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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., WHATSAPP INC., HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD., LG
`ELECTRONICS, INC., AND APPLE INC.,
`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`UNILOC 2017 LLC
`Patent Owner.
`
`Case IPR2017-01667
`U.S. Patent No. Patent 8,724,622 B2
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`FACEBOOK, INC., WHATSAPP INC., and APPLE INC.,
`Petitioners
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`v.
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`UNILOC 2017 LLC,
`Patent Owner.
`
`Case IPR2017-01668
`U.S. Patent No. Patent 8,724,622 B2
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`PATENT OWNER’S NOTICE OF CROSS-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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`

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`For its final written decision, the Board consolidated Case Nos. IPR2017-
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`01667 (“-1667”)1 and IPR2017-01668 (“-1668).2 This same consolidation was
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`maintained for the decision on request for rehearing. And, Patent Owner maintains
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`the consolidation for this Notice of Cross-Appeal.
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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 the
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`United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from the Consolidated Final
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`Written Decision entered January 16, 2019 (Paper 37 for -1667, Paper 35 for -1668); the
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`Consolidated Decision Denying Patent Owner’s Request for Rehearing entered May 15,
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`2019 (Paper 39 for -1667, Paper 37 for -1668); and from all underlying findings, orders,
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`decisions, rulings, and opinions, including, without limitation the institution decisions for
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`entered January 19, 2018 (Paper 8 for -1667, Paper 8 for -1668).
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a)(3)(ii), Patent Owner states that the issues
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`for appeal include, but are not limited to: the Patent Trial and Appeals Board (“Board”)’s
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`determinations in the institution that Claims 3, 6–8, 10, 11, 13–23, 27–35, 38, and 39
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`(for -1667) and Claims 4, 5, 12, and 24–26 (for -1668) of U.S. Patent No 8,724,622 B2
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`(the “’622 patent”) were shown by a reasonable likelihood to be unpatentable; the
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`1 Huawei Device Co., Ltd. and LG Electronics, Inc., which filed a petition in
`Case
`IPR2017-02090, and Apple
`Inc., which
`filed a petition
`in Case
`IPR2018-00579, were joined as petitioners in IPR2017-01667
`2 Apple Inc., which filed a petition in Case IPR2018-00580, was joined
`as a petitioner in IPR2017-01668.
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`Board’s subsequent determination that claims 3, 6–8, 10–35, 38, and 39 (consolidated
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`1667/1668 decision) are unpatentable; the Decision Denying Patent Owner’s Request for
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`Rehearing (consolidated 1667/1668 decision); the Board’s consideration and analysis of
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`the expert testimony, prior art, and other evidence in the record; and the Board’s factual
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`findings, conclusions of law, or other determinations supporting or relating to the above
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`issues.
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 142 and 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a), this Notice is being filed
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`with the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Simultaneous
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`with this submission, a copy of this Notice is being filed with the Patent Trial and
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`Appeal Board. In addition, a copy of this Notice, along with the required docketing
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`fees, is being filed with the Clerk’s office of the United States Court of Appeals for
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`the Federal Circuit.
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`DATED: July 17, 2019
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`By: /s/ Brett Mangrum
`Brett Mangrum (Reg. No. 64,783)
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`Ryan Loveless (Reg. No. 51,970)
`James Etheridge (Reg. No. 37,614)
`Jeffrey Huang (Reg. No. 68,639)
`Etheridge Law Group
`2600 E. Southlake Blvd., Ste. 120-324
`Southlake, TX 76092
`brett@etheridgelaw.com
`ryan@etheridgelaw.com
`jim@etheridgelaw.com
`jeff@etheridgelaw.com
`817-470-7249
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`Attorneys for Uniloc 2017 LLC
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies that, in addition to being filed electronically through
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`the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s E2E, the foregoing Notice of Cross-Appeal was
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`filed by Express Mail on July 17, 2019, with the Director of the United States Patent
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`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
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`The undersigned certifies that a copy of the foregoing Notice of Cross-Appeal,
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`along with the required docket fee, was filed on July 17, 2019, with the Clerk’s
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`Office for the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit through the
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`Court’s CM/ECF filing system.
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`The undersigned certifies service pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e) of a copy of
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`this Notice of Cross-Appeal by electronic mail on July 17, 2019, on the counsel of
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`record for Petitioner:
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`Lead Counsel
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`Heidi Keefe
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`40,673
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`hkeefe@cooley.com
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`First Back Up Counsel
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`Phillip Morton
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`57835
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`pmorton@cooley.com
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`Back Up Counsel
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`David Garr
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`74932
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`dgarr@cov.com
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`Back Up Counsel
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`Greg Discher
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`42488
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`gdischer@cov.com
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`Back Up Counsel
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`Anand Sharma
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`43,916
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`anand.sharma@finnegan.com
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`Back Up Counsel
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`Minjae Kang
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`67,054
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`minjae.kang@finnegan.com
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`Back Up Counsel
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`Joshua Goldberg
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`59369
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`joshua.goldberg@finnegan.com
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`Back Up Counsel
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`Bradford Schulz
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`75006
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`bradford.schulz@finnegan.com
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`First Back Up Counsel
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`Jason Eisenberg
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`43447
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`jasone-ptab@sternekessler.com
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`IPR2017-01668
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`Back Up Counsel
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`Michael Specht
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`54463
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`mspecht-ptab@sternekessler.com
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`IPR2017-01668
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`Back Up Counsel
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`Trent Merrell
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`73771
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`tmerrell-ptab@sternekessler.com
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`IPR2017-01668
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`DATED: July 17, 2019
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`By: /s/ Brett A. Mangrum
`Brett A. Mangrum
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