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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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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA. INC.,
`Petitioner
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`UNILOC 2017 LLC
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-01799
`U.S. Patent No. Patent 8,199,747 B
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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 the
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`United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from the Final Written Decision
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`entered January 31, 2019 (Paper 40); the Decision Denying Patent Owner’s Request for
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`Rehearing entered May 16, 2019 (Paper 42); 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 February 6, 2018 (Paper 9).
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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 2 and 12 of U.S. Patent No 8,199,747 B
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`(the “’747 patent”) were shown by a reasonable likelihood to be unpatentable; the
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`Board’s subsequent determination that Claims 1-3, 12, and 13 are unpatentable; the
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`Decision Denying Patent Owner’s Request for Rehearing; the Board’s consideration and
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`analysis of the expert testimony, prior art, and other evidence in the record; and the
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`Board’s factual findings, conclusions of law, or other determinations supporting or
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`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 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 18, 2019
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`By: /Ryan Loveless/
`Ryan Loveless (Reg. No. 51,970)
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`Brett Mangrum (Reg. No. 64,783)
`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 Appeal was filed
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`by Priority Mail Express on July 18, 2019, with the Director of the United States
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`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
`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
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`with the required docket fee, was filed on July 18, 2019, with the Clerk’s Office for
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`the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit through the Court’s
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`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 Appeal by electronic mail on July 17, 2019, on the counsel of record
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`for Petitioner:
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`Lead Counsel
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`Naveen Modi
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`46,224
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`naveenmodi@paulhastings.com
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`First Back Up
`Counsel
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`Joseph Palys
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`46,508
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`josephpalys@paulhastings.com
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`Back Up Counsel
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`Phillip Citroen
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`phillipcitroen@paulhastings.com
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`Back Up Counsel Michael Wolfe
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`71992 michaelwolfe@paulhastings.com
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`DATED: July 18, 2019
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`By: /Ryan Loveless/
`Ryan Loveless
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