Case: 22-1644 Document: 56 Page: 1 Filed: 01/11/2024

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

MARTIN KUSTER, Appellant

v.

WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION, WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., SANDISK LLC, Cross-Appellants ______________________

2022-1644, 2022-1645, 2022-1713 ______________________

Appeals from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. IPR2020- 01391, IPR2020-01410. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

DAVID A. REED, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Atlanta, GA, argued for appellant. Also represented by RUSSELL KORN, ANDREW N. SAUL; FREDERICK LEE WHITMER, New York, NY.

L. KIERAN KIECKHEFER, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco, CA, argued for cross-appellants. Also rep- resented by BRIAN BUROKER, Washington, DC; BLAINE H. EVANSON, Irvine, CA. Case: 22-1644 Document: 56 Page: 2 Filed: 01/11/2024

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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

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

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

January 11, 2024 Date