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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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`COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION,
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`Petitioner,
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`ROBERT BOSCH LLC,
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`Patent Owner.
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`CASE NO. IPR2016-00038
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,292,974
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`PATENT OWNER ROBERT BOSCH LLC’S NOTICE OF APPEAL
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`Please take notice that, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §§ 90.2(a) and 90.3(a) and 35
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`U.S.C. §§ 141(c), 142, and 319, Patent Owner Robert Bosch LLC (“Bosch”)
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`hereby appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
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`stemming from the Final Written Decision entered on March 30, 2017 (Paper No.
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`68) (the “Final Written Decision”) in the above-captioned inter partes review of
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,292,974 (“the ’974 patent”).
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a)(3)(ii), Bosch’s issues on appeal
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`include at least the following: (i) in finding claims 1, 2, and 8 of the ’974 patent
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`unpatentable, the Board violated its own rules, the Administrative Procedures Act,
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`and Bosch’s due process rights by relying on a ground raised for the first time in
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`the Petitioner’s reply papers; (ii) in finding claims 1, 2, and 8 of the ’974 patent
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`unpatentable as obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over the combination of U.K.
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`Patent App. No. GB 2 106 775 A to Prohaska and either U.S. Patent No. 3,192,551
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`to Appel or German Patent No. 1,028,896 to Hoyler, the Board made factual
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`findings unsupported by the evidence, and failed to make factual findings
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`mandated by the evidence; and (iii) any findings or determinations supporting or
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`related to those issues, as well as other issues decided adversely to Bosch in any
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`orders, decisions, rulings, and opinions.
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`Simultaneously with this submission, Bosch is filing a true and correct copy
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`of this Notice of Appeal with the Director of the United States Patent and
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`Trademark Office and a true and correct copy (or copies) of the same, along with
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`the required filing fee, with the Clerk of the United States Court of Appeals for the
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`Federal Circuit as set forth in the accompanying Certificate of Filing.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Shearman & Sterling LLP
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`/Patrick R. Colsher/
`Patrick R. Colsher (Reg. No. 74,955)
`Mark A. Hannemann (pro hac vice)
`Joseph M. Purcell, Jr. (pro hac vice)
`599 Lexington Ave
`New York, NY 10022
`Tel: (212) 848-7708
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`Counsel for Patent Owner
`Robert Bosch LLC
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`DATED: May 31, 2017
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`CERTIFICATE OF FILING
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that, in addition to being electronically
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`filed through E2E, a true and correct copy of the above-captioned PATENT
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`OWNER’S ROBERT BOSCH LLC’S NOTICE OF APPEAL is being filed by
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`Express Mail (Label No. EL 788212430) with the Director on May 31, 2017, at the
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`following address:
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`Office of the General Counsel
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
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`The undersigned also hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of the
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`above-captioned PATENT OWNER ROBERT BOSCH LLC’S NOTICE OF
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`APPEAL and the filing fee is being filed via CM/ECF with the Clerk’s Office of
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`the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on May 31, 2017.
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`DATED: May 31, 2017
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Patrick R. Colsher/
`Patrick R. Colsher
`Reg. No. 74,955
`Shearman & Sterling LLP
`599 Lexington Ave
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`Tel: (212) 848-7708
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`Counsel for Patent Owner
`Robert Bosch LLC
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing PATENT OWNER
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`ROBERT BOSCH LLC’S NOTICE OF APPEAL was served, in accordance with
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`the parties’ electronic service agreement, via electronic mail on May 31, 2017, on
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`the following counsel of record for Petitioner:
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`Richard M. Koehl (richard.koehl@hugheshubbard.com)
`James R. Klaiber (james.klaiber@hugheshubbard.com)
`David E. Lansky (david.lansky@hugheshubbard.com)
`Stefanie Lopatkin (stefanie.lopatkin@hugheshubbard.com)
`James Dabney (james.dabney@hugheshubbard.com)
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`Patrick R. Colsher
`Reg. No. 74,955
`Shearman & Sterling LLP
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`Tel: (212) 848-7708
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`Counsel for Patent Owner
`Robert Bosch LLC
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`DATED: May 31, 2017
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