*1 N OTE : This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ WORLDWIDE OILFIELD MACHINE, INC., Appellant v.

AMERIFORGE GROUP, INC.,

Appellee ______________________ 2016-2344 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2015- 00233.

______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ A ARON E. H OMER , Hirsch & Westheimer, PC, Hou- ston, TX, argued for appellant. Also represented by S ANDEEP S ETH , SethLaw, Houston, TX.

E AGLE H OWARD R OBINSON , Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Austin, TX, argued for appellee. Also represented by S TEPHANIE D E B ROW , M ARK T. G ARRETT ; J ONATHAN S. F RANKLIN , Washington, DC; C HARLES B RUCE W ALKER , J R ., Houston, TX.

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T HIS C AUSE having been heard and considered, it is O RDERED and A DJUDGED :

P ER C URIAM (M OORE , C HEN , and H UGHES , Circuit Judges ).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36. E NTERED BY O RDER OF THE C OURT October 24, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner

Clerk of Court