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Shell USA, Inc. v. Scientific Design LLC, No. 23-1937 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 7, 2025)

Affirmed
Rule 36 Affirmance
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 23-1937
Decided
February 7, 2025
Judge
Per curiam (Rule 36)
Document
Rule 36 Judgment
Length
2 pages
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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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., Boston, 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;

2BENJAMIN 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

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