NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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