       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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         ABBVIE BIOTECHNOLOGY, LTD.,
                   Appellant

                           v.

   UNITED STATES, ANDREI IANCU, UNDER
      SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DIRECTOR OF
THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK
                   OFFICE,
                  Intervenors
            ______________________

2017-2304, 2017-2305, 2017-2306, 2017-2362, 2017-2363
               ______________________

    Appeals from the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. IPR2016-
00172, IPR2016-00188, IPR2016-00189, IPR2016-00408,
IPR2016-00409.

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                     JUDGMENT
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    THOMAS SAUNDERS, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and
Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, argued for appellant. Also rep-
resented by WILLIAM G. MCELWAIN, AMY K. WIGMORE,
DAVID P. YIN; WILLIAM F. LEE, Boston, MA; WILLIAM
BARRETT RAICH, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett
& Dunner, LLP, Washington, DC; CHARLES E. LIPSEY,
STEVEN O'CONNOR, Reston, VA.

   NICHOLAS THEODORE MATICH, IV, Office of the Solicitor,
United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria,
VA, argued for intervenors. Also represented by THOMAS
W. KRAUSE, JOSEPH MATAL, MEREDITH HOPE SCHOENFELD,
KAKOLI CAPRIHAN; DENNIS FAN, JOSEPH H. HUNT, SCOTT R.
MCINTOSH, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States
Department of Justice, Washington, DC.
                 ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

    PER CURIAM (DYK, O’MALLEY, and CHEN, Circuit
Judges).
             AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                    ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT



 January 7, 2020                 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
     Date                        Peter R. Marksteiner
                                 Clerk of Court
