*1 N OTE : This disposition is nonprecedential.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

BLACK & DECKER (U.S.), INC., STANLEY BLACK

& DECKER, INC., Appellees ______________________ 2016-2498 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2015- 00468.

______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ S COTT R. R OWLAND , GableGotwals, Tulsa, OK, argued for appellant. Also represented by A MELIA A. F OGLEMAN , F RANK J. C ATALANO , A LICIA E DWARDS , P AUL R OSSLER .

B RYAN P ATRICK C OLLINS , Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, McLean, VA, argued for appellees. Also represented by J ACK S. B ARUFKA , M ICHAEL K ARL H EINS .

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

P ER C URIAM (D YK , M OORE , and T ARANTO , Circuit Judges ).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36. E NTERED BY O RDER OF THE C OURT September 7, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner

Clerk of Court