*1 N OTE : This disposition is nonprecedential.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

MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION, Appellee ______________________ 2015-2056 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2014- 00287.

______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ E RIC S HUMSKY , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington, DC, argued for appellant. Also represented by J EREMY P ETERMAN ; T RAVIS J ENSEN , A NTHONY T ARTAGLIO , Menlo Park, CA; B RIAN P HILIP G OLDMAN , San Francisco, CA.

A NDREW M. M ASON , Klarquist Sparkman, LLP, Port- land, OR, argued for appellee. Also represented by J EFFREY S. L OVE , J OHN D. V ANDENBERG .

______________________ *2 T HIS C AUSE having been heard and considered, it is O RDERED and A DJUDGED :

P ER C URIAM (N EWMAN , C LEVENGER , and D YK , Circuit Judges ).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36. E NTERED BY O RDER OF THE C OURT October 11, 2016 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner

Clerk of Court