       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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          IN RE: C. DOUGLASS THOMAS,
                      Appellant
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                      2017-1149
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    Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. 13/099,285.
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                     JUDGMENT
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   C. DOUGLASS THOMAS, IpVenture, Los Altos, CA, ar-
gued pro se.

   FARHEENA YASMEEN RASHEED, Office of the Solicitor,
United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria,
VA, argued for appellee Joseph Matal. Also represented by
NATHAN K. KELLEY, JEREMIAH HELM, THOMAS W. KRAUSE.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
   PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, CLEVENGER and
DYK, Circuit Judges).
          AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                     ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


 December 13, 2017         /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
      Date                 Peter R. Marksteiner
                           Clerk of Court
