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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`ORACLE CORPORATION and NETAPP INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`CROSSROADS SYSTEMS, INC.
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2014-01209
`Patent 7,051,147 B2
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`PATENT OWNER’S NOTICE OF APPEAL
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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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`Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a), that Patent Owner
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`Crossroads Systems, Inc. hereby appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for
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`the Federal Circuit from the Final Written Decision entered on January 29, 2016
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`(Paper 77), and from all underlying orders, decisions, rulings and opinions that are
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`adverse to Patent Owner, including, without limitation, those within the Decision
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`on Institution of Inter Partes Review, entered January 30, 2015 (Paper 12).
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a)(3)(ii), Patent Owner further indicates
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`that the issues on appeal include, but are not limited to, the Patent Trial and Appeal
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`Board’s application and use of the broadest reasonable interpretation standard,
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`claim construction, determination of unpatentability of claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11,
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`and 13 of U.S. Patent No. 7,051,147 under 35 U.S.C. § 103, and based on grounds
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`not raised by Petitioner, any finding or determination supporting or related to those
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`issues, as well as all other issues decided adversely to Patent Owner in any orders,
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`decisions, rulings, and opinions.
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`Simultaneous with this submission, a copy of the Notice of Appeal is being
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`filed with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. In addition, a copy of this Notice of
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`Appeal, along with the required docketing fees, is being filed electronically with
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`the Clerk’s Office for the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
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`Dated: February 22, 2016
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/James H. Hall/
`James H. Hall
`Registration No. 66,317
`Counsel for Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATE OF FILING
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`The undersigned certifies that, in addition to being filed electronically through the
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`Board’s PRPS System, the original version of the foregoing, PATENT OWNER’S
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`NOTICE OF APPEAL, was filed by hand on this 22nd day of February, 2016, with
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`the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, at the following
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`address, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 90.2:
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`Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
`c/o Office of the General Counsel
`Madison Building East, 10B20
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`The undersigned further certifies that a copy of the foregoing, PATENT
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`OWNER’S NOTICE OF APPEAL was filed electronically with the Clerk’s Office
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`of the United States Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit on this 22nd day of
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`February, 2016.
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`By:
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies service of PATENT OWNER’S NOTICE OF
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`APPEAL on counsel for Petitioner by e-mail pursuant to agreement at the
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`following addresses, on February 22nd, 2016:
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`Greg Gardella
`cpdocketgardella@oblon.com
`Scott McKeown
`cpdocketmckeown@oblon.com
`Oblon
`1940 Duke Street
`Alexandria, VA 22314
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`By:
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