NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

IN RE FOLKER LIEB, HERMANN HAGEMANN, ARNO WIDDIG, MICHAEL RUTHER, REINER FISCHER, THOMAS BRETSCHNEIDER, CHRISTOPH ERDELEN, ULRIKE WACHENDORRF- NEUMANN, PETER DAHMEN, MARKUS DOLLINGER, HANS-JOACHIM SANTEL, ALAN GRAFF, WOLFRAM ANDERSCH, NORBERT MENCKE, AND ANDREAS TURBERG (REAL PARTY IN INTEREST BAYER AG)

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2011-1076 ____________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in Serial No. 10/903,550. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

MARK D. MARIN, Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A., of New York, New York, argued for appellant.

FARHEENA Y. RASHEED, Associate Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, of Alexandria, Virginia, argued for appellee. With her on the brief were RAYMOND T. CHEN, Solicitor and JANET A. GONGOLA, Associate Solicitor. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (BRYSON, LINN, and O’MALLEY, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

June 9, 2011 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk