NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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