`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`
`ARISTA NETWORKS, INC.,
`Petitioner
`
`V.
`
`CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.,
`Patent Owner
`
`Case 1PR2016-00309
`Patent 7,224,668 B
`
`PATENT OWNER CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.’S
`NOTICE OF APPEAL
`
`via PTAB E2E
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`
`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
`
`via CM/ECF
`United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
`
`
`
`Case 1PR2016-00309
`U.S. Patent No. 7,224,668 BI
`
`INTRODUCTION
`
`Cisco Systems, Inc.’s appeal stems from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s
`
`Final Written Decision entered on June 1, 2017 (Paper 52) (the "Final Written
`
`Decision") in the above-captioned inter partes review of United States Patent No.
`
`7,224,668 B ("the ’668 patent"). This notice is timely filed within 63 days of the
`
`Final Written Decision. 37 C.F.R. § 90.3(b)(1).
`
`CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.’S APPEAL
`
`Please take notice that under 35 U.S.C. § § 141(c), 142, 319; 37 C.F.R. §S
`
`90.2(a), 90.3(a), and Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure/Federal Circuit Rule
`
`4(3)(a), Patent Owner Cisco Systems, Inc. hereby appeals to the United States
`
`Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from the Final Written Decision based on
`
`the "Decision, Instituting Inter Partes Review and Granting Motion for Change of
`
`Filing Date" entered on June 11, 2016 (Paper 8) (the "Institution Decision").
`
`CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.’S ISSUES ON APPEAL
`
`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a)(3)(ii), Cisco Systems, Inc.’s issues
`
`on appeal include at least: (i) the Board’s finding that claims 1-6, 8, 9, 15-22, 24-
`
`27, 33-36, 55-58, 60-63, and 69-72 would have been obvious over the combination
`
`of Amara and Core Builder; (ii) the Board’s finding that Morberg is prior art to the
`
`’668 patent under 102(e); (iii) the Board’s finding that claims 7, 23, and 59 would
`
`have been obvious over the combination of Amara, CoreBuilder, and Moberg; (iv)
`
`-1-
`
`
`
`Case 1PR2016-00309
`U.S. Patent No. 7,224,668 B
`the Board’s finding that claims 10, 12, 13, 28, 30, 31, 64, 66, and 67 would have
`
`been obvious over the combination of Amara, CoreBuilder, and Hendel; and (v)
`
`any findings or determinations supporting or related to the aforementioned issues
`
`as well as all other issues decided adversely to Cisco Systems, Inc. in any orders,
`
`decisions, rulings, phone conference decisions, and/or opinions.
`
`Simultaneously with this submission, Cisco Systems, Inc. is filing a true and
`
`correct copy of this Notice of Appeal with the Director of the United States Patent
`
`and Trademark Office and a true and correct copy of the same, along with the
`
`required docketing fee, with the Clerk of the United States Court of Appeals for the
`
`Federal Circuit as set forth in the accompanying Certificate of Filing.
`
`Respectfully submitted,
`
`S,KEER,GO1IN & Fox P.L.L.C.
`
`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
`
`Date: August 1, 2017
`1100 New York Avenue, N. W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005
`(202) 371-2600
`
`-2-
`
`
`
`Case 1PR2016-00309
`U.S. Patent No. 7,224,668 B
`CERTIFICATE OF FILING
`
`The undersigned hereby certifies that, in addition to being electronically
`
`filed through PTAB E2E, a true and correct copy of the above-captioned PATENT
`
`OWNER CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.’S NOTICE OF APPEAL
`
`is being filed by
`
`hand with the Director on August 1, 2017, at the following address:
`
`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
`
`The undersigned also hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of the
`
`above-captioned PATENT OWNER CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.’S NOTICE OF
`
`APPEAL and the filing fee is being filed via CMIECF with the Clerk’s Office of
`
`the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on August 1, 2017.
`
`Date: August 1, 2017
`
`Respectfully submitted,
`
`Lori A. Gordon (Reg. No. 50,633)
`Attorney for Patent Owner
`
`
`
`Case 1PR2016-00309
`U.S. Patent No. 7,224,668 BI
`CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE
`
`The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing PATENT OWNER
`
`CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.’S NOTICE OF APPEAL was served electronically
`
`via e-mail on August 1, 2017, in its entirety on the following counsel for
`
`Petitioner:
`
`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
`
`Respectfully submitted,
`
`Date: August 1, 2017
`
`Lori A. Gordon (Reg. No. 50,633)
`Attorney for Patent Owner
`
`
Accessing this document will incur an additional charge of $.
After purchase, you can access this document again without charge.
Accept $ Charge
Still Working On It
This document is taking longer than usual to download. This can happen if we need to contact the court directly to obtain the document and their servers are running slowly.
Give it another minute or two to complete, and then try the refresh button.
A few More Minutes ... Still Working
It can take up to 5 minutes for us to download a document if the court servers are running slowly.
Thank you for your continued patience.
This document could not be displayed.
We could not find this document within its docket. Please go back to the docket page and check the link. If that does not work, go back to the docket and refresh it to pull the newest information.
Your account does not support viewing this document.
You need a Paid Account to view this document. Click here to change your account type.
Your account does not support viewing this document.
Set your membership
status to view this document.
With a Docket Alarm membership, you'll
get a whole lot more, including:
- Up-to-date information for this case.
- Email alerts whenever there is an update.
- Full text search for other cases.
- Get email alerts whenever a new case matches your search.
One Moment Please
The filing “” is large (MB) and is being downloaded.
Please refresh this page in a few minutes to see if the filing has been downloaded. The filing will also be emailed to you when the download completes.
Your document is on its way!
If you do not receive the document in five minutes, contact support at support@docketalarm.com.
Sealed Document
We are unable to display this document, it may be under a court ordered seal.
If you have proper credentials to access the file, you may proceed directly to the court's system using your government issued username and password.
Access Government Site
