Case: 20-1400 Document: 98 Page: 1 Filed: 01/16/2024

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

NEW VISION GAMING & DEVELOPMENT, INC., Appellant

v.

LNW GAMING, INC., FKA SG GAMING, INC., FKA BALLY GAMING, INC., Appellee

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

2020-1400 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. CBM2018- 00006. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

MATTHEW JAMES DOWD, Dowd Scheffel PLLC, Wash- ington, DC, argued for appellant. Also represented by ROBERT JAMES SCHEFFEL; DAVID E. BOUNDY, Potomac Law Group PLLC, Newton, MA.

GENE WHAN LEE, Perkins Coie LLP, New York, NY, ar- gued for appellee. Also represented by NATHAN K. KELLEY, Washington, DC. Case: 20-1400 Document: 98 Page: 2 Filed: 01/16/2024

JOSHUA MARC SALZMAN, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, ar- gued for intervenor. Also represented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, BRADLEY HINSHELWOOD, DANA KAERSVAN, MELISSA N. PATTERSON; KAKOLI CAPRIHAN, SARAH E. CRAVEN, FARHEENA YASMEEN RASHEED, Office of the Solic- itor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexan- dria, VA.

ROBERT GREENSPOON, Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC, Chicago, IL, for amicus curiae US Inventor, Inc.

RON D. KATZNELSON, Encinitas, CA, as amicus curiae, pro se.

LISA KOBIALKA, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Redwood Shores, CA, for amicus curiae Centripetal Net- works, Inc. Also represented by PAUL J. ANDRE, JAMES R. HANNAH. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

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

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

January 16, 2024 Date