NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

IN RE: JOERG ROCKENBERGER, MAO TAKASHIMA, FABIO ZURCHER, KEVIN HUBERT, KLAUS KUNZE, WENZHUO GUO, BRENT RIDLEY, Appellants ______________________

2017-1035 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. 10/789,274. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

ANDREW DAVID FORTNEY, Central California IP Group, PC, Fresno, CA, argued for appellants.

BRIAN RACILLA, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for appellee Joseph Matal. Also represented by NATHAN K. KELLEY, THOMAS W. KRAUSE, ROBERT MCBRIDE. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (TARANTO, CLEVENGER, and STOLL, Cir- cuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

November 14, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court