NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

MIDDLETON, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, (also known as 3M Company) Defendant-Appellee.

______________________

2012-1283 ______________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa in No. 03-CV-40493, Judge Mark W. Bennett. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

GEORGE C. SUMMERFIELD, JR., Stadheim & Grear Ltd., of Chicago, Illinois, agued for the plaintiff-appellant. With him on the brief were JOSEPH A. GREAR and KEITH A. VOGT. DAVID J.F. GROSS, of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, argued for defendant-appellee. With him on the brief were JAMES W. PORADEK, TIMOTHY E. GRIMSRUD, CHRISTOPHER J. BURRELL and KATHERINE S. RAZAVI. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (RADER, Chief Judge, LOURIE and MOORE, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

February 21, 2013 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk