*1 N OTE : This disposition is nonprecedential.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

for the Federal Circuit ______________________ IN RE: C. DOUGLASS THOMAS, Appellant ______________________ 2017-1149 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. 13/099,285.

______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ C. D OUGLASS T HOMAS , IpVenture, Los Altos, CA, ar-

gued pro se.

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 .

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

P ER C URIAM (P ROST , Chief Judge, C LEVENGER and D YK , Circuit Judges ).

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

Clerk of Court