*1 N OTE : This disposition is nonprecedential.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

HOPKINS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION, THE COAST DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM INC., Appellees ______________________ 2016-2701 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2015- 00609.

______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ D AVID B OGDAN C UPAR , McDonald Hopkins LLC, Cleveland, OH, argued for appellant. Also represented by M ATTHEW J OHN C AVANAGH .

S COTT R. B ROWN , Hovey Williams LLP, Overland Park, KS, argued for appellees. Also represented by M ATTHEW B. W ALTERS .

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

P ER C URIAM (N EWMAN , O’M ALLEY , and W ALLACH , Circuit Judges ).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36. E NTERED BY O RDER OF THE C OURT November 20, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteinter Date Peter R. Marksteiner

Clerk of Court