NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ IN RE: NICK C. KRAVITCH, Appellant ______________________ 2017-2208 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. 12/074,935. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ JOHN MINOR ADAMS, Price & Adams PC, Pittsburgh, PA, argued for appellant.

COKE MORGAN STEWART, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for appellee Andrei Iancu. Also represented by NATHAN K. KELLEY, MARY L. KELLY, THOMAS W. KRAUSE, MOLLY R. SILFEN. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (MOORE, CHEN, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

June 7, 2018 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court