NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

IN RE WILLIAM B. KORB, BRIAN K. DOUGLAS, and MARCELLO OLIVEIRA ______________________

2010-1030 (Serial No. 10/202,703) ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

KEVIN L. REINER, McCarter & English LLP, of Hartford, Connecticut, argued for appellants. With him on the brief was MARK D. GIARRATANA.

JOSEPH G. PICCOLO, Associate Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, of Arlington, Virginia, argued for the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. With him on the brief were RAYMOND T. CHEN, Solicitor, and ROBERT J. MCMANUS, Associate Solicitor. Of counsel were SYDNEY O. JOHNSON, JR. and THOMAS W. KRAUSE, Associate Solicitors. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (LOURIE, SCHALL, and BRYSON, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

December 10, 2010 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk