       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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    IN RE: JAGADESHWAR REDDY NOMULA,
                    Appellant
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                      2016-2735
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    Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. 13/208,338.
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                     JUDGMENT
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   JUNDONG MA, JDM Patent Law PLLC, Riverdale
Park, MD, argued for appellant.

   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, JOSEPH GERARD PICCOLO.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

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

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


 September 18, 2017            /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
        Date                   Peter R. Marksteiner
                               Clerk of Court
