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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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`APPLE INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`PARUS HOLDINGS, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2020-00686
`Patent 7,076,431 B2
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`APPLE INC.’S NOTICE OF APPEAL
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`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
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`via Priority Mail Express®
`Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
`c/o Office of the General Counsel, 10B20
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
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`via CM/ECF
`United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
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`IPR2020-00686
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`INTRODUCTION
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`Apple Inc.’s appeal stems from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s Final
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`Written Decision entered on September 9, 2021 (Paper 37) (the “Final Written
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`Decision”) in the above-captioned inter partes review of United States Patent
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`No. 7,076,431. This notice is timely filed within 63 days of the Final Written
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`Decision. 37 C.F.R. § 90.3(a)(1).
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`APPLE INC.’S APPEAL
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`Please take notice that under 35 U.S.C. §§ 141(c), 142, 319, 37 C.F.R.
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`§§ 90.2(a), 90.3(a), and Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure/Federal Circuit
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`Rule 15, Apple Inc. hereby appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the
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`Federal Circuit from the Final Written Decision and all underlying decisions and
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`orders in this action on which that decision is based.
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`APPLE INC.’S ISSUES ON APPEAL
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`Apple Inc.’s issues on appeal include challenging at least (see 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 90.2(a)(3)(ii)):
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`(i) the Board’s determination that Apple Inc. did not establish that claims 1-7,
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`9, 10, 13, 14, 18-21, and 25-30 of U.S. Patent No. 7,076,431 are unpatentable; and
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`(ii) any findings or determinations supporting or related to that issue as well
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`as all other issues decided adversely to Apple Inc. in any orders, decisions, rulings,
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`or opinions in this proceeding.
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`IPR2020-00686
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`Simultaneously with this submission, Apple Inc. is filing a true and correct
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`copy of this Notice of Appeal with the Director of the United States Patent and
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`Trademark Office and a true and correct copy (or copies) of the same, along with the
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`required filing fee, with the Clerk of the United States Court of Appeals for the
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`Federal Circuit as set forth in the accompanying Certificate of Filing.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Jennifer C. Bailey/
`Jennifer C. Bailey Reg. No. 52,583
`Adam P. Seitz, Reg. No. 52,206
`ERISE IP, P.A.
`7015 College Blvd., Ste. 700
`Overland Park, Kansas 66211
`Jennifer.Bailey@eriseip.com
`Adam.Seitz@eriseip.com
`Tel: (913) 777-5600
`Fax: (913) 777-5601
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`Attorneys for Apple Inc.
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`Dated: November 9, 2021
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`IPR2020-00686
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`CERTIFICATE OF FILING
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that, in addition to being electronically
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`filed through E2E, a true and correct copy of the above-captioned APPLE INC.’S
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`NOTICE OF APPEAL is being filed via Priority Mail Express® with the Director
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`on November 9, 2021, at the following address:
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`Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
`c/o Office of the General Counsel, 10B20
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
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`The undersigned also hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of the
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`above-captioned APPLE INC.’S NOTICE OF APPEAL and the filing fee is being
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`filed via CM/ECF with the Clerk’s Office of the United States Court of Appeals
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`for the Federal Circuit on November 9, 2021.
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`Dated: November 9, 2021
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Jennifer C. Bailey/
`Jennifer C. Bailey Reg. No. 52,583
`Adam P. Seitz, Reg. No. 52,206
`ERISE IP, P.A.
`7015 College Blvd., Ste. 700
`Overland Park, Kansas 66211
`Jennifer.Bailey@eriseip.com
`Adam.Seitz@eriseip.com
`Tel: (913) 777-5600
`Fax: (913) 777-5601
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`Attorneys for Apple Inc.
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`IPR2020-00686
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing APPLE INC.’S NOTICE
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`OF APPEAL was served via electronic mail on November 9, 2021, in its entirety
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`on the following:
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`Michael McNamara
`Michael Renaud
`William Meunier
`Andrew DeVoogd
`MINTZ, LEVIN, COHN, FERRIS
`GLOVSKY AND POPEO, P.C.
`One Financial Center
`Boston, MA 02111
`mmcnamara@mintz.com
`mtrenaud@mintz.com
`wameunier@mintz.com
`ahdevoogd@mintz.com
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`Dated: November 9, 2021
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`ny-2267469
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Jennifer C. Bailey/
`Jennifer C. Bailey Reg. No. 52,583
`Adam P. Seitz, Reg. No. 52,206
`ERISE IP, P.A.
`7015 College Blvd., Ste. 700
`Overland Park, Kansas 66211
`Jennifer.Bailey@eriseip.com
`Adam.Seitz@eriseip.com
`Tel: (913) 777-5600
`Fax: (913) 777-5601
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`Attorneys for Apple Inc.
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