Case: 21-1166 Document: 55 Page: 1 Filed: 01/18/2022

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Appellant

v.

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, 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 ______________________

2021-1166 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2016- 01289. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

CHRISTOPHER DRYER, Fish & Richardson PC, Washing- ton, DC, argued for appellant. Also represented by LAUREN Case: 21-1166 Document: 55 Page: 2 Filed: 01/18/2022

ANN DEGNAN, JARED HARTZMAN, WALTER KARL RENNER.

CHRISTOPHER PEPE, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Washington, DC, argued for appellee. Also represented by ANISH R. DESAI, New York, NY.

PETER JOHN SAWERT, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, ar- gued for intervenor. Also represented by DANIEL KAZHDAN, THOMAS W. KRAUSE, MAUREEN DONOVAN QUELER, FARHEENA YASMEEN RASHEED, MOLLY R. SILFEN. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

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

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

January 18, 2022 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court