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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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`FACEBOOK, INC. and WHATSAPP, INC.,
`Petitioners
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`UNILOC 2017 LLC,
`Patent Owner
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`Case No. IPR2017-01668
`U.S. Patent 8,724,622
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`PATENT OWNER’S NOTICE OF APPEAL
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`Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
`c/o Office of the General Counsel
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §§ 141 and 142 and 37 C.F.R. §§ 90.2 and 90.3, Patent
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`Owner Uniloc 2017 LLC (“Patent Owner”) hereby provides notice that it appeals to
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`the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from the Final Written
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`Decision entered August 4, 2022 (Paper 46) and from all underlying findings, orders,
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`decisions, rulings, and opinions, including without limitation, the institution decision
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`entered January 19, 2018 (Paper 8).
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a)(3)(ii), Patent Owner states that the
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`issues for appeal include, but are not limited to: the Patent Trial and Appeals Board
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`(“Board”) determinations in the institution decision that there is a reasonable
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`likelihood that claims 4 and 5 of U.S. Patent 8,724,622 are unpatentable and the
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`Board’s subsequent determination that claims 4 and 5 of the ’622 patent are
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`unpatentable; the Board’s consideration and analysis of the expert testimony, prior
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`art, and other evidence in the record; and the Board’s factual findings, conclusions of
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`law, or other determinations supporting or relating to the above issues.
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 142 and 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a), this Notice is being
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`filed with the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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`Simultaneous with this submission, a copy of this Notice is being filed with the
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`Patent Trial and Appeal Board. In addition, a copy of this Notice, along with the
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`required docketing fees, is being filed with the Clerk’s office of the United States
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`Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
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`DATED: October 6, 2022
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`By: /Brett Mangrum/
`Brett Mangrum (Reg. No. 64,783)
`Ryan Loveless (Reg. No. 51,970)
`Etheridge Law Group
`2600 E. Southlake Blvd., Ste. 120-324
`Southlake, TX 76092
`brett@etheridgelaw.com
`ryan@etheridgelaw.com
`817-470-7249
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner Uniloc 2017
`LLC
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`The undersigned certifies that, in addition to being filed electronically
`through the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s E2E system, the foregoing Notice of
`Appeal was filed by Priority Mail Express on October 6, 2022 with the Director of
`the United States Patent and Trademark Office, at the following address:
`Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
`c/o Office of the General Counsel
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`The undersigned certifies that a copy of the foregoing Notice of Appeal,
`along with the required docket fee, was filed on the below date, with the Clerk’s
`Office for the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit through the
`Court’s CM/ECF filing system.
`The undersigned certifies service pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e) of a copy
`of this Notice of Appeal by electronic mail on the below date, on the counsel of
`record for Petitioners:
`PETITIONER’S LEAD COUNSEL:
`Heidi L. Keefe
`hkeefe@cooley.com
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`Date: October 6, 2022
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`/s/ Brett Mangrum
`Brett Mangrum (Reg. No. 64,783)
`brett@etheridgelaw.com
`Counsel for Patent Owner Uniloc
`2017 LLC
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