NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ IN RE: DENNIS S. FERNANDEZ, Appellant ______________________ 2016-2611 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. 12/114,113. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ DENNIS S. FERNANDEZ, Fernandez & Associates, LLP, Atherton, CA, for appellant.

NATHAN K. KELLEY, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, for appellee Michelle K. Lee. Also represented by SARAH E.

CRAVEN, MAI-TRANG DUC DANG, THOMAS W. KRAUSE, COKE MORGAN STEWART. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (DYK, O’MALLEY, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

May 10, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court