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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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`PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC.
`Petitioner
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`FINJAN, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Inter Partes Review No. 2015-019791
`U.S. Patent No. 8,141,154
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`PETITIONERS’ NOTICE OF APPEAL
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`1 Case IPR2016-00919 has been joined with this proceeding.
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`Petitioners’ Notice of Appeal
`IPR2015-01979 (U.S. Patent No. 8,141,154)
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a) and 35 U.S.C. §§ 141(c), 142, and 319, Palo
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`Alto Networks, Inc. and Symantec Corp. (“Petitioners”) respectfully give notice
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`that they appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from
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`the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s Final Written Decision entered on March 15,
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`2017 (Paper 62), the Board’s Decision Denying Rehearing entered on May 19,
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`2017 (Paper 64), and from other related orders, decisions, rulings, and opinions
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`underlying the Board’s decisions.2
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`For the limited purpose of providing the Director of the United States Patent
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`and Trademark Office with the information specified in 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a)(3)(ii),
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`the issues on appeal include the Board’s determination that Petitioners did not
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`establish that claims 1-8, 10, and 11 of the ’154 patent are unpatentable under 35
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`U.S.C. § 103 in view of the grounds of unpatentability on which trial was instituted
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`(Paper 8). The issues on appeal also include any finding or determination
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`supporting or related to these issues, as well as all other issues decided adversely to
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`Petitioners in any order, decision, ruling, or opinion.
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`2 Symantec Corp. was petitioner in IPR2016-00919, which was consolidated and
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`joined with IPR2015-01979. (Paper 28.) Citations are to the IPR2015-01979
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`Petitioners’ Notice of Appeal
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`Simultaneous with this filing and in accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a)(1),
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`this Notice of Appeal is being filed with the Director and served on Patent Owner
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`in accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e). This Notice of Appeal, along with the
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`required fees, is also being filed with the Clerk’s Office for the United States Court
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`of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in accordance with Fed. Cir. R. 15(a)(1).
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`Dated: July 17, 2017
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`Counsel for Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
`COOLEY LLP
`ATTN: Patent Group
`1299 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 700
`Washington, DC 20004
`Tel: (703) 456-8000
`Fax: (202) 842-7899
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`Counsel for Symantec Corp.
`Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
`500 West Madison St.
`Suite 2450
`Chicago, IL 60661
`Tel: (312) 705-7400
`Fax: (312) 705-7401
`nathanhamstra@quinnemanuel.com
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`Respectfully submitted,
`COOLEY LLP
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`/Orion Armon/
`Orion Armon
`Reg. No. 65,421
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`Respectfully submitted,
`QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART
`& SULLIVAN
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`/Nathan Hamstra/
`Nathan Hamstra
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that, in addition to being filed electronically through the
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`Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s End to End system, the foregoing Notice of
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`Appeal was sent by overnight Federal Express on July 17, 2017, to the Director of
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`Office of the General Counsel
`Patent and Trademark Office
`Madison East
`10B20 600 Dulany Street
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`I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Notice of
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`Appeal was filed electronically by CM/ECF on July 17, 2017, with the Clerk’s
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`Office of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §§ 90.2(a) and Federal Circuit Rule 15(a)(1), I certify
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`that on July 17, 2017, the requisite $500.00 fee for appeal of the foregoing
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`Petitioners’ Notice of Appeal was paid through Pay.gov to the United States Court
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), I certify that I caused to be served a true and
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`correct copy of the foregoing Petitioners’ Notice of Appeal on the Patent Owner at
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`the e-mail addresses of the Patent Owner as follows:
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`James Hannah
`KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS &
`FRANKEL LLP
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`990 Marsh Road
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`Menlo Park, CA 94025
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`Phone: (650) 752-1712
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`jhannah@kramerlevin.com
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`Michael Kim
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`Finjan, Inc.
`2000 University Ave., Ste. 600
`E. Palo Alto, CA 94303
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`Phone: 650.397.9567
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`mkim@finjan.com
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`KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS &
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`1177 Avenue of the Americas
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`Phone: (212) 715-7502
`Fax: (212) 715-8302
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