Case: 21-2143 Document: 47 Page: 1 Filed: 06/09/2022

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ HERBERT E. TOWNSEND, Appellant v. BROOKS SPORTS, INC., Appellee ______________________ 2021-2143 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2018- 00577. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ STEVEN JOHN HAMPTON, McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd., Chicago, IL, argued for appellant. Also represented by HERBERT D. HART, III.

DARREN EDWARD DONNELLY, Polsinelli LLP, San Fran- cisco, CA, argued for appellee. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is Case: 21-2143 Document: 47 Page: 2 Filed: 06/09/2022

ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (REYNA, HUGHES, and STOLL, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

June 9, 2022 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court