*1 N OTE : This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals

for the Federal Circuit ______________________ IN RE: MEDICAL BIOMECH PARTNERSHIP,

Appellant ______________________ 2016-2159 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. 12/732,181.

______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ J OSEPH A NTHONY F ARCO , Locke Lord LLP, New York, NY, argued for appellant.

A MY J. N ELSON , Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for appellee Michelle K. Lee. Also represented by N ATHAN K.

K ELLEY , B ENJAMIN T. H ICKMAN , T HOMAS W. K RAUSE .

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

P ER C URIAM (N EWMAN , D YK , and H UGHES , Circuit Judges ).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36. E NTERED BY O RDER OF THE C OURT May 15, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner

Clerk of Court