NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ IN RE HISATO SHINOHARA AND AKIRA SUGAWARA ____________________ 2011-1226 (Serial No. 08/169,127) ______________________ Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ ERIC J. ROBINSON, Robinson Intellectual Property Law Offices, P.C., of Fairfax, Virginia, for appellant. With him on the brief was SEAN C. FLOOD.

NATHAN K. KELLEY, Associated Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, of Alexandria, Virginia. With him on the brief were RAYMOND T. CHEN, Solicitor, and ROBERT J. MCMANUS, Associate Solicitor. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (RADER, Chief Judge, NEWMAN and DYK, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

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