U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2026

Neister v. Eden Park Illumination, Inc.

Neister v. Eden Park Illumination, Inc.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · Decided January 13, 2026
Neister v. Eden Park Illumination, Inc.

Opinion

Case: 24-1374 Document: 73 Page: 1 Filed: 01/13/2026

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ S. EDWARD NEISTER, Appellant v. EDEN PARK ILLUMINATION, INC., LARSON ELECTRONICS LLC, FAR UV TECHNOLOGIES, INC., USHIO AMERICA, INC., Appellees ______________________ 2024-1374 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2022- 00381. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ ABBY PARSONS, Arnold & Porter LLP, Houston, TX, ar- gued for appellant. Also represented by BRENT P. RAY, Chi- cago, IL.

CASEY KRANING, Fish & Richardson P.C., Wilmington, DE, argued for appellees. Also represented by DAVID BRANDON CONRAD, LANCE E. WYATT, JR., Dallas, TX. ______________________ Case: 24-1374 Document: 73 Page: 2 Filed: 01/13/2026

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (LOURIE and HUGHES, Circuit Judges, and FREEMAN, District Judge 1).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

January 13, 2026 Date

Honorable Beth Labson Freeman, District Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of California, sitting by designation.

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