NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

IN RE CYNTHIA Y. ROBINSON, JEFFREY S. LOUTIT, and MICHELLE M. FREEMER ____________________

2011-1277 (Serial No. 12/020,068) ______________________

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

JUDGMENT ______________________

KEVIN M. FLOWERS, Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP, of Chicago, Illinois, argued for appellants. On the brief were LI-HEIEN RIN LAURES and SHELLEY C. DANEK.

SYDNEY O. JOHNSON, JR. Associate Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, of Alexandria, Virginia, argued for appellee. With him on the brief was RAYMOND T. CHEN, Solicitor. Of counsel was BRIAN T. RACILLA, Associate Solicitor. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

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

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

February 9, 2012 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk