NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

KOMATSU LTD., Appellant

v.

THE AMERICAN TORCH TIP CO., Appellee ______________________

2017-1696 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. 95/002,300. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

DAVID TARNOFF, Global IP Counselors LLP, Washing- ton, DC, argued for appellant. Also represented by MICHAEL THOMAS MURPHY, SUZANNE KONRAD.

MARK FERANDO RUBIO, American Torch Tip, Co., Bradenton, FL, argued for appellee. Also represented by SERGEY VERNYUK, Emerson Thomson Bennett, Akron, OH. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

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

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

February 8, 2018 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court