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`NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
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`United States Court of Appeals
`for the Federal Circuit
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`STEPHEN THALER,
`Plaintiff-Appellant
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`v.
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`KATHERINE K. VIDAL, UNDER SECRETARY OF
`COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
`AND DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES
`PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, UNITED
`STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE,
`Defendants-Appellees
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`2021-2347
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`Appeal from the United States District Court for the
`Eastern District of Virginia in No. 1:20-cv-00903-LMB-
`TCB, Judge Leonie M. Brinkema.
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`ON PETITION FOR PANEL REHEARING AND
`REHEARING EN BANC
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`Before MOORE, Chief Judge, NEWMAN, LOURIE, DYK,
`PROST, REYNA, TARANTO, CHEN, HUGHES, STOLL,
`CUNNINGHAM, and STARK, Circuit Judges.
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`Case: 21-2347 Document: 66 Page: 2 Filed: 10/20/2022
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`PER CURIAM.
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`THALER v. VIDAL
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`O R D E R
` Stephen Thaler filed a combined petition for panel re-
`hearing and rehearing en banc. The petition was referred
`to the panel that heard the appeal, and thereafter the peti-
`tion for rehearing en banc was referred to the circuit judges
`who are in regular active service.
` Upon consideration thereof,
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`IT IS ORDERED THAT:
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`The petition for panel rehearing is denied.
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`The petition for rehearing en banc is denied.
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`The mandate of the court will issue October 27, 2022.
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`October 20, 2022
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`FOR THE COURT
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`/s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
`Peter R. Marksteiner
`Clerk of Court
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