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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC. and GOOGLE INC.,
`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`SMARTFLASH LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case CBM2015-000291
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`Patent 7,334,720 B2
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`PATENT OWNER’S NOTICE OF APPEAL
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`1 The challenge to claim 15 of U.S. Patent No. 7,334,720 B2 in CBM2015-00125
`was consolidated with this proceeding. Paper 28, 9-11.
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`Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a), that Patent Owner
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`Smartflash LLC appeals under 35 U.S.C. § 141 to the United States Court of
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`Appeals for the Federal Circuit from the Final Written Decision entered on May
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`26, 2016 (Paper 43), the Decision Denying Patent Owner’s Request for Rehearing
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`entered on August 23, 2016 (Paper 47) and from all underlying orders, decisions,
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`rulings and opinions regarding U.S. Patent No. 7,334,720 (“the ’720 Patent”)
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`including the Decision - Institution of Covered Business Method Patent Review
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`entered on May 28, 2015 (Paper 11).
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`For the limited purpose of providing the Director with the information
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`requested in 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a)(3)(ii), Patent Owner anticipates that the issues on
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`appeal may include the following, as well as any underlying findings,
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`determinations, rulings, decisions, opinions, or other related issues:
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` Whether the Board erred in finding that the subject matter of the ‘720
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`Patent is directed to activities that are financial in nature and in
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`instituting Covered Business Method review of the ‘720 Patent.
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` Whether the Board erred in finding that the claims of the ‘720 Patent
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`are not directed to a “technological invention” as defined in § 18(d)(1)
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`of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act;
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` Whether the Board’s decisions with respect to the ‘720 Patent were
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`arbitrary and capricious in light of its decisions on other computer
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`implemented invention patents;
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` Whether the Board erred in denying in part Patent Owner’s Motion to
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`Exclude (Paper 30);
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` Whether the Board erred in finding that claims 3 and 15 of the ‘720
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`Patent are drawn to an abstract idea; and
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` Whether the Board erred in finding that claims 3 and 15 of the ’720
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`Patent are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 101.
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`Copies of this Notice of Appeal are being filed simultaneously with the
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`Director, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and the Clerk of the United States
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`Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
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`Any required fees may be charged to Deposit Account No. 501860.
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` /
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` Michael R. Casey /
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`Michael R. Casey
`Registration No. 40,294
`Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey, LLP
`8300 Greensboro Drive
`Suite 500
`McLean, VA 22102
`Telephone: (571) 765-7705
`Fax: (571) 765-7200
`Email: mcasey@dbjg.com
`Attorney for Patent Owner
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`Dated: October 24, 2016
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`The undersigned hereby certifies that this PATENT OWNER’S NOTICE
`OF APPEAL was filed with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board using the E2E
`System and was served, by agreement of the parties, by emailing copies to counsel
`for the Petitioner as follows:
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`J. Steven Baughman (steven.baughman@ropesgray.com)
`Megan Raymond (megan.raymond@ropesgray.com)
`James R. Batchelder (james.batchelder@ropesgray.com)
`ApplePTABService-SmartFlash@ropesgray.com
`Attorneys for Petitioner Apple Inc.
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`Raymond Nimrod (raynimrod@ quinnemanuel.com)
`QE-SF-PTAB-Service@quinnemanuel.com
`Attorneys for Petitioner Google Inc.
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`The undersigned hereby further certifies that on October 24, 2016 this
`PATENT OWNER’S NOTICE OF APPEAL (and its three attached decisions)
`were filed with the Federal Circuit via CM/ECF (along with one courtesy copy by
`hand delivery) and two (2) copies were served on the U.S. Patent and Trademark
`Office via in-hand delivery as follows:
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`Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
`c/o Office of the General Counsel
`Madison Building East, 10B20
`600 Dulaney Street
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`Alexandria, VA 22314‐5793
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`Dated: October 24, 2016
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`/ Michael R. Casey /
`Michael R. Casey
`Registration No. 40,294
`Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey, LLP
`8300 Greensboro Drive
`Suite 500
`McLean, VA 22102
`Telephone: (571) 765-7705
`Fax: (571) 765-7200
`Email: mcasey@dbjg.com
`Attorney for Patent Owner
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