Case: 18-1364 Document: 78 Page: 1 Filed: 01/21/2021

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

SIPCO, LLC, Appellant

v.

EMERSON ELECTRIC CO., Appellee ______________________

2018-1364 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2016- 00984. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

GREGORY J. GONSALVES, Falls Church, VA, argued for appellant. Also represented by THOMAS F. MEAGHER, Meagher Emanuel Laks Goldberg & Bovino, LLP, Prince- ton, NJ.

JAMES LAWRENCE DAVIS, JR., Ropes & Gray LLP, East Palo Alto, CA, argued for appellee. Also represented by JAMES RICHARD BATCHELDER; STEVEN PEPE, New York, NY; DOUGLAS HALLWARD-DRIEMEIER, KATHRYN C. THORNTON, Washington, DC. Case: 18-1364 Document: 78 Page: 2 Filed: 01/21/2021

BENJAMIN T. HICKMAN, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, ar- gued for amicus curiae United States. Also represented by THOMAS W. KRAUSE, MONICA BARNES LATEEF, ROBERT J. MCMANUS, FARHEENA YASMEEN RASHEED; MELISSA N. PATTERSON, JACK STARCHER, Appellate Staff, Civil Divi- sion, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

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

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

January 21, 2021 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court