       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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  IN RE: NICHOLAS WILLIAM FERRI, DAVID J.
                   EARLEY,
                   Appellants
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                      2016-1877
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    Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. 13/160,823.
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                     JUDGMENT
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   DANIEL P. HOMILLER, Murphy, Bilak & Homiller,
PLLC, Cary, NC, argued for appellants.

    JOSEPH GERARD PICCOLO, Office of the Solicitor, Unit-
ed States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA,
argued for appellee Michelle K. Lee. Also represented by
NATHAN K. KELLEY, THOMAS W. KRAUSE, SARAH E.
CRAVEN.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
   PER CURIAM (MOORE, TARANTO, and CHEN, Circuit
Judges).
          AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                     ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


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