Case: 19-1559 Document: 59 Page: 1 Filed: 03/16/2020

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ IN RE: NITESH RATNAKAR, Appellant ______________________ 2019-1559 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. 12/172,237. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ JUNDONG MA, Jdm Patent Law PLLC, Columbia, MD, argued for appellant.

MONICA BARNES LATEEF, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, ar- gued for appellee Andrei Iancu. Also represented by SARAH E. CRAVEN, THOMAS W. KRAUSE. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, LOURIE, and O’MALLEY, Cir- cuit Judges).

Case: 19-1559 Document: 59 Page: 2 Filed: 03/16/2020

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

March 16, 2020 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court