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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria1 Virginia 22313-1450
`www.uspto.gov
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`F ING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONF {MATION NO.
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`95/000,479
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`05/28/2009
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`7161506
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`2855.002REX3
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`2572
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`26111
`7590
`01/18/2012
`STERNE,KESSLER,GOLDSIEINMOXPLLC.
`1100 NEW YORK AVENUE, N.W.
`WASHINGTON, DC 20005
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`LEUNG, CHRISTINA Y
`ART UNIT
`PAPER NUMBER
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`3992
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`MAIL DATE
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`01/18/2012
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`PAPER
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
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`PTOL—90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`NetApp; Rackspace
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`Exhibit 1008
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`Page 1
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`NetApp; Rackspace Exhibit 1008 Page 1
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
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`AND INTERFERENCES
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`BLUE COAT SYSTEMS, INC.
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`Respondent
`V.
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`REALTIME DATA LLC.
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`Patent Owner, Appellant
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`Appeal 2012-002371
`Inter partes Reexamination Control No. 95/000,479
`United States Patent 7,161,506 B2
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`Technology Center 3900
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`Before RICHARD TORCZON, ALLEN R. MacDONALD, and
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`STEPHEN C. SIU, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`SIU, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION ON APPEAL
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`NetApp;Rackspace
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`Exhibit1008
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`Page2
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`NetApp; Rackspace Exhibit 1008 Page 2
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`Appeal 2012-002371
`Reexamination Control 95/000,479
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`Patent 7,161,506 B2
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`This proceeding arose from a third party request on behalf of Blue
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`Coat Systems, Inc. for an inter partes reexamination of U. S. Patent
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`7,161,506 B2 (the ‘506 patent), entitled “Systems and Methods for Data
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`Compression such as Content Dependent Data Compression,” assigned to
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`Realtime Data LLC and issued to James J. Fallon (January, 9, 2007). Claims
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`1-5, 8, 9, 11, 17, 20-23, 27, 39, 43, 69-73, 79, 81, 82, 84-90, 96, and 98
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`presently stand rejected. Claims 6, 7, 16, 41, and 42 have been confirmed.
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`We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. §§ 134(b) and 306.
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`STATEMENT OF THE CASE
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`The ‘506 patent describes “data compression and decompression
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`using content independent and content dependent data compression and
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`decompression” (col. 6, 11. 21-23).
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`Claim 1 on appeal reads as follows:
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`1. A method for compressing data, comprising the steps of:
`analyzing a data block of an input data stream to identify one or more
`data types of the data block, the input data stream comprising a plurality of
`disparate data types;
`performing content dependent data compression; if a data type of the
`data block is identified;
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`performing data compression with a single data compression encoder,
`if the data type of the data block is not identified.
`(App. Br. 44, Claims Appendix.)
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`NetApp;Rackspace
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`Exhibit1008
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`Pages
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`NetApp; Rackspace Exhibit 1008 Page 3
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`Appeal 2012-002371
`Reexamination Control 95/000,479
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`Patent 7,161,506 B2
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`The Examiner relies upon the following prior art references:
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`MacLean
`Kawashima
`Franaszek
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`Reynar
`Sebastian
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`US 5,167,034
`US 5,805,932
`US 5,870,036
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`US 5,951,623
`US 6,253,264 B1
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`Nov. 24, 1992
`Sep. 8, 19981
`Feb. 9, 1999
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`Sep. 14, 1999
`Jun. 26, 2001
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`CCITT, “Data Compression Procedures for Data Circuit Terminating
`Equipment (DCE) Using Error Correction Procedures,” Recommendation
`V.42 bis, International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, 1990
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`(“CCITT”).
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`Rejections
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`Claims 1-5, 8, 9, 11, 17, 21-23, 43, 69, 72, 73, 79, and 81 stand
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`rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by Sebastian (Ans. 5);
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`Claims 69, 70, 72, 73, 79, 81, 82, 84, and 85 stand rejected under 35
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`U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Franaszek (Ans. 8);
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`Claim 20 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
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`unpatentable over Sebastian, Franaszek, and Reynar (Ans. 9);
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`Claims 27 and 39 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 (a) as being
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`unpatentable over Sebastian and any one of CCITT or Reynar (Ans. 10);
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`Claim 82 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
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`unpatentable over Sebastian and MacLean (Ans. 11);
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`Claims 70, 71, 84-90, 96, and 98 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
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`103 (a) as being unpatentable over Sebastian and Kawashima (Ans. 11).
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`1 Cited in conjunction with corresponding International Publication Number
`WO 95/29437 A1 (Nov. 1995).
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`3
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`NetApp;Rackspace
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`Exhibit1008
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`Page4
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`NetApp; Rackspace Exhibit 1008 Page 4
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`Appeal 2012-002371
`Reexamination Control 95/000,479
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`Patent 7,161,506 B2
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`DISCUSSION
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`As stated above, claims 1-5, 8, 9, 11, 17, 20-23, 27, 39, 43, 69-73, 79,
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`81, 82, 84-90, 96, and 98 presently stand rejected. Appellant “retracts any
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`rebuttal arguments of the Examiner’s rejection of claims 1-5, 8, 9, 11, 17,
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`20-23, 27, 39,43, 69-78, 79, 81, 82, 84-90, 96, and 98. .
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`. 7’2 Since
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`Appellant does not dispute any of the Examiner’s rejections of the claims,
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`we sustain the Examiner’s rejection of claims 1-5, 8, 9, 11, 17, 21-23, 43,
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`69, 72, 73, 79, and 81 as being anticipated by Sebastian; claims 69, 70, 72,
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`73, 79, 81, 82, 84, and 85 as being anticipated by Franaszek, claim 20 as
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`being unpatentable over Sebastian, Franaszek, and Reynar; claims 27 and 39
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`as being unpatentable over Sebastian and any one of CCITT or Reynar;
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`claim 82 as being unpatentable over Sebastian and MacLean; and claims 70,
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`71, 84-90, 96, and 98 as being unpatentable over Sebastian and Kawashima.
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`DECISION
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`The Examiner’s decision to reject claims 1-5, 8, 9, 11, 17, 20-23, 27,
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`39, 43, 69-73, 79, 81, 82, 84-90, 96, and 98 is affirmed.
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`Requests for extensions of time in this inter partes reexamination
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`proceeding are governed by 37 C.F.R. § 1.956. See 37 C.F.R. § 41.79.
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`rvb
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`AFFIRMED
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`2 Patent Owner’s Rebuttal Brief Under 37 C.F.R. § 41.71, Retracting the
`Arguments Made to Overcome the Claim Rejections and Thereby
`Eliminating the Issues on Appeal, filed October 28, 2011, p. 6.
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`Exhibit1008
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`Page5
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`Appeal 2012-002371
`Reexamination Control 95/000,479
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`Patent 7,161,506 B2
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`Patent Owner
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`STERN, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOXX P.L.L.C.
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`1100 NEW YORK AVENUE, NW
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`WASHINGTON, DC 20005
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`Third Party Reguester
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`MICHAEL A. MESSINA, ESQ.
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`MCDERMOTT, WILL & EMERY
`600 13TH STREET, NW
`WASHINGTON, DC 20005-3096
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`NetApp;Rackspace
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`Exhibit1008
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`Page6
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`NetApp; Rackspace Exhibit 1008 Page 6
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