`Filed: December 9, 2019
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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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`APPLE INC.,
`VISA INC., and VISA U.S.A. INC.,
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`UNIVERSAL SECURE REGISTRY, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2018-008101
`Patent No. 9,100,826 B2
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`PETITIONERS VISA INC. AND VISA U.S.A. INC.’S
`NOTICE OF APPEAL
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`1 Visa Inc. and Visa U.S.A. Inc., which filed a petition in IPR2019-00175, have
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a) and 35 U.S.C. §§ 141(c), 142, and 319, Visa
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`Inc. and Visa U.S.A. Inc. (“Visa”) respectfully gives notice that they appeal to the
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`United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from the Patent Trial and
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`Appeal Board’s Final Written Decision entered on October 7, 2019 (Paper 42), and
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`from all other underlying orders, decisions, rulings, and opinions.
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` For the limited purpose of providing the Director of the United States
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`Patent and Trademark Office with the information specified in 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 90.2(a)(3)(ii), the issues on appeal include the Board’s determination that claims
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`1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 21, 22, 24, 26, 27, 30, 31, and 34 of U.S. Patent No
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`9,100,826 B2 were not shown to be unpatentable in view of the grounds of
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`unpatentability on which trial was instituted (Paper 8). The issues on appeal also
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`include any finding or determination supporting or related to these issues, as well
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`as all other issues decided adversely to Visa in any order, decision, ruling, or
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`opinion.
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` Simultaneous with this filing and in accordance with 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 90.2(a)(1), this Notice of Appeal is being filed with the Director and served on
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`Patent Owner in accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e). This Notice of Appeal,
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`along with the required fees, is also being filed with the Clerk’s Office for the
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`United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in accordance with Fed. Cir.
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`R. 15(a)(1).
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`Dated: December 9, 2019
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`Respectfully Submitted,
`/ Matthew A. Argenti /
`Matthew A. Argenti
`Reg. No. 61,836
`WILSON SONSINI
`GOODRICH & ROSATI
`650 Page Mill Road
`Palo Alto, CA 94304
`Tel: (650) 354-4154
`Fax: (650) 493-6811
`margenti@wsgr.com
`Attorney for
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`CERTIFICATES OF FILING AND SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that, in addition to being filed electronically through the
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`Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s End to End system, the foregoing Notice of
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`Appeal was filed by Express Mail on this 9th day of December, 2019, with the
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`Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, at the following
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`Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`c/o Office of the General Counsel
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`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
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`I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Notice of
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`Appeal was filed electronically by CM/ECF on this 9th day of December, 2019,
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`with the Clerk’s Office of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal
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`Circuit.
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), I certify that I caused to be served a true and
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`correct copy of the foregoing Notice of Appeal on the Patent Owner at the
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`electronic service addresses of the Patent Owner as follows:
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`James Glass
`Tigran Guledjian
`Christopher Mathews
`Nima Hefazi
`Richard Lowry
`Razmig Messerian
`Jordan B. Kaericher
`Harold A. Barza
`Richard Lowry
`QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN LLP
`jimglass@quinnemanuel.com
`tigrangulejian@quinnemanuel.com
`chrismathews@quinnemanuel.com
`nimahefazi@quinnemanuel.com
`razmesserian@quinnemanuel.com
`jordankaericher@quinnemanuel.com
`halbarza@quinnemanuel.com
`richard.lowry@quinnemanuel.com
`qe-usr-ipr@quinnemanuel.com
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`Dated: December 9, 2019
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`/ Matthew A. Argenti /
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