NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

IN RE: JOHN NICHOLAS GROSS, Appellant ______________________

2014-1474 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. 10/770,767. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

JOHN NICHOLAS GROSS, Law Office of J. Nicholas Gross, Berkeley, CA, argued pro se.

SYDNEY O. JOHNSON, JR., Office of the Solicitor, Unit- ed States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for appellee Michelle K. Lee. Also represented by NATHAN K. KELLEY, JOSEPH GERARD PICCOLO, THOMAS W. KRAUSE, JOSEPH MATAL. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, LOURIE and TARANTO, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

May 12, 2015 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court