NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ IN RE: KELLY K. HOUSTON, Appellant ______________________ 2018-1773 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. 90/013,530. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ LARRY L. COATS, Coats & Bennett, PLLC, Cary, NC, ar- gued for appellant. Also represented by BRANDEE NICOLE WOOLARD.

MOLLY R. SILFEN, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for appellee Andrei Iancu. Also represented by MICHAEL S.

FORMAN, JOSEPH MATAL, THOMAS W. KRAUSE. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, MAYER, and DYK, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

February 19, 2019 /s/Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court