NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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IN RE: MITCHELL J. FRANCIS,
Appellant
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2016-2695
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Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. 13/111,698.
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JUDGMENT
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HOWARD NEAL FLAXMAN, Welsh Flaxman & Gitler
LLC, Alexandria, VA, argued for appellant.
LORE A. UNT, Office of the Solicitor, United States
Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for
appellee Joseph Matal. Also represented by NATHAN K.
KELLEY, THOMAS W. KRAUSE, MAI-TRANG DUC DANG,
BENJAMIN T. HICKMAN, COKE MORGAN STEWART.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, CLEVENGER and
STOLL, Circuit Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT
August 15, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
Date Peter R. Marksteiner
Clerk of Court