Case: 20-1158 Document: 48 Page: 1 Filed: 09/02/2020

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ IN RE: HARITHA SAMARANAYAKE, JERE PIKKARAINEN, ANN-MARIE MAATTA, SEPPO YLA-HERTTUALA, Appellants ______________________ 2020-1158 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. 13/877,246. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ J. MARK POHL, Pharmaceutical Patent Attorneys, LLC, Morristown, NJ, argued for appellants.

AMY J. NELSON, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for appellee Andrei Iancu. Also represented by MARY L.

KELLY, THOMAS W. KRAUSE. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: Case: 20-1158 Document: 48 Page: 2 Filed: 09/02/2020

PER CURIAM (DYK, O’MALLEY, and REYNA, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

September 2, 2020 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court