       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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           IN RE: LAWRENCE A. ELLIS,
                      Appellant
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                      2016-2372
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    Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. 12/567,063.
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                     JUDGMENT
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   MICHAEL LAWRENCE OLIVERIO, Polsinelli PC, Boston,
MA, argued for appellant.

    PHILIP J. WARRICK, Office of the Solicitor, United
States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA,
argued for appellee Joseph Matal. Also represented by
NATHAN K. KELLEY, THOMAS W. KRAUSE, MONICA BARNES
LATEEF.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
    PER CURIAM (MOORE, O’MALLEY, and WALLACH, Cir-
cuit 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
