Case: 20-1411 Document: 68 Page: 1 Filed: 01/12/2021

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

VELLIYUR NOTT MALLIKARJU RAO, ALLEN CAPRON SIEVERT, Appellants

v.

JOHN W. SMITH, CLAIRE MCGUINESS, ANDREW P. SHARRATT, Appellees ______________________

2020-1411 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. 106,099. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

DIPU A. DOSHI, Blank Rome LLP, Washington, DC, ar- gued for appellants. Also represented by MEGAN R. WOOD; JAY PHILIP LESSLER, New York, NY.

BLAIR A. SILVER, Banner & Witcoff, Ltd., Washington, DC, argued for appellees. Also represented by JOSEPH J. BERGHAMMER, KEVIN DAM, ERIC J. HAMP, MICHAEL L. KRASHIN, Chicago, IL. ______________________ Case: 20-1411 Document: 68 Page: 2 Filed: 01/12/2021

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, CLEVENGER and DYK, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

January 12, 2021 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court