Case: 21-1708 Document: 32 Page: 1 Filed: 11/03/2021

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

GILBERT P. HYATT, Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, ANDREW HIRSHFELD, PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Defendants-Appellees ______________________

2021-1708 ______________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in No. 1:18-cv-00546-TSE- MSN, Judge T. S. Ellis, III. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

ANDREW M. GROSSMAN, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Wash- ington, DC, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also repre- sented by MARK W. DELAQUIL. Case: 21-1708 Document: 32 Page: 2 Filed: 11/03/2021

PETER JOHN SAWERT, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, ar- gued for defendants-appellees. Also represented by JESSICA ABER, THOMAS W. KRAUSE, ROBERT J. MCMANUS, RAJ PAREKH, MICHAEL TYLER. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (PROST, REYNA, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

November 3, 2021 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court