`Filed: September 7, 2018
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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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`FLIR Systems, Inc.
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`Garmin Switzerland GmbH,
`Patent Owner
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`PETITIONER’S NOTICE OF APPEAL UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a)
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a), notice is hereby given that Petitioner FLIR
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`Systems, Inc. and FLIR Maritime US, Inc. (f/k/a Raymarine, Inc.) (“FLIR”)
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`appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from the Final
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`Written Decision (Paper No. 38) (the “Final Written Decision”), in IPR2017-
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`00946, entered on July 10, 2018, by the United States Patent and Trademark
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`Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board (the “Board”), and from all underlying
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`orders, decisions, rulings, and opinions. A copy of the Final Written Decision is
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`attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a)(3)(ii), FLIR further indicates that the
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`issues on appeal may include, but are not limited to, the Board’s determination that
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`claims 1–7, 12–23, 25–27, and 41–44 of U.S. Patent Number 7,268,703 have not
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`been shown to be unpatentable, specifically, that (1) claims 1, 7, 12, 19, and 27 are
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`not anticipated under 35 U.S.C. § 102 by de Jong, or that (2) claims 2–6, 13–18,
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`20–23, 25, 26, and 41–44 would not have been obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103 in
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`light of de Jong and Tetley. The issues on appeal may also include the Board’s
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`determination to grant Patent Owner’s contingent motion to amend with respect to
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`cancelling claim 45 and substituting proposed claims 72 and 73 for claims 28 and
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`29.
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`Simultaneous with this submission, a copy of this Notice of Appeal is being
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`Dated: September 7, 2018
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/ Brian E. Ferguson/
`Brian E. Ferguson (Reg. No. 36,801)
`Christopher Pepe (Reg. No. 73,851)
`Stephen P. Bosco (pro hac vice)
`Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
`2001 M Street NW, Suite 600
`Washington, D.C. 20036
`T: 202-682-7000
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`Anish R. Desai (Reg. No. 73,760)
`Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
`767 Fifth Avenue
`New York, NY 10153-0119
`T: 212-310-8730
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`Counsel for Petitioners
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`The undersigned certifies that, in addition to being filed electronically
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`through the PTAB E2E System, the original version of Petitioner’s Notice of
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`Appeal, has been sent via priority mail on September 7, 2018, to the Director of the
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`United States Patent and 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
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Madison Building East, Room 10B20
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`Alexandria, VA 22314-5793
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`The undersigned also certified that a true and correct copy of Petitioner’s
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`Notice of Appeal and the required filing fee were filed electronically via CM/ECF
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`on September 7, 2018, with the Clerk of Court for the United States Court of
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`Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
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`The undersigned also certifies that a true and correct copy of Petitioner
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`General Electric’s Notice of Appeal was served on September 7, 2018, via
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`electronic mail, upon the following counsel of record for Patent Owner Garmin
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`Switzerland GmbH:
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`Adam P. Seitz
`ERISE IP, P.A.
`6201 College Blvd., Suite 300
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`Dated: September 7, 2018
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/ Brian E. Ferguson/
`Brian E. Ferguson (Reg. No. 36,801)
`Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
`2001 M Street, NW
`Washington, DC 20036
`T: 202-682-7000
`E: FLIR.703.IPR@Weil.com
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