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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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`GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY,
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`UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2016-01289
`Patent 7,060,360
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`PATENT OWNER’S NOTICE OF APPEAL
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`Case IPR2016-01289
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R § 90.2(a) and 35 U.S.C. § 142, Patent Owner, United
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`Technologies Corporation, (hereinafter “Patent Owner”), respectfully provides
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`Notice that it hereby appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal
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`Circuit from the Final Written Decision entered on December 19, 2017 (Paper 25)
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`and from all other underlying orders, decisions, rulings and opinions relating to
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,060,360 (“the ’360 patent”) , set forth in Inter Partes Review
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`IPR2016-01289, including, without limitation, those within the Decision on
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`Institution of Inter Partes Review, entered December 27, 2016 (Paper 7).
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`For the limited purpose of providing the Director with the information
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`requested in 37 C.F.R § 90.2(a)(3)(ii), issues on Patent Owner’s appeal may
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`include the Board’s construction of “bond layer”; the Board’s interpretation of that
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`construction; the Board’s application of that construction to the prior art; the
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`Board’s interpretation of the prior art; the Board’s determination that claims 1-14
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`of the ’360 patent are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C § 103; any finding supporting
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`that determination; the Board’s failure to consider evidence of record properly; the
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`Board’s legal errors in undertaking its § 103 analysis; the Board’s findings that
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`conflict with the evidence of record or are not supported by substantial evidence;
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`as well as all other issues decided adversely to Patent Owner in any orders,
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`decisions, rulings and opinions.
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`Contemporaneously with this submission, a copy of the Notice of Appeal is
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`being filed electronically with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. In addition, a
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`copy of this Notice of Appeal, along with the required docketing fees, are being
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`electronically filed with the Clerk’s Office for the United States Court of Appeals
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`for the Federal Circuit.
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`Date: 2/20/18
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Lauren A. Degnan
`W. Karl Renner, Reg. No. 41,265
`Timothy W. Riffe, Reg. No. 43,881
`Lauren A. Degnan, Reg. No. 40,584
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`3200 RBC Plaza
`60 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`Tel: 202-783-5070
`Fax: 877-769-7945
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`Counsel for Patent Owner,
`United Technologies Corporation
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`In accordance with 37 CFR § 90.2(a)(1) and § 104.2, I hereby certify that on
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`February 20, 2018, in addition to being filed electronically through the Board’s
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`E2E System, the original version of the foregoing, Patent Owner’s Notice of
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`Appeal was filed by hand on the Director of the United States Patent and
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`Trademark Office, at the following address:
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`Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
`c/o Office of the General Counsel
`Madison Building East, 10B20
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`foregoing, Patent Owner’s Notice of Appeal, along with a copy of the Final
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`Written Decision, was filed electronically with the Clerk’s Office of the United
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`States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, at the following address:
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`United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
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`Pursuant to 37 CFR § 42.6(e)(1), the undersigned certifies that on February
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`20, 2018, a complete and entire copy of this Patent Owner’s Notice of Appeal was
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`provided via email, to the Petitioner by serving the email correspondence addresses
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`of record as follows:
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`Anish Desai
`Brian E. Ferguson
`Megan H. Wantland
`Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
`1300 Eye Street, NW
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`Email: GE.360.IPR@weil.com
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`/Edward G. Faeth/
`Edward G. Faeth
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`3200 RBC Plaza
`60 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis MN 55402
`(202) 626-6420
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