NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

SIRONA DENTAL SYSTEMS, INC., Appellant,

v.

DAVID J. KAPPOS, DIRECTOR, UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Appellee,

and

3M ESPE AG, Appellee. ____________________

2012-1097 (Reexamination No. 95/000,390) ______________________

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

JUDGMENT ______________________

JOHN D. CARPENTER, Law Office of John D. Carpenter, of Pasadena, California, argued for the appellant. Of counsel on the brief was DAVID A. DILLARD, Christie, Parker & Hale LLP, of Glendale, California.

LYNNE E. PETTIGREW, Associate Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, of Alexandria, Virginia argued for appellee United States Patent and Trademark Office. With her on the brief were RAYMOND T. CHEN, Solicitor, and FARHEENA Y. RASHEED, Associate Solicitor. Of counsel was BENJAMIN D.M. WOOD.

PAMELA STEWART, 3M Innovative Properties Company, of St. Paul, Minnesota, argued for the appellee 3M ESPE AG. Of counsel on the brief was JOHN C. ADKISSON, Fish & Richardson, P.C., of Minneapolis, Minnesota. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, PROST, and MOORE, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

August 20, 2012 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk