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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.,
`Petitioner
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`UNILOC 2017 LLC,1
`Patent Owner
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`IPR2017-00058
`U.S. Patent No. 7,804,948 B2
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`PATENT OWNER’S NOTICE OF APPEAL
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`Mail Stop
`Patent Board
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`1 The Patent Owner was previously Uniloc Luxembourg, SA and is now Uniloc 2017 LLC
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §§ 141 and 142 and 37 C.F.R. §§ 90.2 and 90.3, Patent
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`Owner Uniloc 2017 LLC. (“Patent Owner”) hereby provides notice that it appeals to the
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`United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from the Final Written Decision
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`entered April 6, 2018 (Paper 17); the Decision Denying Patent Owner’s Request for
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`Rehearing entered July 13, 2018 (Paper 19); and from all underlying findings, orders,
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`decisions, rulings, and opinions, including, without limitation the institution decision
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`entered April 11, 2017 (Paper 6).
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a)(3)(ii), Patent Owner states that the issues
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`for appeal include, but are not limited to: the Patent Trial and Appeals Board (“Board”)’s
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`determinations in the institution decision; the Board’s determination that claims 1, 2, 5-
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`10, 12, 18–26, 29, 30, 49–53, 65, and 66 of of U.S. Patent No 7,804,948 B2 (the “’948
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`patent”) have been shown by a reasonable likelihood to be unpatentable; the Board’s
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`subsequent determination that Claims 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 12, 18, 19, 21–25, 29, 30, 49–51,
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`65, and 66 have been shown by a preponderance of the evidence to be unpatentable
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`under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Hamberg and Lamb; the Board’s subsequent
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`determination that Claims 7, 9, 10, 26, 36, 37, 52, and 53 have been shown by a
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`preponderance of the evidence to be unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over
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`Hamberg, Lamb, and Ludwig; and the Board’s subsequent determination that Claims
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`20 has been shown by a preponderance of the evidence to be unpatentable under 35
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`U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Hamberg, Lamb, and Vassilovsk; the Board’s denying
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`Patent Owner’s Request for Rehearing; the Board’s consideration and analysis of the
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`expert testimony, prior art, and other evidence in the record; and the Board’s factual
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`findings, conclusions of law, or other determinations supporting or relating to the above
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`issues.
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 142 and 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a), this Notice is being filed
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`with the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Simultaneous
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`with this submission, a copy of this Notice is being filed with the Patent Trial and
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`Appeal Board. In addition, a copy of this Notice, along with the required docketing
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`fees, is being filed with the Clerk’s office of the United States Court of Appeals for
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`the Federal Circuit.
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`DATED: September 14, 2018
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`By: /s/ Brett A. Mangrum
`Brett Mangrum (Reg. No. 51,970)
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`Ryan Loveless (Reg. No. 51,970)
`James Etheridge (Reg. No. 37,614)
`Jeffrey Huang (Reg. No. 68,639)
`Etheridge Law Group
`2600 E. Southlake Blvd., Ste. 120-324
`Southlake, TX 76092
`brett@etheridgelaw.com
`ryan@etheridgelaw.com
`jim@etheridgelaw.com
`jeff@etheridgelaw.com
`817-470-7249
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`Attorneys for Uniloc 2017 LLC
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies that, in addition to being filed electronically through
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`the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s E2E, the foregoing Notice of Appeal was filed
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`by Express Mail on September 14, 2018, with the Director of the United States
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`Patent and Trademark Office, at the following address:
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`Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
`c/o Office of the General Counsel
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`The undersigned certifies that a copy of the foregoing Notice of Appeal, along
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`with the required docket fee, was filed on September 14, 2018, with the Clerk’s
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`Office for the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit through the
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`Court’s CM/ECF filing system.
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`The undersigned certifies service pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e) of a copy of
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`this Notice of Appeal by electronic mail on September 14, 2018, on the counsel of
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`record for Petitioner:
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`David McCombs;
`David.mccombs.ipr@haynesboone.com
`Theodore Foster
`Ipr.theo.foster@haynesboone.com
`Dina Blikshteyn
`Dina.blikshteyn.ipr@haynesboone.com
`Jamie McDole
`Jamie.mcdole@haynesboone.com
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`DATED: September 14, 2018
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`By: /s/ Brett A. Mangrum
`Brett A. Mangrum
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