NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

NFC TECHNOLOGY, LLC, Appellant

v.

JOSEPH MATAL, PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DIRECTOR, U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Intervenor ______________________

2016-1809 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2014- 01199. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

JON WRIGHT, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox, PLLC, Washington, DC, argued for appellant. Also represented by ADAM LAROCK, BRIAN LEE; ROBERT AUCHTER, McKool Smith, P.C., Washington, DC. BENJAMIN T. HICKMAN, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for intervenor Joseph Matal. Also represented by NATHAN K. KELLEY, THOMAS W. KRAUSE, JOSEPH GERARD PICCOLO, SCOTT WEIDENFELLER. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, LOURIE, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

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