NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

REALVIRT, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

ANDREI IANCU, UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Defendant-Appellee ______________________

2017-1159 ______________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in No. 1:15-cv-00963-TSE- MSN, Judge T. S. Ellis, III. ______________________

Decided: August 14, 2018 ______________________

PATRICK RICHARD DELANEY, Devlin Law Firm, Wil- mington, DE, for plaintiff-appellant.

THOMAS W. KRAUSE, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, for defendant-appellee. Also represented by MICHAEL S. FORMAN, PHILIP J. WARRICK; JAYNIE RANDALL LILLEY, 2 REALVIRT, LLC v. IANCU

MARK R. FREEMAN, DANA J. BOENTE, CHAD A. READLER, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC. ______________________

Before NEWMAN, CLEVENGER, and BRYSON, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM. On September 8, 2017, this court granted Realvirt, LLC’s motion to stay proceedings in appeal no. 17-1159 pending this court’s entry of judgment, en banc, in NantKwest, Inc. v. Matal, No. 16-1794. In light of this court’s decision in NantKwest, Inc. v. Iancu, No. 2016- 1794, 2018 WL 3596124 (Fed. Cir. July 27, 2018) (en banc), the court hereby lifts the stay in appeal no. 17- 1159, vacates the judgment of the district court, and remands this case for further proceedings consistent with NantKwest. No costs.