Seadrill Americas, Inc., Seadrill Gulf Operations Auriga, LLC, Seadrill Gulf… v. Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc.

N OTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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SEADRILL AMERICAS, INC., SEADRILL GULF
OPERATIONS AURIGA, LLC, SEADRILL GULF
OPERATIONS VELA, LLC, SEADRILL GULF
OPERATIONS NEPTUNE, LLC,
Appellants
v.
TRANSOCEAN OFFSHORE DEEPWATER
DRILLING, INC.,
Appellee
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2017-2126, 2017-2127, 2017-2129
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Appeals from the United States Patent and Trade-
mark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos.
IPR2015-01929, IPR2015-01989, IPR2015-01990.
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JUDGMENT
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MATTHEW G. REEVES , Locke Lord LLP, Houston, TX,
argued for appellants. Also represented by CHARLES
BAKER , D ANIEL G. N GUYEN.
CHARLES BRUCE WALKER, J R., Norton Rose Fulbright
US LLP, Houston, TX, argued for appellee. Also repre-

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sented by MARK F RANCIS EBERHARD; STEPHANIE D EBROW,
MARK T. G ARRETT , WILLIAM ANDREW L IDDELL , Austin, TX;
J ONATHAN S. F RANKLIN, Washington, DC.
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T HIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
O RDERED and A DJUDGED:
P ER CURIAM (P ROST , Chief Judge, WALLACH and
HUGHES , Circuit Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY O RDER OF THE COURT
June 13, 2018 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
Date Peter R. Marksteiner
Clerk of Court

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