Case: 22-2165 Document: 14 Page: 1 Filed: 12/14/2022

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

ALTERNATIVE PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS CORP., ALTERNATIVE PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Plaintiffs-Appellants

v.

PATRICK GRIMES, Defendant-Appellee ______________________

2022-2165 ______________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada in No. 3:20-cv-00040-MMD-CLB, Judge Miranda M. Du. ______________________

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: 22-2165 Document: 14 Page: 2 Filed: 12/14/2022

2 ALTERNATIVE PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS CORP. V. GRIMES

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 14, 2022 Date /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court

ISSUED AS A MANDATE: December 14, 2022