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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BhOARD
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`REACTIVE SURFACES LTD. LLP,
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`Petitioner,
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`TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION,
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-01914
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`Patent No. 8,394,618 B2
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`TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION’S NOTICE OF APPEAL
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`IPR2016-01914
`U.S. Patent No. 8,394,618 B2
`Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a), that Patent Owner
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`Toyota Motor Corporation appeals under 35 U.S.C. §§ 141 and 142 to the United
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`States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from the Final Written Decision
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`(Paper 64) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and
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`Appeal Board (the “Board”) entered on March 1, 2018 in Inter Partes Review
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`IPR2016-01914 involving U.S. Patent No. 8,394,618 B2, and from the following
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`underlying orders and decisions:
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`• Decision on Institution of Inter Partes Review (Paper 26) entered on March
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`23, 2017, to the extent that any aspect of said decision is appealable; and
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`• Order on Conduct of the Proceeding (Paper 53) entered on November 17,
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`2017.
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a)(3)(ii), Patent Owner indicates that
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`the issues on appeal may include the Board’s determination that claims 1-11 are
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`unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a), its claim constructions, its decision not to
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`strike new arguments and evidence in Petitioner’s reply (see Paper 53), and any
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`finding or determination supporting or relating to these issues, as well as all other
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`issues decided adversely to Patent Owner in the Final Written Decision.
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`Copies of this Notice of Appeal are being filed simultaneously with the
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`Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the Board, and the
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`IPR2016-01914
`U.S. Patent No. 8,394,618 B2
`Clerk of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, along with the
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`filing fee to the Federal Circuit.
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`Joshua A. Lorentz
`Reg. No. 52,406
`Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
`255 E. Fifth St., Ste. 1900
`Cincinnati, OH 45202
`T: (513) 977-8200
`E: joshua.lorentz@dinsmore.com
`Attorney for Patent Owner
`Toyota Motor Corporation
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`Dated: April 30, 2018
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`IPR2016-01914
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`CERTIFICATE OF FILING
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`I hereby certify that, in addition to being filed electronically through the
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`Board’s E2E filing system, the foregoing TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION’S
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`NOTICE OF APPEAL was filed by Priority Mail Express on this 30th day of
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`April, 2018 with the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, at
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`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, VA 22313-1450
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`I also hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing TOYOTA
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`MOTOR CORPORATION’S NOTICE OF APPEAL, along with the required
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`filing fee, was filed electronically by CM/ECF on this 30th day of April, 2018,
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`with the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and that a paper
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`copy was sent to the Federal Circuit’s Clerk’s Office at the following address:
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`United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
`717 Madison Place, N.W., Suite 401
`Washington, DC 20439
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing TOYOTA
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`MOTOR CORPORATION’S NOTICE OF APPEAL was served by electronic
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`mail on this 30th day of April, 2018 on counsel of record for Petitioner as follows:
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`IPR2016-01914
`U.S. Patent No. 8,394,618 B2
`David O. Simmons (dsimmons@ivcpatentagency.com)
`Jonathan D. Hurt (jhurt@technologylitigators.com)
`Mark A.J. Fassold (mfassold@wattsguerra.com)
`Jorge Mares (jmares@wattsguerra.com)
`Rico Reyes (rico@ricoreyeslaw.com)
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`Dated: April 30, 2018
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`Joshua A. Lorentz
`Reg. No. 52,406
`Attorney for Patent Owner
`Toyota Motor Corporation
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