Case: 19-1476    Document: 48     Page: 1   Filed: 02/11/2020




        NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


   United States Court of Appeals
       for the Federal Circuit
                  ______________________

                     JOHN H. FARO,
                    Petitioner-Appellant

                             v.

     ANDREI IANCU, UNDER SECRETARY OF
   COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
    AND DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES
      PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE,
              Respondent-Appellee
             ______________________

                        2019-1476
                  ______________________

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the
 Eastern District of Virginia in No. 1:18-cv-00274-AJT-
 TCB, Judge Anthony J. Trenga.
                 ______________________

                       JUDGMENT
                  ______________________

     JOHN H. FARO, Faro & Associates, Miami, FL, argued
 pro se.

     CATHERINE YANG, Office of the United States Attorney
 for the Eastern District of Virginia, United States Depart-
 ment of Justice, Alexandria, VA, argued for respondent-ap-
 pellee. Also represented by G. ZACHARY TERWILLIGER;
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 THOMAS W. KRAUSE, Office of the Solicitor, United States
 Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA.
                 ______________________

 THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

 ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

     PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, BRYSON, and REYNA, Circuit
 Judges).
                AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT



 February 11, 2020                /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
       Date                       Peter R. Marksteiner
                                  Clerk of Court
