Case: 19-2340 Document: 81 Page: 1 Filed: 01/07/2021

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

SK HYNIX INC., SK HYNIX AMERICA INC., SK HYNIX MEMORY SOLUTIONS INC., Appellants

v.

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

2019-2340 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. IPR2018- 00362, IPR2018-00363. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

JOSEPH A. MICALLEF, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, argued for appellants. Also represented by RYAN C. MORRIS, BRIAN R. NESTER, WONJOO SUH.

ROBERT MCBRIDE, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for Case: 19-2340 Document: 81 Page: 2 Filed: 01/07/2021

intervenor. Also represented by THOMAS W. KRAUSE, FARHEENA YASMEEN RASHEED, MEREDITH HOPE SCHOENFELD. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

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

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

January 7, 2021 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court