Case: 20-1319 Document: 66 Page: 1 Filed: 11/03/2022

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

SIGNATURE SYSTEMS, LLC, Appellant

v.

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC., Appellees

KATHERINE K. VIDAL, UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Intervenor ______________________

2020-1319 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. CBM2018- 00035. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

EDWARD A. PENNINGTON, Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP, Washington, DC, argued for appellant. Also Case: 20-1319 Document: 66 Page: 2 Filed: 11/03/2022

represented by JOHN P. MOY.

JOHN D. VANDENBERG, Klarquist Sparkman, LLP, Port- land, OR, argued for appellees. Also represented by ROBERT TODD CRUZEN, SARAH ELISABETH JELSEMA, TODD M. SIEGEL.

PETER JOHN SAWERT, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, for intervenor. Also represented by KAKOLI CAPRIHAN, THOMAS W. KRAUSE, FARHEENA YASMEEN RASHEED. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (MOORE, Chief Judge, PROST and TARANTO, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

November 3, 2022 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court