Case: 21-2269 Document: 37 Page: 1 Filed: 12/12/2022

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United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ IN RE: UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME, Appellant ______________________ 2021-2269 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. 15/074,339. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ MARTIN JAMES COSENZA, II, Pilloff Passino & Cosenza LLP, Alexandria, VA, argued for appellant University of Notre Dame. Also represented by SEAN ALLEN PASSINO, RACHEL KAREN PILLOFF.

PETER JOHN SAWERT, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, ar- gued for appellee Katherine K. Vidal. Also represented by BENJAMIN T. HICKMAN, THOMAS W. KRAUSE, AMY J.

NELSON, FARHEENA YASMEEN RASHEED. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: Case: 21-2269 Document: 37 Page: 2 Filed: 12/12/2022

PER CURIAM (REYNA, MAYER, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

December 12, 2022 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court