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affirming the district court's decision without an opinion under Federal Circuit Rule 36
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2014-1086
05-09-2014
ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS, LTD., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MICHELLE K. LEE, Deputy Director, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, Defendant-Appellee.
THOMAS HOXIE, Hoxie & Associates, LLC, of Millburn, New Jersey, argued for plaintiff-appellant. ABBY C. WRIGHT, Attorney, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. With her on the brief were STUART F. DELERY, Assistant Attorney General, RONALD C. MACHEN, JR., SCOTT MCINTOSH, and DANA KAERSVANG, Attorneys. Of counsel on the brief were NATHAN K. KELLEY, Deputy General Counsel for Intellectual Property Law and Solicitor, MICHAEL S. FORMAN and BRIAN T. RACILLA, Associate Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, of Alexandria, Virginia.
NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in No. 1:10-cv-01145-RJL, Judge Richard J. Leon.
JUDGMENT
THOMAS HOXIE, Hoxie & Associates, LLC, of Millburn, New Jersey, argued for plaintiff-appellant.
ABBY C. WRIGHT, Attorney, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. With her on the brief were STUART F. DELERY, Assistant Attorney General, RONALD C. MACHEN, JR., SCOTT MCINTOSH, and DANA KAERSVANG, Attorneys. Of counsel on the brief were NATHAN K. KELLEY, Deputy General Counsel for Intellectual Property Law and Solicitor, MICHAEL S. FORMAN and BRIAN T. RACILLA, Associate Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, of Alexandria, Virginia. THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
PER CURIAM (DYK, REYNA, and TARANTO, Circuit Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT
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Daniel E. O'Toole
Clerk of Court