NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

SMART METER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Appellant

v.

ITRON, INC., Appellee ______________________

2019-1291 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2017- 01199. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

DECKER CAMMACK, Whitaker Chalk Swindle & Schwartz PLLC, Fort Worth, TX, argued for appellant. Also represented by ENRIQUE SANCHEZ, JR.

KIRK T. BRADLEY, Alston & Bird LLP, Charlotte, NC, argued for appellee. Also represented by BRADY COX, Dal- las, TX. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (REYNA, WALLACH, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

December 5, 2019 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court