Case: 20-1442 Document: 81 Page: 1 Filed: 03/02/2021

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

BARKAN WIRELESS IP HOLDINGS, L.P., Appellant

v.

UNIFIED PATENTS, LLC, 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 ______________________

2020-1442 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2018- 01186. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

BLAINE LARSON, Heim, Payne and Chorush LLP, Hou- ston, TX, argued for appellant. Also represented by Case: 20-1442 Document: 81 Page: 2 Filed: 03/02/2021

MICHAEL F. HEIM, ROBERT ALLAN BULLWINKEL.

RAGHAV BAJAJ, Haynes & Boone, LLP, Austin, TX, ar- gued for appellee. Also represented by THOMAS W. KELTON, DEBRA JANECE MCCOMAS, DAVID L. MCCOMBS, DAVID M. O'DELL, Dallas, TX; ANGELA OLIVER, Washington, DC; ROSHAN MANSINGHANI, JONATHAN RUDOLPH KOMINEK STROUD, Unified Patents, LLC, Washington, DC.

MEREDITH HOPE SCHOENFELD, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for intervenor. Also represented by MICHAEL S. FORMAN, THOMAS W. KRAUSE, FARHEENA YASMEEN RASHEED. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

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

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

March 2, 2021 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court