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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`ARRIS GROUP, INC., TELLABS, INC.
`ALCATEL-LUCENT USA, INC. and SOURCE PHOTONICS, INC.
`Petitioner
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`CIRREX SYSTEMS, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2014-00815
`Patent 6,404,953
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`PATENT OWNER’S MANDATORY NOTICES
`37 C.F.R. 42.8(a)(2)
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(2) Patent Owner submits the following
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`mandatory notices:
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`(1) Real party-in-interest.
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`The real party-in-interest is the patent owner, Cirrex Systems, LLC, a Delaware
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`limited liability company, with its principal place of business at 4425 Mariners
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`Ridge, Alpharetta, GA 30005.
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`(2) Related matters.
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,404,953 is a CONTINUATION-IN-PART of
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`Application No. 08/819,979, filed March 31, 1997, now U.S. Patent
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`5,953,477.
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,542,673 is a CONTINUATION-IN-PART of
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`Application No. 09/318,451, filed May 25, 1999, now U.S. Patent No.
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`6,404,953. The ‘673 Patent is the subject of Reexamination No. 95/000,463,
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`currently pending and on appeal before the PTAB. The ‘673 Patent was
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`previously the subject of Reexamination No. 90/011,437, for which a
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`reexamination certificate confirming the patentability of claims 12-14 and 24
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`and cancelling claim 23 issued May 22, 2012. The ‘673 Patent was also the
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`subject of Reexamination No. 90/011,758, which was terminated for failure to
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`present any substantial new question of patentability on February 28, 2012.
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,404,953 is asserted in the following pending
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`litigation: Cirrex Systems, LLC v Verizon Communications, Inc. et al., Case No.
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`1:13-cv-00921 (DED).
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`(3) Lead and back-up counsel.
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`Lead Counsel
`Tarek N. Fahmi
`USPTO Reg. No. 41,402
`Ascenda Law Group, PC
`84 W. Santa Clara St.
`Suite 550
`San Jose, CA 95113
`Tel: 866-877-4883
`Email: tarek.fahmi@ascendalaw.com
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`Back-up Counsel
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` Megan M. Gallant
`USPTO Reg. No. 65,960
`Ascenda Law Group, PC
`84 W. Santa Clara St.
`Suite 550
`San Jose, CA 95113
`Tel: 866-877-4883
`Email:
`megan.gallant@ascendalaw.com
`Address for Service
`Ascenda Law Group, PC
`84 W. Santa Clara St., Suite 550, San Jose, CA 95113
`Tel: 866-877-4883
`Fax: 408-773-6177
`Email: patents@ascendalaw.com
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`Respectfully submitted,
`/Tarek N. Fahmi/
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`Tarek N. Fahmi
`Reg. No. 41,402
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`Dated: June 11, 2014
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`Ascenda Law Group, PC
`84 W. Santa Clara St., Suite 550
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`Fax: 408-773-6177
`Email: patents@ascendalaw.com
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing
`PATENT OWNER’S MANDATORY NOTICES
`was served on June 11, 2014, by filing this document though the Patent
`Review Processing System as well as delivering a copy via overnight courier
`directed to the attorneys of record for the Petitioner at the following address:
`D. Joseph English
`John M. Baird
`DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP
`DUANE MORRIS LLP,
`505 9th Street NW, Suite 1000,
`Washington, D.C. 20004.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Tarek N. Fahmi/
`Tarek N. Fahmi
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`Dated: June 11, 2014
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`Email: patents@ascendalaw.com
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