       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


United States Court of Appeals
    for the Federal Circuit
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                THOMAS J. YORKEY,
                    Appellant,

                           v.

    MOHAMED K. DIAB, ESMAIEL KIANI-
 AZRBAYJANY, IBRAHIM M. ELFADEL, REX J.
MCCARTHY, WALTER M. WEBER, and ROBERT A.
                 SMITH,
                Appellees.
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                       2011-1360
               (Interference No. 105,471)
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    Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.
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                     JUDGMENT
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   LAURENCE S. ROGERS, Ropes & Gray, of New York,
New York, argued for appellant. With him on the brief
was STUART W. YOTHERS.

    JOSEPH R. RE, Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP,
of Irvine, California, argued for appellees. With him on
the brief were BRENTON R. BABCOCK and JAROM D.
KESLER. Of counsel was IRFAN A. LATEEF.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

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

           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT



March 9, 2012                /s/ Jan Horbaly
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