Case: 22-1317 Document: 84 Page: 1 Filed: 02/08/2023

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

MARK E. VAN DYKE, Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES, KERANETICS, INC., VIRTUE LABS, LLC, LUKE BURNETT, KIM WESTMORELAND, CHARLES W. TODD JOHNSON, Defendants-Appellees ______________________

2022-1317 ______________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina in No. 1:21-cv-00627- CCE-JLW, Judge Catherine C. Eagles. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

CHRISTOPHER S. EDWARDS, Ward and Smith, P.A., Wil- mington, NC, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also repre- sented by JOSEPH A. SCHOUTEN, Raleigh, NC.

JOSHUA F.P LONG, Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black PLC, Roanoke, VA, argued for defendant-appellee Wake Forest University Health Sciences. Also represented by Case: 22-1317 Document: 84 Page: 2 Filed: 02/08/2023

NATHAN EVANS, Charlottesville, VA.

JAMES SHELTON DERRICK, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Charlotte, NC, argued for defendants-appellees Keranetics, Inc., Luke Burnett, Kim Westmoreland, Charles W. Todd Johnson. Also represented by BARRY J. HERMAN, Baltimore, MD; CATHY A. HINGER, Washington, DC.

CULLEN STAFFORD, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh, NC, argued for defendant-appellee Virtue Labs, LLC. Also represented by CHARLES GEORGE, JENNIFER BLAKELY KIEFER. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (PROST, REYNA, and STARK, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

February 8, 2023 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court