*1 N OTE : This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ LEON STAMBLER, Appellant v.

MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INC., Appellee ______________________ 2017-1272 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. CBM2015- 00044.

______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ B RENT N. B UMGARDNER , Nelson Bumgardner PC, Fort Worth, TX, argued for appellant. Also represented by T HOMAS C ECIL ; R OBERT G REENSPOON , Flachsbart & Greenspoon, LLC, Chicago, IL.

E LIOT D AMON W ILLIAMS , Baker Botts, LLP, Palo Alto, CA, argued for appellee. Also represented by R OBERT C.

S CHEINFELD , C HRISTOPHER P ATRICK , New York, NY.

______________________ *2 T HIS C AUSE having been heard and considered, it is O RDERED and A DJUDGED :

P ER C URIAM (D YK , B RYSON , and R EYNA , Circuit Judg- es ).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36. E NTERED BY O RDER OF THE C OURT November 13, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner

Clerk of Court