       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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                   JOHN H. FARO,
                  Petitioner-Appellant

                           v.

JOSEPH MATAL, PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS
 AND DUTIES OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF
 COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
 AND DIRECTOR, U.S. PATENT & TRADEMARK
                 OFFICE,
            Respondent-Appellee
           ______________________

                      2016-2716
                ______________________

   Appeal from the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Virginia in No. 1:16-cv-00320-GBL-
TCB, Judge Gerald Bruce Lee.
                ______________________

                     JUDGMENT
                ______________________

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

   ANDREW SUN HAN, Office of the United States Attor-
ney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria, VA,
argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by
DANA J. BOENTE.
                ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:



   PER CURIAM (MOORE, PLAGER, and STOLL, Circuit
Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


 October 4, 2017              /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
     Date                     Peter R. Marksteiner
                              Clerk of Court
