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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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

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

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