NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS, LTD., Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

MICHELLE K. LEE, Deputy Director, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Under Secretary of Com- merce for Intellectual Property, Defendant-Appellee. ______________________

2014-1086 ______________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in No. 1:10-cv-01145-RJL, Judge Richard J. Leon. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

THOMAS HOXIE, Hoxie & Associates, LLC, of Millburn, New Jersey, argued for plaintiff-appellant.

ABBY C. WRIGHT, Attorney, Appellate Staff, Civil Divi- sion, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. With her on the brief were STUART F. DELERY, Assistant Attorney General, RONALD C. MACHEN, JR., SCOTT MCINTOSH, and DANA KAERSVANG, Attorneys. Of counsel on the brief were NATHAN K. KELLEY, Deputy General Counsel for Intellec- tual Property Law and Solicitor, MICHAEL S. FORMAN and BRIAN T. RACILLA, Associate Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, of Alexandria, Virginia. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

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

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

May 9, 2014 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court