Case: 22-2023 Document: 6 Page: 1 Filed: 12/01/2022

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ In re: DILLIS V. ALLEN, Appellant ______________________ 2022-2023 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. 14/677,820. ______________________ 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 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 December 1, 2022 Date /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court

ISSUED AS A MANDATE: November 30, 2022