NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

IN RE MAUREEN A. HOWARD ______________________

2014-1137 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Serial No. 11/209,266. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

ROBERT R. AXENFELD, O’Kelly Ernst & Bielli, LLC, of Wilmington, Delaware, argued for appellant.

MICHAEL S. FORMAN, Associate Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, of Alexandria, Virginia, argued for appellee. With him on the brief were NATHAN K. KELLEY, Solicitor, and FRANCES M. LYNCH, Associate Solicitor. Of counsel was JEREMIAH HELM, Associate Solicitor. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (TARANTO, BRYSON, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

November 13, 2014 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court