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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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`UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL, INC.,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Inter Partes Review No. IPR2014-01109
`U.S. Patent No. 7,831,930
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`PETITIONER UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL, INC.’S
`NOTICE OF APPEAL TO THE U.S COURT OF APPEALS
`FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §§ 141, 142, and 319, and in accordance with 37
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`IPR2014-01109
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`C.F.R. §§ 90.2 and 90.3, Petitioner Universal Remote Control, Inc. (“URC”)
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`appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from the Final
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`Written Decision of the Patent and Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) entered on
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`December 16, 2015 (Paper No. 45) (“Final Written Decision”), and from all
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`underlying findings, determinations, rulings, opinions, orders, and decisions
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`regarding U.S. Patent No. 7,831,930. A copy of the Final Written Decision is
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`attached.
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a)(3)(ii), URC indicates that the issues
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`on appeal include, but are not limited to: the Board’s determination that claim 1 of
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,831,930 has not been shown to be unpatentable as obvious over
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`the Realistic and Evans references; the Board’s construction of the claim terms
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`including, but not limited to, “interact with”; the Board’s assessmentof the expert
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`testimony, prior art, and other evidence; and any underlying factual finding,
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`conclusion of law or other determination related to those issues.
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`Copies of this Notice of Appeal are being filed simultaneously with the
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`Patent Trial and Appeal Board. In addition, three copies of this Notice of Appeal,
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`along with the required docketing fees, are being filed with the Clerk’s Office for
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`the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Peter H. Kang/
`Peter H. Kang
`Registration No. 40,350
`Sidley Austin LLP
`1001 Page Mill Road, Bldg 1
`Palo Alto, CA 94304
`pkang@sidley.com
`(650) 565-7000
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`Attorney for Petitioner Universal
`Remote Control, Inc.
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`Dated:
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`January 29, 2016
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`CERTIFICATE OF FILING
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`I hereby certify that, in addition to being filed electronically through the
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s Patent Review Processing System (PRPS), a copy
`of this Petitioner’s Notice of Appeal was filed by hand on January 29, 2016 with
`the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark office, at the following
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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 Dulany Street
`Alexandria, VA 22314-5793
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`Dated:
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`January 29, 2016
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Peter H. Kang/
`Peter H. Kang
`Attorney for Petitioner
`Universal Remote Control, Inc.
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`CERTIFICATE OF FILING
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`I hereby certify that three true and correct copies of this Notice of Appeal
`were filed by hand on January 29, 2016, with the Clerk of Court for the United
`States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit at the following address:
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`Clerk of Court
`United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
`717 Madison Place, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20439
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`January 29, 2016
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Peter H. Kang/
`Peter H. Kang
`Attorney for Petitioner
`Universal Remote Control, Inc.
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`Dated:
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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` further certify that a true and correct copy of this Notice of Appeal was
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`served, by electronic mail, on January 29, 2016 upon the following:
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`Eric J. Maiers (maierse@gtlaw.com)
`James J. Lukas (lukasj@gtlaw.com)
`Matthew J. Levinstein (levinsteinm@gtlaw.com)
`Rob R. Harmer (harmer@gtlaw.com)
`chiipmail@gtlaw.com
`Greenburg Traurig, P.C.
`77 West Wacker Drive
`Suite 3100
`Chicago, IL 60101
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`January 29, 2016
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Peter H. Kang/
`Peter H. Kang
`Attorney for Petitioner
`Universal Remote Control, Inc.
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`Dated: