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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`VALVE CORPORATION,
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`Petitioner,
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`IRONBURG INVENTIONS LTD.,
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`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2016-00948
`Patent No. 8,641,525
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`PATENT OWNER IRONBURG INVENTIONS LTD.’S
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`NOTICE OF APPEAL
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`INTRODUCTION
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`Patent Owner Ironburg Inventions Ltd.’s (“Ironburg”) appeal stems from the
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`Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s Final Written Decision entered on September 22,
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`2017 (Paper 44) (the “Final Written Decision”) and the Board’s decision on
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`Petitioner’s request for Rehearing entered on January 26, 2018 (Paper 54) (the
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`“Rehearing Decision”) in the above-captioned inter partes review of United States
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`Patent No. 8,641,525. This notice is timely filed within 63 days of the Rehearing
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`Decision. 37 C.F.R. § 90.3(b)(1).
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`IRONBURG’S APPEAL
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`Please take notice that under 35 U.S.C. §§ 141(c), 142, 319; 37 C.F.R. §§
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`90.2(a), 90.3(b), and Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure/Federal Circuit Rule 4,
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`Patent Owner Ironburg hereby appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for
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`the Federal Circuit from the Final Written Decision and the Rehearing Decision
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`based on the “Decision, Institution of Inter Partes Review” entered on September
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`27, 2016 (Paper 11) (the “Institution Decision”).
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`IRONBURG’S ISSUES ON APPEAL
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a)(3)(ii), Ironburg’s issues on appeal
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`include at least: (i) the Board’s finding that claims 1, 6, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, and 20
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`are anticipated by Tosaki; (ii) the Board’s finding that claim 20 is obvious over
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`Enright and Tosaki; (iii) the Board’s claim construction; and (iv) any findings or
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`determinations supporting or related to the aforementioned issues as well as all
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`other issues decided adversely to Ironburg in any orders, decisions, rulings, phone
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`conference decisions, and/or opinions.
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`Simultaneously with this submission, Ironburg is filing a true and correct
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`copy 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 of the same, along with the required
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`docketing fee, with the Clerk of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal
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`Circuit as set forth in the accompanying Certificate of Filing.
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`Dated: March 27, 2018
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /s/Robert Becker
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`Robert Becker, Reg. NO. 37,778
`Ehab Samuel, Reg. No. 57,905
`Yasser El-Gamal, Reg. No. 45,339
`MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS, LLP
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner
`IRONBURG INVENTIONS LTD.
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`CERTIFICATE OF FILING
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that, in addition to being filed with the
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`PTAB through the PTAB E2E electronic filing system, a true and correct copy of
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`the above-captioned PATENT OWNER IRONBURG INVENTIONS LTD.’S
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`NOTICE OF APPEAL is being filed today with the Director of the U.S. Patent
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`and Trademark Office by Priority Mail Express® at the following address:
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`Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
`c/o 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 IRONBURG INVENTIONS LTD.’S
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`NOTICE OF APPEAL and the filing fee is being filed today via the electronic
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`filing system, CM/ECF, with the Clerk’s Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for
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`the Federal Circuit.
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`Dated: March 27, 2018
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /s/Robert Becker
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`Robert Becker, Reg. NO. 37,778
`Ehab Samuel, Reg. No. 57,905
`Yasser El-Gamal, Reg. No. 45,339
`MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS, LLP
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE (37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e))
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`that
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`the foregoing PATENT OWNER
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`The undersigned hereby certifies
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`IRONBURG INVENTIONS LTD.’S NOTICE OF APPEAL was served
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`electronically via email on March 27, 2018, in its entirety on Petitioner’s counsel
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`of record at the following address:
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`Joshua C. Harrison, Reg. No. 45,686, josh@bhiplaw.com
`Reynaldo C. Barcelo, Reg. No. 42,290, rey@bhiplaw.com
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`Dated: March 27, 2018
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /s/Robert Becker
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`Robert Becker, Reg. NO. 37,778
`Ehab Samuel, Reg. No. 57,905
`Yasser El-Gamal, Reg. No. 45,339
`MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS, LLP
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner
`IRONBURG INVENTIONS LTD.
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