Federal Circuit disposition — 16-2695

N OTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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IN RE: MITCHELL J. FRANCIS,
Appellant
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2016-2695
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Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. 13/111,698.
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JUDGMENT
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HOWARD N EAL F LAXMAN, Welsh Flaxman & Gitler
LLC, Alexandria, VA, argued for appellant.
L ORE A. U NT , Office of the Solicitor, United States
Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for
appellee Joseph Matal. Also represented by N ATHAN K.
K ELLEY , T HOMAS W. K RAUSE, MAI-T RANG D UC D ANG,
BENJAMIN T. HICKMAN, COKE M ORGAN STEWART .
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T HIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
O RDERED and A DJUDGED:

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P ER CURIAM (P ROST , Chief Judge, CLEVENGER and
STOLL , Circuit Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY O RDER OF THE COURT
August 15, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
Date Peter R. Marksteiner
Clerk of Court

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