NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

IN RE: JOHN NICHOLAS GROSS, Appellant ______________________

2014-1429 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. 10/771,094. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

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

JOSEPH GERARD PICCOLO, 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, MARY L. KELLY, SYDNEY O. JOHNSON, JR., 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