United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

ALARM.COM INCORPORATED, Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

ANDREW HIRSHFELD, PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF THE 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 ______________________

2021-2102 ______________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in No. 1:21-cv-00170-CMH- TCB, Senior Judge Claude M. Hilton. ______________________

Decided: February 24, 2022 ______________________

SHARONMOYEE GOSWAMI, Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY, argued for plaintiff-appellant.

KEVIN BENJAMIN SOTER, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, ar- gued for defendants-appellees. Also represented by BRIAN Case: 21-2102 Document: 38 Page: 2