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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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