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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.,
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`CROSSROADS SYSTEMS, INC.,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2014-014631
`Patent 7,934,041 B2
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`PATENT OWNER’S NOTICE OF APPEAL
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`1 Case IPR2015-00854 has been joined with this proceeding.
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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 March 17, 2016, and
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`from all underlying orders, decisions, rulings and opinions that are adverse to Patent
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`Owner, including, without limitation, those within the Decision on Institution of
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`Inter Partes Review, entered March 17, 2015.
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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, claim
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`construction, determination of unpatentability of claims 1-53 of U.S. Patent No.
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`7,934,041 under 35 U.S.C. § 103, and based on grounds not raised by Petitioner, any
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`finding or determination supporting or related to those issues, as well as all other
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`issues decided adversely to Patent Owner in any orders, decisions, rulings, and
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`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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`In addition, pursuant to Fed. Cir. R. 15(a)(1), one paper copy of the notice is also
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`being sent to the Clerk of the Federal Circuit.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/James H. Hall/
`James H. Hall
`Reg. No. 66,317
`Counsel for Patent Owner
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`Dated: March 31, 2016
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`CERTIFICATE OF FILING
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`The undersigned certifies that, in addition to being filed electronically
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`through the Board’s PRPS System, the original version of the foregoing, PATENT
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`OWNER’S NOTICE OF APPEAL, was filed by hand on this 31st day of March,
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`2016, with the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, at the
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`following 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 31st day of
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`March, 2016. In addition, one paper copy of the foregoing PATENT OWNER’S
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`NOTICE OF APPEAL was sent via Federal Express to the Clerk’s Office of the
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`United States Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit on this 31st day of March,
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`By:
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`The undersigned certifies service of Patent Owners’ submission of Notice of
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`Appeal on March 31, 2016 upon Petitioner’s counsel of record by electronic mail
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`pursuant to agreement under 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e) at the following addresses:
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`David L. McCombs - david.mccombs.ipr@haynesboone.com
`Andrew S. Ehmke - andy.ehmke.ipr@haynesboone.com
`Scott T. Jarratt - scott.jarratt.ipr@haynesboone.com
`Phillip B. Philbin - Phillip.Philbin.IPR@haynesboone.com
`Gregory P. Huh - Gregory.Huh.IPR@haynesbone.com
`Haynes and Boone, LLP 2323 Victory Ave.
`Suite 700
`Dallas, TX 75219
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`Greg Gardella - cpdocketgardella@oblon.com
`Scott McKeown - cpdocketmckeown@oblon.com
`Oblon, LLP
`1940 Duke Street
`Alexandria, VA 22314
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`By:
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`/James H. Hall/
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