARTZ, Dickinson Wright PLLC, Troy, MI, ar- gued for appellant. Also represented by BRYAN JOSEPH SCHOMER.

BENJAMIN T. HICKMAN, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for intervenor. Also represented by NATHAN K. KELLEY, THOMAS W. KRAUSE, JOSEPH GERARD PICCOLO. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, DYK and TARANTO, 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