NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ IN RE: F. LEO HICKEY, Appellant ______________________ 2014-1682 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. 11/796,695. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ THOMAS J. WIMBISCUS, McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd., Chicago, IL, argued for appellant. Also represented by GEORGE WHEELER, ALEJANDRO MENCHACA.

FRANCES LYNCH, United States Patent and Trade- mark Office, Office of the Solicitor, Alexandria, VA, ar- gued for appellee. Also represented by JEREMIAH HELM, NATHAN K. KELLEY, THOMAS W. KRAUSE. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (O’MALLEY, WALLACH, and GILSTRAP *, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

April 10, 2015 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court

* The Honorable Rodney Gilstrap, District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, sitting by designation.