NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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