Case: 20-2244 Document: 80 Page: 1 Filed: 11/16/2021

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

SECUREWAVE STORAGE SOLUTIONS, INC., 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 ______________________

2020-2244 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2019- 00501.

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SECUREWAVE STORAGE SOLUTIONS, INC., Appellant

v. Case: 20-2244 Document: 80 Page: 2 Filed: 11/16/2021

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 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 ______________________

2021-1194 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2019- 00932. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

MATTHEW C. PHILLIPS, Laurence & Phillips IP Law, Washington, DC, argued for appellant. Also represented by KEVIN BRENT LAURENCE, DEREK MEEKER; CRAIG ROGERS, SIMPLE IP Law, P.C., Tualatin, OR.

ANDREW RYAN SOMMER, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, McLean, VA, argued for appellee Unified Patents, LLC. Also represented by ASHRAF FAWZY, JUNG HAHM, Unified Patents, LLC, Chevy Chase, MD.

MELANIE L. BOSTWICK, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington, DC, argued for appellee Micron Technol- ogy Inc. Also represented by JARED BOBROW, JEREMY JASON LANG, Menlo Park, CA; KRISTINA MCKENNA, Boston, Case: 20-2244 Document: 80 Page: 3 Filed: 11/16/2021

MA.

MCKAYE LEA NEUMEISTER, Appellate Staff, Civil Divi- sion, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for intervenor. Also represented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, DANIEL TENNY; BENJAMIN T. HICKMAN, THOMAS W. KRAUSE, MONICA BARNES LATEEF, FARHEENA YASMEEN RASHEED, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (LOURIE, REYNA, and TARANTO, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

November 16, 2021 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court