NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

ERFINDERGEMEINSCHAFT UROPEP GBR, Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant ______________________

2017-2603 ______________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in No. 2:15-cv-01202-WCB, Circuit Judge William C. Bryson. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

JOHN SCOTT MCBRIDE, Bartlit Beck Herman Pa- lenchar & Scott LLP, Chicago, IL, argued for plaintiff- appellee. Also represented by ADAM MORTARA, BENJAMIN JOHN WHITING; MEG E. FASULO, JOHN HUGHES, NOSSON KNOBLOCH, Denver, CO.

CHARLES E. LIPSEY, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Reston, VA, argued for defend- ant-appellant. Also represented by JENNIFER SWAN, Palo Alto, CA; HOWARD WARREN LEVINE, Washington, DC. _____________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, MOORE and HUGHES, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

October 10, 2018 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court