NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

INTERVET INC., MERCK & CO., INC., Appellants

v.

E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY, Appellee ______________________

2016-2131 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. 106,016. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

JANELLE WAACK, Bass, Berry & Sims, PLC, Washing- ton, DC, argued for appellants. Also represented by TERRY LYNN CLARK, BRIAN IVERSON; RICHARD GREGORY PARKER, Nashville, TN.

FRANK G. SMITH, III, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA, argued for appellee. Also represented by MATTHEW WOLFF HOWELL; ROBERT STEPHEN RIGG, Vedder Price PC, Chica- go, IL; THOMAS J. KOWALSKI, New York, NY; JUDY DE LEON JARECKI-BLACK, Merial Inc., Duluth, GA. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (MOORE, O’MALLEY, and REYNA, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

May 3, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court