NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

CHRISTOPHER JOHN RUDY, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

MICHELLE K. LEE, Deputy Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office, DEPUTY UNDERSECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, AND BARACK OBAMA, in capacity as President of the United States or under color of the Office of President and individually, Defendants-Appellees. ______________________

2014-1056 ______________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in No. 1:13-cv-00278-LMB- TCB, Judge Leonie M. Brinkema. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

CHRISTOPHER JOHN RUDY, of Port Huron, Michigan, pro se. KIMERE J. KIMBALL, Special Assistant, United States Attorney, of Alexandria, Virginia, for defendants- appellees. With her on the brief were DANA J. BOENTE, Acting United States Attorney, and BENJAMIN T. HICKMAN, Special Assistant, United States Attorney. Of counsel on the brief were MONICA B. LATEEF and COKE MORGAN STEWART, Associate Solicitors. Of counsel was NATHAN K. KELLEY, Solicitor, ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (LOURIE, CLEVENGER, and DYK, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

April 11, 2014 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court