NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ IN RE KNUT ELBERS, CHRISTIANE MEYER, MARTINA VON FREYBURG, AND GREGOR MEYERS ____________________ 2011-1286 (Serial No. 11/524,356) ______________________ Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ JULIE A. SCOTT, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., of St. Joseph, Missouri, argued for appellant.

FARHEENA Y. RASHEED, 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 ROBERT J. MCMANUS, Associate Solicitor. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (RADER, Chief Judge, O’MALLEY and REYNA, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

January 17, 2012 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk