NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ SHAUN L.W. SAMUELS, Plaintiff-Appellant v. TRIVASCULAR, INC., MICHAEL V. CHOBOTOV, ROBERT G. WHIRLEY, JOSEPH W. HUMPHREY, Defendants-Appellees ______________________ 2016-1490 ______________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in No. 3:13-cv-02261-EMC, Judge Edward M. Chen. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ JAMES D. PETRUZZI, The Petruzzi Law Firm, Houston, TX, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by EVERETT G. DIEDERIKS, JR., NICHOLAS SPENCER WHITELAW, Diederiks & Whitelaw PC, Woodbridge, VA. WILLIAM H. BURGESS, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Wash- ington, DC, argued for defendants-appellees. Also repre- sented by JOHN C. O'QUINN. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (MOORE, WALLACH, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

November 3, 2016 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court