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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`ARISTA NETWORKS, INC.,
`Petitioner
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`V.
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`CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.,
`Patent Owner
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`Case 1PR2016-00309
`Patent 7,224,668 B
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`PATENT OWNER CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.’S
`NOTICE OF APPEAL
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`via PTAB E2E
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
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`via Hand Carry
`Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
`c/o Office of the General Counsel, 10B20
`Madison Building East
`600 Dulany Street
`Alexandria, VA 22314
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`via CM/ECF
`United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
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`INTRODUCTION
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`Cisco Systems, Inc.’s appeal stems from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s
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`Final Written Decision entered on June 1, 2017 (Paper 52) (the "Final Written
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`Decision") in the above-captioned inter partes review of United States Patent No.
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`7,224,668 B ("the ’668 patent"). This notice is timely filed within 63 days of the
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`Final Written Decision. 37 C.F.R. § 90.3(b)(1).
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`CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.’S APPEAL
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`Please take notice that under 35 U.S.C. § § 141(c), 142, 319; 37 C.F.R. §S
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`90.2(a), 90.3(a), and Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure/Federal Circuit Rule
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`4(3)(a), Patent Owner Cisco Systems, Inc. hereby appeals to the United States
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`Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from the Final Written Decision based on
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`the "Decision, Instituting Inter Partes Review and Granting Motion for Change of
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`Filing Date" entered on June 11, 2016 (Paper 8) (the "Institution Decision").
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`CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.’S ISSUES ON APPEAL
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a)(3)(ii), Cisco Systems, Inc.’s issues
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`on appeal include at least: (i) the Board’s finding that claims 1-6, 8, 9, 15-22, 24-
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`27, 33-36, 55-58, 60-63, and 69-72 would have been obvious over the combination
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`of Amara and Core Builder; (ii) the Board’s finding that Morberg is prior art to the
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`’668 patent under 102(e); (iii) the Board’s finding that claims 7, 23, and 59 would
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`have been obvious over the combination of Amara, CoreBuilder, and Moberg; (iv)
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`the Board’s finding that claims 10, 12, 13, 28, 30, 31, 64, 66, and 67 would have
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`been obvious over the combination of Amara, CoreBuilder, and Hendel; and (v)
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`any findings or determinations supporting or related to the aforementioned issues
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`as well as all other issues decided adversely to Cisco Systems, Inc. in any orders,
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`decisions, rulings, phone conference decisions, and/or opinions.
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`Simultaneously with this submission, Cisco Systems, Inc. is filing a true and
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`correct copy of this Notice of Appeal with the Director of the United States Patent
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`and Trademark Office and a true and correct copy of the same, along with the
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`required docketing 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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`S,KEER,GO1IN & Fox P.L.L.C.
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`Lori A. Gordon (Reg. No. 50,633)
`Robert Greene Sterne (Reg. No. 28,912)
`Jon E. Wright (Reg. No. 50,720)
`Daniel S. Block (Reg. No. 68,395)
`Attorneys for Patent Owner
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`Date: August 1, 2017
`1100 New York Avenue, N. W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005
`(202) 371-2600
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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 PTAB E2E, a true and correct copy of the above-captioned PATENT
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`OWNER CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.’S NOTICE OF APPEAL
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`is being filed by
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`hand with the Director on August 1, 2017, at the following address:
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`Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
`c/o Office of the General Counsel, 10B20
`Madison Building East
`600 Dulany Street
`Alexandria, VA 22314
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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 CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.’S NOTICE OF
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`APPEAL and the filing fee is being filed via CMIECF with the Clerk’s Office of
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`the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on August 1, 2017.
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`Date: August 1, 2017
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Lori A. Gordon (Reg. No. 50,633)
`Attorney for Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing PATENT OWNER
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`CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.’S NOTICE OF APPEAL was served electronically
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`via e-mail on August 1, 2017, in its entirety on the following counsel for
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`Petitioner:
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`W. Karl Renner (Lead Counsel)
`Lauren A. Degnan (Back-Up Counsel)
`Steven R. Katz (Back-Up Counsel)
`Adam R. Shartzer (Back-Up Counsel)
`FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
`IPR40963-0006IP3@fr.com
`PTABInbound@fr.com
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Date: August 1, 2017
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`Lori A. Gordon (Reg. No. 50,633)
`Attorney for Patent Owner
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