Case: 20-1472 Document: 43 Page: 1 Filed: 12/11/2020

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

ETHANOL BOOSTING SYSTEMS, LLC, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Plaintiffs-Appellants

v.

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee ______________________

2020-1472 ______________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in No. 1:19-cv-00196-CFC-SRF, Judge Colm F. Connolly. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

ANDRES HEALY, Susman Godfrey LLP, Seattle, WA, ar- gued for plaintiffs-appellants. Also represented by MATTHEW ROBERT BERRY, STEVEN M. SEIGEL; WILLIAM DANIEL O'CONNELL, New York, NY.

MICHAEL S. CONNOR, Alston & Bird LLP, Charlotte, NC, argued for defendant-appellee. Also represented by KIRK T. BRADLEY; NATALIE CHRISTINE CLAYTON, ANDREW JAMES LIGOTTI, New York, NY; BRIAN DAVID HILL, Lerner, Case: 20-1472 Document: 43 Page: 2 Filed: 12/11/2020

David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik LLP, Westfield, NJ. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (DYK, CLEVENGER, and O’MALLEY, Cir- cuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

December 11, 2020 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court