NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

IN RE EDMUND M. CARNAHAN, DAVID D. DEVORE, GREGORY M. GODZIELA, PAUL C. VOSEJPKA, BURKHARD E. WAGNER, AND JOSEPH N. COALTER, III

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2011-1324 (Serial No. 11/632,371) ______________________

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

JUDGMENT ______________________

RAY ASHBURG, The Dow Chemical Company Intellectual Property Law, of Freeport, Texas, argued for appellant. With him on the brief were JAMES T. HOPPE and JENNIFER A. CARNAHAN.

FARHEENA Y. RASHEED, Associate Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, of Alexandria, Virginia, argued for appellee. With him on the brief were RAYMOND T. CHEN, Solicitor and KRISTI L. R. SAWERT, Associate Solicitor. Of counsel was FRANCES M. LYNCH, Associate Solicitor. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (RADER, Chief Judge, LOURIE and REYNA, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

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