NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

ULRICH SPECK, Appellant

v.

BRIAN L. BATES, ANTHONY O. RAGHEB, JOSEPH M. STEWART, IV, WILLIAM J. BOURDEAU, BRIAN D. CHOULES, JAMES D. PURDY, NEAL E. FEARNOT, Appellees ______________________

2016-1879 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. 106,044. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

BRYAN PATRICK COLLINS, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, McLean, VA, argued for appellant. Also represented by JACK S. BARUFKA, ROBERT M. FUHRER.

CHRISTOPHER A. BROWN, Woodard, Emhardt, Mori- arty, McNett & Henry LLP, Indianapolis, IN, argued for appellees. Also represented by WILLIAM ALEX MCKENNA. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (WALLACH, HUGHES, and STOLL, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

February 13, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court