       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
                ______________________

          IN RE GERALD M. BENSON AND
               KENNETH L. SMITH
               ______________________

                      2012-1663
                ______________________

    Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. 09/515,978.

              ----------------------

          IN RE GERALD M. BENSON AND
               KENNETH L. SMITH
               ______________________

                      2012-1664
                ______________________

    Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. 11/061,327.
                  ______________________

                     JUDGMENT
                ______________________

    SANDRA K. NOVAK, 3M Innovative Properties Compa-
ny, of St. Paul, Minnesota, argued for appellants.
     MARY L. KELLY, Associates Solicitor, Office of the So-
licitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, of
Alexandria, Virginia, argued for appellee. With her on
the brief were RAYMOND T. CHEN, Solicitor, and BRIAN T.
RACILLA, Associate Solicitor.
                 ______________________

THESE CAUSES having been heard and considered, they
are

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:


   PER CURIAM (DYK, PROST, and REYNA, Circuit Judges).

           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                       ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


June 6, 2013              /s/ Jan Horbaly
   Date                       Jan Horbaly
                                 Clerk
