Case: 19-2206 Document: 72 Page: 1 Filed: 02/03/2021

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

CATERPILLAR INC., Appellant

v.

WIRTGEN AMERICA, INC., Appellee

ANDREW HIRSHFELD, PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Intervenor ______________________

2019-2206 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2017- 02188. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

DAVID MROZ, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington, DC, argued for appellant. Case: 19-2206 Document: 72 Page: 2 Filed: 02/03/2021

Also represented by JAMES R. BARNEY, JOSHUA GOLDBERG.

RYAN D. LEVY, Patterson Intellectual Property Law, PC, Nashville, TN, argued for appellee. Also represented by MARK ANDREW KILGORE, SETH R. OGDEN, WILLIAM E. SEKYI, JOHN FRANCIS TRIGGS; RALPH WILSON POWERS, III, JON WRIGHT, DANIEL YONAN, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox, PLLC, Washington, DC.

MAI-TRANG DUC DANG, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, for intervenor. Also represented by THOMAS W. KRAUSE, FARHEENA YASMEEN RASHEED. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

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

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

February 3, 2021 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court