Case: 23-1937 Document: 46 Page: 1 Filed: 02/07/2025

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

SHELL USA, INC., FKA SHELL OIL COMPANY, Appellant

v.

SCIENTIFIC DESIGN LLC, FKA SCIENTIFIC DESIGN CO., INC., Appellee ______________________

2023-1937, 2023-1938, 2023-1939 ______________________

Appeals from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. IPR2021- 01537, IPR2022-00158, IPR2022-00159. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

NATHAN R. SPEED, Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C., Bos- ton, MA, argued for appellant. Also represented by RICHARD F. GIUNTA, GERALD B. HRYCYSZYN.

CATHERINE EMILY STETSON, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, DC, argued for appellee. Also represented by CELINE JIMENEZ CROWSON, WILLIAM HAVEMANN, NICHOLAS ROTZ; JOHANNAH CASSEL-WALKER, San Francisco, CA; Case: 23-1937 Document: 46 Page: 2 Filed: 02/07/2025

BENJAMIN C. HSING, Venable LLP, New York, NY; JUSTIN J. OLIVER, Washington, DC. ______________________

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

February 7, 2025 Date