         NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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                    CHRISTY, INC.,
                      Appellant

                            v.

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

                        2016-2499
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    Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2015-
00472.
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   Before DYK, MOORE, and TARANTO, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM.
                       ORDER
   Upon consideration of the above-captioned appeal,
   IT IS ORDERED THAT:
   1) Appeal 2016-2499 is dismissed as moot.
   2) No costs.
2              CHRISTY, INC.   v. BLACK & DECKER (U.S.), INC.



                                 FOR THE COURT

September 7, 2017                 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
      Date                        Peter R. Marksteiner
                                  Clerk of Court
