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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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`NICHIA CORPORATION and CREE, INC.,
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`DOCUMENT SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2018-01166
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`PATENT OWNER DOCUMENT SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.’S
`NOTICE OF APPEAL
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §§ 141, 142, and 319, and in accordance with 37 C.F.R.
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`§§ 90.2-90.3, Patent Owner Document Security Systems, Inc. timely appeals to the
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`United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from the Final Written
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`Decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board entered on November 19, 2019 in
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`IPR2018-01166 (Paper 24), and from all underlying findings, determinations,
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`orders, decisions, rulings and opinions regarding the inter partes review of U.S.
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`Patent No. 7,256,486 (“the ’486 Patent”), including the DECISION Instituting Inter
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`Partes Review entered on November 30, 2018 (Paper 9).
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`For the limited purpose of providing the Director with the information
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`requested in 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a)(3)(ii), Patent Owner anticipates that the issues on
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`appeal may include, but are not limited to, the following, as well as any underlying
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`findings, determinations, orders, decisions, rulings, opinions, or other related issues:
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` Whether the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s decision finding that claims 1-5
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`of the ’486 patent are unpatentable was “(A) arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of
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`discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law; (B) contrary to
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`constitutional right, power, privilege, or immunity; (C) in excess of statutory
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`jurisdiction, authority or limitations, or short of statutory right; (D) without
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`observance of procedure required by law; [or] (E) unsupported by substantial
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`evidence … .” See 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A)-(E); and
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`statutory or constitutional provision, including whether the panel of
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`administrative patent judges was properly appointed under the appointments
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`clause. See Arthrex, Inc., v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., Case No. 2018-2140 (Fed.
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`Cir. Oct. 31, 2019).
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`Simultaneous with the electronic submission of this Notice of Appeal to the
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`Patent Trial and Appeal Board, a copy of this Notice of Appeal is being filed with
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`the United States Patent and Trademark Office by way of hand delivery to the Office
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`of General Counsel to:
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`Office of the General Counsel
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Madison Building East, Room 10B20
`600 Dulany Street
`Alexandria, Virginia 22314
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`In addition, consistent with Federal Circuit Rules 15(a)(1) and 25(b)(1), this
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`Notice of Appeal, along with the required docketing fees and copies of the decisions
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`of the agency for which review is sought, are being filed electronically with the
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`United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and one paper copy of the
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`Notice of Appeal is being provided to the Clerk’s Office:
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`Clerk of Court
`United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
`717 Madison Place, NW, Room 401
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`Any required fees to the United States Patent and Trademark Office may be
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`charged to Deposit Account No. 50-1860.
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`Dated: January 21, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` By: /s/ Wayne M. Helge
`Wayne M. Helge (Reg. No. 56,905)
`Davidson Berquist Jackson &
`Gowdey, LLP
`8300 Greensboro Drive, Suite 500
`McLean, VA 22102
`Telephone: 571-765-7700
`Fax: 571-765-7200
`Email: whelge@dbjg.com
`Lead Counsel for Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on January 21, 2020, a true and correct copy of the
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`foregoing Patent Owner’s Notice of Appeal was served via email, by consent, to
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`Petitioners by serving the correspondence email addresses of record as follows:
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`Patrick R. Colsher (Reg. No. 74,955)
`patrick.colsher@shearman.com
`Eric S. Lucas (Reg. No. 76,434)
`eric.lucas@shearman.com
`Thomas R. Makin
`thomas.makin@shearman.com
`Shearman & Sterling LLP
`599 Lexington Avenue
`New York, New York 10022
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`Matthew G. Berkowitz (Reg. No. 57,215)
`matthew.berkowitz@shearman.com
`Shearman & Sterling LLP
`1460 El Camino Real
`Menlo Park, California 94025
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`Email: nichia-dss@shearman.com
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`Blaney Harper (Reg. No. 33,897)
`bharper@jonesday.com
`Douglas H. Pearson (Reg. No. 47,851)
`dhpearson@jonesday.com
`Yury Kalish (Reg. No. 72,538)
`ykalish@jonesday.com
`JONES DAY
`51 Louisiana Ave., N.W.
`Washington, DC 20001
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`Joseph M. Sauer (Reg. No. 47,919)
`jmsauer@jonesday.com
`David B. Cochran (Reg. No. 39,142)
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`JONES DAY
`901 Lakeside Ave.
`Cleveland, OH 44114
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`Matthew W. Johnson (Reg. No. 59,108)
`mwjohnson@jonesday.com
`JONES DAY
`500 Grant Street, Suite 4500
`Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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`Wayne M. Helge (Reg. No. 56,905)
`Davidson Berquist Jackson &
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`8300 Greensboro Drive, Suite 500
`McLean, VA 22102
`Telephone: 571-765-7700
`Fax: 571-765-7200
`Email: whelge@dbjg.com
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