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Centripetal Networks, LLC v. Keysight Technologies, Inc., No. 24-1930 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 12, 2026)

Affirmed
Rule 36 Affirmance
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 24-1930
Decided
January 12, 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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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

CENTRIPETAL NETWORKS, LLC,

Appellant

v.

KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,

Appellee

2024-1930

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2022-01607.

JUDGMENT

ANDREI IANCU, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Los Angeles, CA, argued for appellant. Also represented by AVIV S. HALPERN, Palo Alto, CA; DANIEL J. RICHARDSON, JEFFREY B. WALL, Washington, DC; LAURIE STEMPLER, New York, NY; PAUL J. ANDRE, JAMES R. HANNAH, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP, Redwood Shores, CA; JEFFREY PRICE, New York, NY. JONATHAN IAIN MAX DETRIXHE, Reed Smith LLP, San Francisco, CA, argued for appellee. Also represented by

2JONAH D. MITCHELL; GERARD M. DONOVAN, Washington, DC; JAMES CHRISTOPHER MARTIN, Pittsburgh, PA. THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (Before REYNA and CHEN, Circuit

Judges, and FREEMAN, District Judge.1)

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

Figure on page 2 of the opinion

January 12, 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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Centripetal Networks, LLC v. Keysight Technologies, Inc., No. 24-1930 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 12, 2026).

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CAFC-24-1930-20260112
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