Case: 20-1665 Document: 40 Page: 1 Filed: 02/24/2021

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

MARK W. KILBOURNE, Appellant

v.

APPLE INC., AUGUST HOME, INC., Appellees ______________________

2020-1665 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2019- 00233. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

ROBERT JAMES MCAUGHAN, JR., McAughan Deaver PLLC, Houston, TX, argued for appellant. Also repre- sented by ALBERT BERTON DEAVER, JR.

JENNIFER NOCK, Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, PC, Washington, DC, argued for appellees. Also repre- sented by JOSEPH A. HYNDS. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is Case: 20-1665 Document: 40 Page: 2 Filed: 02/24/2021

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (DYK, MAYER, and CHEN, Circuit Judg- es). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

February 24, 2021 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court