NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ MONSANTO COMPANY AND MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. LOREN DAVID, Defendant-Appellant.

____________________ 2012-1128 ______________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in Case No. 04-CV-0425, Judge Henry E. Autrey. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ MARK G. ARNOLD, Husch Blackwell, LLP, of St. Louis, Missouri, argued for plaintiffs-appellees. With him on the brief was JOSEPH C. ORLET.

PAUL A. SORTLAND, Sortland Law Office, PLLC, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, argued for defendant-appellant. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (LOURIE, CLEVENGER, and BRYSON, Circuit Judges.

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

November 15, 2012 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk