NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

IN RE: STEVEN C. CHUDIK, Appellant ______________________

2016-2171 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. 11/529,185. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

ERIC RYAN WALTMIRE, Erickson Law Group, PC, Wheaton, IL, argued for appellant. Also represented by GREGORY B. BEGGS, Law Offices of Gregory B. Beggs, Downers Grove, IL.

NATHAN K. KELLEY, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for Appellee Michelle K. Lee. Also represented by COKE MORGAN STEWART, MEREDITH HOPE SCHOENFELD, THOMAS W. KRAUSE. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, TARANTO, and CHEN, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

March 20, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court