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`NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
`United States Court of Appeals
`for the Federal Circuit
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`JOHN H. FARO,
`Petitioner-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,
`Respondent-Appellee
`______________________
`2022-1804
`______________________
`Appeal from the United States District Court for the
`Eastern District of Virginia in No. 1:18-cv-00274-AJT-
`TCB, Judge Anthony J. Trenga.
`______________________
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`O R D E R
`The appellant having failed to file the brief required by
`Federal Circuit Rule 31(a) within the time permitted by the
`rules, it is
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`Case: 22-1804 Document: 21 Page: 2 Filed: 09/15/2022
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`2
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`FARO V. VIDAL
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`ORDERED that the notice of appeal be, and the same
`hereby is, DISMISSED, for failure to prosecute in
`accordance with the rules.
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`September 15, 2022
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`Date
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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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`ISSUED AS A MANDATE: September 15, 2022
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