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Neister v. Eden Park Illumination, Inc., No. 24-1374 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 13, 2026)

Affirmed
Rule 36 Affirmance
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 24-1374
Decided
January 13, 2026
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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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

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, argued for appellant. Also represented by BRENT P. RAY, Chicago, IL. CASEY KRANING, Fish & Richardson P.C., Wilmington, DE, argued for appellees. Also represented by DAVID BRANDON CONRAD, LANCE E. WYATT, JR., Dallas, TX.

2THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (LOURIE and HUGHES, Circuit Judges,

and FREEMAN, District Judge1).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

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January 13, 2026

Date

Footnotes

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

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Neister v. Eden Park Illumination, Inc., No. 24-1374 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 13, 2026).

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CAFC-24-1374-20260113
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