         NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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                  AUTO-DRIL, INC.,
                   Plaintiff-Appellant

                            v.

    NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO, L.P., CANRIG
        DRILLING TECHNOLOGY, LTD.,
              Defendants-Appellees
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                       2018-1991
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   Appeal from the United States District Court for the
Southern District of Texas in Nos. 4:16-cv-00280, 4:16-cv-
00293, Judge Lee H. Rosenthal.
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                      JUDGMENT
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    DAVID G. HENRY, SR., Gray Reed & McGraw LLP, Hou-
ston, TX, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented
by JAMES LAWTON REED, JR.

    BRADFORD TURNER LANEY, Raley & Bowick, LLP, Hou-
ston, TX, argued for defendants-appellees. Also repre-
sented by ROBERT MCGEE BOWICK, JR., JOHN WESLEY
RALEY, III.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

    PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, REYNA, and HUGHES, Circuit
Judges).
             AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                    ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT



 March 15, 2019                /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
     Date                      Peter R. Marksteiner
                               Clerk of Court
