NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

ROLF DIETRICH, Appellant,

v.

DAVID J. KAPPOS, DIRECTOR, UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Appellee,

and

SHIMANO, INC., Appellee. __________________

2010-1530 (Reexamination No. 95/000,008) ______________________

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

JUDGMENT ______________________

DAVID C. PURDUE, Purdue Law Offices, LLC, of Toledo, Ohio, argued for appellant. SYDNEY O. JOHNSON, JR., Associate Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, of Alexandria, Virginia, argued for appellee. With him on the brief were RAYMOND T. CHEN, Solicitor, and THOMAS W. KRAUSE, Associate Solicitor.

DAVID L. TARNOFF, Global IP Counselors, LLP, of Washington, DC, argued for appellee Shimano, Inc. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (LOURIE, LINN, and DYK, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

June 8, 2011 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk