NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

IN RE CLINT J. COLLINS, LAWRENCE J. ERTZ, AND JONATHAN J. TIEMEIER

____________________ 2011-1293 (Serial No. 11/033,533) ______________________ Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ EVERETT G. DIEDERIKS, JR., Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC, of Woodbridge, Virginia, argued for appellants. Of counsel was NICHOLAS S. WHITELAW.

WILLIAM LAMARCA, 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 CHRISTINA J. HIEBER, Associate Solicitor. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (LOURIE, MOORE, and REYNA, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

February 10, 2012 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk