  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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 FRANCESCA COSTANTINO, ROBERTO LENNA,
            AND SILVIA PIURI,
                Appellants,

                            v.

       CARSTEN SEILZ AND HARTMUT SEBA,
                    Appellees.
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                       2012-1511
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    Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in
Interference No. 105,788.

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                      JUDGMENT
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   DOUGLAS J. GILBERT, Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP, of
New York, New York, argued for appellants. Of counsel
on the brief were JEFFREY A. SCHWAB and JAY S.
CINAMON, Abelman, Frayne & Schwab, of New York, New
York.

    ADAM K. MORTARA, Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar &
Scott, LLP, of Chicago, Illinois, argued for appellees. Of
counsel on the brief were ANTHONY J. ZELANO, BRION P.
HEANEY, and JOHN A. SOPP, Millen, White, Zelano &
Branigan PC, of Arlington, Virginia.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

   PER CURIAM (LOURIE, BRYSON, and DYK, Circuit
Judges).

           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


March 12, 2013               /s/ Jan Horbaly
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