NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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