Case: 22-1804 Document: 21 Page: 1 Filed: 09/15/2022

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

JOHN H. FARO, Petitioner-Appellant

v.

KATHERINE K. VIDAL, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Respondent-Appellee ______________________

2022-1804 ______________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in No. 1:18-cv-00274-AJT- TCB, Judge Anthony J. Trenga. ______________________

ORDER The appellant having failed to file the brief required by Federal Circuit Rule 31(a) within the time permitted by the rules, it is Case: 22-1804 Document: 21 Page: 2 Filed: 09/15/2022

2 FARO V. VIDAL

ORDERED that the notice of appeal be, and the same hereby is, DISMISSED, for failure to prosecute in accordance with the rules.

FOR THE COURT

September 15, 2022 Date /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court

ISSUED AS A MANDATE: September 15, 2022