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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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`AMERICAN NATIONAL MANUFACTURING INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`SLEEP NUMBER CORPORATION
`f/k/a SELECT COMFORT CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR2019-00514
`Patent No. 5,904,172
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`PATENT OWNER SLEEP NUMBER CORPORATION’S
`NOTICE OF APPEAL
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`via PTAB E2E
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
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`via Federal Express
`Office of the General Counsel
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Madison Building East, Room 10B20
`600 Dulany Street
`Alexandria, VA 22314
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`via CM/ECF
`United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
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`Case No. IPR2019-00514
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`On October 5, 2020, Petitioner American National Manufacturing
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`(“Petitioner”) filed “Petitioner’s Notice of Appeal of Final Written Decision” (Paper
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`100) in the above referenced inter partes review.
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §§ 141(c), 142, 319; 37 C.F.R. §§ 90.2(a), 90.3(a), and
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`Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure/Federal Circuit Rules 4(a) and 15(a)(1), please
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`take notice that Patent Owner Sleep Number Corporation, (“Sleep Number”) hereby
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`appeals/cross appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
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`from the Final Written Decision entered on August 4, 2020 (the “Final Written
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`Decision”) (Paper 94) in IPR2019-00514, an inter partes review of United States
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`Patent No. 5,904,172 based on the “Trial Instituted Document” entered on August
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`5, 2019 (Paper 10) (the “Institution Decision”).
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a)(3)(ii), Sleep Number’s non-exclusive
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`list of potential issues on appeal include: (i) the Board’s finding that Independent
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`Claim 16 was anticipated by U.S. Patent No. 5,044,029 (“Vrzalik”), including its
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`application of the claim construction for “substantially fluidly sealed,” and (ii) the
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`Board’s claim construction for the term “pressure monitor means.” Other possible
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`issues on appeal include any other issues responsive to the appeal issue(s) raised by
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`Petitioner or that were decided adversely to Sleep Number in any order, decision,
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`ruling, phone conference, opinion, or final decision.
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`Sleep Number is filing a true and correct copy of this Notice of Appeal with
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`the Clerk of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, along with
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`the required docketing fee, as set forth in the accompanying Certificate of Filing.
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`Also, in compliance with 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a)(1), Sleep Number is filing a true and
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`correct copy of this Notice of Appeal with the Director of the United States Patent
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`and Trademark Office.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Dated: October 6, 2020
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`By: /s/ Lukas Toft
`Lukas Toft (Reg. No. 75,311)
`Andrew S. Hansen (pro hac vice)
`Archana Nath (pro hac vice)
`Elizabeth A. Patton (pro hac vice)
`FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP
`222 South Ninth Street, Suite 2000
`Minneapolis, MN 55402-3338
`Telephone: (612) 607-7000
`ltoft@foxrothschild.com
`ahansen@foxrothschild.com
`anath@foxrothschild.com
`epatton@foxrothschild.com
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`Steven A. Moore (Reg. No. 55,462)
`ZHONG LUN
`1717 Kettner Boulevard, Suite 200
`San Diego, CA 92101
`Telephone: (323) 930-5690
`stevemoore@zhonglun.com
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`Kecia J. Reynolds (Reg. No. 47,021)
`PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP
`1200 Seventeenth Street, NW
`Washington, DC 20036
`Telephone: (202) 663-8000
`kecia.reynolds@pillsburylaw.com
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner
`Sleep Number Corporation
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`CERTIFICATE OF FILING
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that, in addition to being electronically filed
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`through PTAB E2E, a true and correct copy of the above-captioned PATENT
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`OWNER SLEEP NUMBER CORPORATION’S NOTICE OF APPEAL is being
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`filed by Federal Express with the Director on October 6, 2020, at the following
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`address:
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`Office of the General Counsel
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Madison Building East, Room 10B20
`600 Dulany Street
`Alexandria, VA 22314
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`The undersigned also certifies that a true and correct copy of the above-
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`captioned PATENT OWNER SLEEP NUMBER CORPORATION’S NOTICE OF
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`APPEAL and the filing fee is being filed via CM/ECF with the Clerk’s Office of the
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`United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on October 6, 2020.
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`Dated: October 6, 2020
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`/s/ Lukas Toft
`Lukas Toft (Reg. No. 75,311)
`Counsel for Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 CFR § 42.6(e), the undersigned hereby certifies that on October
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`6, 2020, the foregoing PATENT OWNER SLEEP NUMBER CORPORATION’S
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`NOTICE OF APPEAL was served via e-mail, as authorized by the Petitioner, at the
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`following email correspondence address of record:
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`Kyle L. Elliott
`kelliott@spencerfane.com
`Kevin S. Tuttle
`ktuttle@spencerfane.com
`Brian T. Bear
`bbear@spencerfane.com
`Mark A. Thornhill
`mthornhill@spencerfane.com
`SPENCER FANE LLP
`1000 Walnut Street, Suite 1400
`Kansas City, MO 64106
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`Jaspal S. Hare
`jhare@spencerfane.com
`SPENCER FANE LLP
`5700 Granite Parkway, Suite 650
`Plano, TX 75024
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`Dated: October 6, 2020
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`/s/ Lukas Toft
`Lukas Toft (Reg. No. 75,311)
`Counsel for Patent Owner
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