NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

PAR PHARMACEUTICAL, INC., Appellant

v.

HORIZON THERAPEUTICS, LLC, Appellee ______________________

2017-1451 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. IPR2015- 01117, IPR2016-00283. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

AZIZ BURGY, Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP, Wash- ington, DC, argued for appellant. Also represented by THOMAS K. HEDEMANN, Hartford, CT; DAVID H. SILVERSTEIN, New York, NY.

ROBERT FRITZ GREEN, Green, Griffith & Borg-Breen LLP, Chicago, IL, argued for appellee. Also represented by EMER LOUISE SIMIC; JAMES B. MONROE, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washing- ton, DC; MATTHEW CARMINE PHILLIPS, Laurence & Phil- lips IP Law LLP, Portland, OR. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

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

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

June 18, 2018 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court