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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC.,
`Petitioner
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`E-WATCH, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`IPR2015-00414
`U.S. Patent No. 7,643,168 B2
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`PATENT OWNER’S NOTICE OF APPEAL
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`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §§ 141 and 142 and 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a), Patent Owner
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`e-Watch, Inc. (“Patent Owner”) hereby provides notice that it appeals to the United
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`Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) entered June 22, 2016 (Paper 34), and from
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`all underlying findings, orders, decisions, rulings, and opinions, including, without
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`limitation the institution decision entered July 1, 2015 (Paper 13).
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a)(3)(ii), Patent Owner states that the issues
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`for appeal include, but are not limited to: the Board’s determination that claims 1-31 of
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,643,168 have been shown by a preponderance of the evidence to be
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`unpatentable; the Board’s consideration of the expert testimony, prior art, and other
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`evidence in the record; the Board’s determinations in the institution decision; and the
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`Board’s factual findings, conclusions of law, or other determinations supporting or
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`relating to the above issues.
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 142 and 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a), this Notice is being filed
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`with the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Simultaneous
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`with this submission, a copy of this Notice is being filed with the Patent Trial and
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`Appeal Board. In addition, a copy of this Notice, along with the required
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`docketing fees, is being filed with the Clerk’s office of the United States Court of
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`Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
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`By: /s/ Robert C. Curfiss
`DATED: August 23, 2016
` Robert C. Curfiss (Reg. No. 26,540)
` 19826 Sundance Drive
` Humble, TX 77346
` Telephone: (832) 573-1442
` Facsimile: (832) 644-6152
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`Attorney for Patent Owner E-Watch, Inc.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies that, in addition to being filed electronically
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`through the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s E2E, the foregoing Notice of Appeal
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`was filed by Express Mail on August 23, 2016, with the Director of the United
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`States Patent and Trademark Office, at the following address:
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`Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
`c/o Office of the General Counsel
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`The undersigned certifies that a copy of the foregoing Notice of Appeal,
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`along with the required docket fee, was filed on August 24, 2016, with the Clerk’s
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`Office for the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit through the
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`Court’s CM/ECF filing system.
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`The undersigned certifies service pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e) of a copy
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`of this Notice of Appeal by electronic mail on August 23, 2016, on the counsel of
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`Apple, Inc.:
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`Brian Buroker, bburoker@gibsondunn.com
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`Blair Silver, bsilver@gibsondunn.com
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`DATED: August 23, 2016
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`By: /s/ Robert C. Curfiss
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