*1 N OTE : This disposition is nonprecedential.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

for the Federal Circuit ______________________ IN RE: JAGADESHWAR REDDY NOMULA,

Appellant ______________________ 2016-2735 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. 13/208,338.

______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ J UNDONG M A , JDM Patent Law PLLC, Riverdale Park, MD, argued for appellant.

F ARHEENA Y ASMEEN R ASHEED , 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 , J EREMIAH H ELM , T HOMAS W.

K RAUSE , J OSEPH G ERARD P ICCOLO .

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

P ER C URIAM (N EWMAN , W ALLACH , and C HEN , Circuit Judges ).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36. E NTERED BY O RDER OF THE C OURT September 18, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner

Clerk of Court