       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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                SONY CORPORATION,
                      Appellant

                            v.

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

                       2018-1173
                 ______________________

    Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2016-
00835.
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                      JUDGMENT
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    SCOTT ANTHONY MCKEOWN, Ropes & Gray LLP, Wash-
ington, DC, argued for appellant. Also represented by
DOUGLAS HALLWARD-DRIEMEIER; HENRY HUANG, East Palo
Alto, CA.

    LORE A. UNT, Office of the Solicitor, United States Pa-
tent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for
intervenor. Also represented by THOMAS W. KRAUSE,
ROBERT MCBRIDE.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

     PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, NEWMAN and DYK,
Circuit Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                        ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


February 13, 2019               /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
      Date                      Peter R. Marksteiner
                                Clerk of Court
