NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Appellant

v.

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Appellee ______________________

2018-2340 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2017- 00427. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

MICHAEL VALAIK, Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP, Chicago, IL, argued for appellant. Also repre- sented by PATRICK JOSEPH COYNE, MICHAEL ANDREW HOLTMAN, JEFFREY CURTISS TOTTEN, Finnegan, Hender- son, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington, DC; BENJAMIN AARON SAIDMAN, Atlanta, GA.

BRIAN E. FERGUSON, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Washington, DC, argued for appellee. Also represented by CHRISTOPHER PEPE; ANISH R. DESAI, New York, NY. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

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

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

August 8, 2019 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court