       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


United States Court of Appeals
    for the Federal Circuit
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   BARNHARDT MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
             Plaintiff-Appellant,

                           v.

           ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, INC.,
                 Defendant-Appellee.
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                      2010-1398
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       Appeal from the United States District Court for
   the Western District of North Carolina in No. 08-CV-
   0617, Judge Frank D. Whitney.
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                     JUDGMENT
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   W. THAD ADAMS, III, Adams Intellectual Property Law,
of Charlotte, North Carolina, argued for plaintiff-
appellant.

    JEFFREY A. MCINTYRE, Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek
S.C., of Madison, Wisconsin, argued for defendant-
appellee.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

    PER CURIAM (RADER, Chief Judge, DYK and PROST,
Circuit Judges).


           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


February 8, 2011        /s/ Jan Horbaly
    Date                    Jan Horbaly
                               Clerk
