*1 N OTE : This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ SHAUN L.W. SAMUELS, Plaintiff-Appellant v.

TRIVASCULAR, INC., MICHAEL V. CHOBOTOV, ROBERT G. WHIRLEY, JOSEPH W. HUMPHREY,

Defendants-Appellees ______________________ 2016-1490 ______________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in No. 3:13-cv-02261-EMC, Judge Edward M. Chen.

______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ J AMES D. P ETRUZZI , The Petruzzi Law Firm, Houston, TX, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by E VERETT G. D IEDERIKS , J R ., N ICHOLAS S PENCER W HITELAW , Diederiks & Whitelaw PC, Woodbridge, VA.

W ILLIAM H. B URGESS , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Wash- ington, DC, argued for defendants-appellees. Also repre- sented by J OHN C. O'Q UINN .

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T HIS C AUSE having been heard and considered, it is O RDERED and A DJUDGED :

P ER C URIAM (M OORE , W ALLACH , and H UGHES , Circuit Judges ).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36. E NTERED BY O RDER OF THE C OURT November 3, 2016 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner

Clerk of Court