NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

CHESTNUT HILL SOUND INC., Appellant

v.

APPLE INC., Appellee

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

2018-1163 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2016- 00794. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

ALEXIS FAYE MOSSER, Caldwell Cassady & Curry, Dal- las, TX, argued for appellant. Also represented by JASON DODD CASSADY, HAMAD M. HAMAD. JUANITA ROSE BROOKS, Fish & Richardson, PC, San Di- ego, CA, argued for appellee. Also represented by JOHN A. DRAGSETH, MARIA ELENA STITELER, Minneapolis, MN.

COURTNEY DIXON, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, ar- gued for intervenor. Also represented by KATHERINE TWOMEY ALLEN, MARK R. FREEMAN, SCOTT R. MCINTOSH, JOSEPH H. HUNT; THOMAS W. KRAUSE, JOSEPH MATAL, FARHEENA YASMEEN RASHEED, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

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

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

July 31, 2019 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court