NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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