NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

IN RE: FREDERICK S. HANSEN, DAVID A. WEBB, STEPHEN ROWLAY, Appellants ______________________

2018-1595 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. 12/716,579. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

BENJAMIN LEE KIERSZ, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, McLean, VA, argued for appellants. Also represented by JACK S. BARUFKA.

MEREDITH HOPE SCHOENFELD, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for appellee Andrei Iancu. Also represented by THOMAS W. KRAUSE, WILLIAM LAMARCA. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, O’MALLEY, and CHEN, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

January 22, 2019 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court