Case: 23-2101 Document: 61 Page: 1 Filed: 07/11/2025

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ AMERICAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, INC., Appellant v. COKE MORGAN STEWART, ACTING UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Intervenor ______________________ 2023-2101 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2022- 00027. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ AARON E. HANKEL, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Kan- sas City, MO, argued for appellant. Also represented by KYLE E. FRIESEN, Houston, TX.

WILLIAM LAMARCA, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, Case: 23-2101 Document: 61 Page: 2 Filed: 07/11/2025

argued for intervenor. Also represented by OMAR FAROOQ AMIN, PETER J. AYERS, AMY J. NELSON. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (MOORE, Chief Judge, LINN and CUNNINGHAM, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

July 11, 2025 Date