NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

AUDREY M. ALBERTS, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

MICHELLE K. LEE, Deputy Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Defendant-Appellee.. ______________________

2013-1259 ______________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in No. 10-CV-1727, Judge James E. Boasberg. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

WESLEY W. MONROE, Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP, of Glendale, California, argued for plaintiff-appellant.

FARHEENA Y. RASHEED, Associate Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, of Alexandria, Virginia, argued for defendant-appellee. With her on the brief were NATHAN K. KELLEY, Acting Solicitor, and FRANCES M. LYNCH, Associate Solicitor. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (RADER, Chief Judge, NEWMAN, and DYK, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

February 5, 2014 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court